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• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  often submitted by a counselor or school official alongside the required Secondary School Report. We have always said that it is most important to get ... unable to write you a letter. We encourage you to try to get letters of
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  than to get into the local state school. Now I cannot stress this enough ... college’” “Lol no way, why work super hard to get in there when I could just ... potential to not only get into a good school but flourish there; however, due

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Life On Mars and by "Mars" I actually mean "3AB, Simmons Hall."

  

  get work done if I need to, without being too distracted or bothered by ... as close to "apartment-style" living as you can get in the dorms. This ... super freshman to our hall. I live with my pals but I still get to do my

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  movement is to get a UROP at one of the many laboratories conducting nanotech ... . Relatedly, I've been getting quite a few questions about nanotechnology at MIT, so I figured I might as well take this opportunity to clear up some of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime Things to do with your 100 days in the Summertime

  

  long as you get a chance to begin learning what it means to have the ... nice to learn what it means to earn your own money. 5. Get an internship ... year. It’s also a time to take a class to get ahead for the upcoming

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  ones I will notice. I found out yesterday that I'll get to be a blogger ... budget. But get ready!!!) I look forward to learning many things about ... : what it’s like to be a freshman in East Campus, what it’s like to get

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

   Lithonia by Childish Gambino. Angie said she fell asleep to No. 1 Party Anthem ... Dancers I: XVI. Fraction: "Things Get Broken" by Leonard Bernstein, Alan ... internet to judge (and help you take a break from thinking about those

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So @mitblogs_ebooks exists 'as you might know, i am a full time internet'

  

  to scripts, a free hosting service operated by MIT students for the MIT ... ;   Suddenly remember I'm supposed to get into Hogwarts — мιтα ... , before it was bought and subverted by Buzzfeed, was a truly delightful

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  migrating back to campus, stopping by a bookstore-cafe and a riverside ... gets to refresh until it's ready for another round of equations. It's also a perfect way to see a city and/or get hopelessly lost

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  my friends have gone back to school because I have to wait to get the ... CONTESSA blog entry to me. I know how much that entry must mean to him, judging by how many times I heard that "good neighbor policy" story

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Talent Show to get judged by future students, but still, they do. The ... participants get to burn food and then eat it)? What's worse, is that 6 minutes ... throughout campus, prefrosh will get to learn about Algebraic Topology, Space

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  [/annotation]. Get the Libby app. Profit from never spending money to consume books ... longest I’ve spent listening to one audiobook is “The Source,” by James ... when familiar stories help me get through change. If I had to pick a non

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Valentine’s Day from MIT Because theobromine is delicious.

  

  added benefit, now I get to experience these same traditions from the ... such goodies as how to get your MIT email address and lots of information ... In case you haven't realized it yet, I'm going to let you guys all in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Four September 13th shall henceforth be known as National Gauss Appreciation Day.

  

  get to experience. The class is in TEAL format that focuses a lot on ... get hit smack in the face within a mere minute by a squash ball ... Two weeks of class have already flown by. Problem sets are perpetual

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 19, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  choose MIT, you get to take a gap year. You’ve been selling your soul to ... fight with my advisor to get this to go through. I was ready. This is ... you ask to get a cookie she is more likely to say yes. My [annotation

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Total immersion An MIT-Italy student finds her way around Rome

  

  wondering…was there another way to get to and from work? A week or so ... five other routes to get to work, and Justas many to get home. Some I ... . By learning something small like this, I’m learning to be

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  Friday (October 20). So, if you haven't yet, go on to MyMIT, get your EC ... in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... opportunity for MIT to get to know the real you. Also, I recommend Mitra

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  books I read in 2024, ranked and thoughts on the best ones

  

  Intermezzo by Sally Rooney A: really great, would recommend to ~anyone ... strongly recommend to a friend Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut A ... relationship between Peter and Ivan, and I get that Margaret was supposed to

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the ... MIT receives; it’s not uncommon to have folks from Russia, India, China

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  were ferried in to Hacienda la Verbena by the advanced food recon team of ... through Yaqui Pass (a deceptively shallow climb to 1500’), followed by a ... and Shaena showed us how to get our bodies out over the side of the bike

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013