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• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  questions about the wait list, refer to this post for some helpful tips and ... Form. Whether you wish to remain on MIT's wait list or not, please ... to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the ... to be finishing up right now but due to the extreme bloggability of the ... sees it), am not. As I've now satisfied my need to share this news with

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  to be easy, especially for a Division III, M.I.T. player," he said ... there for me." In the meantime, Bartolotta hopes to carry M.I.T. to a ... I subscribe to the New York Times (paper edition!) and reading it on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how ... students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  a friend from high school, who happens to be a pre-med (DING!) at ... !) of dissolving salt in hot water to make a solution strong enough to taste, then snorting said solution up your nose. Fortunately, prior to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  welcome to their child's college community. He then praised MIT for doing ... as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the MIT community takes to make everyone feel welcomed. There are plenty of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eric Lander, spring rolls, and the New York Times two of those three are related

  

  've ever had to cook for myself, so instead of actually cooking for myself I ... Luckily, thanks to our friendly Senior Haus GRTs I was able to acquire number 1, and thanks to the obscene amount of tuition I'm paying MIT I was

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply don't really know how to write it. There are so many things I want to say, and yet so many of them don't attach well to words - only to strong

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  -Center pool to cheer briefly for the water polo team. (We will, as a general rule, cheer for any team which asks us to. The water polo coach came in ... about cheerleading. (To be totally honest, this is pretty much because

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  remember me on family

  

  wanted to stay in southern California for the sake of my grandfather, out ... to visit me in Massachusetts for "when" I got into MIT. He knew about ... repeat herself. I hate how he has to apologize for not remembering only to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  for you. I have spoken to my friends who have been through the ... reputation for preparing you well! Also, you have to take the Medical College ... 've finished the classes needed for the MCATs. Most MIT students I've talked to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  of you are there now. We find ourselves here again, trying to figure out what to do after we graduate.  It’s scary.  For the past couple of ... The precipice of change is an unsettling place to be. We were there

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  -or-less agreeing to let you do whatever it is you want, there's a style for every ... to ask how you're doing. I certainly can't speak for all of them since ... lecture, ask. The moment you start to get behind, ask for help. The instant

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  volunteering to a passion for languages to butterfly collecting...it all had been ... , to name a few. This is why IHTFP stands for two things. This is why my ... that you guys start to head back to the four corners of America (and the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  event and all proceeds went to the Cambridge YWCA, a shelter for abused ... workload, etc.) Of the seniors I talked to, many are staying for a Masters ... around the world - a Habitat for Humanity event, this year they built walls

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  the admissions world for the opportunity to become a student again ... million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice and experiences to share with all of you. So, lets get started

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... forces you to build for a real customer; when you have deadlines every few ... isn't getting bigger, then for your life to improve you have to take it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  were something to be proud of... (It's really, really, really not!) For ... would be ok for me to go to sleep? What goals should I have? BUT I also ... finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  impending deadlines and no where to be in particular. With nothing but all the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my ... quickly 13 weeks go by. And just how little time there seems to be to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... this year. Although our application does not go live for another few weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016