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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  like a moment in time, sips away like a bottle of wine. Here I am ... illusion of success and more interested in building something real. I now ... i. The days wheeled past like a flock of starlings, and suddenly

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What type of robotics programs does MIT offer?

  Although robotics isn't a specific department or major, you can find robotics in nearly every corner of MIT. Here are a few examples ... interested in learning more about robotics on their own.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  "too busy" to spend time in the dining hall. I made the mistake of ... of evaluating ourselves based on what others are doing. I've never felt ... lot of things about where I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to go into

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  's house in Louisville, Kentucky. It's been great, and I might even have ... Swiss Institute of Technology). I'm working at the Brain Mind Institute, in the Laboratory for Neural Microcircuitry. I'll be helping with the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the last twenty days burning out before the semester even starts

  

  the summer, and I was going to limit the number of external cycles I ... “compromise” with myself was that I wouldn’t sit as the chair of the REX committee; I would only be a member of the committee, providing whatever

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not dropping 18.02, but it was boring. So I deleted it. Don't complain; I've spared you the trouble of reading something you really wouldn't have wanted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging ... MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what ... courses, but I've also committed to a bunch of cool side projects/UROPs that

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  /driving/walking/doing dishes in silence"]I don't really listen to music.[/annotation] So I asked ... button.[/annotation] In order to help logistically prepare yourself, I ... couple deep breaths—of outside air if you can, whether it's crisp or muggy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  sense of finality, of completion - of fulfillment. Today, I head back to South Bend - home, or one of them. I'll spend some time with my family ... incredible things I've had a chance to do and be a part of - mea culpa, mea

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  emails. For all of you trying to get your Regular Action application in by ... minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline ... ) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more understanding of

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline ... ) come in after the January 1 deadline. We are much more understanding of ... from the applicant. I’m taking tests in January, will these count

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  pad and acoustic guitar, though i've kind of fallen in love with the ... games. discord servers of communities i'm in make me feel at [annotation ... activities and already-brimming corpus of memes has kept me sane in this quiet

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  ; Thanks, Yhiedhania '20, for being a good beaver friend!In the words of ... mask. You can wear the mask. If you didn't know that before, I hope you ... popped up on my phone, I knew I was born for this moment. So for everyone

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

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  We don't do a lot of mailing, but you can sign up for our awesome monthly email newsletter that shares what's happening on campus and—if you're applying—provides updates and tips.    
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer fee waivers for transfer applicants?

  Fee waivers are available for all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the ... 't have any impact on your chances of admission.
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What does “drinking from a fire hose” mean?

   from a fire hose—the sheer number of opportunities and rigor of our coursework can leave students feeling hosed. So it's only fair that students must pass a swim test in order to graduate!
• FAQ / Transfer

  How much does the transfer application cost?

  all applicants, domestic and international. You can request one in the Fee Waiver Request section of the application. MIT offers need-blind admissions, so requesting a fee waiver won’t have any impact on your chances of
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  Carolina], will graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in ... , she was also named as one of Glamour Magazine’s top ten college women in ... senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where is majors in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Circle Professor Anna

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my living room in Ithaca, New York. It ... professor of astronomy. In between, I spent a couple of years as a postdoc ... own goals–in other words, decide which aspects of the job I wanted to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  freshman year was cut abruptly short, i'm doing this post now instead of in ... in my favorite Dance Troupe set of last fall. i had it on repeat so ... playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so i decided to create a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020