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  Decision letters mailed

  

  Admits525438383 Well, there are two factors at work here. First, we are committed to admitting no more than one-third of our class during early action. We feel that the pressures to apply early are too high, and don't want

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who was the first woman graduate?

  In 1873, shortly after MIT's opening in 1865, Ellen Swallow Richards became MIT's first woman graduate (and later its first woman instructor). Richards' work testing drinking water supplies and water contaminants made
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  the first posts by our first-year bloggers. There’s a common theme: MIT ... , I’m just so glad, happy, elated, delighted to be here with people I’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Blog Graveyard skeletons in my google docs

  

  's possible to fully understand what’s going on the first time it hits you. At ... lot of lying in bed, the first time I’d had a queen sized bed to myself ... lot where I first learned how to drive, and the route I practiced over

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] 10 Reasons I Joined Rocket Team

  

  to check it out. My first introduction to RT was at CPW. One of the ... . I knew I couldn’t go to every meeting the first semester and was ... subteam to dole out. My first year, our subteam lead made me Testing RE

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 11, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the ... ” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... Manufacturing across different three time zones to work together. Context: The

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  Hi everyone! It’s good to be back here, on this familiar platform but very different website. I’m so not used to it that I still drafted this ... fancier back-end I could have used (unbeknownst to you all).  The last time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  Scottish band, beating even Franz Ferdinand. Now, you know I don't like to do just plain answer entries; I prefer to supplement them with at least some ... cicada or something and it made me think about my choice to come to MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  alone in cologne homesickness, better late than never

  

  said goodbye to my parents ten times. The first time they dropped me off ... tried, the moment refused to hit me. Almost accusingly, I remember, she pivoted towards my dad, “How can you not be upset? Are you not going to miss

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  dance dance revolution lessons from ddr

  

  : there are four pads on the ground, each corresponding to an arrow ... song begins, arrows begin moving from the bottom of the screen to the top, and the player’s job is to step on the pads at the same time that the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 30, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  I first arrived at MIT as a tourist, a thirteen-year-old with glasses ... a trip had to include visits to prestigious college campuses. It ... Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get ... , but we still call it Dead Week, and I'd say we manage to cram about a ... , on the first day of the week. (Yes, I am extremely lucky.) So as I sit

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Semester I Played With Chocolate and Ants for a Technical Class Inflatable Chocolate Balloons + Ants as Architects

  

  for context) For the first half of this class, we had to take a ... balloons to be amorphous or irregular     I had to first ... There is a class here at MIT called How to Design (Almost) Anything

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Jigsaw Puzzle of Opinions Ramblings Of A Spring Semester Senior

  

  want to jump back to my first week in Cambridge and the conversation that ... who I am. This all started when moving to Cambridge for a year caused a bit of a culture shock that made me want to better understand my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • March 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  'm getting used to some big changes in my life. The first change that I ... If I had to explain what Junior year's been like so far.... I'd say ... anything...) Since I'm a visual person, I drew this little photo to explain

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to people In Real Life has always kind of freaked me out to some (albeit small ... first steps on MIT domain as a prefrosh, I actually spent a lot more time

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  The first time I had a conversation with Archit Bhise I'm pretty sure ... year in Burton Conner, as I was still settling in and still used to ... conversation is refreshing" because he quickly got to asking bread

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Ben’s Farewell The conclusion to the Ben tribute entries, and a little advice.

  

  all the choices you have to make when starting your first year of ... town for the ceremonies, turned to me with their eyebrows raised six inches straight off their foreheads and went, "And what are YOU going to do

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  time awesome to think that I'm actually growing up and doing my own things. Coming back to Texas allows me to think about how my MIT experience has expanded my outlook on life and the world. But first, I think

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The land of the free and the home of the internet Back to life, back to the internet

  

  finally back from Maine, where I managed to survive on only dialup AOL ... to Jamaica for a week sophomore year with my friends Rose '05 and Swapna '05, at least I had internet cafes. To all of you on dialup, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 9, 2006