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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  are not offered in English. Will the people at MIT be able to find ... in english. My other question is that my school doesnt offer a lot of ... the optional essays are considered optional in that they are not

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT ... . Despite what you see in some online circles, prestige should NEVER be on ... a bar that each school has to clear in order to remain on your radar

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  hugs thinking about hugs remembering that one time in a summer ... probably the longest hug in my life thinking that if i buy another thing ... , universal sunsets, but only when it's not freezing cold outside like it is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Fall Festival 2014 Some actors came to MIT and told me about their units of measurement

  

  -like delivery, which pretty much falls right in line with my sense of humor. Then ... something hilarious and universal about the way parents who didn't speak English as their first language and grew up in different cultures try to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  In the comments section of my last post, Confused Frosh asked: "Can ... thing now, but it's 12:07am and I was supposed to be in bed 7 minutes ago ... Catalog. Summary: I will graduate with a major in physics and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  National Conclave (NATCON), was hosted in Chicago, IL this year and was ... AAS business sessions in order to pass resolutions and make decisions on ... Squadron of West Virginia University to be the National Headquarters of

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  fill-in-the-blank University all along!" guy. Don't do it. For more ... come out in a couple of days (I love the word "tenterhooks." It's amazing ... depths of obscurity. If you find yourself living every waking moment in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  ] The University of New Hampshire ROTC program recently organized a MOUT ... were holding five hostages in an abandoned prison, and they were to ... paintballs. I hadn't played paintball since I was in high school almost a

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  most definitely didn't have a gratuitously-added picture - in which I ... , not-so-involved career. I got my start in the second half of senior year ... 's say you're a student who's interested in MIT, and you want to continue

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... *checks watch* right now, we have offered early admission to 719 newly ... in between. We can't wait to welcome them to campus to join the 4

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  little bit. In the past semester or so, I've realized that being an MIT ... course numbers: “18.02, 5.112, 7.012, and 8.012.” So I know I'm not in ... they feeding my nephew out there in New England? It's like he's talking

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  offer letter from the US, it should’ve been printed in the US. The ... . While I didn’t enjoy the flavor, Colin drank his entire bowl in one gulp ... clapping when somebody dropped a plate in the dining hall. [annotation note

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Humans 101 @ MIT introductory SHASS classes this fall and recapping the lightning talks

  

  ) publishes a list of introductory subjects offered across its departments. The ... out where their interests lie. Many MIT students are interested in SHASS ... like CMS/STS are rarely offered at high schools. So this list can help

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  an offer in December and, after realizing that I was about to have $50k ... just had an offer on the house, it hadn't actually sold.  Well, in late ... I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What Makes You Tick? To all the Early applicants.

  

  offering help to one another is in tune with the same spirit. I'm not referring to just my fraternity brothers offering to prep me in 8.01, but also ... directional vectors to me, the girl that offered to sub in for my SAT class when

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Days Without a Laptop… i need laptop-rehab

  

  university in the US - perhaps even the world. i usually can get MIT signal in ... early last Wednesday morning. In these last five days, I feel like I ... computer through your daily life. Case in point - walk into any common

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  Universe class session. The kids in my Spontaneous 5-Min Class noticed that ... classes. For those of you who can't instantly divide numbers by 24 in your ... littered with sonic screwdrivers and Tardis t-shirts. I managed to slip in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  situation in which obfuscation is to your advantage. You will frequently ... he lays in this piece - about the importance of language, including writing, in shaping how we are capable of thinking - he later built upon in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  I'm briefly emerging from hard work in the application mines to share ... language text in response to prompts.  There has been a tremendous amount of commentary in the popular press (and Discourse™ on social media) about these

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  civilization in history has had a working answer to. "How did the universe begin ... , Clark University, Princeton, U. Chicago, all have Splashes (and those are ... that weekend and are still interested in traveling" - and on Friday April

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013