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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  Links training, and since Next House is the very farthest you can get from the T ... actually stuck to my foot since it was damp out (seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Okay, maybe you can, but I'm not, I swear). To make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  The Coop's web site, you can pick up all the MIT swag you need. And don ... It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back ... comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  happened next was inspiring.  I've always thought that you can tell a lot ... , students immediately began asking where they could donate blood. Prefrosh ... transit and large crowds. So perhaps this can still be a happy post.  A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  really great hijabs. I hate running, but I can get through short interval ... someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a gap between intent and impact that can affect our relationships and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  . Spite can be an amazing motivator for getting essays done. I had to ... where I last left off. I think I'm starting to get obsessed with ... the YouTube algorithm until I re-read some parts of the book that we

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  place to get everything done on time. But even before you begin to devise your plan, you need to take a DEEP BREATH and know that you CAN and WILL ... . You don’t necessarily have to be getting straight As in all of your

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!! and also my major and also indecision

  

  being a poli-sci major, but if I chose wrong I can just get a masters ... kid" growing up. I heard "you should be a lawyer" 10000000x more than "you should be a doctor" or whatever the equivalent is. Most of my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  the country. Do you think I could get into MIT.. again? The hall I lived on has its own wiki. And an IRC channel. "MIT is the closest you can ... small enough and well-staffed enough that I can usually get things done

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  , where I got a table at a Chinese restaurant called Seven Woks. If you ... When you have a 2.5-year-old and a 3-month-old, anything after 6AM is ... Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  and water. (Did you know that, thanks to 5.60, I can now model the ... probably the most important factors. GPA is also important, but you get a lot ... different Sam asked if it was easier to get into MIT grad school if you go to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  you where to go. Note that you can in fact capsize in these boats! And ... In my sophomore fall, I wrote the art of trying new things, where I ... , and social sciences"]HASS[/annotation] communication classes that you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lazy hazy crazy Summer for me means lab and cooking. I'm not sure which I like better.

  

  traditional-but-not. So now you should definitely come visit me when you get to ... "shut up Mollie, you've been dating him for over two years, I know he's your boyfriend". So if you know that Morgan is the Big Boss, be nice and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  amazing things -- can I crash with you when I visit? P.S. In case you're as ... era." Let me share with you an anecdotal history of blogging, what I ... 't get IAP off), I will organize my entry more than I ever have before

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  technology at a bar in Cambridge where a group of singles were "speed ... show how you're doing in real-time. [...] Pentland has analysed nearly 60 speed-dating conversations. He can now predict the verdict for 80 per cent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  students will choose to remain on the waitlist. Can you tell me where I am on ... last contact. You can also feel free to provide any other information you ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Counting On One Hand And this is where Porky Pig says, "That's all folks"

  

  drink from that firehose and you get it done. I can say that this semester ... get the reference? Until then, for those of you finishing off your ... fall out of the sky and WEBSIS doesn't let you pick your own grades, you

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  note that you can visit https://decisions.mit.edu beginning tomorrow ... , you may call our office to get it (please note that you will be asked to ... shortly thereafter. I'm pleased to let you know that we're on schedule to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  , Archery, Sailing, and Pistol/Rifle, you can get an Official [annotation note ... ever fall into the Charles River that borders MIT campus, you can swim to ... exclusively facedown and the last one optionally faceup. You also get a t

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  , since you only get to submit this form ONCE, this causes problems. So what ... concept of "midyear grades." This is okay. You can ignore the text boxes and ... yet – you need to read some important info below. What is it?  The

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  is a class I absolutely need to graduate. (I won't bore you with ... these blogs telling you about all the awesome things we're doing, but if you're prospective MIT students, shouldn't you have

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011