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  Waitlist Wrap-Up 2008

  

  schools for the fall. To those of you who stuck with us on the waitlist ... was an extraordinary year across the admissions landscape, with some of ... their waitlists. Large waitlist movement at a few schools has ripple

  • by Decisions
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  case you didn't know, the GC is the guardian and gatekeeper of the college process for most high school students. How important is your GC? Outside of your parents and teachers, your GC is one of the most important

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole ... of the hallway during rush hour.   When the MBTA bus finally arrives, only for it to go out of service Happened to me too many times

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  nervous about another year of school deserve a break, and I deserve a little ... the mountains with their shadows. I'm sitting on the porch of a coffeehouse in the railyard with a spoonful of melted ice cream, accidentally

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.

  

  Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but ... up to near 50/50 like startup-school Olin College has, but I'm afraid ... of Women Engineers (SWE), only 19.7% of undergraduates in engineering

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  externs of any in the entire program -- NICE. There are freshmen, sophomores, and juniors here, and we come from all sorts of majors -- Course 2: Mech ... , etc. The project I'm on deals with mutual funds. Since so much of what

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  these glimmers of east campus. <3 five months ago, i poorly planned ... , and eventually moved out of East Campus (ec). it was not only the dorm i ... . i always knew i wanted to live here, mostly attributed to my years of

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  idea of a school less familiar — in a city we've never lived, in a world ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there four years ago when we were seniors in high school, and we're sure many

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  memeber of the build time (staying at school until 10 PM on the days leading ... that I wrote up a small description of my high school/district and stuck ... Well my friends, yesterday I took a little bit of a nap on the bus on

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  . Here I was, admitted to a fantastic school, the news of which had ... year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops ... . Unlike the majority of admitted students enthusiastically celebrating à la

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  functional cohort (and some of my closest friends) from grad school are ... of 2014 will join them as alumni of the Institute. The 148th ... Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Support MIT Sports!! Vote for MIT Crew!

  

  surprisingly large part of many students lives here. And our school supports our ... for "Crew of the Week" and you can all help our crew team be recognized ... little support! For those of you unfamiliar, Crew is sort of a big deal

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  ="alignnone" width="1000"] A peek into my week of October 1st to 5th, categorized by ... it's already October. We're a third of the way into the semester ... of my friends are also graduating a semester early. It's one semester

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  though (after witnessing the sad drooping of my slice) and offered to trade ... , as I believe their pizza defies all known laws of reality. For one, the ... perplexingly, the tip of the slice always flops down and [annotation note

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  This summer my friends (who are around, instead of doing cool internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random opportunities around Boston and MIT campus. A lot of these adventures start

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already ... well. First of all, I like being an urban planning major. I’m taking a ... language class (French III). I’m also getting an Institute requirement out of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a ... -enviable genetic makeup is devoid of lottery-winner DNA, and (3) I've heard that it ... turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  FUN Form FAQs U is for Ukelele

  

  grades. But you DO have to submit it, regardless of if you have updates or ... free to contact the office. I already graduated high school or I’m not currently in school. What do I do? Ya still gotta submit the form, even if you

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  life. High school was a pretty difficult time for me. I had a lot of ... remember strongly in my junior year of high school right before finals week ... overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  Institutes of Health (NIH) to several judges and Harvard Medical School faculty ... In Ancient Greece, the word “symposium” referred to a gathering of ... the beautiful new conference center at Harvard Medical School, the New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007