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• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  ; Step 1 - CHECK-IN EARLY Before you can do anything else with this guide ... .   Pros Cons One less neighbor to deal with. Easy to ... .   Conclusion: B+ Case 5 - EER Seat with Extra Leg Room (Not SSS

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  't log in, don't worry; we'll be flexible with the Regular Action deadline

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  would have told me that they got into MIT because they danced around with ... remember my dad looking at me with his honest, slightly concerned eyes as he ... want to hang out with people, and learn how to paint, and go ice skating

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  the "press box" with journalists who assumed that I was another ... harness collective intelligence through crowdsourcing to come up with innovative solutions to climate change, and how to deal with limited resources

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  primary applications (AMCAS, TMDSAS) finished 11 secondaries, each with an ... program's statement of purpose is 300 words. Well, with this opening you ... "locked" in a room with 500 applications. Do you think this opening

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Who WIll Win the Nobel Prize? Vote for your favorite MIT professor!

  

  order, listed with the Nobel they might win and why they might win it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  .  Still, I love it here.  This weekend, I played with cats, took a trip to ... .  Like I said, MIT is a really stressful place filled with really stressed ... year for help with any problems. 3) MIT Medical MIT Medical is right on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  , thanks for beating me senseless with unintuitive C optimization hacks and ... for landing in chummy situations with a wide variety of living groups. A ... EC enough that I creepily/cruftily went back to help with rush, take

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Delivery! "Ring delivery" is more like "ring takeout," actually, since they don't bring a brass rat…

  

  'm nearly halfway done.) But let me start with the most important part: I am ... , Fortier Fotography. Used with permission! At around 6 or so last Friday, I ... with an awesome ring. On that front, and unsurprisingly, the courthouse

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my downtime (besides playing with Legos) is watching the Colbert Report, which

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  Championships in a few days, I thought I would share a bit of my experience with the program. (Actually, my first experience with a FIRST-like program ... overlaid with a third, arguably more important, element: the FLL Core Values

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 23, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  growing intellectually. I liked building things! With food! I liked ... watch, ever. I liked sharing ideas with people, seeing their reactions ... make me smile and keep on going with more passion than before. She is why

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TERMinal Velocity My last term is flying by!

  

  's last terms are comparatively lighter, with lots of time to focus on all ... registration. You could all take it with me if you wanted to (and you should! It ... the whole thing culminates in a term-long team project with a theme

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  . With the right mindset, questions are not unphanthomable--they're either ... continue with two optional spring classes: 1. 1.016, Complex Environmental ... possibility that aliens will come and invade our planet to begin with. I don

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

   Elizabeth, am officially done with finals!!! I left campus about 2 hours ago, and ... with friends. In the end, I didn't get a nomination spot - and for about ... . Here are some excerpts from my conversations with friends (copied

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  does this have to do with MIT Admissions? Nothing really. Then again

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  really choked up at CPW when I met some students I'd worked with at MITES ... , which is reading all of your applications. Because I'll be buried with ... senior admissions officer, someone with extensive experience and knowledge

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  this post had nothing to do with Portal, but that's sort of like stating ... grilled about algorithms by a software company I interviewed with recently ... software interviews, and hanging out with a bunch of coders is always fun

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Are you a high school student? Do you want to learn more about MIT or possible career paths? If so, read…

  

  with current MIT students in a casual environment and discuss how MIT

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  unfamiliar with the terminology: hosed- (adj): to be completely and utterly ... instead I think, "Win! I'm done with one! You're awesome for finishing this ... this, but the people that I've surround myself with make my life a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011