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• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  think of it as an invitation. For some, it will be an invitation to see how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an ... amount of gratitude toward you - yes, you! - for applying. I love learning

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  . Red or white. Not-so-fun fact: This particular bottle was left over from ... year ago when I spent an entire day writing essays for a number of ... here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  dinner for 30, 105 miles of running, and a lot of Barack Obama have ... MIT, #261: Sure, you're miserable on weeks like, say-for-instance-hypothetically-speaking-of-course, October 19-23. On the bright side, it's the best miserable experience ever

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  Unseasonably gorgeous February days Last Thursday, for whatever ... out of 7.28 (Molecular Biology) at 1 PM, stopped by the lab for about 15 minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  in an effort to be whole again recovery

  

  screen and waiting for that green PASSED to show. [caption id ... .02. I thought this would be okay because a) they're both on P/NR for me ... asynchronously and get all the content for the class. However, 18.02 hosts these

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  comfortably in a bus designed for twice as many people as we had) and chatted ... . Hasbro is awesome, they care a lot about what they do, and it was fun to ... trademarked name uses all capitals for TOY FAIR) is one of a few major toy

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  The MIT Admissions blogs started for several reasons. One of the ... advertise for their schools. Nice, neat, Photoshopped pamphlets arrive on your ... pamphlet-creating admissions officers can't convey. MIT does its best to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  … I did snag a hot dog at Theta Delt (thank you for your kindness to a ... parent who registered for a Financial Aid session - okay, it was the candy ... spouses, and their children and even their dogs and actually keep an eye on

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  campus for the first time as an actual student - when I said that final goodbye to my parents. I remember my first days here: building robots for ... for the first time, and filling out that neat little form listing all of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  asks if I'm free to play some Among Us, and we play for a few hours ... Floor Pi Discord. We play Among Us for two hours or so. The lag wasn't too ... playing, and we watch him play Country Streak for a while. We look at road

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  $50 for Uber, for a grand total of $638 off. I learned that stuff adds ... deep red lipstick I have for special occasions New Problems: Very hard ... given a monthly allowance from my parents that was plenty for groceries

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  heart, ... When you're at the school for you, you'll know it." - Kelli Keuhne (professional golfer who attended the University of Texas) Right ... 'll admit that I chose MIT and that the decision (for me) wasn't very

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  ...again.) Jess: For love of Baxter Catnapped!? A Little Advice Ben: 50 Things Ben ... finding the information you're looking for is like searching for magnetic ... -colored bar a the top of every page? It's not just for decoration - it's your

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income ... : sorry for not blogging much lately. With my new-ish role —  Director of ... working at MIT are like playing Elden Ring. When I started working here 15

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  statistics. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for ... program that will save 200 lives for sure. In the second version, one ... . The overall admission rate for the class of 2009 was 14.3%. (From here

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  opportunity to see what it was like. For all you skeptics out there, MIT ... all amazing- driven, motivated, really smart, and fun to be around. The ... food at the CPW festival, which was just a taste for what was to come

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  , that wasn't necessarily the best idea. I didn't leave myself very much time for packing or doing dishes or eating or...well, lots of things ... working with it again- it's one of those things I like to do for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  ... ------------------------------------- Jasmine wrote, "how do you register for CPW? I can't find any information ... registration form for CPW?" You can register for CPW in your MyMIT Portal. Just click on the Registration link in the big red CPW box in the lower right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  ASSEMBLE! Prefrosh, undergrads, alums, this is a call to action! It is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... deploying Ten Red Weather Balloons all across the country. $40,000 goes to the

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  class ended, I took a mini-break – only to return just in time for the ... like an Initiation for me: the skilled and unwavering competitors from ... convinced me to commit. For the next four months, MIT Sports Taekwondo would

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010