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• Blog / Advice

  applying sideways, beyond admissions a rendition of Petey's hit blog

  

  collection of thoughts on the internet for a student figuring out how to make ... yet unable to fall asleep, which wrecked my sleeping schedule. As a ... to get a taste of everything that seems exciting, I have to make wise

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 22, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew ... like math. The story I hear too often is that they loved math up to a ... sense to them and they hated it after that. It's a sad story. Math

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done... priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream...

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  Admissions blogger. If you want to read a little bit about me, you can check out my bio here. If you want to find out a little more about me, feel ... blogging act, I would like to show you a completely new way to look at MIT

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  from ideal, and the ride was a bit shaky. The cadet next to me vomited up ... and my buddy. We were then searched and told to wait in a nice warm bus ... cadets were resurrected and we were ordered to launch a counter-attack. We

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  phrase it, especially to a public audience, most of whom I probably don ... enjoy lying to myself and made a brash decision to do so. I wound up ... MIT, I thought a lot about what I wanted to explore and try. What I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  given the green light to take a boat out on the water. Once we started to ... strong connections between people. Everyone has a single common goal (to ... will to work as a unit. To not buy into that is to diminish the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based ... 't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend each year. To help with the uncertainties, we also keep a wait list of students. We won
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with ... . Happy birthday, Mitra! Don't eat too much cake; you have got a marathon to ... DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn in New England The trees explode with color.

  

  I've been lucky enough to be able to enjoy autumn in New England ... is a wonderful time of year; the air is crisp, the foliage is exploding with color. I'm not a great photographer, but I hope some of the below

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  . Interviews are not a required part of the MIT application. While we try to ... held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual interview if agreed upon with your EC. To help you prepare, here are some
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your ... courses at a community college or in a non-degree program prior to applying ... /employers and other supportive materials that would assist us in getting to know
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... other countries may not have access to such a diverse range of options ... apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... world pushes me to do. Despite the fear and the nervousness, I do have a ... . I want to cook and bake a lot more. I want to read more books and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In ... In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  bucks a sandwich.. Well then we'll go to Cosi. I'll be here all week ... area has recently become home to several food trucks - from quick and tasty quesadillas at Jose's Mexican Restaurant to $4 pad thai at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals—it was practically a requirement to live in the small town ... overnight camps during my summers for up to three weeks at a time. But

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  phone to look at the time, my heart skips a beat. Noon? Already?!? I ... needed to wash my hair, I decide to take a shower. Between that, getting ... hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  thought should be able to provide a letter, however they are not able to do ... unable to write you a letter. We encourage you to try to get letters of ... recommend having one letter from a math/science teacher, and one from a
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life see what we're up to

  

  later), and a cool thing is happening on campus. Technique, MIT's yearbook (and, relatedly, the photography/design club) is hosting A Day in ... normal day, and post them on the website. To be honest, I'm not sure how

  • by Piper '13
  • September 22, 2011