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• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  get to show up, sing with a lot of extremely talented people, learn some ... . It is a tedious process, but I cling to every instruction we get ... to buy food to get by, which fed into the ongoing emotional turmoil

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  procrastinate until the last minute. Doing this gives your brain a chance to ... made you decide to put all this effort into a transfer application? Don ... saying “This is what I’m gonna do when I go to MIT!” Frankly, a lot of the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  wonderful opportunity for a worthwhile cause. Also, we get to learn and ... . Life’s entropy continues to increase. It’s a paradox: the more time I ... wasn’t sure whether to declare a double major or settle with a minor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  my summer! a belated blog

  

  transportation by myself was to get to a local university for my summer internship ... ’t struggling to hold my water pitcher when it was full. The thought of getting up ... that they’d drive me to places I’d want to go. So, I didn’t feel a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 18, 2021
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  my excitement long enough to get a brief video interview with her ... today! And thanks to the MIT Admissions Office, I got a ticket to see him :) (Thank you, Dave!!) He was scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m., but the doors

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  For pi are cubed. There can only be one winner.

  

  blue and green. By now I think there should be a category called "e ... pizza pies. To top the evening off we'll have a Pi competition; the person ... Al Gore committed suicide by being burned alive by a dragon in Vietnam

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  Angeles to Boston, returning a little later from my Thanksgiving break than ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The ... that I've grown to dislike my time in California. Only a little bit ago I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  be able to hold a job and successfully complete their schoolwork, so I ... the less money I had to beg from my parents, the better. They paid a lot ... having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  freshmen get a flavor for what they might want to study next year), and we ... entrance to the program the following year (as a senior). So as a senior, you ... thing about DUSP is the ability to pursue a joint program of the MCP and a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  If you’re scared of decision day Here's an exercise

  

  minutes to get a snack, or walk around. I come back, and read what I wrote ... mitadmissions site, and there's probably not a whole lot I can do to encourage you ... to a small school, and word had gotten around that I applied to MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Greetings from India: D-Lab Students in the Field D-Lab students Luke, Sydney, Jessica, Madhavan

  

  and I are working on measuring the power it takes to pedal a rickshaw ... to measure the amplitude of a triangle wave and its derivative. We ... turned into a competition among the factory workers to register the

  • by OEL
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  graduated last year came to visit for a weekend, and we had brunch at the ... in the Burton Conner TV room, but after an hour of failing to get the ... ! OMG it was so incredible to watch, because a l l o f i t w a s p a i n t

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  YOU GET TO DO! And I'm just a dumb sophomore with okay grades and very ... though, to meet me, that is. You know where I live. Here a special shoutout ... and everything :) aww I didn't get a prefrosh this CPW. I also didn

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  exotic to a city girl) his aunt took me to a fashion show, organized by one ... decided to have some fun with it: she got together a bunch of the residents ... having a total blast. I tried to estimate how many towns like it there were

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow ... treats and a frosted star cookie, and got to speak to the entire group about my UROP (and thanks to you guys, I think I might have given a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  in California, but it is good to be back home in Cambridge. I got a ... racking. So here is the best that I have to offer 1. Take a DEEP BREATH…..In fact, take a few This year you will have to multitask like never before

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  living having the time of my life

  

  to me like being parented by upperclassmen. The freshmen here don’t get ... ends there as a new era starts. But what happens when you start to get ... treading water. I had three square meals a day, friends to hang out with at

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  've got the makings of a good bunch. It's kind of interesting to get a sense ... facilities, chatted at length with various employees, and I think I'll get a ... -- got to know some of my co-workers a little better with more time in the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

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

  

  all are getting ready to graduate again and start a whole new set of ... the air. I didn't know how to get around campus, I didn't understand the secret numerical language everyone seemed to speak and I barely knew a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 16, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry ... felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I ... are, in fact, fake people made up by MIT? A lot of bloggers are fresh

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011