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• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for ... was nothing wrong with MIT. It was just my dad's school, and he was ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  lot of fun. but it's still weird. my freshman year did so much for me ... situation especially bittersweet. for me, it's my former dorm, Burton Conner ... restored even when we're back in-person. i'm at peace with it—i've had a year

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  was so impossible for me to get a double major? Maybe it has to do with ... enjoying the writing classes and my job outside of class working with ... ago to the advisor for the writing department, and she got back to me

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you ... , cylindrical information for you soon.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  celebrate with us in the comments and—more importantly—share this wonderful news with your community and loved ones! We hope you feel like you ...  information for you soon.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  and correlating it with EKG and all sorts of other stuff. For lab 9 ... 2.671 is an AMAZING class (that many people dislike, for reasons that ... much just going nuts. For our final (9th) lab of the semester, we were

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Does the Khan Academy offer practice SATs?

  Students can prepare for college-entrance exams by going on an online "SAT quest," complete with custom practice problems, instructional videos ... questions from past SAT exams, as well as videos with step-by-step solutions
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering some questions The entry on commencement was just getting unwieldly.

  

  for many dorms was just put in last summer. There is a website with ... , should I just sign up for one for the lottery, or do all three? The usual ... Questions 1. Sevi asked, here is a question for you about Mac

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  One thing every woman’s missed in Massachusetts Bay Sam and Shana have gone to look for America, starting in Philadelphia.

  

  well-dressed man carrying a sign for "Morimoto restaurant valet parking ... city and hang out with us for a while. Luckily, Alex is an awesome human ... Philadelphia with my beloved high school friend Shana. See how excited she is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  that interest you (which should be fun for you to do), and for you to ... (which should also be fun for you to do). In my next blog entry in a few ... Hi, I am Stu Schmill, and I am responsible for organizing MIT

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  doesn't even offer AP courses. Are APs valued higher than IB courses for ... it would make up for a lower CR score but I guess not. There is at ... certainly won't hurt you, but unfortunately it will not make up for a lower CR

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  accidentally used up almost all my data for the month downloading audiobooks, so I can't really use my phone for anything other than playing said ... I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My New Hobby…. It's Giga-cool.

  

  's great fun with your geek friends! Speaking of geek friends, you're bound ... taking a crash course in conversational German in preparation for a trip I ... 't studied for? Femto-cool. You could even apply it to those tricky end

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 Numbers

  

  ...)." This left a few people quite intrigued. For example, Laura commented ... enroll) on record. The numbers won't completely settle for a little ... % international citizens. Many thanks to the International Students Association for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  I am the type of person that occasionally gets carried away with what ... help design my class ring, and have a UROP, and blog for admissions ... year, I did nothing but eat, hang out with my suite (+ friends) in Burton

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  , ofc, ofc, I am as yet too young."]come![/annotation] I signed up for ... dorm. Good thing, that, because we can't leave the dorms, save for one ... placed at exactly the distance it takes for your body to warm up, so that

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  CPW doesn't get boring, even for current students. Despite many of us ... events and have a good time with the prefrosh. My fraternity, Phi Kappa ... possible and set aside time during our weekend to have fun CPW events like

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  ) to borrow for the entire academic year one of nearly 350 noted pieces ... Andy Warhol Each piece in the collection is framed and signed by a ... collection and enter their top choices into a lottery. Over 4 years, 70% of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  ,[/annotation] one of my best friends from home, Ariana, posted a picture with a ... increasingly nostalgic for my experiences back then. Our table in honors math ... ), I send a text with it. The truth is though, it's been months since I

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Competition for Academic Excellence League (SCAEL) with another senior, Johnver ... for the scholarships. Craighead will attend the Massachusetts Institute ... he "felt this was the place for me. I felt comfortable there

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009