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Blog / MIT Life
The summer begins…
and housing lottery preferences. With most of this behind me, it feels ... this weekend to explore some of Europe by rail, and I promise to post -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Blog Links If you have a blog, share the URL in this thread!
I haven't disappeared, really! Just haven't had a ton of things to post about this week. That will change next week when I post pictures ... - it's an awesome collection of clarifications & advice for first -
Blog / Admissions
CPW Hosts
good part of this week matching MIT student hosts with prefrosh [prefrosh ... . Many of you will receive a call or email from your host in the next few ... the available hosts, and ultimately we were happy with all of the -
Blog / Miscellaneous
And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.
catch the tears that would otherwise run with the ink of your applications ... been answered at the end of it.) -
Blog / Admissions
Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…
't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the -
Blog / Admissions
Selection Day 2
With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I'm looking ... summaries of your applications, and now we take those summaries and work from them. We do selection in subcommittees, usually of three people -- I -
Blog / Admissions
Selection
Quick update: Right now, the "committee room" (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I -
FAQ / First-year application
I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?
If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university ... finished high school and who will have completed at least one year of college -
FAQ / First-year application
How much is the application fee?
one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT practices ... negative impact on your chances of admission. -
FAQ / Life and culture
Is there a medical facility on campus?
MIT has its own on-campus medical facilities providing a complete healthcare center serving the health and wellness needs of the entire MIT ... family members. MIT Health provides access to a broad range of clinical -
FAQ / Life and culture
How did the blogs get started?
Ben Jones, The Blogfather, started the MIT Blogs in 2004. The idea behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have -
FAQ / First-year application
When are decisions announced?
of decisions. Admissions decisions will be available exclusively ... the release of admissions decisions, however, you may receive a package -
FAQ / Life and culture
What is MIT Code?
MIT uses numbers for everything. You could be in 10-250 taking 18.06, which is 4-0-8, for 6-5. At MIT, all of your friends would understand ... week, 0 hours in lab per week, 8 hours of homework per week, for -
FAQ / First-year application
May high school juniors apply?
MIT doesn't have any age requirements or limits. Each year we receive a small number of applications from young students who have outgrown their high school curriculum and feel ready for college. We have a lot of -
Blog / Athletics
MIT is a jock school the secret is out
famously nerdy culture. But also: the MIT where 25% of the undergraduates participate in one of the 33 varsity sports. The MIT where, underneath all the academic success, lurks an astounding amount of athletic success. Let me -
Blog / Academics & Research
[Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27
half my stuff) Ran out of prescription meds (because my health ... the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in September. I knew that this transition would be challenging. Juggling all of -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
last concert
the day of the concert - they bring in their own equipment, set it up ... sets of mics, mixers, and speakers so the safe bet was to acquire as much ... years of my time in college of course 5 mics wasn’t enough, so we also -
Blog / Challenges
i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid
It finally happened. I got Covid. Right at the last week of [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, which runs throughout most of ... in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of -
Blog / Challenges
dont want to write ah
's see, december. towards the end of the semester is the time when all the performance groups do their semester performances, and i don't go to a lot of ... of the time it was because i couldn't be bothered to get out of bed. i
