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  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  when my family went to Ghana back in 2017. So visiting MIT last April for ... be submitted for a grade. Applying to MIT wasn’t even an expected ... campuses have found their way up to the start of classes for this semester, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  small changes feeling big my winter in Armenia

  

  TUMO with my friend Caitlin O. '25. We taught students how to CAD ... gremlin in me that's always eager to experience new places. Access to global ... 't have access to them growing up. I dreamt of seeing worlds beyond my own

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 17, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  interest in genetics and bio for me as a career path, so to that I owe it ... It's December, which means it is time to (drumroll please)...   ... (cue airhorn noise)🎉🎉   As someone who loves to obsess over

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Night I Shared A Stage With Marilee Photos of a star, by a Star.

  

  Thanks to Star Simpson (MIT '10) for these fantastic photos! Sorry it took so long for me to get them on the site. New entry coming soon - but enjoy these in the meantime. :-) Also for your enjoyment: cannon shirts

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not admitted

  

  open post for you to talk. And, if you haven't already, check out Ben ... This year was the most competitive ever for MIT admissions. Admitting fewer than 13% of applicants means we had to turn away many, many

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  ... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed ... these blogs!). Back to the help desk for most of the afternoon. At 5PM, I ... LaVerde's to buy supplies for the MTB party (see pic below). $60 of ice

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  "), which has been a really cool way to explore how satellites work at my own ... been really nice to have for my class/entertainment (read: Zoom ... -home labs (2.678: Electronics for Mechanical Systems and 16.851: Satellite

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for ... , regardless of citizenship or location, will be able to apply for either ... , including undocumented students) could not apply to MIT during the Early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which 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
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring Break! A little guessing game.

  

  . I leave for (blank) on Saturday. Anyone want to guess where I'm going ... for Spring Break, I'd definitely be down there working on 2.007) Hint #2 I have to travel east from Boston to get there.

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to you all. And just remember had it been for

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  of Fortress Awesome invite you to their castle for a glorious feast ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to ... exciting. My advice to you— If you brought homework, don’t do it. Meet people

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also students who went to this school in the past and used to write for us, could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Pirates and Pi and Rats and Pie and Rats (except there are no rats) 3.1415926535897932384626433832795… idk the rest.

  

  blog at some point. Our class has been planning for weeks to do a ... [annotation note="I just want to say that every single time I have seen Nina for ... saying it for years, and recently that people seemed to think it was odd

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 23, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  military, but there are opportunities for international students to get ... this past spring. In response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC, it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Post-finals stress? Oh, it happens. Trust me.

  

  're up to over ten bucks! How crazy is that?! Ben, I think you really are a ... I was lucky enough this semester to have only one final exam, which I ... . I need to have everything I own packed and stored by 6 PM tomorrow

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  attending MIT, you can even get into events for free. Last weekend, I took advantage of a new opportunity that allows MIT students to visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum for free (you can also do the same at the nearby

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school ... to the Museum of Science, one to a theater production of "There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom," one to a ranch, and a few others I can't seem

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  A Place happy thoughts on East Campus

  

  Campus, which I can grasp for but never quite reach.  I’m trying to reach ... the way people gather in the courtyard to build a giant fort, three ... went before I gapped, except that then I did not realize how much I would

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Bermuda, Jaimaica, oooh I want to take you to… One week of fun in the Dominican Republic

  

  Dominican Republic. It was our third visit (click here to see last year's entry) to the Club Med in Punta Cana and everything was wonderful except for a brief run-in with Hurricane Ernesto on our second to last day. The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 29, 2006