FAQ / Life and culture
What are the housing/dining options?
choose to join a conventional meal plan with access to dining halls, or you ... ) community. (Or maybe you want a combination of both!) Just like our
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Blog / Personal Travel
chasing the aurora a celestial hunt
around 1:30am and hung out for an hour. It was divine. [carousel image1 -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Top Blog Posts of 2015 widely viewed and capturing the essence of 2015
Anelise N. '19 November 1st is my January 1st by Erick P. '17 December 2015 -
Blog / MIT Life
Snowed In at the Fraternity the blizzard is real.
1st...December freaking 1st. Super warm outside. Now, compare it with -
Blog / Life after MIT
Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving
great! If you ignore the average 1.5 hour each way commute I have to ... . 1) Yup, still skydiving :) This picture got me famous on Reddit for -
Blog / Admissions
Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so
, including 76 Nobel Prize recipients and astronauts who have flown more than 1 ... , therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate-- (1) commemorates the 150th -
Blog / Events
How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5
Star Trek Characters?! (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10 ... blog too! I'm going on 42 hours with 1.5 hours of sleep, a lot of -
Blog / IAP
Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?
brothers) Me: Did you burp? Brother 1: It wasn't me. (To Brother 2) Do you ... fashionably late, and unfortunately we did not graduate. We only acquired 1 of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.
-It stuck to my computer screen: Deep breaths. (Items #1-5 are probably less ... comprehensive 1.5-hour not-really-but-sort-of final. I was super-stressed about it -
Blog / Decisions Day Threads
Open Thread: Admitted
’re walking on sunshine (or dancing in the moonlight). We’ll have some additional -
Blog / Admissions
Open Thread: Admitted Early
YOU GOT IN! It's time to You might be wondering, “What’s next?” Well, [annotation note="or now depending on when you see this"]later today,[/annotation] you’ll receive an email with details on what’s next, so be on the look -
Blog / Events
MIT’s Once-a-Century Party
: ...or giant bobblehead figures of esteemed MIT alumni brawling in ... ): ...or President Reif taking a selfie (Reif-ie?) with the MIT seal: ...or more spectacular fireworks than July 4th: ...or a -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
(un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!
. Hopefully you already knew that, or at the very least figured it out from all ... , travel, do service work, or just recharge and have some fun. While that ... old homestead. It’s not a complete “Night of the Comet” (or “28 Days -
Blog / About Decisions
Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…
decisions are released online. But you still get a tube and/or big packet in the mail eventually, so whether you're early decision or just found out ... , sonnet, or just plain comment below. Or read some old stories for -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.
can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that ... wait your turn or become a certain age before you can do anything, like ... a good joke or two. He shares Einstein's favorite physics joke with -
Blog / Athletics
Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.
watch the episode, click here or on the video image below. Enjoy! -
Blog / Miscellaneous
The question thread
Hi guys, I gather that you either have gotten or are soon getting your decision letters from MIT. I'm sure you've got a bunch of questions, so I'm making this the question thread. You ask me a bunch of MIT -
Blog / Admissions
Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.
To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me or Matt - understandably, we represent MIT, with which you are -
Blog / Admissions
Stress
parents reading this blog, is there anything you'd like me to talk about, or -
FAQ / First-year application
How does MIT select students for admission?
The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or regional quotas are applied; neither is preference given to those with alumni