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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Got Us iPads! [UNBOXING VIDEO] ft. my cat and my new apple pencil

  

  plans for the fall, most people reading the FAQ immediately scrolled to big-ticket items like "who gets to live on-campus next year?","how much will tuition be?", and "will we get grades in the fall?".  Many of us had

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 6, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  selective a college was because I knew that some would be harder to get into ... really hard to get into and others less hard. For that reason, I made sure ... 't know if I would get in or not) and I applied to some places where I was

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your ... We understand that it's difficult for international students to apply to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  ; when everything is different, you get the chance to become someone ... undergraduate hackathon. a hackathon is where people get 24 hours to build a ... The school year has begun again. I’m glad to report that some things

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  your understanding of the resources available to you as a new member of ... able to find in my desk drawer. If stickers aren’t your thing, there were ... ID that stick to your phone. But let’s be honest—stickers are everyone

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  haunt your mind, and you must be willing to set aside your assumptions that haunt your mind and make up your past To set aside your assumptions for the benefit of the world, make up your past to fit in with the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  get paid for your work! I'm really lucky in that I get paid to have fun ... swimming on my stomach, I'm getting there. I won't have to worry about ... ability, and really you can do anything you set your mind to! Emma

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Day 1: Going North Leaving the light pollution bubble to go to class?

  

  comfortable there? The answer to that is usually no, especially when your home ... , though I could write an entire post in Japanese if I wanted to. Maybe I will later, but today’s not that day. I just wanted to share this

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions mailed;

  

  great learning experience for me, and has allowed me to understand your ... , and at a quarter to five, the mailman came to post the letters. Sadly, I missed the photo of the postman coming to take away the letters. We have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  , then your phone is gonna crash. Oops. So I've been using the break to ... different academically; you're still figuring everything out; you have to ... , but if you're in a frosh double, you have to vacate it for next year

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  recommended pressure and were almost ready to get back on the highway before ... need, but neither of us had the strength to get the lugnuts off the tire ... still get our gift and she decided to spare us. i picked out first band on

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus weekends for some crazy consulting company, you're probably going to end up ... to turn in your permission slips!), you're going to see the High Water

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  , and you get your cold butter out of the fridge and try to gently spread ... [/caption] Ultimately, an unnecessary item to have, but getting this filled me with a ... would really add depth to this meal? Zest. Lemon, lime, orange, take your

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  harder to notice them when you're not. This shouldn't surprise anyone, as it's much akin to trying to appreciate the shirt your friend is wearing ... impacted you though, and following a recent trip (we'll get to that) I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

  Tuesday evenings, for three hours, and during each class you’d get to hear ... just when they started to get interesting, and there needed to be more ... communicating a feeling to the observer. When your words on the page—nothing more

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  , and you get to experience awesome things down the road. I think the ... method to run properly when you’re not satisfying its preconditions. If ... purpose of the blogs is, and always has been, to give MIT students a place

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  into consideration (and you're not going to get a part if you really can ... during-the-semester musical to be fun." Me: "Yeah, you're right. I won ... Man With A Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun, and left. On March 7, I got

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have ... your weaknesses, and I'm not saying that NOT having AIME scores will get ... to cover all the weaknesses that come with your environment, because it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  to your field -- spending time on an extracurricular sort of means you didn't spend that time in lab. But you're welcome to submit that ... efficient way to get into a lab. 6. In response to my entry on Adam's and my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  ? A few things: 1. I get to learn about so many things everyday ... of your life - these are all meant to be temporally-finite experiences ... these parts. How is your brother doing? Oh, this kid? He’s going to be in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014