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• Blog / Challenges

  Pursuing CS as a (near) beginner being a prospective CS major with little programming experience

  

  : I participated in the Summer Science Institute at the University of ... fox will make sense later[/caption] I want to major in computer science. I have plenty of experience in other fields like biomedical

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  note="until AC came in and confused the shit out of me"]coolest thing ... a sense that I’d really learned a lot in those three hours. My ... well with my learning style. I found it really cool to program in a

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  , I spent the last year of my life in Shanghai studying Chinese at Fudan University. I am currently working on a number of blog posts that will be coming out on things like being a black person in China, language learning

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  bible of all the classes offered at MIT in the fall. personally, i've got ... .) courseroad 2.0 was also released recently, and although it's in a bit of a ... 'll probably be a better version than the original in the near future. i know

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  I work at Hasbro in Rhode Island, about a 1 hour train ride away from where I'm staying on campus. Kim '11, who was also in Toy Design with me, also works there and yesterday she offered me a ride back to Boston

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  committee. That night I edit 50 pages of copy for the new viewbook in ... enormously rewarding. After we all gather around the table, Marilee offers ... down. She says: "MIT is not just a university - it's a concept, an ideal

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Afeefah and we're rolling out looking for MIT's greatest Diners, Dig-Ins and ... -you-can-eat dinners that each of the five dining halls have to offer. Which dining hall ... stations set up in Maseeh, I decided on the safest option there is: a freshly

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Are the Arts active on campus?

  More than 50 percent of incoming first-years have prior training in the arts, and more than half of all MIT undergrads enroll in arts courses each year—with nearly half of students participating in music and
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  financial aid, I turned in my applications. Then, I stopped thinking about them. I had turned in what I needed to. My essays were some semblance of who I was, and while I might wish I hadn’t used so many commas in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  's Universe (although he's been asking for it back. Not that I wanted it in the ... -stripped evidence of my baryonic selfhood in three suitcases, two boxes, and a broken ... ankles in urban New England. Slush is a test of courage and moral fiber

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  In the near future, MIT Admissions will release the EA decisions. To ... windshield wipers off. I felt a nervousness I hadn't felt in the weeks prior ... less than 5. 3,689 were not offered admission. That's 24.46%. Those are

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  are coming out in a couple hours. Yuliya K. '18 made a lovely post ... overwhelmedness – but I also find a lot of solace in kind, honest words. So that's what I can offer, because that's what has helped me most this semester

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  us up into research teams in universities around the area. We were in different teams, but both of us were in the university 10 minutes from our ... projects in the Maker Portfolio (we think she said yes, as long as you

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  It's finally spring in Boston! And unlike the occasional t-shirt weather spurts in February and March, it seems like this streak of sunshine and relative warmth is here to stay. In this final quarter of my time

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we ... interested in MIT, and so forth. In the meantime, you may talk amongst yourselves below. As always, please keep your comments civil and friendly in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  This was the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute, and you are one of the very few applicants to whom we offered ... introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can first-year students conduct research?

  the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and students in all majors and all class years (including first-year students) can participate in research through the Undergraduate Research
• Blog / Life after MIT

  This is where my decisions have taken me perspectives from grad school

  

  graduated, Arthur offered to put me in touch with a medievalist at Caltech ... “Einen Faden in die Hand nehmen, der in jedem Fall, unter allen ... take in one’s hand a thread which continues always and through all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  NY Times article on women in science Women in science...the debate rages on.

  

  Biomolecular Systems on Friday morning. In an effort to procrastinate, I was browsing today’s New York Times and saw an article called “Women in Science ... science and engineering classes in larger and larger numbers, even at top

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 19, 2006