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  College Admissions and the Public Interest

  

  In 1966, B. Alden Thresher, an economist and the first ever Director of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions and the Public Interest. It’s a longstanding…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  *written by a ’21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the world.…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  We’ve gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the forthcoming cycle, so I’m posting them. I want to be clear that there’s no reason to start on them now,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  To the rising seniors beginning to think about their college essays – hello, fellow kids. Are you as stuck on what to write your college essays about as I was…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new mit.edu. It was designed and built by the same agency, Upstatement, that is redesigning admissions…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  *written by Mariam D. ’20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* A few dozen children stand fidgeting in lines before us, their eyes squinting…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn’t even occur to you that the doors might not stop. Suddenly a very heavy, unpleasant pressure jolts you from both sides and you…

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  *written by Rukia H. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Theory: If we were to use the World Cup as an analogy for…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Fig. 5: Zimmer- und Wohnungsvermittlung Universität/ETH Zürich aka ETH Zürich dorm tour!

  

  Hoi zäme! I’m finally back in the US of A after 6 continuous months abroad, and it’s been refreshing to not have to rely on my broken A1.2 Schwiizerdütsch to get…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a shoebox pc clips of summer

  

  before i know it, it’s halfway through summer: i started my internship on june fourth, it’s already july 17th, and i move back to mit late august 25th. 41 days…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  A few weeks ago, when I blogged about the commencement of the Class of 2018, I made a note about the address given by Colin Webb, President of the Class…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  *written by Sheila B. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Lesson learned–you should always have a backup plan. Or improvise. After end of…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  One month ago, we helped out Lauren Avalos (an MIT Admissions Counselor), at our high school’s annual college forum, where a bunch of counselors from top tier schools gave a…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  Earlier this year, I blogged about how we are redesigning MITAdmissions.org. We still are, and it's going well. I think we're meeting most of the goals we set in the…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  *written by Liz O. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Home Sweet Home I was not imagining coming home for the summer, back…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  *written by Sharon L. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,500 Seconds of Summer guest post series*   Have you ever considered how everyday objects like sneakers and computer monitors…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  It’s summer in Cambridge, which means three things: I’m taking advantage of running around the Charles River (and all the public water fountains alongside) There are lots of smol nerds…

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

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  it’s interesting whenever i blog because i’ve always been using what i like to call ‘standard’ which is more or less the grammatical way to compose english, including punctuation. so…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  *written by Grace C. ’21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series*   It’s the end of finals. I’m sitting at a plastic table amongst…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6-3 not a definitive guide

  

  It’s no secret that Course 6-3 (Computer Science) is one of the most, if not the most popular major at MIT. According to the Registrar, there were 757 undergraduate students…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 26, 2018