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• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  wondering what's happening to your applications. The honest truth is, we're working pretty hard to read each and every one of them. I know the wait is ... about where I'd end up in just a few months. The only way to give each and

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you ... /folders now!  We have been deliberating our decisions regarding the wait list for the last few days, since the May 1 deadline for admitted students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  Back in the fall, I wasn't really sure if I made the right choice regarding my dorm. Now, I'm very sure I made the right choice. I like all the people and all the things here so much. Plus, [annotation note

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  is 6'014 km away from the 'Tvte. Time flies (seriously), and I'm already returning back to the US end of next week. This week is also the last week of lectures here at ETH Zürich. But, the semester technically

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  Note: this post has been updated from the 2016 CPW mini-guide for the ... !!! For the past week, our inboxes have been filled with CPW reminders and ... everyone thinks they will have the best guest. The magic algorithm that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  had the chance to learn some web dev with my friends, meet industry ... post update on the upcoming HackMIT!   --   Hey there~! We’re Shannon P. ‘20 and Jierui F. ‘20, and we’re on the HackMIT organizing team

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Summer Reading List The exciting hobby that I never have time for during the school year...

  

  find summertime a particularly good season for the things I used to do much more frequently before the chaotic workload that is college, and a ... (usually fantasy) until one of my parents found me and, for the millionth

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  'm so excited to work on my 6.005 final project for probably the next ... will say, the best part of final projects is when you are done with them--not because the work is finally over (ok, partially) but because you realize you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Weekend of Hacking three events, one weekend

  

  You're flipping through the TV channels, bored out of your mind between all the reality TV and cooking show. Then you come across a channel that catches your attention. A brilliantly parodied logo appears on the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

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

  

  Today was apparently the MIT Undergraduate Association's Fall ... oblivious to the world around me. Both are valid options. Either way, I got some tasty free fries this afternoon. Also, the Fall Festival means some

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

  Feeling Good And mostly musing

  

  up something that wasn’t a p-set or a study paper, a consequence of the past three weeks sapping so much time. The barrage of classes, problem ... -set I turned in one Ed Sheeran song before the deadline. Needless to say

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  requirements for the Maker Portfolio. For current requirements, see here.  Hello ... teaching myself the language Processing, adding to Matlab, Python, VB ... lot of questions about the new Maker Portfolio supplement on the MIT

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  those of you who don't know me, I'm the new Chris, replacing the old Chris ... . The last year was one of the most intense, incredible, challenging and rewarding of my life. I spent almost every day at the Center for Civic Media

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  For the past few weeks, I've REALLY wanted to go to Red Mango.  I really like frozen yogurt, and at home the first nearby frozen yogurt place ... going to get Red Mango.  Sadly, the closest Red Mango to MIT is kind of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  slamming my laptop lid shut, running around the house screaming, and ... 've been asked the question "Why MIT?" more times than I thought possible ... could say. I could mention the quirky culture, the hacks, the UROPs, the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  about the current weather and the sudden drop in temperature from last ... live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will ... suppose. First way to enjoy a spring in Cambridge: Find the appropriate

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Discuss Disqus launching our new commenting system

  

  Since the MITAdmissions.org blogs began some six or so years ago we ... yourselves. In the past, the commenting system has been relatively simple. There's a big open box at the bottom of each entry, with fields for name

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 10, 2012
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  Take in the familiar sights, smells, and faces of your community. Can ... which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing seeing the familiar sights, taking in the familiar smells, and forgetting

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  -notch engineering and science programs, this school actually has the resources to ... writing and the visual arts. But more importantly, we believe that we can tap into the wealth of creative gems embedded in all the scientific

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  One of the stereotypes of sci/tech/engineering schools like MIT is ... they crack under the pressure of my enormous good looks. The pimples on my forehead allow my friends to play connect-the-dots on the go, and my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010