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• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Status Deadline to schedule interview for EA applicants extended.

  

  As you've likely noticed by now, the MyMIT site has been down since yesterday due to a hardware issue - we apologize for any inconvenience. The tech gurus have been working around the clock to fix it, but they're not

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  Yes we dew. I am not very shy about my love and affection for the MIT library system. (See here and here for evidence.) On Saturday afternoons, I ... for the Dewey furniture survey. (Clearly, I don't have enough work to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I haven’t completed all the recommended coursework?

  At the very least, we recommend you have one full year of both calculus (or higher level of math, whichever meets your ability level) and calculus-based physics. It’s rare that…
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  important, so keep working hard. The February Updates & Notes Form also ... additional materials does not by itself increase your chances of admission.
• Blog / Admissions

  Friday morning potpourri in lab How MIT's campus makes me happy to be alive. Also stuff from Adam.

  

  never gone), so you might wonder why on earth I am awake and not curled up ... this point, my project may or may not be done by the time I leave for grad school, so working really hard on it between now and the end of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  will be glad I worked hard, and it will pay off. The grade is not the ... not see it pay off in the way you expect, or hope. It's very painful ... carpet covered with tissues, wonder why you bothered to work so hard when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  realization recently that I think I'm boring. I'm not entirely sure where I sit ... [/annotation] create an inescapable mindset that if I don't take all of them, I am not ... exposure effect, not an actual feeling. A lot of these "dilemmas" seem

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  was easy to pick MIT. I knew I wanted to attend a school that would not ... from autonomous drones to what I am currently working on in Biomaterials and Hydrothermal Liquefaction. So how does it all work for a Freshman

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open

  

  also interested in high school research competitions, including (but not ... encourages all students, working as individuals or in teams, to submit research they are currently working on or to begin research now with the goal of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  'm working on a shorter, catchier title). Aside from the brilliantly practical ... Professor Tod Machover, who has already done groundbreaking work developing a ... closer to home, why not help the Personal Robotics Group train the next

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  waitlist committee has been working hard since May 1 to determine how many ... working to make admissions decisions. The waitlist admissions process will continue until we fully determine who will and will not be admitted, at which

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  sees it), am not. As I've now satisfied my need to share this news with you...I should probably get back to work. My last calc midterm of the ... am sufficiently focused enough to get work done. Wish me luck with

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  Hey guys - sorry for not blogging in so long! I've been up to all ... . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... 's upcoming Spring Weekend Concert (I'm working security :D) playing with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  , whether or not they actually are members, because the costs are often far ... least that's how it works at East Campus. If you don't want to stay here ... machine of the working world stops. If you're waiting for a meeting to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  On Broadway My first few days of fun in NYC

  

  On Tuesday after work, I saw The Producers -- not the movie, the show. Some friends from MIT, UC Berkeley, and NYU took care of waiting in line ... row A, I really saw him. The past two nights, I've been working

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  50 (First) Dates You and your significant other -- where to meet on campus, where to go out,…

  

  Washington Chilli Duck -- "if it's not working at Chilli Duck, it's not going ... , seduce, and hopefully-not-but-maybe-because-people-sometimes-grow ... locking (!) piano room Steam Cafe -- no, it's not a sauna or spa Tech

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer On-Campus #2 yayay

  

  exercise, so I'm not stuck in the gym wondering what to do. I'm working out ... MIT). This is what I do in the day, except for weekends. Not only do I ... general idea is that I'm working on a program that can navigate several

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  papurgatory I am demolishing my print budget and my solitary working habits

  

  ] pset due Monday and generally doing basically anything that was not ... would also get me to actually read these papers. It did not. I carried a ... only periodically read a page or three. To be clear, the problem is not

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  always try to put too much on my plate at once: I was working full-time at ... you, I assume) am spending the day working on applications. Most of the ... worry as you guys do. Getting into graduate school in biology is not, in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  , self-paced kind of stress, because my work is mostly independent. I spend too much time deciding where to work and going there, when I should just be working. I like working in coffee shops, but not paying three

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016