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• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  beautiful study room in the fifth floor of the student center that was ... powder.) (The great thing about cooking in college is that regardless of ... around to eat it. Never underestimate the stomachs of hungry college kids

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  ! Some of these go back pretty far, but better late than never ... seriously considering playing in college. Athletics are one of many ways to ... third paragraph of Stu's entry for details. I have a question. 4 years of

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  begin thinking and planning in advance, which I respect and value (one of ... as the last few years, to wit: We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

    Centimeters to Inches   Peering out of the plane ... stepped down from the plane and learned how to laugh Typing “h”s instead of ... ... How could she know what an ounce of milk was supposed to look?  

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

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most ... lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100 words

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  'm sharing a place with three other interns, two of them also from MIT. so it ... pacific science center laserdome. a few weeks ago it was fourth of july and ... our neighbors' backyards all around us. every once in a while one of us

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  eight of us were hanging out in one person's room after class, someone put ... more times before the end of the program. By the fourth time, I could ... a second. We've gotta take care of something." Without putting the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  (RA). I've had a number of deferred students write in with questions so I wanted to post a quick entry that answered some of them publicly ... EA but ran out of time. If you are retaking tests in December or

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  10 Lessons #IAP #Italy #LearningByTeaching #wow #Pi(e)DayCountdown

  

  polar vortex commotion, my flight to Milan was one of the thousands ... teaching all my subjects, which turned out to be a whooping mix of ... into different types of infinities, which is it's own blog post

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • March 11, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of ... began with a very steep ascent, which involved a lot of huffing and ... platter of Swedish, German, and Austrian accents. The German and Autrian

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  how painfully obvious that was. Of course you have to do your best. How ... time, I took those words and put them in the shelf of "things I ... just how powerful and true that piece of advice was. You see, as a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data: over the past decade or so, the average number of deferred students later ... possible after completion of the fall semester, second quarter, or first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Planned Procrastination Productive Punting

  

  four different outfits before deciding which combination of shorts and baggy t-shirt to p-set in. I sort my pile of clean laundry. I sort my pile of dirty laundry. I print out my p-sets for the week. While I’m at it I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 4, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would ... incapable I am of doing anything at all in the morning) and confirmed that he ... needed. I've always loved space. My favorite part of plane rides is at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2010 Apply...if you dare!

  

  regularly address tens of thousands of prospective MIT students and millions of other people around the world, and Be comfortable with, or willing ... /Writing Experience This is your "portfolio", and is the single most important part of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... ... the coveted 50 pixel avatar of an Admissions Blogger. Sure you won't be ... office's own running of the bulls, only with more emoticons and Dr

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a ... comedy shows. Of course, I entered the seminar lottery, and there were

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  Keri produced entirely during "the Month of January/IAP." It was about a ... lot more exciting than either of them expected. I really liked the music ... about it, but I saw MTG's production of Cabaret early this year which I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ). You can review the list of meetings at http ... enter MIT "undeclared," and, at the conclusion of the freshman year, choose their major from among all of MIT's majors. Later, you can add

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  day of classes at MIT! What happened? And why are you dropping physics ... exciting is getting an email from the head of the physics department about ... tested out of physics but not calc, I wasn't eligible to take the class in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005