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• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  do that. Go ahead and ask me anything, about admissions or whatever else, or just talk amongst yourselves in the open thread below. I've got

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  In any given school year or work week, there is so much we can stress about - academics, career, finances, etc.- so much so that the relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  Journal about whether or not colleges should consider legacy in the ... spot from an equal or better student, it specifically takes away a spot from an equal or better student who overcame more by not having the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection ... back, grab a cup of hot chocolate (or, as the Lab would no doubt correct

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  was warm. I walked around without a hat or gloves and didn't feel the ... 's taking on a new project, writing a computer program, or putting together a ... easily frustrated by lack of progress, or by people who seem more content

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

  Blogging Scholarship Conclusion Rock the vote!

  

  Speaking of deadlines coming up really soon, the blogging scholarship ends the 28th at midnight PST. So if you've been waiting to vote, or you've been waiting to tell your friends, family, or family pets to vote, do it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 27, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those ... receive free or reduced lunch at school Your family receives public ... imposing substantial or undue hardships upon your family In many ways only

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  it sufficiently. Whether you learn this or not, you most likely will be ... through the MIT libraries that nobody (especially undergrads) knows about or ... requirement early -- MIT requires you to take 4 physical education classes (or

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• 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…

  

  As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they say in the newspaper business: we have put the Early Action ... those of you not familiar with the 24-hour clock, or zero-hour, that's 9

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

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  you're excited about, etc. But there's no right or wrong answer ... to rush October or November scores. If, as Matt says, Thanksgiving ... . ;-) ------------------------ Shikhar wrote: "Should I carry any special thing or portfolio with me when I

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why It Pays…

  

  meant downing gallons of coffee, but that math- or science-related major ... scientist or engineer might make you the head of the department,' she says

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  academic departments, or courses, which are often referred to by their course number or acronym. MIT's majors and minors are listed on our site. And the
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  meet, or whenisgood, or whenufree, or doodle. i've learned that some ... lot of silence or random stuff or bikeshedding if no one keeps it going

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  I turned 18, or was it when I had my Bat Mitzvah at 12? "When I grow up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We ... another one or two... and a dog and a hamster...), work with polymers, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  . But not Mikey. I'm not sure whether it's the grating autotune, or the terrible blue screen, or the creepy adult man inexplicably injected into the ... lesson, kids. Whether you're at work or in school, on break or in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In which I am a bad example but only for about twelve seconds.

  

  - Breaking Bloodless NightRaven, or something like that. Whatever it's called ... that they're badly written or anything. Considering the quality of teen ... mother. The prospect thereof may or may not terrify me. I think I meant

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  . Except I didn't get just one brother, or even three. I got forty. As some ... . Occasionally we let ourselves get carried away with petty arguments, or allowed our tempers and egos to get the better of us. But one way or another, we

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  for anything you might mail in (like a fee waiver request or ... scores in the Part II, but note that we ask for "Date taken (or to be taken ... you're applying (November tests or earlier for Early Action; December

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial ... EECS - pronounced "eeks" - or Course VI to everyone at MIT). I also have ... life and technical area of research, electrical engineering or computer

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Get The Scoop The dish on ice cream around MIT.

  

  flavors. If you walk in the opposite direction up Mass Ave or take Saferide ... strike") or "frappe" ("iced"). Float: You need soda [soda = pop = coke ... , milk or yogurt and sometimes ice cream. They're often offered with an

  • by Bryan
  • January 27, 2006