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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  that time of year… ...when every day feels like 48 hours instead of 24. When's summer?

  

  on a loop:   You are in the front yard of your aunt's house ... fill in where you're used to hearing cars, or horns, or construction. It ... look up, up into the trees, to see if you can spot a lemur. There were so

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is live we're ready for you to begin

  

  Good news!  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Many of you may have received a shiny ... seeing some of you when I’m in Florida later this month and I

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  you guys to interview. I never used Skype in high school, but I think ... in particular you chose to apply to MIT. I spoke ad nauseum when I was ... to relax in #1, it does help if you do a bit of pondering before your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-January Updates The latest from Cambridge.

  

  . If you are in the regular action pool (regular action applicant or early action deferred), and you are in an American school, please try to ... , and you are looking to send us an update, I would recommend doing so in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  recovered in a year) More on this later, maybe. If you want to sign my cast ... magnification. It’s cool because we can change the magnification continuously, which is impossible with glass. At Open Sauce, the maker expo in San

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  broken, but in the other direction, oops global warming. (And if you're ... by temperature. You can also mouseover individual blocks to see data ... This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will be a little while until all the dust settles and we can tell you more ... ! In the meantime, all of you '09s should check out the Firstyear site

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  , the more creative you'll have to be in submitting supportive ... We don't have any age limits or restrictions. If you've been away ... /employers and other supportive materials that would assist us in getting to know
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the ... in the “e-mail” field when leaving your comment so I can get a hold of ... After a lot of searching, I’ve discovered a video on YouTube that is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  see and do. At the same time, though, it's relatively small and you can ... (yet, unproductive) break. The weather only aided in the inevitable ... were really adorable and had absolutely boundless energy (think what you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  be insufficient in order to get where you need. With my research, it ... , you have to agree with the professor's solution in order to get the A ... skills you develop in a broader sense in order to really be able to address

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  shifts in perspective that make a huge difference in the way you feel ... sweet because you've learned a lot. And that's a win in the Afeefah book. Don't waste time trying to prove to yourself that you can finish a PSET

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  think people are understandably concerned about whether you can continue ... example, do you know that we have one of the best faculties in the country ... interests in the humanities and arts when you come to MIT. With top

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  5E Rush Photos

  

  Rush. You have to look kind of closely to see him in this picture though. His image was clearer in real life. (In case you're curious, that ... , Matt '08, Brian '08, and a couple of people I can't make out in the dim

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  . First, if you are still deciding, there are some things you can do. 1. Ask ... 't forget the money factor! Will I / Can I make a difference? If you visited ... with the certain schools in mind. If you didn't visit, hopefully you did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  essays are not advice, or even guidelines. I can only tell you what I did ... GPA, your SAT/ACT scores, etc.—you can’t do anything about those, so ... you feel that you have to misrepresent the truth dramatically in order

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• Blog / Life after MIT

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

  

  room. It's also a good idea to pack light and buy as much as you can once ... a Swim Test but that's about it. Well, what if you can't swim to save your life (literally)? If you can't swim well enough to pass the swim

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  , and Social Sciences"]SHASS.[/annotation] In fact you can see a whole ... . What are you doing in 21E? Like Danny and Allan, I am a 21E major with ... workload like? Frankly I think the work is as much as you want to put in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  put "vacation" in quotations not because it wasn't wonderful - it was ... , and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011