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• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  for a reason. In my case, after I exited off College Confidential and ... incomplete, so that decision turned out to be a blessing in disguise for me. In ... . In closing, good luck in these coming weeks, for I imagine the next

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  other kids played—but he also had an unrelenting love for chemistry ... don’t feel out of my depth. Chris is starting his PhD in the fall ... two high school boyfriends are both currently in PhD programs (pure math

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  blinding goal, a safety net for things that I wasn’t satisfied with in high ... think differently. In high school, I was, like a lot of you, an academic ... not to fall asleep in my last stale months of preparatory schooling. The

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Residential Life

  whimsically signed, yfnhmc (your friendly neighborhood house meeting chair)

  

  digging these emails up.   For example, here's an actual email I sent ... . — Albert Camus, The Stranger been in an existential mood the past month (oh ... 'm high octane Fever in a shock wave My core vibrates in an opium haze Yet

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 19, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  WE BUILT AN IGLOO! ❄️☃️ a long-lost McCormick Tradition

  

  the practical uses are for an igloo in 8 °F weather - the most obvious ... denier). I see lots of snow every year and Boston has felt WARM for most of ... BAD IT WAS. I have never - in my entire life - seen 20 inches of snow

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 30, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  -fed at every turn. Even though I lived in Berkeley and Oakland for over a ... . Should be an interesting few months. If you guys have ideas for things you ... month ago. Sorry guys, I apparently thought I was Nance for a second there

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  , people waited over an hour in line; now that's dedication. I did wait in ... , people are really hardcore and get up at all hours to wait in line for ... in so the July 3rd concert was the best option for me. The Pops

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two ... participate in one of 22 Freshman Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOPs), which offer students an early introduction to in the social life of learning at MIT. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  !). 15. Sometime soon (on Tuesday), The Tech will publish an article about admissions this year, and it's always an interesting read. (there's already an ... your peers if you haven't already, and keep watching for things since the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Burton 1 Cribs A look at the interiors of several rooms on Burton 1.

  

  proportion of them." "So with these goals in mind, we set out for the local ... good reminder that I'm definitely not in Malaysia anymore. As for Cathy ... room is just a way for us to be creative every once in a while," said

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  in Chinese by a Chinese author for a Chinese audience. That was life ... , Wei Wuxian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos ... webnovels hold in their original form. For that, I'm infinitely grateful

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students

  

  interested in an education centered in science and technology from across the ... communities.  While the initiative is new, the concern for these students is not ... to raise awareness about and facilitate opportunities for discovery of

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 4, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A Student, A Professor, An Alum Hacking a door, the human genome, and robots.

  

  the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, he played a key role in ... an MIT professor, Rodney Brooks. To pay for research, the start ... Today, three very cool articles about MIT people. First, an article

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this ... of climbing animals. There are also new recipes for poisons, thoughts

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s FPOP for Entrepreneurship a week of connecting incoming freshmen with MIT startup founders

  

  Freshman Arts Program. If only there was an FPOP for entrepreneurship ... ". So there is an FPOP for entrepreneurship! I looked up their website to ... . He is now a partner for Square Peg Capital in Boston, and he gave the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  " was not a good name for a train. Yo, I'm in grad school. How's that ... is performed by MITSO, and obtain an Erdos number of 2, all of this in ... straight. I am an old man now. There are undergrads working in my lab, and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  With an 8% increase in applications, this year was again the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting less than 12% of applicants means ... who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  below are in the format of Poem Title by Author (poetry form) Table of ... metal torture but they give away smiles asking for nothing in return ... battlefield in search of your lover. It wraps your corpse in an embrace, finally

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022
• FAQ / Visit

  How do I sign up for an info session and/or campus tour?

  We look forward to showing you what makes MIT so special! We offer in ... without a reservation for a session, we will not be able to accommodate you. But don't feel like you have to travel to Cambridge to get a feel for
• Blog / Life after MIT

  packing for the road looking back on nights that last forever

  

  in, took off my coat, and was immediately challenged to an arm wrestle ... to Skullhouse, for a hospital-themed birthday party complete with bags ... friend who urops at my lab about our research over gluten-free cake in the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2024