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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  of my work there in the form of a letter of reference or is my noting ... done there... which is quite a lot.) As I do not intend to write an essay ... wrote: "How do you guys decide if someone gets admitted? Are there a bunch

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  ! How could I forget? Everyone's favorite blogger alum Mollie is getting ... Burton Conner RA, which is a pretty low-key job, except that occasionally ... because we took a field trip to Akami, which basically is this technology

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  , EVERYTHING IS A NUMBER. So we arrived at our first restaurant after not too much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little ... . Now this made me a little perturbed, and if you who is responsible for

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  dislike bowling unless I get a strike/a spare, not sure how much I would ... and realized I have a lot of half-finished blogs, which is a bit tragic ... feel that is cheating Show off your Boston sports pride ✅ I went to a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  feel like I’ve lived so much in such a short span of time, which makes ... . Everything seemed strained, as if we could sense how much the upcoming email ... floor formal. Formal is something I’ve been looking forward to for a while

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  both DON'T do something else, and feel guilty. Which is pretty much the ... assign merit levels. Frankly, the admissions process is a big crapshoot ... worried that THEY would think less of me? The REASON they wrote a letter is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  doesn’t have a physical fingerprint-sensing button, and the digital one is crap, which is irritating. Mostly I hate how delicate it feels. I like ... life.  Farewell to my old phone. He served me well. He is sitting with a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  estimate how much time it would take. 1 ... MIT, you might be left wondering just what it is you've managed to get yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... waitlist this year? It is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  is exactly what I'll have to do very soon. It'll be a huge comedown ... Diagnostic is and how many Advanced Standing Exams you should take and what 8.012 is and if you should take it in the fall and hey, how come MIT doesn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  Infinite is a student-run magazine and group dedicated to the ... commemorate the magazine's release with an event much bigger than a casual ... large event at MIT is hard. Besides the actual event planning, there's a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  /MIT stop. There is a giant campus map right outside the T stop, or you could pretty much ask anybody how to get to the Student Center (which is where ... "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  9 8 2 1 4 5 3 6 4 7 5 Discussion: This is just a map, can't do too much with it unless you know how to traverse it. CLUES: A few of these ... , too long? And later tonight, get the exciting story of how I braved

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  "Body Battery" - it's basically a measure of how much energy you have at ... 's how it goes. Y'all don't care about what's going on in the life of a 30 ... library a couple of weeks ago. My firstborn is now 6 years old. You know

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  teams are noticing how beautiful Corn Dog is, too. DBF really fosters a ... and loiter in the airfield for a day or two. Let's be clear--wind is bad ... of turn control. How heavy is it? Too heavy. 4.66 pounds. (Usually

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  me? 6) Is MIT a tourist attraction? 7) How far away are dorms from ... make money while at MIT? 10) Seriously, be honest. How hard is it really ... drain! 14) What is this hacking thing? Is it a club? Can I join? 15

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  a financial hardship, we’ll waive it. There is no benefit or ... you how much we want you to take care of you, and you loved ones, before ... Southeast. Meanwhile, according to ReliefWeb, there is flooding across Latin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  a gift, and started thinking about how the algorithm behind the tickets worked. "I remember telling myself that the Ontario Lottery is a ... Ontario Lottery ticket pictured here. Here's a hint: this is a winning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  showed, to a degree that can never be sufficiently told, how much Jobs ... kitchen. It's like a native language: it's not so much about whether you ... were a fish, he'd have provided much of the water in which I swim. When

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  's the story of how I learned to use a solder wick, which is a magical sort ... it means working with hot things and metal (which is a big improvement ... a week. Fortunately with hands-on skills it really is a matter of

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013