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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  (See #2 Boston Adventure at the Institute of Contemporary Art here) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. Located…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  Shortly after 4PM ET we sent out the following email to the (relatively small but still nonzero number of) Early Action applicants for whom we are still missing a component…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  During my college application season, the adults around me (in addition to books like 50 Successful Harvard Application Essays, which I would not recommend reading) gave a lot of advice…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Macarrones con Queso, Tocino y Jalapeño para los Indigentes haciendo algo más grande que yo

  

  Si usted leyó mi blog anterior, sabe que he tenido un Octubre muy duro. Sin embargo, la efusión de las respuestas de estudiantes de escuela secundaria y universitaria que comparten…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Jalapeño Bacon Mac and Cheese for the Homeless starting a campaign larger than myself

  

  If you read my last post, I’ve had a pretty hard October. However, the outpouring of responses from high school and college students alike sharing similar stories helped me realize how…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  I’m a senior! And it’s November of my senior year at MIT! Crazyyyyy. So many crazy things. So much has changed. So where did it go? What’s been going on?…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  I did it again. I broke my right foot. Well not really, it’s just really badly sprained. IT HURTS SO MUCH! But goodbye crutches, I’m sticking to my good friend,…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Beantown, H-Town, Blue Hills, House of Blues With cameos by home, beatboxing, and happiness

  

  My breakfast last Thursday: a Red Bull and an antibiotic. That’s the kind of week I’ve had. Lots of deadlines, meetings, late nights, acne cream. But I can’t complain–I’ve had…

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  Earlier this summer I sent out an email to the office asking if anyone who doesn’t blog would like to be interviewed for the blogs. A few minutes later, my…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  Hey friends!! I wanted to drop this brief blag here because I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS HACK YESTERDAY. For those of you who may not have known,…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  What is the typical MIT weekly schedule? The answer varies wildly among students. On average, the time spent on work per week is between 23 to 34 hours (source). In…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  “Yes I said etc…… Just don’t think about it to much (oh and I’m working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)”   I am not sure…

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday (in Snaps) and my longest Snapchat story ever

  

  (Take a look at “My Monday” by Yuliya K. ’18 for her day in the life at MIT post)   8:45: Wakeup. For real this time, after 10+ snoozes. 8:53:…

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  About the Early Action Deadline and Application Components   Early Action applications should be submitted by 11:59pm Eastern Time on November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period…

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  10:30 → Wake up. Panic. No time for real breakfast. It’s too early to have class. But mandatory attendance… 11:00 → I’m at Harvard. The light percolates through the autumn…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Collection of Curious Creatures at the MIT Zoo terrasaurs, quetzals, and portal cows, oh my!

  

  There was another hack on campus this morning! This time, it would appear that some hackers decided to turn the Infinite into a zoo, featuring the imagined animalistic avatars of…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

   This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the QuestBridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry! If you are a finalist – congratulations!…

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  26 years ago, Doc Brown and Marty McFly traveled 26 years into the future, arriving in the same place, at a different time, to save the future from its past.…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015