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• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in ... Regular Action applicants are about to. So what do we do next? Once your applications are complete and all material received, your application goes to a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  who were willing to take the risk and get their hands dirty. 3) You’re ... "]EECS[/annotation] department, I’ve noticed that it’s easy to get funneled into one specific kind ... a team who wanted to learn how to build an autonomous car by building

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  goes to whomever gets first post (make sure you put your e-mail address ... for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the ... . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  , where you're done with the process and don't have to run the gauntlet of ... about. But I was lucky enough to get into [annotation note="MIT, if that ... salty about. It's REALLY HARD to get into all of those schools. Flash

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you ... to the Green Room, changed clothes, and he/she and two new contestants ... earlier this week: Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' YORKTOWN HEIGHTS

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to ... grocery shopping. Over IAP, with mostly nothing else to do because I ended ... note="because it's like, really close to east campus. temptingly close

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  place where i've felt settled, where i know how to get around without ... things that get done with them. i started writing that sentence, only to ... blogs was. I like to think that people are defined by two things — the

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Students Are Cool: Brian Chan edition These are the kind of people that you will go to school with.

  

  modest person so I don't want to embarass him by saying how FREAKING ... MIT.  The honest answer?  THE PEOPLE!  So I'm going to tell you stories about some of the awesome and amazing people that I went to school with

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  't get me wrong: I'm fascinated by aspects of all of the sciences with ... , 24.900 will allow me to get some provisional answers as to why, even as ... parents speak fluently, I am able to get the gist of their conversation

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through face-to-face conversation, but via email. I get email from my dorm, from ... another day. Will I ever get around to writing it? Time will tell!

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  four semesters in music and food just some lists and reminisces

  

  ; when I had time alone, I listened to some of my favorite chilling-in-the-world-by ... playlists can come to define, and bring back memories of, semesters that are long gone. I was reflecting on this the other day as I happened to be

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 28, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  ordinary that I often forget all about them before I get the chance to ... . (Free admission! If you're ever looking for something to do in San Fran ... cars actually latch on to the cables and get pulled along for the ride

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class Crossover Using engineering leadership while stuck on the wrong side of the internet

  

  ’t get to any sites that ended with .mit.edu whereas if you were on your laptop trying to use the MIT network, you couldn’t get to any sites that ... information we wanted to get, and what questions we were going to ask in order

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  I managed to get myself through the start gate. I have no memory of ... proud of myself. If you want to get better at something fast, do it six ... Washington to get to the Tuckerman’s Bowl. The hike up is worth the ski down

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  they need to be heard by more people. Here is her original post. This ... teammates. inevitably, we get to know each other (a bit), because, well, we ... about him to add anything new to everyone else’s descriptions of him

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is why I warn my freshman advisees against getting on "the treadmill." "The ... classes that everyone takes, not doing anything but your classes, doing all

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What a Robotics Career Looks Like What does it mean to get paid to work on robots?

  

  that much. By sophomore year of college, I had to declare my major. I ... afraid to think outside the box. Your base discipline, that which you are ... can even do a lot with just one. Where you get with your “two” might

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  smarter to sleep and get some efficiency back. I also got so inefficient ... --sometimes, it’s just getting through every week, every day, minute by minute. It ... where I am now. And, I've almost never had to do things completely by

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  's Day. New Years is in my[annotation note="only beaten by Chinese New ... 've never truly made New Years resolutions with a strong commitment to them ... it's a good way for me to try a new field. Full discloser: I am very

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015