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• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  this summer (1, 2), and I have just returned from a great, thought ... #1: improving the international student information on the MIT ... student application deadline: January 1 Domestic student early action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  recipe. Potato Soup Chop four carrots, three or four stalks of celery, an onion, three or four large potatoes, and one leftover pork chop (or ... minutes or so until the potatoes are soft. Whisk together three tablespoons

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  residents, she's not here to take classes or do any research. Primarily ... Scholar. Residential Scholars are faculty or professionals with visiting appointments who live in dorms alongside undergrads or grad students. (Maseeh

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  online application on or before January 3. If you are applying on paper, have the Post Office postmark and mail your materials on or before ... button, or stamp that mail! The closer you send in your application to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 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 ... emergencies, infrastructure failures, civil unrest, or other crises—please know ... mind, and that you may need to focus on other things, or be temporarily
• Blog / Admissions

  On Supplemental Materials Further information about application supplements.

  

  required or even expected. In general, you should not send supplemental ... send in a CD/DVD or score (or mp3/pdf email attachment) containing 2 ... Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139; or electronically to auditions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  things that make noises for those lost

  

  often in reaction to something tangible, like a flying cockroach, or ... respond to fear. this is known as a fight or flight reaction: your heart ... processes slow. this is anxiety, often a derivative of fear. you may or may

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  . they keep sitting there, or walking, or typing away on their laptop, and ... , not today” or lean their head towards me so i can ruffle their hair a ... ’m not sure whether i’ve annoyed them or made them feel better. half the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  words or fewer) Although you may not yet know what you want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or ... , community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  either a P - “Pass” (!) or a DN - D, but not recorded or an FN - F ... turn in the final paper or project, and/or was absent during the last two ... undergraduate education in the case of an undergraduate student or by the dean for

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  humanities, social science, or language teacher. Additionally, a letter is often submitted by a counselor or school official alongside the required ... compellingly on your behalf, whether or not they have taught you the most
• Blog / Events

  MIT Mystery Hunt is happening! watch the kickoff at 12 PM EDT today, 1/15

  

  . It’s like a Sudoku or a crossword, but you have to figure out the rules ... word or a phrase, like “COLLAPSE” or “FILM REVIEW”.⁠ Solving a puzzle ... called metapuzzles, or simply metas. After solving several puzzles, you get

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 15, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class, and ... or students at other colleges). If this sounds like something you might

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  ’s like to live in Conner 2, or plan stuff for REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in ... students or students at other colleges). Your application will be read by a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  , though there is an application process whether you are in high school or ... laboratory, infantry officer school followed by command of an Army or Marine Corps platoon, flight school for the Navy or Air Force, or the nuclear

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  mailing list of the Sloan Undergraduate Management Association, or (SUMA). I ... @mit.edu   ~ For you first-time or novice traders, come try it out! See the ... , whether you're a major (or double major) in Management Science, or taking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for ... of you probably have been playing an instrument for years or participating in art, dance, or theatre for just as long. I mean, you

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  great!  If you ignore the average 1.5 hour each way commute I have to ... . 1)  Yup, still skydiving :) This picture got me famous on Reddit for

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity What were you doing?

  

  NASA homepage open; I glanced at the clock, and realized that it was 1 ... (three hours - we were up until 1am) reading about molecules and light

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  'm now a resident of Burton 1, and unfortunately for Snively will probably never move out. Burton 1 is known for its '09 floor chair Kip, whose voice

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007