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• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  note='As I wrote last year, despite the limitations of these exams, our ... their personal health, as well as the health of their family and community ... preparation based solely on the absence of SAT/ACT scores, but will instead make

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  writing would be to ride the high of my question-answering experience and ... ) This is my first semester with no finals, so Dead Week marks the start of ... semester, despite the challenges of doing group projects over Zoom. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Lectures I had two ideas for good blog posts, and both were stolen by other bloggers!

  

  Once I was at a fancy banquet-type event, one of the ones where they ... journey through the world of science; Dr. Cohn brought a quarter launcher ... fend of fictional post-apocalyptic bad guys. At one point he asked the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Road Again Adventures in Texas!

  

  Brownsville Museum of Fine Art for tonight's presentation! On the run again... ... Just a quick post here - I'm actually on the road right now, doing ... tweeting" (although isn't all tweeting sort of live by nature?) of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  friday was a good day

  

  . (The first part of our day that made it a happy day wasn’t at MIT, but it ... (the topic of the class today) where our teacher showed us animatics from ... it was these screenings. And the most exciting part of today’s class

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  ," taught by the inimitable Prof. Julie Shah. In aerospace (and lots of other ... code of ethics. Be accurate in stating the characteristics of the ... (what really is the internet, anyway?). I've spent a large amount of time

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  - comprised of the communications team and our Class of 2012 senior bloggers - reviewed all of these applications, and tried to sort them out among us. The ... applications, the cruel difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  follow the progress of your application and please allow five days for ... - please try over the weekend or next week. Late receipt of financial aid ... ’t be answering the phone over the weekend, but a few of us will check

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  greta gerwig’s barbie and insecurity aka moving to college

  

  rekindled my love of the movie and feel inclined to revisit it. Now I know I ... my feelings of self-doubt and attitude towards the “real world”. So ... here’s the (very long winded) beginning of my college experience, through

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  sardonic words of the ever-quotable Winston Churchill, "This is the sort of ... well capitalize on the opportunity. As it happens, I'm feeling sort of ... the end of the day, they aren't going to do your psets for you, or call

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  the rest of my life now? But on the other hand, I know that this ... growth. Regardless of that, though, the irrational part of my brain has ... anticipated any of this -- any of the things I've accomplished or seen or done

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Finding Your Match and why it matters

  

  enroll, I wanted to take a few moments to speak directly to the Class of ... classes as I could, spent the remainder of my time working as a teaching and ... in. But within a month or two of working here, I knew I'd made the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Suppose It Was Inevitable That We Have An Office Instagram a list of some other places you can find the blogs (and the bloggers)

  

  of you know, the admissions blogs originally grew out of independent ... discussing starting an office Instagram, a few of the bloggers volunteered that ... the lens of these other platforms as well. So, as a resource (and a bit

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) (complaining about the ratio of male to ... and three additoinal pieces of chocolate to the door. Again, I'm an ... saw my name on the list of recipients for a carnation, from the sorority

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  THE APPLICATION IS LIVE! because why bury the lede

  

  my god... it's full of words       > > > click this button to apply to MIT < < <     

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2013
• Blog / Visit

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  other aspects of our office. As a counselor on the Visit Team, I get to ... ? Some of you may be wondering, what’s the point of visiting in the first ... can help you understand the culture of a campus community as you

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  whether the owners will take them down, or edit the content. Some of them ... those environments, so I (again) apologize if any of you find the content ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  2016 -> 2017 On Tuesday the 3rd, I packed up what was left of ... at the Skating Club of Boston, I left for Oxford, Ohio, for the 2017 ... across the U.S. and immersed ourselves in the fundamentals of principled

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  the next day I could do it no more. Spurts of productivity came at ... to doubt the days of hazy exhaustion could end. Then I got a 20% on my ... the possibility of failure. So I made an appointment at Student Support

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  while back, I posed a challenge question to you (about two thirds of the ... by two attendees of the Hong Kong Comics Festival & Game Fair in one of ... an idea of how behind on email I am right now). He wrote, "The male

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005