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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  … special surprise… for us that day. I will say nothing more.” I was very ... the middle of the rainforest! But I was also a little suspicious. The ... that you should read.) A week later, I received an email from the Music

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Read another post by Sharon here.   That’s right, I’m talking about the H-word, Harvard University. I’ve found myself going to Harvard ... -enrolling in a class, I did have the chance to take a class (D-Lab: Development

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  . This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I'm learning ... . In college, I think it's important to take classes that are special, in ... and very special. But I want to start by introducing a class that isn

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  As a freshman, I made the conscious decision not to live where I knew a lot of other math majors would be (Random). I figured I would have the rest of my life to meet other math people, and I really wanted to

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of Chocolate and Octagons Some thoughts and some pictures.

  

  Good evening, America. I could give you another cool story laced with pictures and captions. I'll start with some thoughts. We're almost halfway through term, and it feels like I just got here a week or two ago

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  Thanks Yuliya for hosting this blog! I’m not out off-campus, so I ... events!!!! But first I want to give you the scoop about how gay things are ... the first and oldest lgbtq+ club on campus! I’m like half involved (um

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... and permutations of our cohort, duking it out (I mean, as close to ... soul I know)…It was just as deliberate and emotionally draining as a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  those already accepted in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As ... earlier. The form must be submitted no later than February 15th. Wait! I ... . Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are still required to

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  . When should I fill it out? As soon as possible after grades are ... February 15th. Wait! I won’t have any grades before February 15th ... sent my midyear grades. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  , and oddly-formatted emails.  I've been reading a lot of job descriptions lately, and I've noticed that recruiters regularly provide "success ... when written well (i.e. when written by actual employees and not HR), a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form some things you should know

  

  . When should I fill it out? As soon as possible after grades are ... February 15th. Wait! I won’t have any grades before February 15th ... sent my midyear grades. Do I still need to submit the form? Yes. You are

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  Teaching Abroad: a Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Q. ‘14 Learn a new language, teach science.

  

  Ciao! Mi chiamo Elizabeth, e sono una amica di Anna. (Hello! I’m Elizabeth ‘14, one of Anna’s many friends). I’m here to talk about teaching at ... tutoring services (see #2 in that post – yes, I’m that Elizabeth), or any of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... morning (Pacific time). During that time, I was scheduled to be at a day-long retreat with my church youth group with no Internet access. I also didn

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As soon as possible ... must be submitted no later than February 15th. Wait! I won ... ’re available. My counselor/school already sent my midyear grades. Do I still

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  The last post I made was about my summer, and I haven’t even written ... is going by for me, I don’t know what would. Since then, I’ve been ... because I enjoy life-pondering and expressing it, I’ve also been taking a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  is one that I've learned more and more throughout my time here at MIT ... , that last half of the sentence was difficult to type given that I ... class alone, but if I'm honest with myself it's still true). I've learned

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in ... there is in me. I remember when I told him last year that I'd gotten really choked up at CPW when I met some students I'd worked with at MITES

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  In Defense of Peer Pressure or, why my hair is now purple

  

  act, be your own person and make good choices. I'm here to tell you how ... , come to think of it, I can swim across the Charles... My point is: peer ... ), and it's one of the true ones. Looking around just my floor, I see Vicki

  • by Kate R. '14
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now. This year, I travelled to sunny Southern California. I visited high ... MIT. I spent eight days travelling as far north as Malibu and as far

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  , so let me do my best to help you understand. When I got to campus we ... sounded agreeable, so I snagged a freshman (Trevor '13) and we went to ... . I'm pretty content with what we ended up with. Trevor '13 is seen here

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009