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• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  MIT application essay. I figure it's getting to be around crunch time ... specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing ... get good schooling. I will go to college for six years, get my Master

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get applications, we get a lot of applications. We then need to read those ... . Its a long story. Ok, I need to get back to reading. I have a lot of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  plowing makes it easier for me to get to my class which starts at three ... , walkway, and a red thing... its uhhh, getting harder and harder to sing ... ;     an original musical by Erick '17    

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  getting, we had one picked out and ready to order. The first day was a huge ... that this was going to get done. People’s level of interest was a truly ... , to President Reif stopped by at one point or another to check up on our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  attempting to understand language by lysing the words and fractionating the ... to get a feel for what different research areas are like. Get to know ... figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  them personally to your house - you get the point. However, following ... officers have tried to mix in healthy snack choices (radishes or carrots) into their consumption, but the loud mouth-crunching tends to interrupt

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  other and getting yelled at by the Sheriff for being too close to the ... ’re women. Did you expect this to be simple? By the time we get out of our $9 ... required to get across the bridge, even if you take Saferide, is sometimes

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  hardware language, even though we didn’t get to work with hardware :( I ... . Although I didn't get the chance to take this class with Professor Sheffield ... my friends and I affectionately referred to by his kerb, elmos

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  takes your hand and dances. You'd get to come along on my adventures. The ... has been quite a difficult one and I haven't really had the headspace to write. I'm hoping to come back soon, but, in the meantime, please accept

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Class Projects

  The Year of the HASS thoughts on single-tasking, cheese slicers, and the tyranny of the mind

  

  code, hours of pulling my hair out at office hours, just trying to get ... HASS readings. So I scrape by, I do exactly what I need to do, and all ... trip, and by settling, we have forgotten how to live. Put more eloquently

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  means I don't have to take the FEE, but do I still get 9 unrestricted ... anywhere (to my knowledge), which makes me sad. Yes, you get 9 units of ... happens when you get old.) It's totally up to you -- there are computers of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  Class of 2015. We're getting ready to welcome lots of their parents too ... the iceberg...to get a head start on your plans check out our improved ... 's chartering and you get to be a part of this historic milestone as well. See

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  great time to bond with teammates and get some sun in the middle of a ... were really interesting (my subtle hints to get you to consider courses 1 ... to take part in a program called “Israel by Foot” which meant that we

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  in a blog? Anyway, it's good to see fans getting along. The motto of ... still life painted by Jan Brueghel, but forgot to take a picture of it ... liked to paint tangled masses of naked people getting sucked up to heaven

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  AM so we could get to the parking lot by 6:45 to ensure a spot because ... face. It looked very steep. I started to get apprehensive. When we ... , I occasionally 'took breaks' by standing to the side so people coming

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let It Bleed There will be an answer, let it bleed.

  

  blood to get extra credit in AP Bio (no, really) and she passed out in the ... answer to this question. AP tests are mostly good for getting you out of ... them would now be able to go into any freshman class and get the same

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  , because I was surrounded by people who wanted to see me fail. This dynamic ... ; initially I struggled to adjust, but by late 2020, I had gained more ... might be nice to my face, but I know they were secretly upset. They didn

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  means you crossed one or more streets from main campus to get there. W is ... Cambridge, you're better off consulting a map or getting laughed at by Central ... generally get to where you want to be without too much trouble. So study hard

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  . Somebody remarked that it was impossible to get by the Brandenburger Tor ... seemed kind of strangely appropriate. After the game, I went to go get a ... yesterday's entry for, well, more pictures. I, I can remember standing by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  MIT. At the same time, though, I have come to realize that MIT's faculty ... campus culture we have all come to know and love. The traditional image of ... intimidating old sequipidelian I've already introduced you to Jeremy, but he

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008