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• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e. what powers the US News & World Report and other rankings systems). Now, I ... distinction, but an important one in understanding the agency of admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  ? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action.   When should I ... [Editor’s note in 2023: This post contains outdated information. The ... (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s the Deshpande Center?

  researchers to make a difference in the world by developing innovative technologies in the lab and bringing them to the marketplace in the form of breakthrough products and new companies. In turn, those innovations can help
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  being waitlisted, and a whole spectrum of feelings in between. I remember ... , I had no idea what MIT was. It could have been in Michigan or Maryland ... essentially, she is why I am right here, right now. In the voice of your mind

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  often at MIT: I could never do it alone.  With this in mind, I wanted to ... '25 and I taking a ginger shot in front of Cambridge City Hall ... L '25 Nina L '24, Paula C '25, Lyne O '25, and I in issue 9 of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on a web! I've decided to name him Lucifer. He's huge! He has the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  To start out the new school year, I'm going to try including more fun multimedia stuff in these blogs. Not that I don't like writing or will stop ... seriously. In an ideal world, I'll post one of these videos every Sunday night

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ack, finals!

  

  quite a lot, and I have three finals in the next two days. Blah. Oh, how I ... pictures of the new 5th East kitten on it. While I am busy in testing hell ... that I will probably not be posting anything of substance here until at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  everyone is sitting in a small booth, inches away from the rotating cylinder ... cancelling headphones. This is what Flight is. You are in your small booth ... years later, can say that hasn’t changed. Sleep No More was just as, if

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I'm much busier than I thought I'd be: behind on email, behind on blogging ... crowds. If you're in the South Bay, I look forward to seeing you there!

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  hug, sometimes to tool in the comfort of silent company. I spent many ... It will be a while before I return to MIT. Following in the footsteps ...  next semester, with plans to return in spring 2016. Over the summer, I'm interning

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  42: The Answer to Our Changing Educational Needs a school with no teachers, no schedules, and no rankings

  

  times so students can come in after their full-time commitments. 42 is a ... every day. If you can get through the four weeks in the “swimming pool ... . Last week, I attended a fascinating xTalk by Lou Guenier

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  I am not your typical MIT student. In high school, I never built a ... Track teams here at the ‘tute, in which I get to hang out with some of the ... you told me I’d be a varsity athlete in college. Now, I run the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  freshman year was cut abruptly short, i'm doing this post now instead of in ... just added songs that were significant in some way or other/songs that i ... song that i found in early October and really liked.  Drunk Drivers

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  On the most excellent advice of my blog-readers, I have added D ... sacrifice, right? I'm working on designing something that makes ... /Malawian/Ghanaian dirt compares to dirt commonly found in, say... Massachusetts? Or what

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  with our mom near the shore at night. We saw a dark moving spot in the ... our mom in Russian (followed by the transliteration and translation ... kleitsya, i veter s okeana veyetsa, molniya nebo obvernulo, I k nam

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the semester, I'll begin what I hope will become a new tradition (pending the availability of interesting enough photos. Here's the first one and I think it

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Mail Date: March 11 Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time.

  

  . If that slips for any reason, I'll let you know. Less than a week until I get to shave... NICE Hang in there guys, I know this is a crazy stressful time. I'm thinking lots about all of you. :-)

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Packing incoherent thoughts from move-out week

  

  freshman year when I stuffed every single thing in my room into cardboard ... off, my friends and I were squished together in the front of a U ... Boston. It was a miracle that I ever made it to the airport in time. Then

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 18, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  If you're a Finalist who ranked MIT but weren't matched, you're welcome to enter our Early Action or Regular Action cycle. We'll send an email in early December outlining the options available: You may use