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• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  break and spring break, we do personal art for the first time in months of ... other schools, and for the first time in high school, we did. When we ... first half of MIT, we subscribed solely to the 'hate' variety of IHTFP

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  common carnival Of passions and regrets, And gives the world a glimpse of ... summer has been full of new colors. Last semester was not the best, and I ... dedicated to doing a bunch of random projects and learning activities. The

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a high school student taking college classes. Do I apply for transfer admission?

  If you are still in high school, you are considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many classes you have taken at the university ... finished high school and who will have completed at least one year of college
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  collected data about the number of steps I’ve taken and flights of stairs I ... Hi, I’m Kathleen. I’m a first-year student and a new blogger here at ... , taking new classes, and handling the new responsibilities that come with

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  and exceptionally good at wandering into pools of regret the example ... interpretation of the phrase focuses on the regret portion and says that you should ... it, and then over time i can train myself to notice and let go of the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  ’)? A: One of the biggest differences between MIT and a bunch of other ... ...Referring to the application fee:“Full name of the applicant must be on the money ... . _________________________________ Q: I have a question about one of the short answer questions. There is

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  the reputation of being quiet, and since i wanted something more social ... explore EC. at the end of it, four new Bombers were placed on my floor, and ... [/annotation] of "east campus." of course, i love the people and how down

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  [Guest Post] The Alleyway by Isabella Y. '24

  

  favorite side of the house. Well, there’s only two to choose from, and the ... traffic, just the crackle of my wheels on asphalt. And when I go in the ... rats, moths, and even the flight of the feather under the streetlamp are

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 11, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  place for me and all that stuff, but I had made the first step. Part of ... . My mom looked at the caller ID and said, "Oh look it's an out of state ... to the effect of I know every area code in Massachusetts and that is

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  the wheel after six months of no driving and navigate the roads by a map ... safe in the world, I've never been that afraid of uprooting my life and ... the deep thoughts limit for this post, and I'm ready to read a couple of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  and early college clinging onto the snippets of poetry you reblogged ... . and that's the core of it, isn't it? the problem is that you're so ... your needs first and do what's best for you, because the truth is, you

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  the warship, and it was published online! Please look: http://www.fontanka.ru/2012/07/04/070/ - it’s in English, which a bunch of the reporters this morning laughed about. They joked and said it would have at the top

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  and then over the rest of the weekend to catch the latest updates! The ... "]half[/annotation] of the retreat members are up and (mildly) active. We decided to turn ... , tickets for the commuter rail bought, and our laptops ready for blogging, we

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  students (undergraduates and grad students), Professor Lowell Lindgren of the ... , and Powder Her Face at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Like any good ... few of us made a beeline for the Van Gogh and the Andy Warhol - You

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  a selection committee meeting: it was the first day of international ... -Fair (International Fair), one of my favorite (and yummiest!) events of the year ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rejoicing A few things worth celebrating.

  

  the pockets of my lab coat. (I work with mice, and I love them. Rats are ... written "Students Exempt from the Test" and a list of names. And sure enough ... papers (mine was on dopamine receptor genetics) and doing well on the first

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  math UROP for the first 2.5 years of MIT, I went to office hours less ... in any of the math clubs, and barely made any friends in my math ... because of it, and for the most part, our conversations were sanitized of

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  orientation, and one of the speakers asked, “How many of you thought high school ... know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... from the situation and moving on. After high school, I felt like I had

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  if you can, silly! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a ... see how far of a walk the dormitories, class rooms and other campus hot ... Minority Affairs and find out first hand what kinds of activities and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  begin, in the interest of honesty and full disclosure, by telling you the ... organizations for some scholarship help and off I went. For the first time, I was ... first sociology class, which opened my mind beyond the issues of my rather

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004