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• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview It's only going to be as fun as you want it to be.

  

  description of the current interview process is posted here.  Here in Cambridge ... are telltale signs - a hint of gold above the treetops, an orange leaf carelessly strewn along a sidewalk, the squirrels anxiously scuttering about

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  This past Sunday, at 4 AM on the side of U.S. Highway 1 on Badger ... and up the sides of roads, through the heat of the mid-afternoon to the darkness of Highway 1 in the evening, until, finally, at 2:50 AM, we stumbled

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  . Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite ... in the serenity of the people you've grown up with, the people you ... ) pressure to make the most out of that last summer before college. To explore

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

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  So here we are. I'm sitting in the AeroAstro Gelb Lab ... the past year, share all the lessons I learned the hard way, celebrate the new friends I made, and end with some sage advice that I would give

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  the course. I think this has something to do with the science education ... swallow down all the details, I felt already jaded by this subject that ... , I’m excited again, since both of my parents are in the biology field

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  pizza so I’m going there instead. No interest in volunteering with the Red ... down the hallways taking note of club meetings, where they were, and what ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  little bit. In the past semester or so, I've realized that being an MIT ... fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the ... what any of those numbers mean - have to force myself to say the actual

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  August being exciting. This, I think, is the point where I break to throw in the stereotypical self-introduction. Hi! I'm Evan. I'm in the Class ... .e. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as opposed to just one or the

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  Here's the long-awaited guest blog entry on the Cambridge-MIT Exchange (CME)! For background on the program, check out the CME website. CME ... , social opportunities, the Shakespeare Ensemble that I did many theatrical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  Happy IAP! Today's events (sadly, I missed the Experimental Chocolate Truffle-Making, and am currently missing the OrigaMIT Paper Folding) I've just returned from the records office downstairs, and boy do they have a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  The Oreo Post i tried them all* !

  

  In July 2018, in my application to be a blogger, I left a note at the ... flavors. In the US, you have like twenty. I am fully committed, when I arrive at MIT in the fall, to trying each and every one of these flavours

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pics from the WMBRBQ! Do You Like College Radio??

  

  Hello friends!! The semester has started, and I have been SWAMPED with work. I got all excited with the new semester and joined some new ... procrastinated"]today[/annotation] was the WMBRBQ! WMBR (Walker Memorial Basement

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 20, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  usually at the gym at the same time, and the other day we were talking about ... about the Division of Student Life (DSL) at MIT? Essentially DSL promotes the idea that learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom. Learning

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  ’t get to see her much afterwards, except for the occasional "get togethers" after we took our exams at the bimonthly Science League competitions. (Nerd status, I know, but confession: I was much more motivated by the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  Hi folks, My name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions ... keep my finger on the MIT pulse and chase people around campus to get ... informational pages are helpful in the same way that a college viewbook might be

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  Well, here we are. By the time you’re reading this - January 29th ... be graduated from MIT the second I flip my brass rat around. We’ll see if the 2021s will actually get a graduation ceremony though. It

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  buckled and I knocked over a jewelry box. The clatter of pearls and gold sent my mom rushing into the room, ready to scold me. But when she saw the mess I made, she only laughed. “So when is the fashion show?” I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little ... baseball cards in my kindergarten days. I guess the whole point is MIT looks

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  The past few weeks have been quite the welcome-back-to-MIT-and-the ... to help serve as a counselor for the week-long DiscoverEE FPOP. My ... the sweetest! Reaching the summit of a 11k foot mountain, Mount Baldy

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  DRAW TIM (the beaver) behold the artistic talents of MIT staff

  

  put on the spot enough times that I will (hopefully) never be caught off ... -sharing because I'm the only person who knows everyone in the room. So my strategy ... the spot, so they can opt in (or not) on their own time and comfort

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • April 5, 2023