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• Blog / Admissions

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  wish we could ask you. It supplies depth to your application, and often serves to amplify the strongest parts of your file. I remember several of ... to get to know the real you. And definitely schedule the interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  A Few Lessons from FLL

  

  . You get judged not only on how many points your robot scores during the ... your process – the teamwork, intentions, and values that you bring to it ... building things that did), that it is actually good to change your direction

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

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  get back to my p-set. First, as the title of this entry suggests ... embrace and dedicate yourself to whatever options life throws your way will ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... by it: follow your heart, as cheesy as it sounds. When it comes to some ... that you are confident in your decision and prepared to give yourself to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  semester dreaming of how the camera would look like--promising myself to start on the construction after finals week, for fear of not getting anything else done. But, of course, as soon as classes ended I set to work

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  during MIT's [annotation note="IAP is Independent Activities Period. Essentially, MIT students get the month of January off to do whatever we please ... , Raymond had to get a hold of a fully automated, fully electronic nerf gun

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love letter to the ‘tute miss miss miss

  

  of sorts.  i was more conscious of trying to get done with some of my ... living with your friends, being able to just walk down the hall, knock on someone's door and ask to talk or get dinner or do work. and i know that i

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  time, seattle feels like home by now -- i know the way to the churches i go to, and where the bus stops are, and there are a couple neighborhoods i know well enough that i can find my way home without google maps

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  within a week received a whole bunch of homework. Book your travel Get to know your group Schedule meetings with your senators and ... in order to get myself from Zero Knowledge to Some Knowledge. My fellow

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a ... [annotation note="and if you look to your left, you will see a biochemist ... it to make it to yours? If you happen to be in the market for advice

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  confirmed your username and password at decisions.mit.edu yet, and you plan to ... After a week of checking, double checking, and checking-to-the-nth, we are ready to mail decision letters tomorrow, and post decisions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  site layouts and she was given the freedom to size the elements of the ... the opportunity to experience life in Italy while simultaneously working at a civil engineering company. She was able to travel around Italy on

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  . (I mean, I...) Phillippe wonders: When do freshman get to see the ... to help you out). If you don't get the chance to see all the dorms, no ... , each of the dorms have their own culture and you get to choose which one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  ="108447" /] If you’re looking to sip and study … As a hosed MIT student, I’m always ... ="108456" /] If you’re feeling adventurous… With the T (and its delays), travel to ... , good food, and all MIT assorted things. I invited her to write a post

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  week, this is usually two hours or so, to make sure that I can get back ... from Kendall/MIT to Charles/MGH, is named as such because of this poem."]"The Bridge"[/annotation] This [annotation note='the Independent Activities

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  the time everything was ready, I managed to get past the crowds to take ... ) I didn't get to any events across the river 2) I didn't spend much ... at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  important thing: You're going to be okay. It may not feel like it right now ... this EA decision. It may not feel like it if you get in, and you're not ... pressures to comMIT. It may not feel like it if you get deferred or rejected

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  Ouija board. Your only hope is to call the office and get the exact number ... 't know what happened to your week. Fortunately, it's not most weeks of the ... knowing where to park your car between safe periods. Most of the time, I can

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023