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• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  , notice: First and foremost, my super-fabulous high-heeled rainboots. I ... been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... nice and dry-- but I was looking for puddles to jump in! There is nothing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  offer admission today, we have placed a modest number on our waitlist and ... portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... you click View Update.  This past year, inclusive of both Early and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Motivation Finals are FUN!

  

  AM to 12 PM 20.430: Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems ... the graduate version would definitely be offered, I took the class on Jr/Sr P/D/F. So even if I get a C, it will appear as a bright and shiny P

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful ... letters and packages to be mailed. I'll keep you posted. Decisions will definitely be available online on the 18th, and if all goes well we'll mail on

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring cleaning and miscellany The Brass Rat club, sending 4-inch heels to Goodwill, and picking a new food-providing graduate…

  

  Well, grad school interviews and visiting weekends are done! This weekend I visited Harvard Medical School's Biological and Biomedical Sciences program, from which both my UROP professor and my postdoc graduated

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  (I'm gonna go ahead and spill the beans: This is an entry about IAP ... months, Santa isn't real, and eating ice cream and shredded cheese for ... I was little, my favorite store was the Sanrio store, and my favorite

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  Wisconsin, and the other, Abby, is from San Diego. Last week I get home from ... .” Abby and I stand in awe. What is this “fall clothing,” and do we need it? (The answer is yes; we do need it). I own some jeans and one or two warm

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  cellular, molecular, and developmental biology, so no ecology classes for me! (And frankly, I couldn't be gladder. I think plants are uninteresting ... rocked the GRE general test, will be graduating with two degrees, have a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  . Dirks, and Brown University President Christina Paxson. When I arrived ... University presidents are the black suit-wearing overseers who sit at ... and full of personality and they're breaking the stereotype of the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  MIT requires letters of recommendation from two teachers and a ... profile and letter of recommendation from your counselor, and one ... name and MIT application reference ID number in the subject line of the
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  knowledge of MIT’s campus and all its many quirks. Their blog also has a lot ... around campus, taken from interesting angles, and the goal for each is to ... : CJ: The post also includes a form to submit guesses, and a leaderboard

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  Boston and want to catch a musical, [annotation note="MIT also offers ... saw Wicked on opening night with two friends (Caitlin O. ‘25 and Oris S. N. ‘23), and I went absolutely FERAL. I have been waiting for this

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 8 & Beyond

  

  On Selection Day 8 (Thursday), I wore a skinny tie, and worked with Mari and Prof. Patrick Henry Winston. Winston is what we at MIT call a "lifer" -- he received 3 degrees from MIT (SB '65, SM '67, PhD '70) and was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 26, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  part of MIT folklore, hacks can tell much about MIT's culture and ... design, humor and general outlaw behavior—and serve as another indication ... provost for student life, brings gadgets and other hack artifacts and gives

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... the MIT Class of 2029, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have offered early admission to 721. Though they are all different in their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT, and we have offered early admission to 687. These students hail ... log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... Massachusetts to Malaysia and many places in between. We can't wait to welcome

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your ... .mit.edu. This year, 9,600 students applied for early admission to MIT, and we have offered early admission to 707. These students hail from more than 486 high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  wanted to go to college, and I had a few ideas of where I wanted to apply and that was it. And so, what did I do, I procrastinated. Why? Because of state laws. Back in TX, if you were in the top 10 percent of your

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Learn where all the ramps and elevators are. Grumble when there's no elevator near the stairwell you always take. Find an elevator and take it. Exit the elevator and grumble when you see the stairwell you always take

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  waitlist? We offered 389 applicants -- approximately 3% of applicants -- a ... accept our offer of admission. Some years, we overpredict (as in the past ... the offer of admission from another college before May 1. After May 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006