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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  . Don’t despair, you honestly do not have to go out and buy a “Nerd Kit ... not a mistake; do not doubt yourself! Everyone at MIT did not get a 1600 ... is really like. You’ll get to stay in a college dorm, go to college

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  read economics papers. While I never learned how to do it directly as a ... A few days ago, I was talking with Nisha and other friends, and the ... much more than the material that is directly taught to you. If you’re a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  even thrive — wherever you go; whatever you do. As Aiden H. '28 wrote recently, reflecting on his own Early Action rejection from a "dream" school ... may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iap: this year vs. last

  

  choreographing 4-5 hours a day for the entire month in preparation for Mocha Show ... , go back to my dorm for a couple of hours, and then spend my night ... dancing a lot. I enrolled in an online class taught by one of my favorite

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  hello, again it me

  

  Interesting Work I Do As An MIT Student, and also a lot of the work I've been up ... feel increasingly like I need a really good post about all the cool ... . Despite my best intentions, a lot of things went off-course this semester

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 23, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Why I’m Leaving the MIT Admissions Blogs it's been a good run.

  

  , after working on a serious blog post for a few hours, I realized what day ... Admitted Student Gathering with a nonexistent limited edition 1930 brass rat ... .   *static----we're back!* MIT Hacks are a staple of MIT culture

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  summer! This summer, I am doing research in synthetic biology as a member ... practices and MCAT. No kidding. I sleep like a baby every night cuz I am so tired by the end of the day! But I am really happy though since I am doing

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and for most people, they go through a rotation as the year goes round and ... how do you tell the difference? You can't really. It's a lot of feel and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  ...close enough). I was a little jittery. I set three alarms that morning, and ... out. My desk remained empty. I raised my hand. A proctor yelled "BEGIN ... . We shared a hall with a few other physics classes, and it looked like

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Who’s that girl in uniform?

  

  ). Some of you prefrosh might know me if you went on a campus tour and ... the stairs (since it actually is possible to be a complete klutz and a ... first (yeah course 16!), but being an AFROTC cadet comes in a close second

  • by ROTC
  • May 3, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  ’s all you really CAN do. Friends at other schools won’t get this. A good ... snowboarding with a couple of my friends from high school, and if you’ve ever ... Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  . =) So, here's the deal: Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby ... . They'll also receive the support of a national lobbying campaign run by Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen high-profile NGOs. In short, the

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  had finals", "I was off adopting a child from Abu Dhabi")(oh, did I ... that will suffice. So I'm trying something new this time, a new reason ... truth. Yes, folks, I'm about to tell you the truth, and man, is it a doozy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus Activities What to do while not learning.

  

  't have tons of time to do fun stuff. I was digging around on my external ... pronto) and I found a video of me at the beginning of last year that I ... challenge would be a fun activity to partake in. Not familiar with the gallon

  • by Snively '11
  • September 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Incoming freshmen, come to the Activities Midway tomorrow! Find a group where you can continue your hobbies and try something new.

  

  Do you like movies? Writing? Model railroads? Ultimate Frisbee ... attention, which means that you will get a lot of free goodies and food. There ... Kesem table (#125) to meet my fellow counselors. For a list of groups

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my summer break california, nasa, pedestians, wifi

  

  what do I do? I work on a brand new satellite mission planned for launch ... ) to do some of my modeling -- overall a pretty freaking sweet program ... 've searched far and wide. Today marks the two-and-a-half week anniversary of my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  are on this topic, a good thing to keep in mind is that when you do call ... sometimes takes a while to hear a response. Some of this may be attributed to ... ’t hear back within a few days, you should call him or her. If you then don

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  's free up a lot of kids to be able to do that and not force everybody to ... from the past week, with a selection from the piece; click the link to ... different. Parents did not do any better. Overly aggressive, they monopolized

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Extracurricular Information We discuss life over lunch.

  

  . We talked a lot mostly about what we've been doing outside of school, though, and I started to realize that maybe I'm doing a little too much. I ... . They haven't actually started classes yet - they have something called a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  [ETA] THIS ARTICLE IS NOT TRUE. It's a joke created by The Tech. Please don't think that the Admissions Office would EVER do something like ... the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006