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• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas ... you and figure out a way to make sure we get your application and ... MIT is a part of the same world it is disrupting. Whether you want to or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  video, which I hope captures a bit of what it was like to actually be ... the moment demands of us The Executive Order on Friday appeared to me a ... measures in the Executive Order as a reasonable path to make the country

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  completion of the second quarter. Your school does not need to mail your midyear grades to us. Students simply list their grades on the FUN Form ... opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has occurred since
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  purposes). That...gulp...rejection (yes, it was a very difficult word to say ... have a great experience at any of three colleges to which I applied. So ... have had a great experience at any of the three I applied to. Your

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  being bad at ice skating and learning to try anyway

  

  famlines; this is the famline i'm referring to! it's a nice way for alum to ... had to fulfill my familial duties. Sometimes life gives you a pair of ... falling is not a good way to learn how to skate. My famline tried to teach

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 15, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  The Accidental Harvard Class It is possible to miss a class. Not in ... . Junior fall, I wanted to take a Harvard class. Philosophy of Education ... ’s a logistical thing to do before you start.” I was so excited for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  pliers to Boston. In my room, there’s a shelf of books taller than a man ... ones I once aspired to read. Not far away, there’s a path by the river ... to work harder. I am beginning to see a parallel between work and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of ... these systems; for instance, to stimulate thinking or to provide a variety ... critical thought to constitute almost all of a typical college essay. Our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maseeh Hall: Pros and Cons this is a pros and cons list re: maseeh hall

  

  you are a pros and cons list connoisseur, or because you meant to click ... you’re a freshmen looking to hang out with your fellow classmates or ... floor to take a break from their work to hangout and socialize for a bit

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 15, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2020 if you read even one of these i will be happy

  

  sensible."]a callback to last year's post.[/annotation] But then I decided ... the jump, ask yourself: "Why does this thing I'm writing have to be a ... . "Yes, you do. We do." A Practical Guide to Evil (2.2m+ words). Content

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  much as a person that it kind of shocks me to look back at how different ... pebbles off a beach. they can do that because MIT teaches you how to learn ... facebook group last night, and wanted to copy it here in case anyone out

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  . Most users wanted to share things with their Friends like a status update ... Wiki, a big blaring red banner across the top reads Note: To share pages ... the Like button instead of Share, since it's a simpler and easier to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  stereotypes have at least a grain of something resembling truth to them -- for ... fastest (and most fun) way to get through problem sets is to do them in a ... everybody could get a 100% or something, so people take it upon themselves to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  -thirds of the way into book 3 of a practical guide to evil. i went on lots of ... in a while you may want to discard specific cards to trigger other ... seven. in magic the gathering, a player's hand size is seven cards

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Unity

  

  . Grades seven to twelve of my education in Nigeria were spent in a boarding ... . Early morning wakeups led to grumbling sounds and shuffling feet; a ... to be stifling, but we found a way to rely on one another for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 30, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  just wanted to talk to my mom about putting me in a gifted program ... actually help him figure out how long he needed to cut a certain piece of ... about 3 weeks ago) to get straight A's, but despised every minute of AP

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  switching back ends. I get to learn a whole new process for bringing my words ... . As soon as he started speaking, I knew I had to work him into a blog post. Unfortunately, he beat me to it. He got a pretty good picture of me

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biochemistry at its finest!

  

  that prevents you from bleeding to death after a measly paper cut ... platelets congregate to repair the cut by creating a clot. What you may not ... wanted to donate blood for a demonstration. I thought he was joking and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  promised to be or maybe you didn’t but i stand by the tree with no rope but a ... ="113884" /] oh, to be a mere celebration of oneself. [carousel image1 ... something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  get a summer break -- or have the opportunity to do internships, MISTI ... preponements, a fancy term for moving the exams to an earlier date. Preponements ... to work and study. The term hasn't quite ended yet! To give you guys a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018