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  An MIT Acronym Quiz how many can you decode?

  

  to learn, and it's a bit like being dumped straight into the deep end ... . (If you just want a list of the translations, you can find them here ... TLDR: PLAY MY ACRONYM QUIZZZZ As a school best known by an acronym

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 21, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  go and watch MLP to find out for yourself ;) Doing a humanized (or ... You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... ? Go ahead. You wanna go to class as a princess? No problem. Go trick

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  finding a MIT alum in Tokyo (!), I realized that I forgot to ask for his ... Sooo, I'm back in Boston. And, to be really honest, I miss Japan a ... cause big traffic delays to the train line in question. When a major

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  because we had nothing to do. I miss how a lot of different friend groups ... later found out that’s the name of a clothing line and had to think of a ... , because I couldn’t find a better place for it. I miss my 2 windows that let

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  pursue paths where my best qualities don’t get a chance to shine. I can ... .” (It turned out we had to make a pros and cons list with the two halves ... online for several reasons: 1) I go to MIT and presumably had a good enough

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  first three weeks each felt blissfully long, as if i’d found a way to ... has more to do with an inability to retrieve information than a problem ... to try recently i was reading a blog post about aging and love and i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... I couldn't help but think that compared to them, I didn't stand a ... pushed submit. A week before the EA deadline. It felt good. But then, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick hello from Albuquerque I'm in New Mexico for ISEF.

  

  A quick shout out from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I am attending ... me it was in the cartoon "Herr Meets Hare" where Bugs Bunny first talked of making a "left turn at Albuquerque") (No sign of the High School

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  is a nice place to watch the marathon because there’s so much space and ... brothers) was willing to take a dunk. Oh, yeah, but the marathon. See, it ... managed to get a shot of the frenzy over the final few paces. Now, I’m not

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  going to a large school where no one knew me or my business was a little ... bio as well. I used to think that if you wanted to have a variety of ... their ideas well to people outside of their fields and instituted a

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  Weekend, but to start your academic and life voyage as a freshman this fall ... to eat... well, whatever the reason, college is a way to leave home ... to MIT. You’d just be hanging out for a few more months to get a better

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  to be included I have created a very simple equation: LΔ or Learning ... ) Learning = to acquire knowledge or skills and (Δ) Delta = a change in some ... factors that help to give a clear understanding of what you have learned

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to ... waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we ... offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Attack of the Giant Squid Attack of the Giant Squid!

  

  project where we would test a feature of the Hodgkin and Huxley model. My ... project was still a lot of work. We had to collect a lot of data, plot the ... experience to go through the project proposal process, devise a concept to test

  • by Bryan
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  course, Thanksgiving weekend. I have...a lot to be thankful for. Mom, if ... find people like-minded to me, people with whom I share values or with ... Thanksgiving day, we went to Chinatown for Thanksgiving dinner and had a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  wish: to pluck the wings of a fleeting moment, spread it out in the ... Building 4 to Building 3 in a brief whirl of disorientation during ... MIT for a week. I was comparatively oblivious to the importance of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  Facebook feed to find a ring that can replace my CharlieCard, an RFID ... visited prior to this summer -- received a huge boost from 3D printing. As ... 're RFID-enabled rings that you can use to pretty much punch your way into a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Advice

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I ... you find some peace through the storm as well. https

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  where high school experiences vary so widely, and they allow us to admit ... simply not a part of our process anymore.   How does this apply to ... for tests they wouldn't have to take for us, especially during a public

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  rigorous academics, high character, and a strong match with MIT’s mission to use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better ... students to whom we do not offer admission today, we have placed a modest

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023