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• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  control. There is still plenty of time to complete your application in time ... since then as quickly as possible. To see what’s missing, log in to your ... Components If your Evaluation A or B is missing, click the link to check

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  reminded us to string up our food away from our tents, in case it drew ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... also remembered that if a snake chases you, you're supposed to run in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  semester, taking trips to dim sum or hot pot, eating cake in the lounge ... together on psets in my room or in your room or somewhere else just to enjoy ... there are people that i only got to know this year or this semester

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  : to mope in good company. I went over to my friend Sam's dorm and ... to do about it, in return. This led to the second profound moment ... - stop having faith in me, or no longer think I could succeed in astronomy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Times

  

  parabaloid, a shape well known to mathematicians - or something very close to ... of wrinkling and crinkling and hinging to questions in architecture ... A great article about MIT Professor Erik Demaine in today's New York

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... led me to MIT and my ultimate hatred of anything math-related, or if I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  person I called, but I understand if we caught you off guard or in the ... thought of any questions or have more, please feel free to email me at connie.huang at mit dot edu or just comment on this post! I'd love to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a ... chemical reactions (reactions that oscillate in time and space), so I had to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  's up with my financial aid? You or someone in your family should call the ... form supposed to be postmarked by May 1 or received by May 1? The form is ... talked to at CPW was interested in this field. I just want to be sure that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  'm actually here to talk about, albeit in my characteristically verbose but ... in that. Thankfully, you do have a wonderful resource available to you ... and staff who have agreed to take in a group of wide-eyed new cadets

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  defense the other bloggers didn’t believe i could write a post about basketball

  

  are way too many kinds of defense for me to be able to cover them all in ... around the court, each one standing in a way that prevents direct runs to ... may be able to recover through good systems or good individual play

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... attention to the ideas, or A* search algorithms from 6.01 that I was too busy ... . And rather than leverage my freedom to finally sleep normal hours or

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  or fewer) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in ... in an essay?" or something to that effect. As MIT admissions officers ... nonstrategic in your own essays, and not try to get into our (or anyone else

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  , unrelenting rain, and chilly temps since the weekend. Welcome back to Boston…or ... ’s pretty much the pivotal element to many Orientation events. Believe it or ... I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  in response to hearing a tiny fraction of his or her story. In the ... in order of priority). (We'll pause here to clarify for the record that ... lower/middle-class kids can't or shouldn't make time to daydream, or the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  if you don't like what I'm about to say or how I said it. It was once a ... start with something that's important to me, or if not, any random ... his hard drives was broken. So Patrick the Irish decided to stick it in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  , we struggled through a problem set, we sat next to each other in ... haven’t truly been single in years. I became accustomed to all the broad ... partner might feel about it, and I want to spend my evenings reading or

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  , in broad daylight, when a policeman chokes an unarmed black man to ... , or eating ice cream in his own home! Again- the fish rots from the head ... this will spark a conversation in your circle that will lead to some

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Spring this time, with on-campus features!

  

  I am taking. In fact, this is actually the last GIR I need in order to ... , or really, just dedicating some 5-10 minutes to writing down my goals ... strange place to be in, and I can't help but feel greedy and selfish for it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year in laptop stickers RIP my laptop 7/19/20

  

  note="tech & repair shop located right next to Trader Joe's in West ... couldn't resist having some tribute to Japan on my laptop. this came in ... , which is a large room in my dorm, Burton Conner, so all i have to do to be

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