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• Blog / Admissions

  The ratio of people to cake is too big.

  

  history that I solved extremely rapidly. Ringside Seat, 2002 Abducted ... distractions) but instead stay home and read applications. This morning I read applications at home (Ducksberry), and in the afternoon into the evening I read

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 13, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Finally, I Wrote a Post about Grad School "grad's cool"

  

  I applied for biology Ph.D. programs this past fall and interviewed ... [/annotation] and yet so different from anything else I've done. This post contains some reflections on that, but I also recommend reading echoe's post from

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 30, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  Admittedly, I’m not the best at keeping up with people. I’m pretty ... virtual interactions. I can text one or two people regularly and be content ... spring semester, I regularly texted two people, and though I love them both

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Mathematics of People Guest post on Economics

  

  == Guest Post by Spencer Pantoja '20 == When I was 14, I “knew” I wanted to be an interior designer. When I was 15, I decided I actually ... squirrels right now. Over the years, I realized that my brain very much

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Lessons Learned While Hiking and what they'll teach me here

  

  I didn’t attend MIT this spring. I flew to Georgia on February 28th ... . I finished just in time to cruise back to Boston for 4th of July celebrations and fireworks. I kept a blog (which you can read at gabehikestheat

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • July 26, 2011
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  If you were selected as a QuestBridge Finalist but did not rank any colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application. Please email us at [email protected]…
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  note="i like to think of myself as a Real Adult"]Real Real Adults[/annotation] who work for the Admissions Office. I applied around this time in 2015 ... computers and five years later, I’ve lost the writing I had submitted then

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  .   Everything is jarringly British in Bristol (wow what a shock). I know I'm in the UK, but it's still surprising when I go to play a song ... accent. The names are fascinating too. Under any other circumstance, I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  tunes of interphase! or, how to leave home and look cool doing it

  

  I. Lift - Radiohead I didn’t really have a good senior year. My ... until I collapsed under the pressure had I not gotten an MIT acceptance letter in December. I held tight onto the breath of fresh air I took in

  • by Angie F. '28
  • September 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  A credit card is something I, in theory, knew I needed eventually ... , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ... landlords care about. I knew all this, in theory. I've known for a few months

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  two weeks ago i was walking through the infinite corridor at night and i thought about how absurd it was that i was even allowed to be ... , except i suppose they’re also allowed to be in the office. but when you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / Personal Projects

  writing gary wang’s wikipedia page why did I fill out the wikipedia page for the ftx cto?

  

  Cross-posted on my Substack here. A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon ... exchanges, his Wikipedia page was only created after FTX’s collapse. When I ... "] what the page looked like when I found it[/caption] The last time I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  What happens when your whole life unravels? Well, if you asked me, I’ll tell you I knit. Stitching things as my worldview unravels is perhaps ... was at 14 during that time or at 20 sitting outside the stud as when I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  were busier than usual, but I didn't notice since I was doing, uh, the same amount of work I'd do on a regular basis at school in person. I ... feel like I was nearing the end of my coursework and deserving of feeling

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  classes you enjoy?  I'm taking just four (4) classes this semester, and I'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to see what the other two are like. Best of all, I am finally free of 9ams

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  A year ago today, I was anxiously crouched over my laptop on the ... before that glorious 12AM EST deadline. I remember the frantic click ... of me. I'm sure my mom said some encouraging words, like she always

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  that are to come. I'm here to tell you that as long as you don't trip ... weeks since I’ve busted my knee. That means a few different things. One, I ... of childhood care. Two, I’ve been spoilt by 24/7 room service. Three

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  start of summer tidbits i'm alive

  

  and what I'm doing this summer. I'm doing this because a) I need to break my blogger drought (rip sophomore year) and b) I'm working on a really big blog post but it'll take some more time, and in the interim I

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 12, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Thanksgiving Nostalgia if MIT == home

  

  10,968 hours. That’s 457 days, which is 1 year and 3 months since I’d last been home. This past Thanksgiving break, as I turned into my driveway as I had done thousands of times before (driving was weird in and of

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 1, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A bear encounter and a wild cow-milking contest Summer adventures

  

  I'm currently in Missoula, Montana: hometown of ze boyfriend. When I arrived, he suggested that I borrow his sister's mountain bike for the summer. I hopped on the bike with the following points in mind: The last

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 24, 2014