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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life and Learning in the Other Cambridge

  

  semester of MIT. I offer the analogy that MIT semesters give large pillars of ... this side of the pond, and Cambridge has a few tricks of its own to share ... the end of the year. The university is made up of some 30 colleges which

  • by Cambridge
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  , and partying, the months of August, September, October, and now, November, passed in rapid succession. One of the things that you learn ... day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BASICNESS!!!!! a major major update

  

  /business degree of the STEM world. BUT! Let me provide my justification for choosing ... -on nature and thinking of an engineering degree combined with the abstract ... I come today as the bearer of some un-chic news. It is not only a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 30, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  (supposed to be) studying for a 9.24 (Diseases of the Nervous System) test ... decision soon, I thought I'd outline some of the reasons I chose MIT for ... the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I chose MIT over Ohio

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  1 reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of ... I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the "

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  the offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it ... I know that students on the waitlist have lots of questions ... of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  love the seattle summer, with every sunset being a thousand shades of ... 'm slightly afraid of the person i would become if i lived in LA. portland is ... face after being in the west coast, but it grounded me, and i realized

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  the Beaver (as seen on the collaborative blackboards of Stata Center): For me, the second month of college has ended, and what a wonderful time ... great. * By chance, one of the Protofrosh visited during a special 5

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  deliberate a lot, offering ourselves up to people, yet enjoy the sweet taste of ... In many ways, the work of a critic is easy.  In the summer of 2022, I ... course of the summer, I got very close with my roommate but, the summer was

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get back to doing one of the ... .   Pistol First of all, I JOINED THE PISTOL TEAM! (Photo Credit ... ’m improving so much!! I can get almost every shot in the black area of a target

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2030 are now ... Action to the MIT Class of 2030, and as of *checks watch* right now, we ... recently here.     Given the competitiveness of our pool, we have also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  brains are somewhat bad at understanding the value of the things we have and exceptionally good at wandering into pools of regret the example ... the instant we went virtual i’d have tried to make different kinds of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for the most lucrative of offerings. E-mail concerns directly to ... bring the wrath of higher-ups raining down on the admissions office again ... ) Scared about repercussions c) A member of the MIT faculty d) Tempted to e

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  screamed loud enough that the person on the other side of the living room ... a large quantity of ice cream the night before. If I got in, I would ... decisions came out. I could get 1 bar of wifi on my phone in one corner of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Choosing Your Own Adventure and other things you can do when you live off campus

  

  a lot of other cities. Much like with the T-pass, MIT also offers a ... people all the time and really want to feel a part of a larger community ... , living off campus is a good option. Here is my list of pros and cons: The

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  offer. And in the midst of all of that, take some time to get to know the ... hustle and bustle of the street had a certain magic to it. The cars were ... (earlier than me!). She stares outside of the window, amazed by the scene in

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office ... have the honor of holding the Bernard Gordon Chair of Medical Engineering ... the privilege of serving as the Department Head for EECS. EECS is the

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  . SENIOR. I walk down the halls of Simmons and see freshman frantically p ... . You. All things for the greater glory of blogging. Fun fact No. 1: I ... .441 Biomaterials-Tissue Interactions. Fun fact No. 2: One of the professors of this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  list helps us manage the inherent uncertainty of not knowing how many students will accept our offer of admission and enroll at MIT in the fall (as ... students accept our offer on May 1, and also a great deal of uncertainty

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may have somewhat different styles of how the conversations will go, the main

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006