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• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and ... waitlist in the past few years, we admitted very few this year (due to the ... make sure that you have a place to enroll next year other than MIT in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Flip Flops The original title of this entry was "YakTrax."

  

  're getting dressed in the winter. Layering is key, but you don't want to over ... flops are my shoeware of choice, even I have to give in at some point and start wearing shoes and socks. To get ready for the winter, this week the

  • by Bryan
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a believer Bikes! They're totally worth it.

  

  to get to work today. And that included stopping at Laverde's for Froot ... ). And it took under 10 minutes to get there. It takes less time to get ice ... OMG. Bikes are amazing. So, I'll admit it: I'm stubborn. I like to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly ... 'm trying to get over this feeling). The feeling that I shouldn't blog until ... best to get you psyched about MIT. But anxiety runs high, as you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  year-round? Seriously? But when do you get to wear tank tops and skirts?) So if you come to MIT next year or in the next few years, your TA might ... in the 70s, so we proceeded to have a lovely chat about MIT housing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Getting My MIT Decision on Pi Day Pie a comic

  

  this comic was inspired by the pie invention scenes in Waitress the Musical

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  really want to be in a music group, or if you tend to get really nervous at ... smaller role in my life. I was very wrong. When I came to MIT last August, I decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true ... , which is quite cheery in contrast to this blog, but please do realize that ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  magicians trying to learn magic

  

  abilities and get Sanatan’s. You would have had to step back and build ... ’t get any closer to a mental model that would allow me to paint like that ... they asked me what i would want to become a magician in, and for a while

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  , we have managed to get this labor of love live! I hope, in this time ... them on Github. In the meantime, I'm going to get back to reading ... graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  ’s-eye pictures of it, which I was unable to get as I am not, in fact, a bird (as ... lecture, and with my exceptional ability to get lost in any and all circumstances, I figured wandering around in order to get a better shot was

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Born Under Punches The heat goes on, which is nice, but so does classwork.

  

  minuet dance lesson for us to get us more in that baroque mood. 21M.500 ... parties, a floor-sponsored trip to some island in the middle of Boston ... asked us to perform some of Bach's greatest hits in class, mostly from the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I ... lack the ability to cook food in small amounts and nearly all of my ... 't cook to save my life. I was dead set on living in a dorm with a dining

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  ’re all getting ready to go back to school… Returning students are probably ... guess my point is - all of you heading to MIT soon, GET EXCITED 'CAUSE ... just have two other relevant things to say- 1) Seriously don’t get caught

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what better time to whip up a blog about the beginning of classes? The lighting was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  to collaboration: problem sets (psets) are typically completed in ... getting in the way of their schoolwork. ... how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  recommendation gets to MIT before anything else?" I'd like to answer all questions ... 'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes ... things that you'd like to include in your application, but that don't fit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to put together an ohms concert apparently we have a concert this weekend

  

  than voice parts in which case you are forced to ignore some of the ... and harmonies that don’t exist in the original song to create a thicker ... arrangements. tldr it takes a lot of work just to get to the point of having

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 17, 2021
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  , for me to get from iHouse to my fraternity). I enjoy being in a ... . I'm just trying to be honest. 2. When I explain what goes on in ... one or the other (I'm not referring to anyone in particular), but dorm

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  Ebony Affair as a Pre-Frosh A Recap of my Experience from the 49th year of the Program

  

  the Stata Center for seniors in the Black Community to get recognized ... that I continue to interact with and get support from on a daily basis ... headed back to campus in an Uber while discussing different food places in

  • by Richard O. '28
  • March 25, 2025