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• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  reveal this year's new bloggers, I'd like to share with you some of the ... of the entry] You may recall that last month we put out a call for new ... 12.5% "blogger admit rate," it was almost as hard to be selected as a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  -so-proud hometown of Kwame Kilpatrick… yeah). I enjoy long walks on the beach, though only on the hard sand because I get tired easily on the soft stuff. If I ... to laugh when people get really mad at me. I’ve wanted to go to MIT

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  needed to renovate W1 just wasn't as easy to get our hands on. So the whole ... referred to as "W1") into a "New" magical dorm (NW35 or the "New" Ashdown ... administration had plans to increase camaraderie among graduate dorms, to alleviate

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went ... workshops on how to use every inch of the college application to communicate ... treat indeed). I personally had a great time getting to know my group and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  given the green light to take a boat out on the water. Once we started to ... than I had expected. That first day on the river we rowed up to Harvard ... effectiveness of your teammates. I’ve found it’s a lot easier to put in my best

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future ... moment for you to learn from and then, despite how hard it seems, move on ... to walk through. In my head was a mix of regret, anger, sadness

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  from MIT. I’m slowly getting ready to go back to the firehose; I’ll be on ... , convincing new students to join the crew team, leading FPOPs and orientation ... need to go back to get the card made in the card machine."]half a Harvard

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  more interesting than I expected, but I didn't get to devote quite as ... My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I ... , but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  this stuff up. Now, just as many of you are getting to take a vacation ... , and we'll get to do a whole bunch of fun Boston things. Then, I'll head ... Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  woah woah woah, hold on Fiona, its going to get a whole lot worse in the ... minutes total, no matter where I’m going: I get to leave later and not be ... have to be 18 for that…). Any ideas welcome ^_^. Back on topic, the bike

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  Boston to New York, New York to Dubai (where I met up with my mom), and ... MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of a classroom project, a cool new toy, an internship with MISTI

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  winning science fairs, some spent them cow-tipping. Some like to sit on the ... You know, I'm not a real admissions worker, but I bet they often get ... to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  : about jobs, about your ability to pay for college, and more generally ... urge you to contact your financial aid officer. At a press conference at ... 40-to-1 return on investment." In the same way that President

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  on David Bowie's "Space Oddity." Everyone in the room sang along to the ... ; Hanna's gone off to New York for grad school, but I'm stuck around because ... , put on your red shoes, and dance the blues. Every year by 1 AM, everyone

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  who wants to go to medical school must make this decision very early on ... are pre-requisites to the med school classes. If you're planning to ... your major's requirements. However, if you want to major in engineering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  that on your TI-89. First off, yes, I am a blogging delinquent. Ben ... to my Valentine who will get her Valentine's day kiss when I'm no ... infection rendering my voiceless and without a desire to eat. So I think my

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  to take on the challenge. Megan Nimura, who designed and edited the ... actors playing ghosts on one day using only two lights to create more contrast on the faces. We added some make-up to create even more contrast and

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Organization) It calculated the number of photographs you must take to (almost ... breaks into more than two pieces. «Impact of Wet Underwear on ... underwear on thermoregulatory responses and thermal comfort of humans during

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Gap Year, Week 1 my plans for a year away from MIT during COVID-19

  

  I've officially been on my gap year for a week! To begin my gap year, I left my home on Long Island to go live on a Christmas tree farm with ... happiness relied on my proximity to a university campus from which I could so

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  have the GRE on Saturday. So I intended to study the entire flight ... you like to see your scores?" There were two options, "View Scores" and ... & Grad School)' section; check it out for further reading on this topic

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006