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• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  deal with righty desks before, so if you see me beating a chair to ... you were. But there's so much I don't agree with about the AP system ... the AP exam, to 1) prepare us for the exams even more, and 2) allow us

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  secured into a harness. First, grab the [9 pound] bar with your right hand ... muscles, you can still get your legs up there using your momentum. (For ... land for long before we began risking our lives yet again. The leaning

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  I am excited to let you know that things are looking fairly good for releasing RA decisions online this year. I had a meeting with our tech peeps ... the obvious need for exhaustive testing and the nature of the admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  office) and will be making their way to your mailboxes accordingly. (For those of you not familiar with the 24-hour clock, or zero-hour, that's 9 ... , you may be one of the 12%. For those not in the 12% - do not despair

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  the face value of your education by coupling scholastic endeavors with ... can't really read it, but the white banner in this picture is for ... (Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate Exchange) CIS (Center for International Studies)

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the first year with the help of their first-year advisor. Our application ... search for "pirate" above.)
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  (relatively small but still nonzero number of) Early Action applicants for whom ... advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT ... application yet. But don’t worry! We know this may be for reasons out of your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  done this weekend instead of studying for finals, exactly? Well, what I ... Carter '07, we were able to get into the theatre with enough time to find ... Christmas caroling with Moria '06 and company outside of the Prudential Center

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years, as I'm working at CTD again this year as an RTA for Neuroscience and living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  now you are the invisible daughter for your mom.   Distance is to ... App, The one million “I miss you” through texts, And the longing for that ... . Because for a few weeks a year the now-not-so-tanned girl will return, And

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  my residual fascination with Tarzan contributes to how much I love the ... , being a beginner is scary. For many students (myself included!) the ... that people choose a major they are already familiar with; if you're good

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say "look how beautiful ... a musical proto-language arose from selection for sex and sociability ... compete for resources and face hardships. Music induces release of "feel

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  I've been involved, in some form or fashion, with MIT Admissions for ... advice that really resonate with me. They've also probably been published ... awful chore that they're glad to be done with. Unfortunately, this can

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  -so-secret love for the Internet. Things just happen so much faster online, with a ... well-organized spreadsheet. I'm always looking for ways I can improve ... to avoid doing this in the future. For a while, I've been trying to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  013. Do you get along with your parents? yes 014. Your heritage? i am a ... 't always have to do it for him 017. Most overused phrase on an instant ... . Laughed for no reason? yes 040. Been caught doing something you weren

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT at Copley Square Yet more photos of #NoBanNoWall protests in Boston, plus an update from President Reif.

  

  , called home for more than twenty five years. As a diverse community of ... : I was hoping to write to you today with some uplifting news. Yet, as I ... personally with each of the affected individuals we are aware of. If you know

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 31, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  office for the long trek back to Simmons Hall. I walked and talked with ... [HEY! NOTE: If you are looking for the real, scientific reason of how ... . If you are looking for a credible source, try using this link here. If

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... 'm in the second group stunt and the partner stunt and the top of the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  mnemonics for learning the order of the planets was "MVEMJSUNP" pronounced 'me ... actually be time for a new mnemonic, sorry Screech. So here's a contest ... mnemonic. I'll select a top five on Sunday, and then voting can occur through

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  Listen: writing well is hard. It is hard for a lot of different ... change the way you think about writing. I keep Orwell's rules for writing ... issue primarily with contemporary political propaganda. As he wrote: In

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012