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• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  Jess is special and I am, well, not. Blizz queries: How'd you pick your ... When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I received an interesting little poster entitled, "101 Things to Do Before You

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  me? how hard is MIT *really*? i dont know if i'm smart enough to go to mit. how do i cope with impostor syndrome?? And a lot of things ... please remember that no one ever has to go through MIT alone. It's just not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  rank all the dorms by how much you want to live in them (1 through 16 ... ’t want to delve into specifics about entry personalities, since it’s not my ... Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  blogpost in an attempt to talk about it. What is 21E? I am not the first ... deciding whether or not I was going to fully major in computer science with a ... poetry in Spanish, and learning how to code intelligent systems. It has

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  have no real interest in MIT from applying (the ones who do not wish to attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  took a weekend away to fall down a 3-mile trail. So not only do we get ... volunteers running around teaching people how to save a life. The Fray couldn ... how people can continue to believe that MIT students are completely one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  told her how to log in. And listened to her read the letter. And ... 's going to be fine. You're all talented and creative; you might not be using ... I realize that some of you have been counting down to this day since

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  : Unfortunately, I am not immune to the allure of selection bias, so the MIT that is ... so niche that they are impossible to not recognize. Also, some people ... we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  , I will not be able to take Calculus or another Math class. At our ... have him/her submit a letter on your behalf. It does not need to be ... have edited a couple of fields online - though had not intended to

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  mmmm wikipedia i ramble about my favorite wikipedia articles

  

  ’re me, [annotation note="not that you need quiz bowl experience to enjoy ... , which is why I try not to play the Wiki Game on busier school days. It ... Back to the Future Part II. Whether or not the Americans got the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  insincere not to say this is somewhat true. I think what is meant by most ... the people that say "theyre not like people their age that like to get ... niche and how open they are to sharing their passions. uniquely mit

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

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

  

  in high school. I was mostly busy studying; I would make excuses to not ... to go out of my way to perform these types of kindnesses. This is not ... ’m also not particularly calm in times of stress, similar to most people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  students to whom we do not offer admission today, we have placed a modest number on our waitlist and informed the balance that we will not be able to ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  Time) that we will not be able to offer them admission. At that point, we will consider our waitlist "closed" and do not expect to admit any ... waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  justice to how...I don't even have the words. Seriously? That kid was...cuddling with his laptop. I'm not kidding. Okay, now I'm going to make a huge ... . I swear. But then I figured out how to make money off of it. See, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  , lots of people. From left to right: Irene '08 is not dressed as anything ... a while since I put any pictures in this blog - I want it to be ... pretty, but it literally did not stop raining the entire time. Alex '07

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Second Semester Schedule + Thoughts A mind-dump of excellent quality

  

  clear that about half of us would be cut from roster. I was NOT going to ... want to be a 21W minor, if not a major. SO I spent the rest of that day ... and everyone has to decide if they’re gonna sink or learn how to swim

  • by Powers '23
  • February 19, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  attend college, and did not accompany me to campus. In fact, the first time ... ='It is hard to exaggerate the degree to which Paul — who was not a tall man ... Design, which taught students how to synthesize, model and fabricate a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  . You do not need to worry at this time about documents that are not ... center, and expect to have that backlog into November. Do not worry ... for him to send in the report? @shanny: Not at all, you'll be fine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  accurate depictions of how things really were. How wonderful was it to get to ... ? The lack of privacy. Sometimes you just want to be alone. Also not being ... I want to tell you about a friend of mine who is on television this

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013