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• 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
• 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 / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  Yesterday afternoon, I walked back to my suite in Burton-Conner after a day's worth of classes and found this printout of my blogger bio taped to my door.   OK? I opened the door, stepped into my room

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• 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

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen high-profile NGOs. In short, the ... -hand corner. My idea needs 100 votes to make it to the second round, and the ... appreciate your taking a few seconds to cast your vote and bring my idea closer

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green ... , grabbed my camera, and spent twenty minutes wandering around to no avail

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday! (a.k.a my first video blog) vlogging? MEAT CAKE!

  

  Hallo blogger faithful! Undoubtedly you’ve noticed that the times, they are a changing. The air is crisp, the trees are ebbing into their autumn palette and just as winter comes…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 30, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit my final grades?

  Most students apply to college at the beginning of their last year of high school, so final grades aren’t available. Only admitted students are required to submit their final grades.…
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the…