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  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  current crop of graduating seniors but is also engaged with the the next ... ’t know that it is remotely treat like, even though it has pretty ... about MIT, our selection process and how we are thinking about changes on

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  saying “This is what I’m gonna do when I go to MIT!” Frankly, a lot of the ... —I’ve been where you’re at. Transferring to MIT is possible, and I look forward ... The fall transfer application deadline is coming up. I tried to

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  the MIT environment/culture. Here, nearly everyone is ecstatic to talk ... and all you want to say is “This weather is wild” and “It’s that time of ... common responses: “Yes this weather is quite ‘wild’” and “Ha, yep, that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  (almost) halfway point of getting through MIT. It marks many psets and exams ... ’t believe that 3 whole semesters have come and gone and the fourth is almost ... . Ring Delivery is essentially this really fancy event where the sophomores

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  's subtitle ("And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon") is completely inappropriate, I will be very impressed ... is, you know, eclipsed. Therefore I am going to declare all my photos

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vacation = Relaxation, right? What I do over vacation...

  

  Apparently this is not the case in England. They do things ... exam, there is only 1 final exam. That’s right. One exam that counts for pretty much your whole grade. While this is not such a big deal

  • by Cambridge
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  O, GRE Battle The best of the worst entry I ever wrote.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The youngest known meteor impact crater in the world is located in Haviland, Kansas and is less than 1,000 years old. I wrote a ... this blog and is trying to tell me something. So here are the highlights

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection begins Picking the Class of 2010.

  

  . As is my custom, I wore a tie today, out of respect for the applicants ... that this will be a very tough year of MIT admissions. The quality of applicants is astonishing. Basically, selection works like this. We've spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 2, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  is indeed a world outside of MIT and you should be concerned about it ... .) Following this trend, then, it shouldn’t be surprising that food is in large part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  - with MIT-EMS. MIT-EMS (Emergency Medical Service) is a student ... is funded and supported by MIT Medical, which provides complete health ... It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  ? My UROP advisor is on American Inventor, and next Wednesday is the ... to vote! The judges have chosen the six finalists, and the race is on ... : Craig Forest just received his PhD from MIT in Course 2, he works in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  year is a pretty normal time for biology people at MIT to get involved ... 's your boyfriend". So if you know that Morgan is the Big Boss, be nice and ... write it (this is my project, anyway, and I've been working on it for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... all in perspective, is that MIT is not an end but a beginning. I'm aware ... world". MIT is not one of those schools. It's not a holding pen. You will

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  emails to self & the long goodbye

  

  what a strange feeling it is to be in your last semester at MIT. there is so much i still wish to accomplish, so many classes i never got ... to graduate school; it is not a second chance at being at MIT, but it

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  to blog. A major obstacle to if and how people read is discovering which stories resonate the most. This is an introspective journey. Ideally ... prerequisite reading, one of my favorite lines, and whom I believe the story is

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  program, and since then I've realized this is probably the most important ... need to figure out in order to decide on a program, therefore, is which programs fit me as a person. Fit is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  MIT is awesome) Anna's is delicio us. Our motley crew then decides to ... interest at MIT: Academics. An actual class. (Reason #22 why MIT is awesome ... . Oh yea, and look at this: Reason #64 why MIT is awesome.  

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  FYI: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025 what it says on the tin

  

  kind that is often read by a half dozen people within MIT. It's sort of ... working at MIT are like playing Elden Ring. When I started working here 15 ... occasional distance spellcasting.[/annotation] Anyway, here is today's Golden

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The return of Questions Omnibus It's time to answer your questions...

  

  . Our room block for the Hotel@MIT is sold out; they may have a few more ... non-MIT sources (which is probably why it is mentioned in the financial ... . MIT is committed to need based financial aid; this commitment was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  passionate about recruiting as MIT Hillel is, all of America east of the ... . From: Jordyn To: pizzainthehut@mit.edu Date: 10/5/2006 1:24 PM Subject: Pimp My Sukkah. Hello everyone! FYSH (first year students of Hillel) is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006