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• Blog / Events

  Random Hall REX! Residence Exploration events at Random Hall. Your orientation booklet is WRONG. :D

  

  :17-14:17 Classy Tea Join the lovely folk of Random for a pleasant tea. We'll have ... dissolved into the real world forever, the night air bites with a cold we ... has room for! Read the title. You're all bright kids.  Foo 11

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 26, 2012
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer housing for transfer students?

  Yes—transfer students are guaranteed on-campus housing for their entire undergraduate education! Learn more on the MIT Housing & Residential Services site.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It's a constant struggle between bloggers and prefrosh over whether the "FIRST!" approach to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• FAQ / Transfer

  What are the deadlines for transfer admission?

  For spring entry (February), we must receive your final application ... U.S. permanent residents may apply through spring entry. For fall ... supporting documents by March 1, 2027. Please visit the Transfer deadlines
• FAQ / First-year application

  What should I do if I’m deferred?

  your application was already strong enough to make you a contender in the ... . The only thing you need to do is submit the February Updates & Notes ... important, so keep working hard. The February Updates & Notes Form also
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... . However, over the years, I've heard a lot of advice and have even given some ... the time and see printed in a bunch of books, but there are two bits of

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2012

  

  students this year for the Class of 2016. I know many of you have been ... As the May 1st reply date has passed, I know many people on the waitlist are anxious to hear an update. Although a few things are still

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  other college in the country, right?".   A few months ago I was ... junior or a senior there and was blown away by the setting. "Absolutely ... to a boston day in the spring, one of those rare ones with the power to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great ... rejection. So for those of you who feel like a future at MIT is the only ... 100% sure this is the right school for you but you have external

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  classes. A good way to study for them is by using the materials (lectures ... admirably ambitious - it was a pleasure to meet you :) The RA telethon will ... over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  i woke up this morning and it was COLD. i checked the weather. lo ... [annotation note="grocery store in the student center"]laverde's[/annotation] to ... them and was immediately seized by the need to try them, even though i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the moment. In the past three days, three separate experiments have gone wrong ... situation as a learning experience, a chance to learn more about the cells I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello deferred applicants, i, again, don’t know what to say, but i can try

  

  day for a few months, and the night i got deferred, i just stopped ... a few days. the night i found out i was deferred, i wrote: Watch me recite all the admission platitudes: not a judgment of character, rejected

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  The Problem: A reviewer went "You guys did things while assuming that ... it with the equations in this paper but this sounds like a lot more ... ’s another paper that gives me one (1) rate for APQ1 but it disagrees with the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  classes im taking! strictly

  

  to look like im hacking the mainframe: I went through a few fonts ... and [annotation note="if you've taken a world history class in the US ... '"]Dalit[/annotation] Feminism, a strain of feminist analysis originating in India focusing on the

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 16, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to ... professor encouraged us all to stay in the class: a 46 on the exam ... same goes for your SAT score. I will be the first to tell you that it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  I LOVE TATTE💖💖💖 back in boston baby

  

  [/annotation] between psets for a much needed comfort meal. Here's to a new year! xoxo ... A Love Letter to Tatte August 30th, 2025 Dearest Tatte, It has been ... fine establishment. Yet I return with the greatest of news--I have

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • August 30, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!

  

  concert was great, the set-up was beautiful, and SpringFest was a success :) ... filled with fun events like the McCormick Hall picnic and lots of energy ... concert, featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus! The opening act was

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  ’s okay, too. For now, remember that you're in the middle of the ride, and we’ll see you back here in March. So you're stuck in the middle of a moment No clear path, no shining star Just a step away, the world's okay So

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  on your preferences but the floor you were placed on (except for ... Hello world. I too am at the new Apple store at Boylston street. Unlike Paul, who was probably using his own computer, I am using a fancy

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008