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• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  I know a lot of you are stressed. You have busy brains with rodent ... puzzling at the end of eighth grade, but as high school dug its claws into me ... school teacher, encourage you, a cool reader of the MIT blogs, to go for it

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  MIT Class of 2017!), that you're declining our offer of admission (it ... concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions ... the fairest treatment of waitlisted students. If you need more time: If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  School in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago), but it was a lot more ... Mira Nair came to speak last year and kind of offered my friend a role in ... Julie Mallozzi to do a screening of her film at your school. It's a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we have guest speakers share ... included the Chief Engineer of General Motors and an engineer from Texas Instruments who designed a sensor that detects the weight of a passenger and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  from two very different ways-of-thinking. My dad is a nerdy engineer with ... desires. In middle school, I was quiet, and I would just observe how people ... mathematics of people”. It just took a random idea when I was in 9th grade that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  The Proposal One part hack + two parts romance = Lobby 7 love!

  

  middle of finals week. Under the cloak of being busy with such trivial ... Many hacks at MIT celebrate something: the 100th anniversary of this, the debut of that, the screening of this, the inauguration of that, etc

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  school? I went to a very rural, very public school in the middle of nowhere. My school graduate only about 60% of its students; most people end up ... think. For an elite school, MIT gets a pretty good number of first

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  the offer of admission from another college before May 1, even if it ... I know that students on the waitlist have lots of questions ... aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  my hair blue was as a junior in high school. After months of seeing and ... past, all of the bloggers you see here on this site have applied using ... note="i like to think of myself as a Real Adult"]Real Real Adults

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  the moon(that was used by my school's team( I was a leader of that!) that reached the finals of the International Space Settlement Design Competition) - ( obviously an infintesimal of Prof. Schrock's research!) I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  Every year the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The ... like CMS/STS are rarely offered at high schools. So this list can help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  guys, but the phones are kind of all busy right now so I have to wait a ... pretty much every aspect of freshman life at MIT. I love this school and ... digging around through bunches of paper. Score one for blog comments being

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  power brokers. For some time now I've been intrigued by all forms of communication and their effect on society, in particular that of minority ... you a backstage pass to the theater of the absurd, better known as

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  Many international applicants don't have a school counselor. The school counselor letter is not a required part of the MIT application; it ... . Because school systems vary outside of the U.S. and many international
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  applications comes even as the number of graduating high school seniors held ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... very busy one here at MIT Admissions! This week, The Tech, MIT's

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• FAQ / Transfer

  What college should I attend to improve my chances for transfer admission?

  Our applicants come from all over the world and from many different educational backgrounds. You should choose a college that will offer rigorous ... and extracurricular opportunities in your areas of interest. In other
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  sometime out of my incredibly busy schedule to hang out with Joe and ... First of all, friends don't let friends do 5.12 on video. Especially ... check the blog server two or three times a day instead of their usual six

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  i had SUCH a nice President’s Day weekend. a lot of it was consumed ... first Mocha Show performance was on Friday night, so a good portion of my ... , grabbing dinner as a team, and putting egregious amounts of stage makeup on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  . What do you enjoy doing most? Inside or outside of school. Think about ... Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning ... accurate). A description of the current interview process is posted here

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  describing the mission of MIT. "Every school has a different mission on Earth ... 's your favorite part of your job?" President Hockfield: "You. The students." They talk back and forth about Sam's dream of becoming an astronaut and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007