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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  If anyone reading this remembers this post from Elizabeth introducing the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when she just posted it, our little intro…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  I’m Awesome (at) Parkour! and other fun things i'm doing this Independent Activities Period

  

  IAP is in full swing, and I am having a blast! At MIT, the second semester doesn’t start until February; instead, we use January to do internships, travel, take classes,…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 22, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  Look at this if you don’t what a UROP is: https://mitadmissions.org/discover/the-mit-education/undergraduate-research/. On the MIT application, as many of you know, you are asked to talk about a program that interests you.…

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  Hello Internet! I’m briefly poking my head into the blogosphere as a respite from a very busy IAP (which I’ll hopefully get to blogging about eventually…). But since I don’t…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  Last weekend was CES 2019, an annual convention in Las Vegas that I didn’t even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register to go to…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Morning Person rise and shine

  

  I can’t sleep in. I don’t have any early-morning obligations – I just naturally wake up very early. I know, it’s a nice “problem” to have 03 Except for when…

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 14, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys taught children to spring from the blue-colored cement roofs onto the fields of crunchy-green grass. A place where…

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  To set the mood: You and me – shallou   Looking back 2018 was an incredible, incredible year. I learned to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, a foreigner in distant lands,…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to make this post well before the new year actually came around, a short trip to India…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  5 / The final countdown A month of stress and relief

  

  TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux       The last few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful. As I took my last midterms, handed in my…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  2.009 It's not a class, it's a way of life

  

  2.009 Product Engineering Processes. A senior capstone class option for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build, and…

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 28, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…

  

  Hiiiii allll!!! It’s been far too long since my last post! Let me update you on my life since October! First, I’ve passed every class that I’ve finished! Yay! Seeing…

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • December 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  Happy CROMMMMBUS season (like christmas but.. not) On Halloween night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I’m going to add a bunch of CROMBUS content and…

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  For the last few months, I’ve gone round campus compiling hair stories from anyone willing to share them. Cheers to everyone who collaborated to make this post a reality- hair’s…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Finals™ How to survive AND thrive this finals season?!

  

      Winter is coming. Oh, and so are finals. It’s my 5th semester⁠05 I didn't have any <a target='_blank' rel='noopener' href='https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/finals-away-from-finals'>Sophomore spring</a> or <a target='_blank' rel='noopener' href='https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the-final-stretch/'>Junior fall</a> and…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2023 are now available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  YOU GOT IN! Later today you’ll get more information about next steps for admitted students via email and MyMIT. But for now, go celebrate!      

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will…

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• 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,…

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors participate in at least one UROP during their undergraduate years!” Coming into MIT, we knew we wanted…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018