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• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  : your admissions decision does not in any way reflect your worth. A ... them, anticipating the decision with you. A special kind of anxiety is ... ."  The idea is best understood with a metaphor drawn from my favorite sport

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Building a Robot in 3 Days FIRST X MIT Edition

  

  If you are unfamiliar with the FIRST Robotics program: FIRST is a ... “kickoff day,” where a brand-new challenge is revealed and teams are given a ... summarize it all in such a short blurb so read a little more here and here

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 25, 2026
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab?

  ’s efforts are aimed at a future in which the world’s water and food needs are met in both the developed and the developing world, in an
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  across the hall. Sara '12 is also a resident of Conner 2. You may remember ... ." "H- how?" This is a critical time for both Sara and Yuki. This is when ... realized that in order to burn cereal Sara must have been a spectacularly bad

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  after a governor in a hotel lobby gave us tickets to the show.  We also ... everything went my way. I did have a lot of hardships in both the school of MIT ... who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  is that they create a comfortable space to ask questions, which has ... deep satisfaction like no other [annotation note=" yes bread is a meal ... . Most of our dinners are [annotation note=" Injera is a sour flatbread

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  journey. It is as cold, as they say, as though we were in hell, and a sports ... turns out using NTFS partitions messes with file permissions in a way that ... and brew her a flowery, hot pink tea. 5:55 PM Work is briefly

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Snively CPW By: Snively' 11

  

  a dorm has a ball pit, I need to stay in it, because it is ... simply a formality. Oh, and sleeping is overrated. Here's just a quick ... and CSAIL for a tour, which is when the fun actually began. This is

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  is a more in-depth critique, which also discusses how Big 5 can be too ... applicable now) is definitely questionable. In Western astrology I am a Pisces ... publicly--in the hope that just a few more people will realize that this is

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  one or this one? Craig: The symbol on the left is not a letter, sir ... ) Lex lives in a house called "Malkovich." Coming up with a name for a ... , was named in honor of a short door in their house, reminiscent of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  ...each piece of information in your application folder, is like the piece of a ... 'll go bed after I put in just one more piece, I promise." It's not a ... the picture, hinting just a bit at what will be in the larger picture

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  , finals week, etc.) Please try not to request a visit less than 2 weeks in ... students, and starting in March, the program is only open to admitted students Please note: host-matching is done by people, not by a computer (it

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  . Or intelligent. Or determined. But it is just a crosswalk. And some ... . I could've still been in high school. I remember talking to a friend ... changed. MIT is a school. Not a reactor. Not a speedway to prestige or

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Coming up with entry titles is harder than it seems Reasons 9001 and 9002 to get "absolutely pumped about CPW," as Cam would say.

  

  Hello beautiful folks of the interwebz, It's been a while! Much has happened since my last post - I stopped being a teenager, I went to San Diego, I discovered Rebecca Black (and am forever scarred) and I received a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in Internet in the bathtub! And a bunch of stuff on choosing a major.

  

  a week of wireless internet in the bathtub and reading by the fireplace. My actual purpose today is to talk a little bit about selecting a ... any major. A list of degree programs is here (I find this list SUPER

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  joke here] Term is in full swing: pset parties are everywhere, the ... impossible right now. Life is now mostly a choice of how to spend my time the ... up her meds. Is skipping 18.022 generally a bad idea? Probably. But to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  planet or that we were in New York City ready for a day of awesome. We ... to 103 And this is how they work: We hung out here for a long time ... were hidden away in the Disney booth. A DS holder Master Sword The

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  . Hasbro is AWESOME! I mean, let's face it, I work in a toy factory. Anywho ... yours? In short, the T is normally a very reliable form of transportation ... . We circled the same huge park twice, in rush hour, on a crowded bus

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  ="aligncenter" width="768"] Rambax and Galak Tika used to rehearse in Building N52 – a 10-minute walk off campus. Now they have a space right in the center of campus.[/caption] The room is apparently also a small performance space (Galak Tika

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  in a 2-D environment, before mailing us any additional materials. If ... note that MIT is not a member of the Common Application. MIT has its own application, which is only available at MyMIT. Also note: if you have in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010