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• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  your applications, I know how much energy and care you put into them. For ... applications, I was also reminded of how different things are today. Not so much ... I know that it's been a long year, and now that you've had a week to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I who have nothing Darling, 'tis I who loves you.

  

  speaking in an unknown Asian language on his cell phone, I asked him how much ... up a quick 20 euros. But the catch is that I get free breakfast ... airport, I get my 15 euro key deposit back. So, while 15.06 is a little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  before my move, I was told that “nobody [is ever ready for a faculty ... excitement about learning how the universe works–a feeling that has not changed ... how obvious inattention is to the person at the front of the room. (To

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Portland, the 6-foot-2, 240-pound teen is a leader in the school wood shop ... college-going students nationally. The MIT-bound teen insists he is "a ... his parents each got laid off in recent years. Dad Scott Zinser is now a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  time better (thanks, iCalendar) and how to use a mop (apparently you ... is fine, but in the last few months, I've been trying to step away from ... end of last semester. One of my final assignments in a literature class

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  eastern culture is awesome to discover." Well, I'm picking up a bit of Hindi ... chances of getting into MIT?? and if so, then by how much?" I'm sure your ... . andrew wrote, "Would you say that March 15 is a reasonable estimate [for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  commute again and email is a thing. Step 9: Attach said signature to your ... . But actually, to our surprise, having a “plan” and a “major” and a ... animation classes. BUT *excited inhale to prepare for a long run-on sentence

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  , applying to college - it's a lot to handle, and I remember very well how ... just say that succeeding in your senior year is doable. But it's a ... little. Breathe. I'll admit it: the college application process is a lot to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all ... you to via email. For a data nerd like me, this is basically the best ... group at the Media Lab put together a VERY COOL THING (that seems to be

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  [/caption] A lot is redacted from this paragraph, but this is the first interview ... For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... , Sorority, and Independent Living Group) system. My house is called WILG

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  The Patriot which is a movie I have yet to see in it's entirety ... I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY Thursday night, my friend Diana and I went to a free showing of Forrest Gump

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  can hang out with anyone at any time. I realized how much I took this ... , so I'm about a 10-minute walk from campus. I'm staying in two adjacent ... remote UROPs/jobs for the summer and it's nice to be in a space where we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blagoblagz*: Why I’m a History Major at MIT (Guest Blog!) By Dora '11, who is a Physics and History double major and is super awesome.…

  

  , this is also very much true). Since MIT is undeniably a tech school, I ... - AMS is like 21H (a regular history major) with a special twist. --- It is 1120 A.D., and the fates of four empires hang in the balance as the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  machines? How many are there? How much do they cost? At MIT, at least in ... doing laundry is never a problem. The price of 75 cents per machine might ... without too much damage freshman year because, in a small role as a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  energetic bunch to begin with) so the wedding is sure to be a hoot! As much ... IAP is a wonderful time here at MIT, where the month of January is ... first of which is a swim class, so I can finally get the swim requirement

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  Saturday, which is usually the day I dedicate to doing pretty much 0 work ... how much I'd miss the class until that moment. The class provided so ... semester, the past few months in particular, have all been a blur, but we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarship Opportunity: Davidson Fellows A look at a scholarship worth up to $50,000, and some past MIT winners.

  

  , representation theory and algebraic geometry. This is a great opportunity; I hope ... Having read MIT applications for a long time now, I know that MIT applicants and students are quite a talented bunch. As such, I try to look out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  how to dance. You know what that means? When you go to a party and there's dancing, you can shake it, much like one might shake a Polaroid picture ... 't bother us too much. We had a delicious buffet dinner and then about 90

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  the weekend was, "How much of MIT Blogs is real? Why does it always look ... Princeton is next week, and Stanford the week after), I hope you have a good ... to give you a sugered version of what MIT is like. This is real stuff

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Black Panther 2 Plot (Totally Real) (Not Clickbait) (Please Click Anyway Though) Not a fanfiction about Black Panther (because I am not a fan)

  

  vibranium – a rare and non-renewable resource – is hopelessly unsustainable ... ’re actually both part of a five-minute-long educational segment about how modern ... bridges (and helpfully points out that the Harvard bridge is a steel

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 8, 2022