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• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  , direct them to Daniel, MIT's Director of Financial Aid. ... With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  who ends up with the proverbial "Kick Me" sign on his back? Well, that happened to me today. After my 24.900 lecture this morning, I decided to take a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• 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 ... 've spared you the trouble of reading something you really wouldn't have wanted to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more

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

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  provides a bit of closure to an important part of the admissions cycle. It ... today. Matt likes to blog a picture of the mail folks leaving with the ... I've just finished assembling and sealing hundreds of packages with

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How awesome is MIT Physics?

  The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. Fourteen of their alumni and eight of their faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’ve Been Staring At The Edge of The {Charles River} 'long as I can remember, never really knowing why

  

  ] Every [deadline] I make, [Mass Ave] leads back To the place I know, where, where I long to be... Okay I'm done now. I've taken way too many photos of ... .... I wish I could be the perfect [beaver] But I come back to the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  TGIF! After a long week comes...a FEAST!

  

  out to dinner on Friday night as a reward for working hard all week. This week, we went to Buk Kyung II, a Korean restaurant in Allston. So ... Sorry for being MIA you guys! I've had a tough couple of weeks, but I

  • by Celena C. '12
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  , three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it -- NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New York Times -- on page 1 of the national edition! Also, for those of you wishing for teleportation powers so you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  , you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing this out) Freshman year, one of my classes was actually taught by former ... To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  Castle (one of 13 Indian restaurants within a mile of MIT, according to ... up on chores, etc. It was nice to have a day at home, though I used the ... . Tonight, I'm going to a screening of the Oscar-nominated short films at the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Only You Have The Power Only YOU have the power to decide your own worth. Don't ever, ever, ever give…

  

  the power to decide your own worth. Part of resiliency is playing the hand that is dealt to you, no matter what that hand is. Folding is NEVER ... say it simply guys... only YOU have the power to decide your own worth

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How did the blogs get started?

  behind the blogs was to open a window into the lives of MIT students: what they do, think, and feel. MIT was one of the first universities to have ... that prospective students can review to help determine if MIT is the
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Riddle Me This The return of the puzzles.

  

  . This puzzle is courtesy of my friend Evelyn, '07, Course 6. Prima Donna ... 's no way I can ever go. (9) Nothing can be altered, there is nothing to decide. No escape, no change of heart, no anyplace to hide. (10) Ohio was

  • by Bryan
  • October 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music for Pre-decisions De-stressing manifesting calm and cozy vibes to get you through it

  

  Waiting for college decisions is difficult. Trust me, I've been there before. This is a collection of songs that helps calm me down before going into something stressful. Many of these were songs I listened to while I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 8, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been admitted to the MIT Class of 2014. There were 5,684 Early Action applicants ... deep applicant pool, combined with a commitment to maintaining equity

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.

  

  And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain.

  • by Bryan
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Holiday Stories Here's mine. What are some of yours?

  

  My holiday story: At the end of December my son's preschool decided to have an after-work event at which parents would construct ... of moms, trying to follow instructions from Miss Stacy and Miss April

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  the end of the show...and here is how we kicked off the beginning of the show... * Please excuse my lack of acting skills :P Credits to Travis ... 'm not. It has been a while since I uploaded a video, I have a lot of

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I ... of notes to self. And with that, I will try to get those 7 hours of ... 's been a "pset, sleep, blog –– pick two" kind of time, so instead of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  committed to admitting no more than one-third of our class during early action ... to further contribute to that by leaving only a very small number of ... Admit Letters... Actually, this photo only shows about half of the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004