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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  's fantastically loud - the kind of stuff that gets your adrenaline pumping. It's not hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I ... chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  , MI, SC, GA, TX, MO, WA (just to name a few) and getting to know your ... time exploring other college campuses (though, you're not allowed to have ... about where to spend the next four years of your life. But there

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This is what happens when we don’t do work Here is the infinite rollercoaster of fun I promised not to take you on.

  

  I'm long overdue for a blog update. To dispel your mental image of me ... : You're pretty chill! I was expecting you to be...more...well... me ... found a tenor saxophone on Ebay, so Angela decided to get an accordion

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 24, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate and be happy with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  a pi day (decision) story 3/14/21 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  14 at 6:28 PM ET. To check your decision, visit apply.mitadmissions.org/apply and go to your Application Status Page. That’s the same place that you ... and jujutsu sorcery. Or, you can play Celeste and pay your respects to

  • by Tim
  • March 8, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  YOU GOT IN! Feel free to drop a note yelling in the comments below, but also, and more importantly, to go celebrate with your loved ones.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

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

  

  some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited to get ... usually about getting plastered (among my age group, anyway). You tip your ... second after getting off the escalator and cause ten people to break their

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

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  Finding your way through the labyrinthine tunnels Getting your (virtual ... , which is a numeric string that allows us to keep track of your scores so ... anything through here - but if you want to become a Fan of us, then you're

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  your parents what to expect over the next year. (She's visiting for a ... having a life will apply wherever you go to school next year - but you're ... chair for Senior Haus eliminated any chance of getting some of that. $10

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  entry including the secrets of how to live your life, get into MIT and ... week's topic in a virtual conference (you're literally talking to about ... sees her kid talking to a computer). If you're interested in Japan or

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  isn't getting bigger, then for your life to improve you have to take it ... in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... companies, Sam says, is that they can aim to get 10% better every week. Short

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  looks for ways to get back on the horse. She tends to learn as much from ... take the time to find, refine and trust in your voice. Only after that ... which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Small Victories The view from a month into MIT

  

  Hello (again) World! My goal to blog once a week has sadly failed ... unfamiliar with the terminology: hosed- (adj): to be completely and utterly floundering in the amount of work you have to do The word itself comes from the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  example, if you do not see your country listed, do not take it to mean that ... are completely knowledgeable of your situation is to tell us about it in ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  this, “I consider myself to belong to the following ethnic group(s) (check all that apply)”. At least for myself, this is an easy question to ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  . But to each his own! Whatever floats your boat! Insert other clichés ... be more or less dangerous than it sounds, depending on your imagination ... 's something to be said for watching people do really random, stupid, amusing

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO #tbt #behindonblogging #seniorspring

  

  outside. Yes, you might not be able to feel your face or fingers. But you ... think it's important to let the people in your life know that you ... hussling it took to get out of the house. Everything worked out fine. I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 12, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  is in your problem set, that topic you tried to independent study but ... you're just glad you made it to the end—but nonetheless you've made it ... every tuesday gets put on hold because your problem set is due, or you're

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  didn't get to go last year but I really wanted to go this year. But the ... to Boston, I've been able to get a handle on things. Kind of. My mental ... /NR (meaning if you get lower than a C, it doesn't show up on your transcript

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... . Get curious. Collect information. Then make your decision. Good luck! 

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011