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• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  This post has now been translated into Chinese (橫向申請 / 横向申请).  Every fall, like leaves tumbling exhausted from branches, admissions officers follow the winds to the corners of the country…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn’t swim. Not because I wanted to come off as that kid who had done well…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  I’m chugging into my 3rd year here at MIT blogging, studying, and being smashed. And everytime I cross the threshold of a jet, settle into my seat and begrudgingly turn…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Into the Smoke In more ways than one.

  

  I still remember when I first stepped into the arrivals hall at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport. It was just past six in the morning and the airport was fairly…

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  Webster’s dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used as an adjective: smash¬∑ing Pronunciation: Ààsma-shi≈ãFunction: adjective Date: 18251 : that smashes : crushing; a smashing defeat 2 :…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  This past weekend was the 10-year reunion for the MIT Class of 2000 — my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  Summer hath come to Boston, as demonstrated by the fact that bitter cold has been replaced by stifling heat and humidity, with the two week interim comfort of “spring” gone…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  I’ve been looking at Ben’s “50 Things” post recently, since classes are done, my grades are in, I’ve nothing to do but work 40 hours a week before my eligibility…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I didn’t consider whether the people of Boston would be as friendly as the people of Wisconsin. I probably wouldn’t have given it a second…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in Central Jersey, I can’t help but reminisce about 1st semester and MIT. I can’t say I truly…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  QUOTE: (i) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. (ii) Never use a long word where a short one…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the Deferred I feel your pain.

  

  From the moment I became an MIT Admissions Blogger, I knew I’d write this entry. I’ve been biding my time, waiting for this day and the plethora of emotions that…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts of sporting events, some of which I had never seen before. I saw lacrosse, water…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It’s 0400 Saturday morning, and my roommate and I sit listening to whatever Pandora has queued up for…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  Hey guys! I know it’s been a little while since I have blogged. The problem is that people like pictures. And people like to know about the lives of MIT…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However, this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another week before I…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  If the Obama were a unit of measure . . . . . . what would it measure?

  

  Wait, have you heard? I mean, it’s only been published all over the MIT homepage, in three or four different blog entries, all over the news, and is the talk…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 25, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  Hello, world! (Sorry, I had to. It’s the classic “first program” for any new language, and … ok, fine, it doesn’t apply to admissions blogs (although perhaps they do have…

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about lives lately, in multiple senses of the word. For one, my floor is playing Assassins, or “Spoonsassins”, in which one is given…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  Somewhere along the way, the MIT campus picked up a distinctive, localized dialect like a wandering hitchhiker on the sideroads of esoteric American English. Multiple observers nowadays report that naturalized…

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009