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  all the classes I didn’t take you seem pretty unsure for a girl so in love with her major

  

  the brim?  Normally, I wouldn't want that at all, but there's a part of ... certain of choosing neuroscience for basically two years at this point, but ... at fulfilling their specific role, and they sort of throw everything

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  the section about the MIT.nano courses offered over IAP. At this point ... slight yet intense feeling of excitement at getting to try out all the ... passed, I was filled with frustration at my lack of motivation, will

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2020 Wait List Decisions We're sending out wait list decisions today.

  

  decision. Out of the 437 students on our wait list, 26 were offered admission ... many of you have been awaiting news about our wait list. During this time ... from the wait list. This year, we had a record-high percentage of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  . At the conclusion of the tour, student tour guides lead a tour of ... It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel ... people to ask questions about your silly hats. Take pictures of yourself. Take pictures of yourself wearing silly hats. Take pictures of your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Senior Week The beginning of the final week for MIT's Seniors.

  

  final week of excitement at MIT. Events include "Breakfast with the Professors," a trip to Six Flags New England, and Tech Night at the Pops. And ... Today begins a weeklong event at MIT called Senior Week. During

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  parallels or juxtapositions in one sitting at flour cafe

  

  friends at this school. one of the most uncertain things about freshman year ... out of bed before noon. this february i’m up at 8 am every day of the ... a year and a half ago i got offered a position as a blogger and i

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  first semester: one CI-H/HW at least half of the science GIRs ... darkest hell weeks at MIT. In lieu of resummarizing the endless cycle of ... MIT has a lot of resources that could have made my freshman year a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  , Pat You can go see more of Pat's work at the Media Lab on his project ... decision day, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer ... I did here and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  of Project Runway at Television Without Pity to keep myself up to date ... . Sure enough... Eng holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Rhode ... biomimetics at the University of Bath in England and has collaborated with MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  at MIT (also known in admissions parlance as the "yield") of greater ... our wait list, 14 will be offered admission. At that point, our wait ... The May 1 reply deadline has come and gone, and we know many of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  of things like "can eat five plates of food at dinner",* "can make ... free shirts. Just look at my haul: And, of course, I also did ... If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  near Boston Common at about 11:45. I lost the group on the way out of the ... at least. But woe is this Texan on the first day of snow...which could ... 're smart. I'm not, so I spent most of the vacation on Reddit or Facebook

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  . Even for those of you for whom we don't have enough room for at MIT, I ... Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a "lifer" -- he received 3 degrees from MIT (SB '65, SM '67, PhD '70) and was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  -weekly offering of free food; even though the food (wings!) has been in the office ... the two of us and the fact that I'm still looking at the Mc ... possible moment (writing headlines and looking at every other piece of

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Public Policy, arguably the most useful Political Science class offered at ... con of such a lifestyle at MIT is loneliness. I am the only humanities ... . Most of them are offered by several departments, and so I get a variety

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  looking at changes in the electrical properties of one type of neuron -- my ... microscope again, and I was going to take pictures of the lab and our equipment ... everything when I leave my nice dark cozy apartment at 6:45 AM. At least I did

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  at some of some of the blogging highlights of Ben's 4 years (and 194 ... months, those little blogs, buried at the bottom of the page, were getting ... thousands of hits each week and requests to speak at national admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  waitlist? We offered 499 applicants -- approximately 4% of applicants -- a ... of you may be saying, "C'mon, MIT is really good at math. They have to ... reply date for other colleges? You should accept the offer of admission

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  available. And now, a selection of various dishes I have made this semester at ... vide the roll in rabbit bone stock at 139 degrees Fahrenheit for 4 hours. Chill roll, then slice into desired thickness. Bake at 375 degrees

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020