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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  Campus (it was love at first sight, and the EC community is by far the best ... of the clubs I was interested in. Plans change, and that’s fine. The ... solid ground. Such is the nature of this school, and this is one of many

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  complete the race and ethnicity section of the MIT admission application ... little of the confusion is actually about racial identity and ... the dilemma of racial identification on college application forms, with

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  the public interest. And in this case, when the threat of being denied ... passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of ... established the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, argued that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  live in deep suburbia, the sort of place whose main assets are relative ... month of January on a finance internship in New York City. Both MIT and home feel a world away; I am being taken by both the excitement and the

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  , I have often referred to The Blogfather's advice, and some of his ... from your freshman year, and the first class on your hall that you ... trip, walking past the Department of Transportation and the Smithsonian

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  female, incidentally, and through some quirk of the fashion industry have ... building the first rocket to take astronauts to Mars. Some of my classmates ... winners and astronauts alike. As a child of immigrant parents raised in the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  animals on top of me where I had fallen asleep on the couch and, on a post ... say that this note and the feelings behind it was one of my favorite ... with the porch door open, the cold night breeze and the sound of crickets

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  .[/annotation] All the years of Camille studying, taking tests, volunteering, and ... sings at the top of her lungs, and, yes, my daughter's happy going to ... another room. Camille came out of the bedroom sniffling and she went

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• 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 the class of 2011 has been admitted and half of my freshman year is done ... Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  -state and out-of-state schools to give myself the option to leave home if I ... Confidential at some point and thought the idea of a bunch of competitive people ... ’t read example essays or try and force myself into the mold of a student

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  step and dramatically improve the lives of all the people you encounter ... didn’t make it. Holding hands on the way to class. Falling in and out of ... , and try to really get to know the people I loved before all of us

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  rejection by heading the Continental Army, driving the British out of their own colonies, and becoming the iconic first president and, in many ways, the linchpin in the formation of the United States of America. Worked

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  Admissions and MIT students quickly put together in the span of a month. A ... , and events will keep happening through the end of April. I hosted an ... that I managed to pull through, thanks to the work of Wayne Z. ’23 and

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

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  of the funniest things ever. I lol'd and lol'd, and then Melis wrote a ... of 31 colleges and you could vote for yours. Whichever college had the ... Victoria Secret website. First change, a new little block of text above the

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mind and hand

  

  both in and out of the classroom. In addition to all my neuroscience and ... some of them. I can use wood and metal files. I can re-key the pins in a ... 't particularly meaningful. It's a slogan that sounds cute. In the case of MIT, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grey and Other Colors

  

  life that shock you into the reality of the situation, and you wake up at ... : I don’t believe in the impact of my work, and I’m not challenged in ... blog to share some of my thoughts. I've gotten lots of love and feedback

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have ... ) – was not the fear of being unable to succeed without MIT, but rather a ... to unique resources and unique opportunities. A close friend of mine

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Week(end) [Read: New York] Adventures Parts 2-4 I’ve affectionately named these adventures: #metroentertainment

  

  about 9 days after the first one) and I was thus assured that taking a ... finished packing and headed to work ready to jump on the first bus after 5 ... and the University of Pittsburgh. My favorite parts about these few

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • April 2, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  of the college search and admission process (without the misguided ... of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom of the admissions staff that can be credited with the successful

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jack of all trades master of none...

  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 24, 2019