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  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  testing requirements here. I’m happy to announce our decision to ... for first-year and transfer admissions (for students entering MIT in 2021 and beyond). We made this decision after considerable study, in

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... successfully submit their online applications. I did mention that we would be ... the same stuff I just wrote above. In a few weeks, after we've conquered

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  early (today or tomorrow would be very smart). I highly recommend hotels ... Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book your plane ... -- driving and parking in Boston is not a good experience. Local Admitted

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

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  Laura Stonehill, an MIT senior majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent her summer in Venice, Italy through an informal internship ... the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alaska Where I am right now.

  

  I have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in Alaska. Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed.

  • by Snively '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  should I take or activities should I be involved in? There is no one answer ... and recommendations highlighted in the Turning the Tide report, and I ... process, and I thought I would address those topics here. I think there is a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures ... , and camping in the wilderness. We split into four cars with three

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  unsteady smile. “I know, babe. I am relaxed. Just…I haven’t seen mom in ... . Maybe she would storm out of the room—in rare moments, he saw something of ... within her—soon, it would be everywhere, in pipes and city tanks and water

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the stars admiring from afar (to properly credit "we fell in love in october ... second fall I’ve spent in a place with real seasons. Or that every other

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  accent wall in a deep, dark red—colors I chose as a fledgling teenager ... shared a room with my sister in the Bronx, or the room I had but was often ... in that I had a bed there and my clothes were there, but I was so young

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Financial Aid

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  , etc." "meal plan is so overpriced" "I try to only eat in the dining ... things cost adult-living-in-a-major-city prices. On one hand, I want to go full-crazy I'm-totally-living-in-like-Friends-or-Sex-and-the-City and go

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  Chicago back in 1987. I'm not going to link the video here though because it ... ’s something both sad and beautiful about...everything in this, I guess. It's a ... If you can't tell from the title, I love scrolling through Wikipedia

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  about 40-50 students, so I figured 60 students would be a safe guess for ... I had a great time last week at ISEF. This is what it looked like ... awesome students and see their projects. I made a list of all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  both cornerstones of my experience in Taipei last summer. i got this ... dozens of these sometime early in the year, so i grabbed 3(rd) and put them ... our floor's massive merch order that came sometime in IAP. i bought a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  person that I ever knew in high school. On Monday I'm headed for the airport in Philadelphia, and from there I'll be in the aeroplane over the ... Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... , we would accept any current teacher for the B Evaluation. I also get ... At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  .370: Robocraft Now the one I'm most familiar with is Robocraft since my roommate ... strategy (hopefully those extra hours will pay off). So I entered 26-100 after exiting lab and found the lecture hall in a standing room only

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ramen this is a ramen post.

  

  person would consider young: safe to say they’re in their twenties and ... far out in line that no store light shines upon my head. instead, i ... is salt ramen. i think that’s the magic tonkotsu, of using bone in the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2025!

  

  the mountains for a much-needed vacation, where I will sit in backyards ... anything isn’t clear, let me know in the comments or by email, and Petey or I ... It's July again, which means that: I started a co-op Stardew

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  , I love my parents, but this was neither helpful nor encouraging1. In ... if I don't get in, I am going to regret not working harder on this ... important. In the vein of what I said about not writing an unconventional

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015