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• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  more details. You learn from your mistakes and get better at making ... optimized. Sometimes, things happen that are meant to make your story ... For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  not to get too attached to this school. I had the state Science Olympiad competition on pi day and didn't get to check my MyMIT account until several ... feels like to be accepted into a school, what it feels like to get a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  scholarship, getting to know them, and talking to them about college. The only problem was I didn’t get to do much of it. So armed with a greater ... of you, it might be your first time learning to tell your story, and it

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  World Suicide Prevention Day Write love on your arms to show support

  

  work gets to be overwhelming at times, and it's important to know that we ... take care of everything.  They will e-mail your professors, talk to you ... way to prepare myself for eventually getting my EMT certification.  Anna

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  interviewer in your area. You can always write to [email protected] to ask ... . So in your case, this becomes not about your answer to the question ... want to hear. If, however, you expand your answer to really cover why

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  you should never get that vocal or intrusive, but you do have to learn a ... seemed to come from the cultural difference. I was trying to get used to ... people impacted me, these people I was getting to know beyond layers of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Diffusion Summer time!

  

  who have already packed. They get to do this: I am not one of those ... department I wasn't expecting to get really upset about people leaving but it ... Alley," but to make matters confusing all of the dorm addresses are on

  • by Snively '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello world. All your blog are belong to me.

  

  features they'd like to see incorporated into the website, please post ... , perhaps it is simpler to introduce myself as part of the team of people that have joined together like a Megazord to become the new Ben. I don

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  c/o 2017

  

  they all dispersed. i know i didn't get to spend time with nearly all the ... , someone gets up and talks about how much that senior means to the group ... taught me about how to learn and how to work. thanks for your passion

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 12, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  opportunity to learn about yourself." Students sometimes get so wrapped up in ... completely honest about yourself in your application, you are sure to be happy ... your application because you really wanted to attend MIT, but now you're

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Answering Your Questions: EA Deadline Week How can we be helpful?

  

  ;re here to answer your questions.  How can we help?  Answers ... teachers and schools.  Your recommendations do not need to be in our ... if your formatting doesn't look right, you will want to know this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  'm Vietnamese, would you tell me about how to get a scholarship from MIT?" Hi Nam ... far as your question goes, this is a toughie. I don't really like to ... 's just an accepted social norm that in college people really want to get to

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  should get around to seeing once or twice when you get a vacation. It's a ... 'm making it out to be, but it had a nice ring to it.) You'll have to get used to my parenthetical digressions if you're going to be reading this

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  1. We will wait for your materials. We are not going to be mean to ... processed all materials. It may take us up to two more weeks for your ... appeared on your MyMIT Tracking; the deadline for ECs to submit their reports

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a quick and dirty guide to MIT jargon what is a 6-3 anyway?

  

  specifically to getting an internship at a company external to MIT. Research ... is related to your major; common choices are 2A-6 (comp sci), 2A-4 ... with other departments, unless you're talking to someone in your major

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To RFID or not to RFID? That's not really the question, but it's kind of a cool title, no?

  

  So I just happened to come across two articles this week related to MIT, both involving RFID technology (for those who aren't that tech ... ; they're basically grad students at MIT who serve as your floor or hall

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • August 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  Have you ever wanted to see how accurate you can make a GPS? Have you ever wanted to see just how hot your PC can get before it starts messing ... [/annotation] and testing the headbands to see if the impact on your head changed at all

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out of the lab and into the internet Confession: I actually listen to music from the movie Ice Princess. I'm not even kidding.

  

  should get used to that.) And a question via email: Yasemin asked (via ... 'd want to go somewhere else for graduate school. Your research interests ... place. If you're considering a career in academia, you probably ought to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lost in the Pages of the Institute are we out of the woods yet, are we in the clear yet

  

  wanting to engage with class material was gone. Again, big deal. Who gets ... , to “get by”, but far below what it felt like to be swimming in new ... . There’s been getting to know the new friends in my life, both at the dorm

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  questions is to just go with your initial instinct instead of trying to ... to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your body works or how you respond to specific emotions, but most of your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022