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• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for ... :45am-10am, 11am-1pm If you happen to see me, or if I happen to be checking you in, please don't be shy -- say hello! Also, make sure to come

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  A Jaunt Across Europe (Part 2) 12 hours of coastal biking and other Spanish adventures

  

  and said we could select 3 to take home for free. I asked her why she ... come up. It would’ve been disappointing for us to book housing and plan ... , slippery rocks to reach this one big rock. I meditated for awhile. It was one

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 11, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a problem was to get the answer. What about the answer? Why does it even

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  and clear things up. Core memory for sure. Anyway, hi everyone, to ... to me for product direction. I'm actually working on a humongous ... grateful to live in. MIT did a great job of setting me up for success and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Caring for the body health, am i right?

  

  from time-to-time—sometimes I get buildup that lasts for days and affects ... for an hour or so after a shower. To be honest, I'm also bad with ... Content warning: overt sexual content, reference to suicide. Last

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  several places. Many people expected him to give up; instead, he asked for ... temple to rest. It was soon time for the second monk to try his luck at ... hurried to prepare towels and water for the second monk, thinking that he

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  experience for you today so that you can get a sense of what you may get to go ... average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals ... . How does one go about studying? The general recipe is to just lock

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  to the new site, and my travels around the country for the office, I ... to attend MIT for a while now. I was wondering how the carrer fair was ... Office. Their job is to help MIT students prepare for things like this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  you leave for college, you kind of forget that life continues to happen ... concentration cell. It sounds like a good place to study for an exam. That's not ... -pinching and eating more than enough Korean food to compensate for several months

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Updates for the Admitted There's good stuff on your MyMIT portal.

  

  you've made up your mind for sure about whether or not to attend MIT ... 're making the best choice for yourself), or to request a deferral/gap year ... for CPW on March 31 or when your travel plans are solidified, whichever

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  while to figure out exactly what I should look out for when choosing ... for helping me prepare for those electives. I like to think of these ... classes also vying for my attention. I'd typically try to pick a set of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  close to the deadline and everyone signs up for their interview, interview ... up for it. I feel like I can definitely do better on the SAT were I to ... 50% statistics for other tests are available on the MyMIT website. If

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

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

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... comments below), I'd like to ask you to really look for the answer here on the site -- there's no need to ask basic questions, for example

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A recipe for disaster Behind the scenes of the "giant pie" video

  

  . We sat for a good 15 minutes trying to figure out how to stabilize it ... collapse. I d̶i̶e̶d̶  slept for 19 hours straight and then went to the bad ... ’m excited to give you the full story of the complete mess that we made. Here

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • March 11, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  committing to MIT or any college for the matter. I had a strong desire to ... ’t even be on campus to try out an intramural sport, for example. I ... to IAP, I was looking for what PE classes to register for during my

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  passive, detached manner the point after which it is too late to ask for ... homesick for a place you’ve never been to recognizing someone as being from ... forgetting what day it is eating because you want to keep your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  than you have to. and if that is you, you are incredibly valid for ... , it’s hard for me to go back and think about all that happened, to try ... untouched for nearly eleven months. I’ve done enough editing to make sure that

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  no real way, however, for me to talk you through exactly how difficult ... field, which I would use to combine 18 and 21W. This was the plan for two ... sorry for what I am about to say next."]probably means very little to you

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... were asked to identify travel options, routes and fares for the Boston ... When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action ... been sent to MIT. Our College Board Code (for SAT and TOEFL) is 3514 and ... will be deferred to regular action for further consideration (and some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005