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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  do the Overnight Program? No, I'm sorry. I'm still very interested in ... to follow). I would recommend sending us a note to this email address ... think would be helpful. What should I not do? Here are some things you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... -watching is leaving Netflix on June 1 and I have finals :( Sushi in maseeh

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  time right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly ... coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen students take ... many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to say that all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... ;QuestBridge" on the cover sheet if you are mailing it in. Q: Where do I send my ... . Q: Do I have to wait until I have all my materials in before

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  browser archaeology (fatima's version)

  

  pretty bad..."]any tabs[/annotation] in the last 3 years, since I got my ... , gradescope, canvas, "<enter any city I have lived in the last 3 years ... "How to not be afraid of everything" by Jane Wong. I read this book in

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • May 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  ), and I am proud to present this year's Ring Premiere to you in words ... PROPS. This is actually something that I would really like to have on the ... finalized. The biggest triumph I would have to say is just the design of the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  One would think that after seven years in this office I would not be ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest ... to would be in the Parent’s Hospitality Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee or

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  This past weekend I was somewhere between flying and drowning. Finals were...... Finals. On the other hand I was about to be able to go home and see my family, and there was nobody I wanted to see more after a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is a jock school the secret is out

  

  history of being a feared team in the NEWMAC. I’m sure the friends and ... it.  I learned that MIT was a jock school by living in it. I saw my ... pubbing their conference finals, and I saw the new shirts they would wear

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  of higher learning and crawled out of their rooms to stand in awe of the hack's serene majesty. Naturally, I was no exception. In spite of ... , hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  behind MIT's logo, and MIT's graphic identity in general. I'll take a ... the MIT Faculty in their collections. I sent in a request to retrieve ... ladder and send some emails. I got in touch with Debbie Douglas, who works

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  ) is the value of time. In high school I thought I was learning this ... different. That's all that I've been up to in this blink-of-an-eye of time ... the time because frankly, that's the season that we're in. I go on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 4 U What you should do at CPW, assuming you like exactly the same things that I…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT means "WITH" in German. CPW! CPW! Hey prefrosh, I ... , George, gets here in 6 hours, at 4:50 AM. Usually I offer to come out to ... some of my incredibly dedicated colleagues in blogging, but I have an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  what they were getting ready for) Now I've had pets in the past, but ... roam free for hours upon hours. When I lived in Florida, this pet was ... make 4 movies in total (I stopped after watching #2) Yes, ladies and

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  're not used in all exams, and actually, I think I use them more as an ... Today I am hijacking Laura's entry on tests, because a) it's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  Technology (NIST). I never thought that I would find a place that loves ... Devices and I worked in the Manufacturing Engineering Lab. So, see that ... Yesterday, I officially completed the 12-week Summer Undergraduate

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  almost 0 planning, and I asked them why they would willingly indulge in ... . valid! I'm a member of one of the two classes that experienced an in-person CPW prior to the pandemic. normally, by this point, I would've hosted

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  . Again, it’s not beautiful. But I would argue that it’s something better ... -100 piano![/caption] Juggling in Lobby 10 Many a night I’ve returned from a ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] Spot spotted in Stata![/caption] Free Polaroids I was

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  blog. But there's one in particular I've kept turning over in my ... of us that I want to solve before we launch in September ... you what dorm to live in (could be forked from this which I'm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  places around and at mit godless and holy

  

  busiest and bustling cities in the world, Boston. During my time here, I ... years. In these past months, my friends and I have discovered our fair ... 's is, in fact, not it. But since I'm making this blogpost: It's godless

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 13, 2019