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• Blog / Community Projects

  No Touching one plane, two planes, red plane, Corn Dog

  

  Remember, kids, consent is sexy--so ask for permission before ... same sort of packed, nervous atmosphere that a hackathon has, but with ... , tubular airplanes and boxy nugget-shaped airplanes. Airplanes with two

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  with your advisor when you register for classes, and I should of course ... half-explain/half-give advice on academic preparation for your freshman ... your transcript as simply a P for pass. No it doesn't matter if you got a

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  actually a lot of fun since, for one, I was interested in my thesis, and also ... 's able to rest for a bit now that classes are over. Good luck with your ... paper for my [annotation note="21G.038(China in the News)"]CI-H class

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  my trip report, with 100% more screaming toilets than I had anticipated. [ASK] me about traveling for 2.5 weeks in two carry-on bags. May 13 ... with CMS/Civic classmate Rodrigo, who now runs product at Neighborly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Curseroad MIT class roadmaps that shouldn’t exist but theoretically could

  

  , there are too many great options; with over 300 classes in [annotation ... . That’s why we have CourseRoad – a website for planning what classes to take at MIT! CourseRoad is an invaluable tool for MIT students – it has

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  bored in iap maybe i should've signed up for something

  

  and i have nothing much to do. but with nothing to do, i'm getting kinda ... spend that time with their families. or in my case, on campus. what do ... certain we got some looks from people for bringing a cart around

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 13, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  lived in East Campus G212 for half a semester--just barely two months. Temporary as it had been, my room was a home and a safehouse. With a west ... filled the high ceilings with a gentle in-betweenness, half out and half in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our ... others like us. Hopefully you learn something! (For anyone who doesn ... welcoming place to work out what I was comfortable with and how I wanted to

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  this question from someone with a 2.0 GPA, or some similar blatant app ... . With ~10,500 apps, it is likely that I never personally crossed paths with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  him on my water bottle that travels with me everywhere I go. Today is ... know for sure.    But one thing I did know for sure was that if I ... around MIT!  So I thought I’d ask people for recommendations and try as

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 13, 2024
• 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 ... a good option. Because in life, every hand can be a winner if you play

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  I wasn't sure I was up for dealing with a cape for an entire day of ... -or-treating and mooch candy from all your GRTs? Aww yes. I, for one, opted for ... intended for females. That's actually one of the best definitions I've seen

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  strawberries & cream waffles with hall, for now, farewell (#PeopleBeforePsets) ... Institute has far exceeded my expectations for social involvement, and in the ... blooms with formulas and symbols, reminders of curious proofs completed

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  My ML model finished training right after I finished this post technically i *am* doing work right now

  

  Junior year was a milestone for me because it was the first time where I actually got to work with machine learning models. I just got some code to run on my computer for my UROP project this summer, which is

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2024
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and with the best of ... unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • December 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you

  • by Decisions
  • December 14, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Class of 2020 Hacks Back

  

  few years ago, for example, we challenged students to hack their tubes; one aeronautical adMIT sent hers into space. This past spring, for the ... ;   Yesterday, the Class of 2020 responded with a hacked eye-chart of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will be releasing decisions for transfer students next Wednesday, 12/21. Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Update The Waitlist Committee has finalized decisions and has emailed all waitlisted applicants.

  

  We are writing with a quick followup to Matt's recent entry. The ... yield for international students admitted in Regular Action was quite high ... . Please check your email account for your individual waitlist decision (it

  • by Decisions
  • May 20, 2008