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• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first ... MacGregor House, just before sunset. The left half of the picture is the ... Charles River, Massachusetts Avenue bridge, and city of Boston on the right

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The State of the Mail: Opened & Processed It's time to check MyMIT to make sure we have all the pieces of your…

  

  have received. Now we're really ready to read applications! This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on MyMIT. It will ... along another copy. There are still many more weeks of reading to be done

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  wrong. To those of you who were on the waitlist, particularly those of ... all of this is that it would have been impossible to choose between you ... This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to ... I'm not going to paraphrase all of that in text. But I think the most

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  book is on sale!!! So my friend Diana and I were terrified of ... Introduction to Astronomy Looking for Care of Magical Creatures, try 21H.909 ... spoiler, think again. I've been given permission by admissions to deny or

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  that the best way to raise a scientist is to stay out of the way. Kids ... ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images without the constraints of pre-drawn lines to color inside of.  There are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  a quicker visual tour of campus. Or, just jump around to different ... of MIT's campus for people who want to know what it's like to be at MIT ... they were at the time. It's not meant to be a professional tour of MIT

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  supporting arm to you. (Girl) To which I answered, "No sir!" When the guard ... that hour sublime On the Subway Express. Now isn't that an amazing way to ... Angry, Fearful, Disgusted, Happy, Neutral, Sad, or Surprised. Two are used

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Ever wanted to sculpt a masterpiece out of butter?  Make a city out ... from across campus joined together to work on the worst possible ideas they could come up with. To celebrate the start of the weekend, a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and ... multitude of platitudes when Professor Maier calls on us to explain the ... historian, but she is not jealous of her art. In fact, she seeks to instill in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  feel free to contact my office by email at finaid(at)mit(dot)edu or by phone at 617-253-4971 to confirm any documents about which you are ... Hi folks, First I just wanted to give mad props to the kind folks who

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I track the progress of my application?

  don’t panic. While it is important to submit your application on time ... 're happy to check receipt of items if you allow sufficient time for ... You may track the progress of your application in the application
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Getting Back to Normal ...with some help from Macklemore

  

  'll take another step in getting back to normal. Tonight is the annual MIT ... Concert is not the only venue for major bands on campus (e.g. Nirvana played ... It has been a rough couple of weeks in Boston and at MIT.  Wednesday

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic documents submitted through Naviance, SCOIR, or other methods. Regardless of ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we ... on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist, or you want to learn more about it, you can read more here. https

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  the runaround a star-studded event twenty years in the making.

  

  first secret is revealed So over the course of the day on Monday, a ... Symphony Hall, so if you were to use your free College Card courtesy of Arts ... dinner, some of us went to JP Licks for some ice cream. (This summer I have

  • by Bryan
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  part of the Course 4 department that I'm planning to tackle on as well ... share his experiences and thoughts on a variety of topics. He had a great deal of interesting and insightful anecdotes to share. Here are some

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  i’m catching up a blog about all the things i wanted to blog about but couldn't find the…

  

  the usual last-minute packing or the rush over to Logan airport, but with a silent click of a submit button on my 20.330 (Fields, Forces and ... around my neighborhood listening to my favorite playlists. This is my PSA

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  the other schools to which I'd been admitted. #3 on my list was the ... the loss of sleep one single bit. To explain: Milan, MIT's annual ... always says, that’s because of the people." It seriously is. I honestly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010