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• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  be hesitant to report your ethnicity because you don't want to be ... you were admitted on the basis of your merit. So should you report your ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  . Don't rely solely on your 2400 SAT/36 ACT scores to get you into MIT ... , you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... Prize in Biology and attributing all of your success to your admission to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Regrade Request Analysis points, please?

  

  : Request: Hi, I'm writing to request a regrade on Problem 1.2. I got points ... was rare for my request to result in me getting full points for a ... largest was 20. Of course, 2.2 points on an exam is worth a lot more to the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  highlights: high points of a virtual fall Part 1 of a fall semester recap

  

  to get them out in any tangible way. So I continually pushed blogs ... with. With many changes on how to study, an extreme amount of luck ... fortunate to get past the rough start and still take most of the classes I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 2, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  a most beautiful camping trip it's always good to get back to nature <3

  

  luxury!!) to go on fun trips and retreats. On Friday, my floor, Putz ... us more than half an hour to get to Porter Square!!!) to Franconia ... it kept us warm), and then woke up at 7 am on Saturday to go hiking all

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  - but when you come to college and create your new lifestyle and your new ... take the time to get to know them. Hop in a new acquaintance's car for an ... space is big. I couldn't wait to start over - to create an entirely new

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because, no matter how smoothly you try to form your sentences, they invariably ... situation in which obfuscation is to your advantage. You will frequently

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  student initiative to get more fruits and veggies readily available on ... blog and come on - it's not like I'd be able to focus with the sky so ... raffle to get a free 32GB ipod touch. Yeah. I know. Wow. If that's not an

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  ones I will notice. I found out yesterday that I'll get to be a blogger ... car. In one sense, I am bringing the old me to a new place, where they ... budget. But get ready!!!) I look forward to learning many things about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  , with a delay really only to get the plane de-iced (nice work Jet ... ’t had much structure to my IAP thus far, mostly just focused on moving, getting settled after a semester abroad, applying to jobs and the like, and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  wear it on your hand, to the many references to punting ... , they managed to put these seemingly nonfunctional gears on the shank (a ... : ^ the hacker's map on the underside of the ring.  I like the nod to Bexley

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... , unable to pick out Iraq on a map. As I'm leaving, I realize that while in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  room). Now get off my back, Mom. Uh, I mean.. now on to our regularly ... . From now on, I'll have to stop promising to come back regularly - you ... I blogged Ring Premiere and it would just seem unfair, wrong even, to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able ... training and have started working on the MIT-EMS ambulance. On your end: CPW ... prefrosh, I couldn't make it to CPW, but I visited on my own about a month

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  want to get back on running, but honestly even just seeing the Charles on ... It's April. I’ve been on campus for close to two months now. It ... that make the grind of MIT bearable, and make me glad to be on campus

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  to get somebody to guess "stick pickles into your nose and ears?" The ... 't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new ... Game," and so on. You can call it whatever you like. Divide your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Online Learning Ecology in The United Kingdom An xTalk on Amazing Programs and FREE Resources

  

  up to get help, with no entrance tests or requirements whatsoever. In ... without regard for identity, income, or location. Ever dreamed of getting a Surgical Sciences Masters degree? Now you get it online from one of the best

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  personalities, because you're supposed to figure it all out on your own. It's all ... you're a student. You get to live in a dorm (your assignment from the ... , you get to check them all out and compare them to where you're living

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sounds like home Quarantine songs, from my home to yours

  

  ’t your thing, I get it—I was trained on Brahms and Bartók. As an ... I have to focus on projects for both the office and for myself. You ... were brainstorming new ways to feature students voices in admissions

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he embarks on a new journey. We'll miss you, Ben. ... As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008