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• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  (including an awesome evening of teaching that I will post videos of soon), and ... , who was willing (and had enough faith in me!) to give me a calculus ... , and a trip up to a ski resort, where we went hiking. I discovered that 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  in Maseeh 1) It’s new. Or at least it feels that way. Maseeh used be a ... it's only had undergrads since 2008. It still has a hotel-ish feel, or ... dining. Translation: you could eat practically non-stop from 8:00AM until 1

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  of happiness. Your happiness will come from a support system or passion ... – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or ... pressures to comMIT. It may not feel like it if you get deferred or rejected

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  ;Semester grades will be available on ______________________ and I will mail or fax ... that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... available for the fall semester or second quarter. (If your school uses a

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  your having done this, and it will have no bearing on your application or ... volunteer known as an Educational Counselor, or "EC." The interview is not ... wear a suit or ball gown or anything like that. The interviewers won

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

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

  

  whirling membrane, erasing impurities or sorting them into liquid ... , or at least they were smooth enough for human eyes and neat enough for ... metallic hive, a decision was made to extend the reach of the obsession. The

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

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  "Snowmageddon" or "Snowpocalypse," the blizzard conditions that existed at the ... ," but it has far-reaching consequences. In this analysis, we present a ... varying the angle (theta, of course) of the slope, or the time of day, or

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  our applicants:  We will not require the SAT or the ACT from first-year applicants applying in fall 2021, or transfer applicants applying in either ... office will again suspend our usual SAT/ACT testing requirement for next

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , blame others or worse, blame yourself? What will you do now to begin or ... 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

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

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... 'm actually going to be on grades and will have to, like, you know, care about ... . A movie every day of PNR. (Will update accordingly.) ...traveled around

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  today (inclusive of Early Action), we have offered admission to 1 ... . Individually they represent more than 60 countries and 1,000 high schools ... number on our waitlist and informed the balance that we will not be able to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  ="500"] My Brass Rat[/caption] As a Course 1 (Civil Engineering) alum, I ... tempted by the fruits of Silicon Valley or otherwise find their passion ... interviews, or sometimes just casually at work, my time at MIT still comes up

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  radar (or I've created the perfect search terms to draw you here or one of ... 's my list: 1. Humanities matter. I'm expounding on this point from my ... (Science of Race and Gender), writing, musical theater, or even if you're all

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Sounding Stupid More Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  in class; everyone around you will think you’re stupid for not ... argument; that’s a sign of weakness that will immediately result in losing ... opinions; chances are you haven’t thought it through and they will poke holes

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  , including bloggers, will be participating in the hunt, which begins at noon in Lobby 7. Paul and I will be on Smallish Momenta (an anagram of "Simmons ... ); Snively will be on Death From Above; and I'd assume Bryan will be on Too

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  track of everything that was happening and I will try to recreate most of that here! Friday 2/10/23  1:45 pm - Bhuvna M. ’23, Neil M. ’25 ... prospect of meeting all the desi people we will at this conference.   

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  So you're flying to college. Or you're flying anywhere alone, and you ... to the stand and stare at the lady's name tag, mentally willing Angela ... . "NO GELS OR LIQUIDS MAY BE BROUGHT ON ANY AIRCRAFT." It is impossible

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  a 13th member to the Ring Committee. This additional member will be ... candidates for this position will be notified this week, and their interviews will be held via conference call (phone) starting later this week. We

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  several textbooks from Amazon, and I was considering buying a notebook (the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Intense Procrastination There's a difference between procrastination and INTENSE PROCRASTINATION!

  

  ? Instead I listened to the new Muse album (go buy it now) and found a solo in

  • by Snively '11
  • September 19, 2009