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• Blog / Admissions

  To-Do List for Regular Action Applicants With the deadline a month away, there are things you need to be doing now.

  

  contact information for your interviewer (Educational Counselor) on the My ... violate early agreements. If you qualify for a fee waiver, please request ... . And if you qualify for a fee waiver, your family needs the $65 more than

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meteor Shower For once, the title is relevant.

  

  normal person seeing this movie for the second time, I obsessively combed through every grain of Tarantino's visual/audio landscape for clues about What Was in the Briefcase. No luck. My best guess is still that it had

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 17, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  coaster —  you can tell this is a center for intellectual fun." In response ... . Today, [annotation note="If you were on campus for an information session ... the best work required drawing on the full range of human experience and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  teams (team 2 could only trade with teams 1 and 3, for example). On ... teams decided to share their resources and split the satellite points 50/50 ... 4 gave all of team 4’s points to team 3 in exchange for splitting the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  then it was call time for Mocha Show again. i knew what to expect this ... captains at all. i’m not mad about it though—i’ve never performed for a crowd ... ; The Vagina Monologues is a play about female sexuality and empowerment

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  out what to do after we graduate.  It’s scary.  For the past couple of ... one of 3 companies that called us back for onsite interviews.  Around ... , and “Thank you for your interest.” So we’ve tried preparing ourselves

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  👏🏻 ACKNOWLEDGE 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 2007 👏🏻 FEATURE 👏🏻 FILM."]for the ... whether you're new to HDM or returning, I've got a fun little Internet thing for you. Back in 2018 — before the adaptation was even announced — my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  attend office hours for classes where the problem sets are notorious for ... there to do something fun when I need a study break. As far as ... participate in sports that may be brand new to you without ever having played

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  experiences, or the lack thereof flailing around in a sea of adjectives trying to find the noun

  

  tab and don't reopen it for a year. i've been thinking a lot about race lately. for a lot of reasons. one is that, well, being[annotation note ... you signing in for?" - "beewa" - "sorry, which group?" - "B. W. A

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 13, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

  

  respond “Yara has a peath sign on her head!” At around age 7, while playing ... … wait for it….DARY [/annotation] in my family. Every year, without fail, I brace myself for the number of times I plan to hear it on Thanksgiving day

  • by Hala K. '29
  • November 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Miscellaneous Admissions Office updates.

  

  A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for ... 're waiting for a reply. Ditto on the comments/Questions Omnibus. It's still quite busy here!It is Finals Week for students at MIT. Good luck, everyone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  As for the first time, after a freshman year that can best be described ... with quantifiable successes—exam scores, for example. And sometimes this ... to be honest: The reading journals were difficult for me because they

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A new semester but if I give you my daily schedule here, what will I fill my Facebook…

  

  .01-Intro to EECS EECS, for those of you who didn't stare at the floor during ... learned on Java. (for all you coders out there, let me go ahead and say ... . MIT has one of the best econ departments in the country, so I'm a lucky

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  is, the best school for me. For many of my friends and classmates ... Pardon me for the grammatically incorrect tonight title (in the ... 't been thinking about blogging, or continuously scratching down ideas for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  W.M.

  

  ="Functional programming, of course"]the best programming paradigm[/annotation], but I could ... -like aloofness. One day, I decided to test their reputation for myself. “Hey there ... away for a moment, thinking it would surely take them at least a few

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  “But I’m not cool…” Dr. Suess but shitty? Dr. Suess but angsty?

  

  my grades are good, and last week I fell In love for the first time.” “But I am not cool.”     “I am not cool. Not enough for ... had the best year of my life and COVID happened and I tasted the

  • by Powers '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  finished my last final Thursday after two not-so-fun back to back 18.03 and ... more psets. No more classes. No more late nights cramming for midterms ... ’s something we all consider when choosing this fine institution. For every time

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  what is and isn’t me (rush, part 1) and the somewhat methodical unraveling of self

  

  for me.” At this point in the blog, I would be stopping myself, because ... came to MIT, I really didn’t think frat life was for me. And there is a loooong list of reasons for that, which we can go into some other time, or

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • October 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  did face was while waiting to fill up our tank at a NY rest stop for a ... stations for the next few months. Unfortunately, my modes are transportation ... called Extreme Dorm Makeover. For anyone who hasn't seen the original show

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caine’s Arcade on making your dreams

  

  and all sorts of different games, rummaging for raw materials in the ... Interconnected.is chanced to stop by the store to buy a handle for his old Corolla.  He started playing Caine's games. Then he made a movie about him. Fair

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 11, 2012