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• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  failing at life. Rather, I thought that getting in would mean having access ... individual creates his own experience at the Institvte: he takes advantages of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... tallest building in Cambridge, at 20 stories tall). The challenge: how many

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• 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…

  

  ’s that. At this point, you can’t change the grades you’ve earned or the ... at home).

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  people who wholly deserve to be at MIT – folks who are passionate, who love ... reflection on you. At all. Accepted, deferred, or otherwise – you are all

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Robo-CJ writes haiku “didn’t you already make a blog post about this?”

  

  really well angsty haikubot at night is the most beautiful thing i have ... watch them. they're great at haikus We have both moved on, but I still wonder what she went through back then. my first love and i / dated at the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  At MIT, we have pre-registration as well as regular registration ... years of MIT before I actually decided to look at the entire course ... afternoon looking at this catalog now, thinking about what could have been. I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  back at these 10 years, several lessons stand out to me. Some of them, I ... campus. I didn’t understand this when I started to look at colleges and to ... through. Then, it’s also important to look closely at the situation, figure

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  'm working on? I looked at all my previous projects and started chucking them ... project I intentionally reflected on. I knew I disliked doing it. At the ... details. I'm pretty bad at making art with traditional materials, but I'm so

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  MIT. And yet at the same time, in the four years since I've graduated ... I moved back to San Francisco and started medical school at my dream ... experienced at all. I am very grateful for the blogs, the wonderful people I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  The week after my semester at MIT ended, I was accompanied by this ... to the US in September to begin my studies at MIT, my world ... astronaut all the time. I also had to squeal in delight at things I’d never

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  fact that I've been at MIT for four years and have never thought to take ... at places that supposedly offer a diverse and challenging working ... at least we have a leg up on those fictional characters - we don't have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  as being totally smooth at all times), or if my professor had instead ... . Which isn't AT ALL to say that I dropped it because of that first guy, but ... well-versed in the format and intricacies of the material. At the same

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty years later cms major who

  

  I've talked about Mystery Hunt at length, from the perspective of a ... I go. Overview In Searching for legitimacy, we look at compare the histories of Mystery Hunt and comic books. We then look at the narrative and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  rang in the new year at home with a power outage. I’ve since relocated to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but wonder what she could possibly mean by this. “Huh?” “Well, this is just

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  make the choice between enrolling at MIT or one of our similarly

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  reasonable, and he genuinely cares about his students and the culture at MIT

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  at MIT, that's what we're looking for. Best wishes, Ben

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  'm mentally and physically spent by my first semester at MIT; this time, part of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  last saw each other at graduation. But a lot had still changed. As we ... teachers who used to work as a therapist at a juvenile delinquent center

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023