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• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  At approximately 4:30pm today, we did something we haven't done in 4 ... waitlist again this year? It is too early to know. In a week or two, we ... students on the waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Colors In every sense of the word

  

  What if you lived in a world that was entirely grayscale? Without any ... . Printers would only print in black and white. Face paint and makeup would simply be made in only dark, or light. There would only be black and white

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  entire university of MIT. Every freshman comes in undeclared and can choose ... questions asked in the past two blog entries. Any questions from earlier entries that I neglected to answer here, you can repost in the comments and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  calculus and seventeenth century history in equal measure all in a span of a ... always loved math is probably working in my favour as well! During ... , which I least expected to have anything to do with the humanities in any

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The One Where I’m in Russia a brain/photo dump of me running away from school

  

  . But it was breathtaking, especially in the early morning with mystical ... -Peruvian fusion. Apparently the eighth best restaurant in the world?? Exhibit B ... app prototypes in the span of just a few weeks. Their companies ranged

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 28, 2017
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of ... MIT students participate in the UROP program at MIT. Many of them will ... sustainable technologies and solutions for problems in the developing world
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  we offer has grown over time as a result of advancements in science and ... on the web, as we've been in selection committee since last wednesday ... table. So while we're buried in the committee room, here's a topic I

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... MIT, and we have offered early admission to 687. These students hail

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My Final Blogpost With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to the MIT blogosphere. The journey was all…

  

  And psych! Happy April Fool’s Day! I didn’t celebrate it in ... ’t seen her in nearly nine months, so I was shaking with all the excitement ... melodramatically shrieks, “Avada Kedavra!” at Harry Potter in the penultimate forest

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  Day). I’m in tears when I receive my diploma. My parents are screaming ... ’t pretend, in spite of the last year, to not be excited about 2017. In fact, I ... space and time and see the forthcoming events from the year, in at least

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ground this Valentine’s Day (though of course, love is in the air). These ... time to sit back and reflect and then put it all into words in a way that ... blogging isn’t my “job” anymore), even harder. Many things in my life are

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  me, had crossed the ocean to attend university in the States - but they ... manageable, because I had seen much of the material in high school. One of my biggest failures, though, was in making friends - and now, looking back on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  Yesterday, I wrote, "I'll be back in the office tomorrow, assisting ... abnormally high winds and bad weather in the northeast, my flight had been cancelled and I'd have to stay overnight in Virginia. Of course, all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  matriculate as a full student for a year at Cambridge University in Cambridge ... experience. I think in some ways I've been able to develop a healthier ... dress up in evening clothes and have a three course meal). In general

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  soon as they come in and they start offering interviews and acceptances ... this blog post, but unfortunately, the circuits in my brain in charge of ... essay writing buried somewhere here in all these words. Over the last

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  ="missa was the nickname i went by in middle and high school ... [annotation note="University of Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Program, which i participated in from eighth to tenth grade. it was a good program

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your ... are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions ... offered early admission to 707. These students hail from more than 486 high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  you have the chance to explore offerings in any field and see how you ... This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my ... ; Comp Sci) offers this and I'm pretty sure it's a lock if you have a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in ... just wanted to capture this feeling for now before I fill in the details ... me blabbering on in plain text for pages. Sorry about that. Something

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  content warning: mental health, trauma 1   I've been in a ... its ways of wading in and out of life it never goes away it will ... ; Last semester, I went through tough times. things were going on in my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025