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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  school in the world to get into to begin with. I can use that fact to try ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... with your app in committee, and I can't recreate or try to determine the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  . Last night, it was made a smash hit by Michael Borohovski and the Sexy ... to serenades. Some of the acts from the night included my former ... lesson to everyone at the performance to highlight how dangerous it is to

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dress your wounds and stay in bed self care!

  

  tattoo. I read some articles on tattoo care, and the tl;dr was not to get ... of the other skills I practiced was self-care. I learned to let myself ... the ground. I was going to write a blog about this, but then I took

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 18, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT have any age limits?

  from high school for a while, we would expect to see the results of your ... /employers and other supportive materials that would assist us in getting to know ... , the more creative you'll have to be in submitting supportive
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not ... finally On friday I drove back to Massachusetts and slept until Sunday. The ... so long to finalize decisions. This is the first year in which the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Measurements How do you measure a year in the life?

  

  Campus to the Z-Center one day when my favorite song of the musical theatre ... measure a year, I began to wonder what units I use to measure my life. The first quantity that came to mind was distance and the easiest unit of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 21, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  stranger to the blogs), and she has kindly allowed me to share them. I think they need to be heard by more people. Here is her original post. This ... she does a beautiful job trying to express the ineffable. No amount of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Schnitzer Prize Winners! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Buildings with eyes, a drum for the people, and a house…

  

  contributions to MIT life, culture, and academics. In the realm of arts@mit, this ... : Sam Kronick '10 Last Friday I had the chance to check out all three ... " (right) by Richard The (G). (Photos provided by Richard The) Richard is a

  • by ARTalk
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And sometimes why? A reality check on the state of my MIT blogging.

  

  high school Spanish day by day, and all I had really known to begin with was "I went to the mall and bought a pretty shirt." So, in my fifth ... least one 9 AM class every semester since I got to MIT. On the third or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining As it stands now

  

  a variety of reasons, none of which I'm going to touch. The long and ... traditional dining program as you can get at MIT. A $300 dollar fee at the ... , realistically, don't eat that much food. You essentially have to eat in the dining

  • by Snively '11
  • January 2, 2009
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  There isn't a specific deadline for the interview. Students submit their application by November 1 for Early Action or January 6 for Regular Action. After you submit your application, you may be contacted by an
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  to my roommate, "It's so... gray!" She's from the northwest corner of ... 't know what I thought would happen to me: that I'd freeze? That I'd get ... breakfast, made an attempt at making my bed, and I might even go to the gym

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before, otherwise one is bound to forget things when one is rushing to get out the door.) Made good time to Hartford; checked into the Hilton (didn't see

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  head against the wall when I couldn't get something right. I would stay ... this desperation I can't even describe, this need to understand and get ... , this immense stress regarding my classes that drives me to the point of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle @NatGeo, pls hire me

  

  reserve at sunrise and sunset to experience the animals in their natural ... nearly got charged by a white rhino. I took a lot of photos. And the world ... During my trip to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa I spent two days on a

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • February 23, 2019
• FAQ / International applicants

  How do international students apply to MIT?

  to schools in the U.S., but almost one-quarter of MIT's applications ... limited to): the IB, A Levels, the French Baccalaureate, and CBSE. Your application will be reviewed within the context of the resources available to
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  behalf? The interesting thing about this question is that we often get ... the last one: "Who should I ask to write letters on my behalf? And the ... as the norm. However, it is not uncommon for us to receive letters from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Afternoon In/Out Of The Snow

  

  psychopomp? The answer is about to be served implicitly atop an egocentric ... relentlessly upon Cambridgians' freezing bodies, the confetti to its gleeful ... carnivorous appetite. 1:00 PM I've gained entrance to the club, and can

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 22, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  ADMIT ME PLZ? filling out the app. for some reason it's a lot easier this time

  

  way to get my passport to the west coast in 24 hours (mainly, I wasn ... students who are matching in the same year are guaranteed to be ... which way residency goes! (really, really far down the road - I want to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The After

  

  , working in the machine that is Big Tech. My day to day involves a lot less ... have been able to ship a few products that are out there in the real world, and the feeling of making something that gets used around the world

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 26, 2025