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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for the Waitlisted Some (hopefully) helpful questions and answers for waitlisted students.

  

  letter). Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid ... waitlist until after the reply date of May 1. I wouldn't be surprised in this ... quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... question, “What scale do you use?” In truth I didn’t use another scale, and ... give in though, I improvised, and conceived a personal scale on the spot

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  skeptical about that prospect. Goodness knows, I probably would have been. But ... anything I ever dreamed of encountering in high school. But that, I can ... 'clock last night, with some breaks for sleeping and eating, I have spent most

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  skyline, the trip feels routine, normal. I can walk out in my slippers and ... couches in the lounge Friday evening. I’m used to the cycle of work and then ... in. After my nap, I will head over to the west parallel of East Campus

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  rejoin even when their peers would be happy to have them back in my ... feeling stupid. avoiding embarrassment as in: i worried that if i changed my ... feeling stupid as in: changing my mind twice felt like i was going in

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  coming") writes: "I would like to second the food question by Anonymous. I ... (Genetically Modified Organisms) problem with the food in our country and would ... good for that, though I've only eaten at Lobdell once or twice in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pop quiz, Viktor I finally discover what happens when you rapidly cool hot metal. Now my life is…

  

  would be cool. In that case, I guess the liquid metal part of his system ... undergrad in chemical engineering and I have a question that none of my ... rapidly cool hot metal?". Well, that's what I've been asking for a while now

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in ... laptop), I immediately thought about admissions...in particular, the ... 's not, I do have two quick pieces of advice I would like to share before I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  could share in the joy!" Well, now you can share the excitement! [I ... The selection process continues here, and there's not much I can ... admits and mailing the early action decisions as soon as we can. I'll keep

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  As you may know, I lived in Next House as a freshman, and while it ... huge difference in the opinion of Next House - which, like I said, I love ... experience, and it's absolutely true - today I'm infinitely happier in Burton 1

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?" I armed myself ... . I hate the number 23 so I threw in 2 of my favorites to get us to 25 ... Just this morning I was reading the New York Times on line and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I ... summer. I hopped on the bike with the following points in mind: The last ... comfortable riding a bike, I was nine years old, and In the past decade I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  three kinds of classes that I'm supposed to go to per week. In lectures ... to do. I have lecture twice a week. In recitations, a non ... the answer, or cover it in the next recitation. I really like her. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  interested in connecting the two, mostly because I wanted to respect some ... ' accounts for the bloggers. I don't exercise (and am not interested in ... Nearly five years ago I added a Facebook share button to the blogs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  between 5.111 and 8.01, I headed to the Student Center for some food. In ... which Mr Knechtle would always reply, “Now, what if I slapped this man ... Australian man ever actually said was “I don't need to believe in God to

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  -to-back, followed by a third on Thursday. I would say that I’ll blog about the result, but I’ll be too busy celebrating and reveling in the streets, regardless ... if I’ve ever been the first person to do <obscure thing> in <

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  this summer a recap of sorts

  

  one AC in the living room, under which I conveniently situated my desk (Alysse didn't mind, since she worked in a lab on campus). I would wake up ... months and reflect on what it meant to me. Living in Boston I spent most

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 14, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  it to my students, I would have any serious applicant read all of these ... 've had a tremendous impact. In advance of this anniversary, I decided to ... 've gathered, but I am not that person. Part of the decrease in comment activity

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Making friends by learning languages Welcome to the Language Conversation Exchange

  

  'm not as eloquent on these topics in Spanish as I would be in English, but ... place for that. I took a lot of language classes in high school, but it wasn't really something I expected to continue in earnest in college

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 6, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  accessorizing? Is soft serve an option, or not? What’s my day been like? Am I in ... I saw her in “Desk Set;” she was witty, she was smart, she was strong ... family-friendly, I’ll just say the surgeon general would NOT approve. I

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010