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• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  Occasionally I'll show you a picture and give you some clues to see ... contains many secrets 2) A large noteboard 3) Daniel's index finger, which ... always, points will be awarded for creativity, not just for the right

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  days to be processed. Materials are not automatically loaded into a student's application—all materials have to be processed. We ask for seven ... 're happy to check receipt of items if you allow sufficient time for
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IvyPlus some reflections from an admissions conference

  

  officer more than 30 years ago, it wasn't uncommon for a single applicant to ... to students that should make the process a bit saner for all involved ... to help make everything a little bit better for all involved.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  Macgregor (one of the admissions counselors) at the CPW help desk for a few ... Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the ... fashioned way, like a letter showed up in my actual mailbox outside my house

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  because i guess there’s a first time for everything ... and support by organizing into small squads of people that hang out a ... nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your ...  [email protected]. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get your ... a financial hardship, we’ll waive it. If you had been planning, but
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  that because it'd be funny to write a serious justification for whatever ... . Props to the Coop for taking a chance on my ugly, yet endearing, creation. ... merch design competition for the graduating Class of 2025 (that’s me

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  other and tower over me, daring me to shirk them, just for a little. See ... ? Guilt hangs a heavy weight on my ankles as I do things for myself. Every ... needed to be. I've always very much been a more

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  until today, I've procrastinated about selecting a HASS class for next ... really being able to just select a class I want to take just like I select ... a couple. My approach to selecting a HASS class is that I want to take

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  why so soon?" wrote, "Hi Matt, I know this might be a bit late for you ... Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I'll just ... deciding... "Anonymous" wrote, "I have a Q: is MIT gay-friendly? (intl here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  .  During this time, we were on a waitlist for a charter elementary school ... for a class in 6th grade"].[/annotation] The universe was pointing us in ... a while -- we weren’t for four years -- but once you are, nothing can

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  forced them to do a math competition for extra credit, or maybe they just ... . Perseveration is when someone gets stuck on a topic or an idea. For me ... feel, it comes with a caveat (in my opinion, for all readers but

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  for. As you can imagine presidential elections generate a lot of buzz ... a little distracted as of late. Thursday night, I read the news for ... First some backstory. It's 2008, a leap year and a presidential

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  ’ve written a blog for MIT, and I really don’t have much to contribute.  But I ... , here I am. Blogging for the first time in three years. A lot has changed ... I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Life, As Physics Problem also The Tech said a thing

  

  / admissions wiki today. Amita Gupta, a freshman member of the inaugural Tech FPOP, interviewed Matt and I yesterday for it, and the article is pretty ... for me. Here's what she emailed back: So sometimes when I'm modeling

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  hoping for at least one 5 AM rest; And I with my physics, roommates with their chem, Had just settled down for some quick SHM, When out on the ‘net there arose such a clatter, I sprang to my Mac to see what was the matter

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a ... or modifications due to a disability, please notify the physical ... entry on PE classes and my previous entry on training for the Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  my friends, they pointed out to me that even if that is true for most readers, there might still be just one person, or one in a hundred, for whom ... that I'm not who I used to be. For a while in the middle of MIT, I felt

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  "]--[/annotation] High school was hard for me. I poured a lot of energy into things I didn ... reward for my effort? Will I ever? Because at MIT, I often put a lot of ... can see again. Even just for a blissful minute. I think the thing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  'll share a few of my thoughts and observations after having seen 21 this ... interested in 4-145, the Blackjack Team practice room. For example, Chris wrote ... - they're affixed to a placard next to the door). Also, we have a lot of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008