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• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... to wait until the very last minute. While I certainly won’t extol the ... adversely impact our review. I have highlighted a handful of my least

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both on the ... its launch in 2009, it has maintained a straightforward and uncommon ... in brief, bold type that itself (through hyperlinks) serves as a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you ... who has taught you in an academic class in high school (i.e. no middle ... process is the same in this case. I get many questions about what subject

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  would have likely sought anyway. I have always regarded Bexley as a ... ", which is consistent with what I would have guessed. ... cultures. You see, I have this theory that for MIT dorms, function follows

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You Can Save the World a post on Kanye West

  

  environmental work, I would take this callout more seriously. But he hasn't. Yes ... Summit. "I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other ... Being as musically obsessed as I am, it'd be impossible for me not to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  bombing and are both in serious condition, at http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of the tragedy that happened in Boston this Monday, knowing full well that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  sparked protests in several other Arab countries. Some of these events I ... There has been some discussion on CollegeConfidential and in the ... significant December 17th. I am going to continue to keep our reasons a deep

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  use. I had never lived in a place with any kind of public transportation ... got to explore the city in a way I never had before and share the ... home. One way I got to do this was by hosting a student in my dorm

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other CPW CPW guest entry by Sam Range '13

  

  few hours blurred, but I'm fairly certain I toured East Campus in that ... conclusion to a CPW entry, it's not something I'm capable of writing, so in its ... luck. Having just turned in my enrollment forms, hopefully I'll see you

  • by Bryan
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  in a 40 mph headwind. As a sprinter, I thought there was nothing worse ... Computer Science) and I were upset). When the bus was packed in the morning ... joined the rest of the MIT cycling team for training camp in Borrego

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... of years. I'll be long gone, but I have a lot of faith in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Always Moving Forward: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston MIT has the nation's leading running back in Division III football?!? And he's a Computer…

  

  see him play. I had taught DeRon Artificial Intelligence in 6.034 when ... that would make! Always moving forward. I must find someone who can ... get a job in the NFL.' He's a computer programmer who's saying, 'I need

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  this could be appropriate, but generally I would strongly discourage this ... admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered ... an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  other people say, 'I've felt that way, too.' " In some ways impostor ... Facebook group: I know I've been *admitted* to MIT, but I don't know if I am ... people!   In the comments some of his classmates shared similar

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  weekend in late April is helpfully situated before hell week(s), i.e. the ... . In the morning, I was woken by a harrowing newscaster voice on the ... ’s go on a trip. To Salem,” I asked my partner a week ahead of a long

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week In Review An end-of-year freshman advising event, and my friend's 6.115 final project.

  

  So I was looking through my camera tonight, and here's what I found ... ! As his associate advisor for a group of six freshmen, I got to tag ... types of fondue -- this one had cheddar in it, and there was another that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  in the face with a plateful of whipped irony. Even I can't run and hide ... doubt in the mental sink where I'd been pouring my Googlified impressions ... Late last night, I cut the brakes on the Sleep-8-Hours

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  complete radio kit.) Remember when I said that I would be taking Terrascope ... Sometimes I can't help but wonder what people at MIT, students ... great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Neuroscience classes

  

  that we've taken (I'm a course 9 major and she's a double major in course ... procedures (e.g. "How would you separate sodium and potassium current in an ... term), I worked in a joint Brain & Cognitive Science

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  week, the ACT announced disruptions as well. In my last post, I affirmed ... reaffirmed in the recent Care Counts in Crisis statement that I've signed — we ... I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020