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• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...

  

  announce that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released ... moments of joy and curiosity, rather than being consumed by the Waiting of ... passes. I'll see you on the other side of decisions!   

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 9, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  physically and mentally. I learned a lot of lessons that have forever changed my MIT experience. This semester I did all of my psets early. I ... to every class and completed all of my assignments on time. Freshman

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  do! So when Aiden posted his tier list of MIT's dining halls and rated ... "] Map of restaurants I visited over the week.[/caption] Day 1 (Saturday ... custard" (from the drinks menu, which turned out to be just a bowl of corn

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  and all you want to say is “This weather is wild” and “It’s that time of ... time of the semester when [insert vague statement about being hosed].” I ... conversations are a game. There’s a set of rules most people follow in which one

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with some excellent puzzles. it's written by teammate, and i know lots of ... around for a few more hours until the end of the party. and when everyone

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  Roughly a week ago, on a Thursday morning, at the crack of dawn, I ... found ourselves, at 6:30AM, at the beginning of the end, ready to make the ... from a state that is also occasionally the butt of jokes so I won't go

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  my eyes, you are done being prefrosh by definition on the first day of ... applying to MIT. 'proto-' meaning 'earliest form of'. "]prefrosh ... , when students go to tons of fun events at dorms to explore different

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  part of, like tech squares or the assassins guild or esp or puzzle club ... difference. by being president of this student group, maybe i could push for it ... want me to succeed, because of course your professor wants you to pass

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Should’ve Been Working When I Drew These ✨but i wasn't✨

  

  ="aligncenter" width="432"] oh my god is one of its arms coming OUT of its pecs?? ok well

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 11, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  Declared My Major :D aw yeah i'm a College Student™ now

  

  during the spring term of their freshman year. I'm a fairly decisive person ... need for students to understand both the science and engineering of ... a deeper understanding of how the brain produces intelligent behavior

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Money

  ew taxes the new zealand government owes me money

  

  taxes, or save part of your paycheck for the government overlords. In New Zealand, this happened as well; they took away roughly 30% of my paycheck

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  quarantine throwback i present to you my early april 4 am thoughts

  

  blog, you know it’s been kind of weird lately. Life was cancelled, people ... meant I have housing at least till the end of the semester, so I didn ... could write about how much I long for the usual hustle and bustle of MIT

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 6, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2020 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who were admitted ... the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  movement Get a U-Haul. A dolly. Quite a few people, at least two of them need to be strong. Coordinate! Don't wait until the morning of to put ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2019 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live

  

  that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of you who ... , I wish you the best of luck wherever you go, and whatever you do.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Open Thread: The Final Countdown a noble tradition of posting all day on the internet

  

   noble tradition of infinitely long, rambling, nothing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  February Updates & Notes Form is an online form that is required of all ... 2 of the application, except that we're only looking for current ... points or use more casual language. This section has a maximum of 250 words

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... -Reported Coursework Form from the Part 2 of the application, except that we're only ... bullet points or use more casual language. This section has a maximum of

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  break and only a small handful of people will be answering phones and emails. For all of you trying to get your Regular Action application in by ... minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  It's the middle of July, and my brain is so fried I'm punting on a few projects, so figured I'd make myself useful and answer some ... Disqus handles that kind of conversation pretty well now, so we can just do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015