FAQ / First-year application
Can I take a gap year?
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Blog / Challenges
How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.
So I was really tired last night. I’d been in northern Michigan ... ridiculous dreams. Like this one dream I had over the summer. I was in Harry Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Choose my Halloween Costume!
have no idea what to dress up as. In fact, I haven't actually dressed up as anything in the past few years, and this is truly sad. So, I need ... leather! I'm not sure I can pull that off!) So...any suggestions? Either -
Blog / Admissions
last minute application panic for the procrastinators
/carbon/other gases. Review your deadlines. Not every school has the same January 1st ... date; it can be helpful to add them to a calendar app or spreadsheet -
FAQ / Life and culture
Can I join a fraternity/sorority?
MIT’s Fraternity, Sorority, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) include 26 fraternities, 10 sororities, and five living groups. With core principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office encourages and… -
Blog / Admissions
The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…
to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an ... final proofs next week - and then it's off to the presses! I can't wait to -
Blog / Classes
day one welcome back
sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial ... algebra class was very rigorous, and in an ideal world, I would take it -
Blog / Life after MIT
i’m back .gif not an undergrad, not a grad student, but a secret third thing
="attachment_83349" align="aligncenter" width="300"] in case i get a new avatar, i ... in the in-betweenness of young adulthood. As we drove away, I felt ... visit every once in a while—you know, to catch up with the people I hold -
Blog / Admissions
Waitlist, Etc.
would have said in his entry - please read it. I'll just add that a couple of the people of whom I spoke in this entry were admitted today. I can ... ?" (Hah! The answer is definitely 'no' - elaboration to come.) But I can -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
craze how a blog gets born
black out— there is nothing else in the world I can do I am barely ... I have more than 100 blog ideas saved in a nifty spreadsheet and ... of ideas in another life, I could have been a painter (I -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
here i go again i have watched Mamma Mia! seven times this year
I: Just One Look and I Can Hear a Bell Ring I live on a fairly ... watched it during a phase in my life where I truly believed that all art had ... film so amazing? Well, I can give you a basic pitch. Mamma Mia! is a -
Blog / MIT Life
Blog Entry: Recession Edition At MIT, your spoon is too big.
In times of economic crisis, Random Hall perseveres in upholding the ... decreased in a geometric series. It is predicted that Paul would have finished ... “too hosed” with homework to participate in the social event, eventually -
Blog / Internships & Externships
soulsearching / coding in which i ramble about careers
's people who've been in the industry for decades now. I can't imagine that ... is a respectable want. CJ: But isn't it true that I can find that in ... 've been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play
, where I suddenly had an infinite amount of time to respond in a way that ... in a while, I’d open my eyes and check the clock, just to see that only ... that dream. I would continue the simulation in my mind until I fell -
Blog / Miscellaneous
thank you notes before i go
're actually in your presence, words unfortunately can't do it justice. But being around you really does feel as though I've been transported in some manic ... -eye you when you play a video in a library without any headphones in, but I -
Blog / CPW
I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*
filled with all kinds of MIT students in the line up! I think I can speak ... in person. I’ve been looking forward to being a Blogger at the “Meet ... convinced I could never fit in. I wanted to shake your hands, give you hugs -
Blog / Academics & Research
Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.
... Hmm I don't know when I was actually planning to hand it in... June 4th ... until Thursday, May 21. It is the absolute last day I can accept a thesis. I am in the office from 1:30 to 5:15 so drop it off sometime between -
Blog / Admissions
Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.
Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn ... will be on August 12th. In the meantime, I'll probably be fighting off -
Blog / MIT Life
A Spring Think Some spring break reflections and thoughts
MIT in Barcelona, Spain. Several friends and I planned this spring break ... B. ‘18. I was traveling in a group of five, and we ran into people at ... and rest in our dorms, hopefully with forays into Boston for food (I did -
Blog / Admissions
Omnibus Followup: Women in Engineering Melissa asks what the gender ratio is in engineering at MIT.
being a woman in engineering here. I had female friends in all of the ... Engineering), and as far as I can tell, they were all quite happy with their ... Last entry, I covered most of the questions that had been asked, but