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• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  biggest concern right now is hot to get my recommendations to MIT in time ... explanations and contexts of parts of your application that would not be clear to ... the paper if you wish. Your best opportunity to tell us about your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  didn't even get in on the first try. I had to wait until COVID-19 expanded the program for me in order to get in. And so that's why when I look ... ." Instead, I hear "Yeah this is the best you're gonna get. It's not even a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  of a better word. There's a big pressure to frame your research and ... understand these things: there's so much more math I want to learn, or get ... might want to get involved with. I have found a road to follow, and I will

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  : Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind, and you ... extent, it doesn't matter. If you're good enough to get into MIT, you're probably good enough to get into other great schools too, and

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Musings of My High School Senior Self bring your best cringe face

  

  doesn’t  change is the strange feeling you get when you’re about to leave ... the air. I didn't know how to get around campus, I didn't understand the ... ashamed. Two, if you're really determined to overwork something, at least by

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  from last term, where by some miracle I managed to get all three. For ... schedule. Make the most of it, willya?) Take a CI-H to get them out of the ... FEE gets you out of the CI-HW part, leaving you free to take just a CI

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  that it comes back to me?" If you take single-variable again, you get ... to something else without bothering to get credit for it. Right on with ... appreciate your references to Chopin, Bowie, and Benatar, all of whom are

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  shifting seasons something reflective

  

  like trying to get a stray cat to come closer. sometimes your efforts and ... utter silence. but, hey, i get it. turning on your camera and talking ... questions, and answering the questions i did get to the best of my ability. i

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • January 15, 2025
• 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 ... part of the neck out in order to “deflate” your puffy marshmallow self

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  to get into the only theater in Boston showing Brokeback Mountain on ... Carter '07, we were able to get into the theatre with enough time to find ... to "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris, (hey

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  like salads as they hand out coupons to passersby. (If I ever get the ... I'm a small-time, not very experienced foodie - but I'd like to think ... is "someone who just eats to not starve," and 10 is "Phantom Gourmet

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  through to get where they are today, but there’s something about the phrase ... telling you to explore science or chase your dreams would be like preaching ... acting as a role model for others. Get involved, network, talk to people

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  good to breathe. As much as I love MIT, it was a relief to get away. I ... your school! I arrived at the conference armed with next to no knowledge ... message - that you're never "too young" to kick butt in the space industry

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  students from an underachieving high school to getting into Tokyo University ... scan frantically for your number to see if you made it). But the theme ... being able to get into ANY college. It was not so fun. (you know, Asian

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  I'm beginning to think the foliage is out to get me. I was hit by ... T (subway) or a taxi to get out there. I got back late because of Med ... when you don't pay attention to your situation and surroundings. Don

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  break I'm going to get to know my new camera better! I've started using it ... It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... time for BATMAN! I was supposed to get there at 10 but was about five ... 't get to actually watch the movie, but I respect you for that. Treat

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa guest post by a fellow '21

  

  ! How much do you want to get out of these 4 or so years of your life? Are ... uber to my Airbnb and after meeting my host and getting the run down on ... fairly upper-class neighborhood. The next day as you’re driving down to the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 31, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  our energy is going to flow in, so when you're doing magic, you want to keep your mind as single-pointedly focused on whatever you're trying to ... lives complaining about things they don't like. So, you're adding power to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  like tickets to events or food from class fundraisers, or do your laundry ... stays as money in your account. While not entirely necessary to survive ... me. I don't register my money situation until I get to the cash

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007