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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  yourself into a human being for the admissions officers -- and from what I ... I went over to East Campus for a rush party (and because Random always ... into a discussion about the kind of person who's happy at MIT. It

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I'm spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I've been on the east coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as well, so if you're wondering where I went, I've simply been on the go

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  lin-manuel miranda scares me my final paper for an MIT class about musicals!

  

  ="“Take a break / Run away with us for the summer / Let’s go upstate ... across the country, I promptly fell deep into a Hamilton obsession. I ... note: did you know that MIT is a world-class school for humanities as

  • by Allison E. '27
  • May 24, 2026
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  reflected the languages thereof. For instance, one night I went to a ... Professional Formation; CFP for short). The CFP is a vocational school mostly ... CFP. Since English is a third or fourth language for most of the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... controversy. I would've loved to see a woman on the seal. It seems illogical ... right after the class of 2007's Brass Rat had decided to try using a woman

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  As of right now you may or may not have a job. I got my first job the ... . I worked through the summer, kept my job for weekends during the ... also worked a full time internship during the summer, in addition to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  (IOI) is the world's preeminent programming competition for high school ... . Participation in the ISOs is neither a requirement nor expectation of applicants to MIT; most of our admitted students were not a part of the ISOs at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  This girl is tired. Verrryyyyyyy tired. I had a lot of ideas for ... my hall’s kitchen at five AM this morning, trying to study for a test I had today and failing pretty miserably. So, for the sake of my sanity, I

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  before she came here). I think it's a very positive thing for our community ... apart from other schools. A short list of the topics we discussed at ... -day extension on a paper for 21A.100 that was supposed to be due yesterday, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  home in California for the rest of the break. I know, lame, but I spend ... Believe it or not our term at Cambridge just ended. The terms are ... of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2022 are now ... arts to make the world a better place. We deferred 6,210 applicants ... decisions. We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Progression of Spirit You must be this tall to ride the MIT Emotional Rollercoaster

  

  I realize that the title for this post could be the title of a hymn or sermon, but it's not. It's the title for this post. It's quite fun ... the workload. This is evidenced by our test subject, Jon, in Exhibit A

  • by Snively '11
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Slump and an unexpected summer

  

  a position that matched the type of technical work I was looking for ... finding a job that will probably be better for my development than the one I ... profound or at least informative on the subject. But the truth is, as a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • June 2, 2017
• FAQ / Testing

  How does MIT consider test scores? Does MIT Superscore?

  application. We do not have minimum scores for the tests as scores are ... the application. For each examination, required subscores are indicated ... We require the SAT or the ACT from first year and transfer applicants
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse ... way.  Stata The last time I was here was for a speech workshop for ... In the spring, I bought a polaroid, walked around campus, and took

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  The secret is... there's not really a secret. Just some tips. 0:18 A ... yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do ... Advice for last year's prompts (which are the same as this year's) from our

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  I got back to campus a few days ago. The journey here from South Dakota was, for the most part, uneventful. I[annotation note="incidentally, this is the second time I've been on the same flight to MIT as a friend

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors ... you about it. Exhibit A: If you've been following the election at all

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  enroll) on record. The numbers won't completely settle for a little ... ...)." This left a few people quite intrigued. For example, Laura commented ... % international citizens. Many thanks to the International Students Association for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  for the greater MIT community. I also noticed that a lot of groups were ... our rep was laid aside for months and months. Now it's the fall, and we ... idea of writing a blog about what all the different performance groups on

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020