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• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  have a massive summer reading list that I cooked up... although it is ... weird freshmen Two queen size beds And a partridge in a pear tree ... up three freshmen, or a partridge in a pear tree. However, we did

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  much about MIT, but my job is to, in 30 or 60 or 90 minutes, encapsulate ... application process, and financial aid. And in order to have a good amount of time for audience Q&A (which really is the most fun part), I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  transfer in the spring. I’d have a plethora of extracurriculars. I wouldn ... go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the ... was a letter to the future, to be read in five years. But here’s what I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  programs (a much more complete entry on summer programs is forthcoming ... what's out there. In that spirit, here are some deadline for some programs that MIT applicants are often interested in: Gates Millennium

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  thing. I live in Senior Haus, which is awesome. (You mean I don't live on ... idea of what I want to do with my life, also known as a double major in ... million people come here with a set plan in mind and they end up changing

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  . That's a difficult question for me to answer, because there's so much I ... Schrödinger's cat, or a box of chocolate Schrödinger's cats, in you never know ... lags and is measured in carrier pigeons per second ***let it be known to

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  . This semester, I am taking 8.01L, 18.01, 3.091, and 6.A01, which is a first ... I've gotten a small taste of what that is like, I'm wondering if I ... another post. Once you've started a cycle, WashLava shows you how long until

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  We begin our story in a cul-de-sac with neat green lawns in what was ... . Concord.” A pause. “And how were your math exams?” “Math exams?” “No, we had a spelling exam.” “Is that what it was?” “Yes, Mr. Concord, it was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  experience; I remember organizing folks in the kitchen, trying to get as much ... -community. These dorms run a second, in-house room assignment process, where students will move to a permanent assignment that better fits them. At Next and in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Unveiling the New Varsity Weight Room let's get buff !!!

  

  After a seven-ish month renovation, the new Varsity Weight Room is now open! Accessible to all those who participate in a varsity sport at MIT, the new VWR is now double the size, has double the number of racks

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 23, 2024
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Leavetaking and homecoming

  

  cupboard above my sink (I have a sink!) is broken and I don’t know how to fix ... cross streets held a bank, a jail, and two corner stores. In the old house ... train for cross country in the off-season. The new house was in a “better

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 28, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and ... career behind me, I wrote a reflection post after being out in the real ... with a 15-year run (and counting) in my chosen field, peeking behind the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is ... The blogs have been quiet lately. Summer is ending, freshman are ... behind the scenes for the drone delivery video, but this interview delves a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have ... to the effect of I know every area code in Massachusetts and that is ... ringing, and I stormed off in a huff. Then a couple minutes later, my mom

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  are conducted in your home area (not on MIT's campus) by an MIT alum, a ... EC to find a time and place that works for your interview. In a ... interested in your grades, test scores, etc. They want to learn about you as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pics from the WMBRBQ! Do You Like College Radio??

  

  overbooked, but this is entirely of my own doing. I have a ton of blog posts ... much, and being part of this station is one of my favorite things about MIT. Today we had a barbecue (the WMBRBQ) in the lawn next to Walker

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Seniors let's talk

  

  Life has drastically changed in the past few months. You’re in a ... essays. You’ve learned a lot about yourself writing them. It was hard. In ... what will carry you far. You’ll realize how limited your time is. How

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 17, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  the applications a joy, but it made turning away students that much ... ://decisions.mit.edu. decisions.mit.edu You can log in using the same username and password that you ... in to decisions.mit.edu. Admissions decisions will be available

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  started way back in 1997 as a part of a seventh grade cultural heritage ... see how well that works. I used to hear that cooking is just applied ... in this cute little device. Then fold them into a meringue

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  event is somehow both underwhelming and overwhelming. Underwhelming, in ... , in that everyone is there. There are few moments in the MIT journey where a whole class is together, and this was one of them. It’s fun seeing

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • August 26, 2023