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• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the MIT Interview keep b r e a t h i n g

  

  ). A description of the current interview process is posted here.  0 ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... :16 How much does the interview matter?? 4:16 What if I bomb the interview

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 6, 2017
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  Hoi zäme! I'm finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months ... first weekend of August. In the meantime, I've somehow taken over 138 GB ... videos. I put together a short tour of my dorm and room in Zürich with the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country program, MIT-Chile. With generous support from the Chilean Ministry of ... ,000,000 and one of the world’s highest economic growth rates, Chile is a

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  'll give some numbers: - 125 = number of years the US Open has been around ... = number of Grand Slam tournaments, the US Open is one of them (along with ... ?) Speaking of Andy Roddick, at the beginning of August, my roommate, Anna, came

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  didn’t fully grasp the concept of musical theater until college. Hamilton ... plot from these songs; being ignorant of the fact that they were actually ... sense of immersion? The lights, sound, and set design tend to be more

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  deferred, you are one of the applicants who are going to be reconsidered without prejudice in Regular Action. A lot of MIT students, past and present, were initially deferred; you can read about a few of them here, here

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... simultaneously is a blessing and a curse -- it takes the pressure off of work much more, but also, it takes the pressure off of work thus enabling us stupid

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  going to class as a princess. Let me explain. I'm a fan of the TV show ... , etc.) of the My Little Pony show or franchise. They typically do not ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  A New Time, A New Place 2011 and India!

  

  beauty of this place is reason enough to be here – but the actual purpose of my visit to Anaikatti is to work at one of the tribal hospitals in ... , regardless of how many questions I ask. Yesterday, I was given the chance to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  your throat as possible in the shortest amount of time it can. An example ... the student feeling comfortable about a lot of different things at the end of the semester but not necessarily ready to solve any problem you

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole ... of the hallway during rush hour.   When the MBTA bus finally ... this happens. "Typically a bus will be out of service going to the start

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  'd done perhaps 70% of the lab at this point, but due to the way this lab was graded, i was still passing 0% of the tests. i needed to sleep, and ... , concentrating itself inside the depths of my heart, slowly growing as the night

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  Despite the constant intrusion of multivariable calculus, I think I ... tomorrow! OK – not really true. But the sense of freedom and spontaneity, the “go with the flow, ride the wave of life” mentality is so fulfilling – I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts ... , I'll give you three statements and at the end of this entry, I'll tell ... ----------------------------- 1. The first day of high school, I rode a unicycle to school. 2. I can

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  crumbles a little bit more, but then everything gets kind of settled in the ... add water, you're compromising the thickness of the sorbet and just ... bit that the crumbles of fruit are going to melt before they emulsify

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  fellow [annotation note="gonna represent that 10% of the student body ... the world regardless of their financial situation. MIT is need ... of my fear of saying the wrong thing, I don’t talk much unless I know a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  —if you look beyond the thing you’re waiting for—it can also be full of ... you want more of the thingYou just got a taste of ... A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Cacti and Ice Cream

  

  Yes, I'm in the American Southwest... Yesterday, I had ice cream with some of the MIT Class of 2009 folks who are here for ISEF: From ... get to browse some of the 1100+ projects, followed by the big lunch

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2005
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  : the sequel", as [annotation note="At the time of writing it was named ... None of the readings for 24.900 Intro Linguistics, were especially ... 't even read that many things, which will explain the short length of this

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

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  dinner, and then the ensuing food comas, and then the weeklong marathon of ... of friendship✨ and ✨the power of cook-for-yourself dorms✨! In fact, [annotation note="Burton-Conner, one of the aforementioned cook

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023