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• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  thing I did upon getting home was log onto the admissions blogger ... much time; at midnight, a blogger moratorium kicks in. To respect the ... the third ring, and I asked if he wanted to go to lunch. He did. So, off

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  unicorns big confusion

  

  determined by investors and venture capitalists, and it is only meant to serve ... because i expect to be worth a billion dollars in the future. rather, what i ... have the power to generalize, so i have a hard time believing that i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  to me. 2) I was serious about getting an internship.   See ... brushed it right back off thinking to myself "Oh, no one get internships ... freshly pressed suit, and made my way to the Career Fair. I talked with

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Classes (or, Gettin’ Classy) I made a series of Biology videos about blood and learned about digital education!

  

  or biology faculty who received the email and decided to stop by to ... scientific misconception, outline a lesson plan to address the misconception, apply the best teaching practices to implement the lesson plan, select the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  to keep, and current ones shouldn't get hung up on the things that must ... from existing in the capacity it's used to, so people would end up moving away to frats or sororities, where they would have the ability to ~vibe

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  down in the parking lot with their head in oncoming traffic to get the ... year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person to identify the source of this wisdom. Ruth, you're not allowed to play

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  will be ecstatic to get their decision; many more will be disappointed. If you don't get it, don't sweat it. Really. The admissions office is a ... thought, "I get it, I know why people wouldn't want to come here." It's not

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  't go to MIT or go on the exchange program, do try to get over to England ... out on the river and row. My friends here constrain their work to 9-5 Monday through Friday, and they use the evenings and the weekends to go out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  from the bubble to glimpse the wider world and plot real moves. And ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in ... next semester never started, would I ever get up off the couch? I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Lovin’ Had me a blast. Or, the last post I'll write from home!

  

  half of the things on it until I get to Cambridge since most of it is ... unlikely that any of you will get to see it unless someone starts a Pay ... to work at the bakery over break (which I probably will, because it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  management, when in reality I just wanted to connect wires by myself in the ... purposes. But obviously, getting to this point required all the knowledge ... building numbers - 83%. To assess my final knowledge of the MIT building

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  . Jackson was persuaded by the brothers to stay on to cook breakfast for ... 's death. "I think Jack used his last breath to blow out the pilot light to ... . Jackson, a father figure to generations of young men in the house, died of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  October of next year. (We're hoping to have our reception at the Museum of ... in admissions -- legacy kids aren't at an advantage compared to the ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  a syllabus just gets me going idk."]to itch the little part of my ... -obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements ... .[/annotation] So imagine me flabbergasted when I learn that in addition to all the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  need to have submitted your application Part 1 by the time you interview ... Applicants Schedule your interview now.* The deadline (December 1) to schedule ... year, respect their time! Try to get your application components to us in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  pay for it directly instead of using a credit card. One reason to get a credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a ... , which leads to a credit score, which leads to getting an apartment. Or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  and eventual death by overdose. it’s probably one of the saddest things ... and financial cost to family, and so on. but the most chilling part for ... stopped to think about the meaning of each sentence i was reading. what does

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih.  Everyone starts at the beginning of ... newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship writing for CityLab, then part of The Atlantic), moved to New Mexico to be

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  We open in Venice We next play Firenze, then on to Pisa (lots of laughs in Pisa), our next…

  

  -looking hallways have been fenced off. But the 12 euros also gets you entrance to the ... me by my otherwise-infallible colleague J��rgen, we headed home to the ... be straightened. Engineers decided that the best solution would be to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2006