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• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  -filled time, a time to relax, hang out with your friends, and have the ... of the covid restrictions at the time (not that I would've wanted to travel very far then); so this year, I knew I wanted to make the most of my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  prefrosh, as so many hosts refer to theirs, arrived on Thursday morning. We talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the couch you'll sleep in, I'm gonna head to class now. The first class I had

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  't bother trying to venture out into Boston very often. over the summer ... few weekend trips to New York. these helped me realize how feasible going places is, which means I'm definitely going to spend more time off

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... ’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying next year, hopefully teach you what not to do. I started early. Like

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  happen in The Tech in the few days before our most recent issue went to print. First I’m going to frame the situation. Let’s start here: Last Sunday night (the 13th), in an apparent reaction to the suicide of internet

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember ... regular action admission to MIT. This means that you should you should click ... discourage procrastination. The closer you send in your application to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two Cool Projects

  

  In this second-to-last entry, I want to encourage all of you to check ... Kendra Johnson '09, Sacha Yaku aims to empower the women of Santa Ana, Ecuador through the sale of their jewelry and ceramics. It is analogous to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a ... too late in the process to submit additional or missing application ... behalf of all of us, here's a big public thanks to them.) So this is just

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  thinking about the branching paths we choose to take (or not), or how our new graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I think my entire theory of the blogs, and what we try to do with them, is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  ways to feel lost:" I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... sophomore fall. I wasn't really certain in what I wanted to do after college

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  ’s been about what I expected: seeing friends, going to class, psetting… all ... came onto campus almost every day anyway. But it felt official to move ... August 20th, I carted my things up to my room on the third floor

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  work are committed, first and foremost, to helping young people reach their aspirations. Even though the challenges faced vary from role to role and institution to institution, some common themes emerged. While

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... , a month at a time. All this to say- when my friends invited me to go ... !! Ever the perfectionist, I resolved to complete every route for the base

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  . Without classes this month to focus on, I started working under some ... different fields to make work that can help the lives of many people, and 3.) paper art is pretty. With that in mind, I started reaching out to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hello, after six years

  

  i find harder to talk about, have changed me and my relationship to writing. this is not possible to stop, how change continues to happen. i think i am learning to accept this. i have learned other things as well

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  .  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work ... provided sound counsel to my young charges along the way. There are a number ... reflect on the transition back to MIT from a place where I have lived and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  Six minutes ago I was supposed to be out on my flight from Los Angeles to Boston, returning a little later from my Thanksgiving break than everyone else due to the simple fact that flights were cheaper today rather

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  On Monday night, instead of studying for finals, I went to church ... for Weird Culture, so of course I had to go. blurry and far away ... to me was this, paraphrased: Baltimore is better than ever. You

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  students.” I was very pleased to endorse the report, along with more than ... think they need to do to be strong applicants, and what they actually need to do. In simple terms, we want students to pursue the things that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016