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Apply / First-year applicants
Early vs Regular
MIT has two application cycles: Early Action (EA) and Regular Action (RA). What's the difference? Only the dates of the deadlines! It is fine to apply during either cycle. We do not have a preference, and there -
Blog / How to Food
42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 2)
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also an amazing (amazing) cook. He ... and gently poke at the squash with a fork. If the insides of the squash ... , stirring occasionally. Finely chop one clove of garlic and add it at the -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (and at MIT)
of an undergraduate college degree. My friend, who I love very dearly ... of what he is like, he taught my little brother (who was four at the ... in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
The Random Hall ‘13s Life plans, advice, and stories from last year’s Random Hall graduates.
respectful, more generous, and more kind. The diplomas start at 3:23:45. See if ... offers, I decided that I’ll [also] be working at Akamai Technologies this ... those opportunities unfold in different directions to varying degrees of -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
What’s on a desk? That which we call a workspace by any other name would look as depressing...
/really cool grown-ups. As a part of their “residency,” they put on events at ... at life outside of MIT every now and then. In any case, go Cards! And ... what I think is either Indiana or Illinois. By the time you read this, I -
Blog / Academics & Research
50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year
museums at the time of the night when few tourists were out and the city got ... single for at least a period of time in college. Take yourself out. It ... to your peers. Everyone at MIT has something to offer (you do too -
Blog / Academics & Research
Axes of Confusion ????
of staying in our current major or switching majors. After 2 years at ... , one for the minimum amount of classes we need to finish the 21E degree ... semester at a time, and see where that takes us. And, of course, write about -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
Someone saved my life tonight Survived my squalor, like a butterfly.
assume they are laughing at me, so I asked them what the heck Second Degree ... unmanageable. A sign of first degree squalor could be that you might be ... out of hand. Signs that you have reached second degree would include -
Blog / Advice
The Art of Juggling please take away my balls
me before. But at the same time, I realized that in the midst of my ... out there, then I'm making good use of my time at MIT and it would prove ... probably won't make it, so you have to assign degrees of importance. Drop the -
Blog / Academics & Research
I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.
quite 1,000 googol pages. All I can offer you by way of reconciliation is ... would be taking next term at MIT. So, I added a trendline in the form of a ... time that I spend at MIT, which will add up to 80 hours per week of real -
Blog / Academics & Research
“So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*
random places, all of which I seriously considered for at least the time I ... A lot of different people have been asking me about my prospective major. And for these gracious inquirers, I have a lot of different answers -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
101 Things To Do Before You Graduate! 102. Read this blog entry.
of the intervening years. (basically, the backstory is that at ... ;-- this at least I am proud of. 2. Eat N2 ice cream - you are not allowed ... President Hockfield - as a matter of fact, I did this my very first week at -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next
every single cookie jar of majors that MIT has to offer in one way or ... the front-end of our app to present at the end. The program is split ... . Later, my team chooses to meet at 5 every day to get more app stuff out of -
Blog / Academics & Research
Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates
: An annotated timeline of everything he's ever made at MIT! You can see more of everything Charles has made at his website, http ... Copenhagen Suborbitals, a group of amateurs trying to launch themselves into -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
MIT Academics (you know, the REAL reason why you're coming to MIT )
engineering degrees). 2) I've never built anything at MIT (most engineering ... something wrong if you buy all of your textbooks at the MIT Coop. One or two ... to deal with the deluge of students seeking help at the final hour :P -
Blog / Academics & Research
Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.
of self respect. At least that's the way it was with me. Something that ... 2pm. You might be wondering at the moral of this story. Is it grades ... There are going to be a lot of people eager to give you advice on how -
Blog / Academics & Research
An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT
Daily Globe article, the President of the Latin-American Club at MIT ... Degree (graduate) and Bachelor of Science in Course I. Civil Engineering B ... tuition award! Many of the international students at the time struggled -
Blog / Best of the Blogs
Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends
tale from last April. Longtime readers of the blogs may know that I've come to understand the challenge of MIT through the lens of physical ... challenges of balancing growth and recovery, and the isomorphic relationship -
Blog / About Decisions
A Penny for Your Thoughts pennies
ending--it's the beginning of a path you might not have meant to take at ... winter and the slew of second semester tests starting to take its toll. It ... losses of Matthew Nehring and Christina Tournant. And for you, dear