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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  Pre-registration has opened up, my dear children, and that means it is my favorite time of the year! I love registering for classes because ... 6 [annotation note="Communication Intensive class in my major

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  large stain on my pants, and a burnt-and-undercooked slice of tomato sauce ... though (after witnessing the sad drooping of my slice) and offered to trade ... . During the dinner, Petey also mentioned (in response to my initial distaste

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  '08 (DormCon rep to the UA and one of my 5th East hallmates), Andrew S

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

  rating underwear colors in my inbox *insert context here*

  

  emphasize---minute subset of underwear colors that have graced my Dormspam ... that's my second favorite desert Plausibility: 9/10 Thematicism: 9

  • by Victor D. '27
  • February 18, 2026
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you’re not going to find one here! We get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of admission are. We couldn’t…
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  May 25, 2006

  

  Today marks my ten-year anniversary of train travel. I also just finished my first year of college. Time doesn't fly.

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beautiful snowfall A nice snowfall today in Boston.

  

  The view outside my apartment window this morning, as I sat down at my desk to read applications. Coming shortly: Questions Omnibus.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Laptop There should be a special place in hell for laptop thieves.

  

  dammit, my laptop and camera got stolen out of my room. Campus police has been thusfar unhelpful as usual in locating the perpetrators. These ... I already turned in my thesis.

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 25, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  If your ability to apply to MIT has been affected by disasters or other serious disruptions—severe weather, military conflicts, humanitarian emergencies, infrastructure failures, civil unrest, or other crises—please know that…
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ‘Twas the night before Christmas Happy holidays to everyone!

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas ... attendance. Last night, my parents, my brother and I gathered for our traditional decorating of the tree. Just a few miles from my house is the

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

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  my essays obsessively, fine-tuning my sentences, changing words, and asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... repeated reassurances on College Confidential that my tiny error would not

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I remember my username easily enough, but I could never remember my password ... without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. My ... wonderful way to take my MIT journey above and beyond! Living and working in ... opportunity to successfully complete my project. In addition to authoring a

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends ... thing (usually my cellphone charger). However, earlier this summer, my ... cured all my packing woes: whatamiforgetting.mit.edu Short, sweet, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  lecture, I realized that I’m more than halfway done with my first semester at MIT. My first reaction was, to be perfectly honest, shock. How ... how I felt when my plane first landed in Boston - when I walked onto

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Getting My MIT Decision on Pi Day Pie a comic

  

  this comic was inspired by the pie invention scenes in Waitress the Musical

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jaden Smith was in my 3.091 lecture!!

  

  How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren’t Real

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Looked outside my window, and what did I see I probably shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

  

  This is probably one of the last things I was expecting to see when I went to my window to investigate the staggeringly loud noise I heard: These last few weeks have been so incredibly awesome that it's been

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  May I include supplementary materials with my application?

  Our admissions process is designed to be completed online. Creative portfolios in SlideRoom are available for researchers, performing artists, visual artists, and makers to submit supplemental materials. If you must mail…
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  'm back in my room. My windows are open, because it's gorgeous outside (and unfortunately I won't be able to say "it's gorgeous outside; my windows are open ... conversations waft up to my room - heads up, in case you ever find yourself on a 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012