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• Blog / Admissions

  We’re Up To Date! Tracking your application.

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will ... . What happens if the tracking system is missing something? First, do not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 17, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our additional MIT QuestBridge Supplement. You do not need to fill out a first ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  /places say that the Rule specifically applies to first year ... case may be, there is a reason that first years are only allowed to take ... thought is put into this credit limit. It is meant to keep first years from

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  - sunburn thing gone sailing for the first time (sailing and learning to ... this is the first time i've spent a summer at mit as a UROP student ... cards than i can count at the laverdes sandwich shop walked to harvard

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My schedule .

  

  lol, it's good to be a senior. 3:30am MANDATORY EDIT: In all seriousness, maybe this post is giving people the wrong impression. The first thing you learn at MIT is how to manage a heavy courseload. The last thing

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 16, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  First off a few notes of clarification. CME stands for Cambridge ... past few years. So it's been a little over a month since we got to England and the first term is half way over! I really can't believe it. The

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon Extended deadline...

  

  forgot to remind you, so I've extended the deadline. :-) If you wish to be considered, please get your application in on time! We will try to make decisions by early next week, but the first priority is launching the new site

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blog Links If you have a blog, share the URL in this thread!

  

  I haven't disappeared, really! Just haven't had a ton of things to ... - it's an awesome collection of clarifications & advice for first ... cool to collect links to other blogs somewhere. So if you have a blog

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the first thing I had to do was ... deadlines and the addresses they need to be mailed to. First there was the ... NCAA Division III Form and bring them with me to my first meeting with my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  your first semester to be easily fixable with these versions. These ... was! Nonetheless, it is done. Looking back to last summer, everything I ... prefrosh seem to be freaking out over imposter syndrome/is MIT too hard/am I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  A Comprehensive Guide to Psetting on Campus ft. an updated mapping system

  

  Google Last year during freshman fall, I made a couple of guides to random things on campus. I'd like to bring that back this year, along with a much better mapping system than a poorly edited PDF. The first map that I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  were up to, strike up conversations. The first few times were admittedly ... first time really having to start from scratch when it comes to making ... lately about making friends. People asked me how to make friends in college

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  I'm halfway to my bachelor's degree which is exciting but also nerve-wracking. You don't really get a chance to redo college, but that doesn't stop you ... (@dasharez0ne this is a credit not a plug) that made me decide to write this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  science. If English isn't your first language, I think you need to take the ... Wow, I have enough questions this time to do a sort of omnibus like Matt does! And I'm starting to get more comments in general - I guess my

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  pumpkins before – I’m basically an expert now! First, you’ll want to ... to fund ourselves. The revenue from these pumpkins is a big reason why ... anywhere else! If you’ve ever been to the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  my year is ... CODING. Yeahhh - What the... I’ll be first to say that when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  friends to my first Red Sox game. I'm a senior and I've never been ... came to an end. I saw my first MIT football game, complete with ... will be sleepless nights. There will be weeks you have to choose which

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Too Good To Go fighting food waste with good bargains

  

  useful.  If you’re planning to forgo a mealplan, I’d recommend that you actually learn how to cook a few filling, [annotation note="eat your veggies ... usually more than happy to give you advice or help you out

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 19, 2022