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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning to the "freedoms" of college life.  As exciting as these summer ... . The great thing is, these tips can be applied to IAP adventures as well as

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled ... are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older ... ?'” (DFW went on to deliver a timeless and celebrated address that is well

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  patiently since Pi Day to tell them that, unfortunately, we will not be able to admit any students from our wait list this year. I am writing this blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... , one of our decision servers has decided to self-isolate from the rest of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It's only around 9pm ... around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area, students gathered to strike. In Boston, people gathered at City Hall Plaza

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  banning the recruitment of transgender people to the military. While the ... on behalf of undocumented and international students, to reaffirm our support for transgender students, particularly those who may wish to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  Many people applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately we could not ... waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to ... happy to be waitlisted. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you may have

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pilot The first video in a vlogging experiment

  

  To start out the new school year, I'm going to try including more fun ... writing text posts, but I just want to experiment more beyond comics and static images. And Lydia may or may not have suggested that I try to vlog

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  is about to catch up to me (just kidding, I'll most likely still be a ... , I still have to get through all of the following classes in order to ... Semester @ MIT | Infographics Well, good luck to all of us this spring

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  from the somewhat ambitious "Find a UROP to turn into a thesis!" to "Keep ... in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to "Write a browser quicksearch tool to make online utilities more efficient

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors to Kresge Auditorium opened half an hour earlier. When I wandered into

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  I feel like I owe it to those (few?) who've followed me closely these last few years to come back and say a quick and proper good bye. I actually had several more entries partly written, but never got a chance to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Meetings… I hope you'll attend the event near you.

  

  admitted students. The events are designed to provide you and your families with an opportunity to learn more about the things you really want to know about the Institute. It's also a great way to meet other admitted

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  Sacramento, CA) I left Boston on Wednesday last week to head for the West Coast. After an early morning trip to the Manchester, NH airport (that 4:00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The ... waitlist, the committee has chosen to admit 35, to keep 64 on the waitlist, and to not admit the remaining 530. Unfortunately, the committee was not

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Uh Oh Joke: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice…

  

  ) Herrell's D) Christina's Boston and Cambridge are home to many other fine

  • by Bryan
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  housing lottery, it's a good idea to pack a suitcase with about a week's worth of clothes so you don't have to unpack and then repack your temp room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only ... among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take pictures of her, so I do not know how I managed to get this one. I thought it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England recently. For those of you in regions that do not have four seasons: autumn ... yet reached Cambridge, the below photos come from recent trips to New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005