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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  because I wanted to get it over with and be like hardcore but by Thursday ... online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... person with some unique circumstance) and you open up your grade report to

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter Break and New Year Resolutions In which I try to express how wonderful being home is

  

  figured it'd be a good time to get back into this regular vlogging routine ... IAP, TA-ing a class (blog post to come) and continuing one of my UROPs ... hopefully IAP means I have more time to actually execute some of the blog post

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  this blog, shoot me an e-mail and I will try to get it answered in a Q ... can go ahead and read your application. Get it? Got it? Good ... applicant)! I should start by saying that we are NOT trying to trick you or be

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  was thoughtfully written. I would especially draw your attention to ... as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties to the lawsuit in question, but that have a stake or insight into the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  Ave to get groceries from Target and H-Mart helps clear my mind a little ... to eventually feel comfortable in this new growth in a way that I don ... making an effort to get off-campus more frequently, even if it's just to

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  This post is intended to [annotation note="consider viewing them side-by ... walking at 9 and finish the marathon by 5, which requires me to walk at a ... to pass by [annotation note="notable because I texted my podmate from

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  bursting the MIT Bubble when 🅱️ig 🅱️ome Energy gets too real

  

  at MIT, where so much is going on and you’re surrounded by so many ... ,[/annotation] so we took a picture by the camp fire and sent it to our professor, who ... had such a good time! to get there, we had to take the T and then the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2019
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  got a chance to really sit down and get to know each other; I learned ... from home. The way they embraced the new experiences with excitement to ... really lovely getting to share that experience with the visiting students

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Sophomore Fall this time, with more zoom u!

  

  to get 100s on the psets and above 80s on the remaining midterms, which ... physics! It is by far the hardest subject for me to grasp conceptually. I ... improved immensely. I was able to  get my checkoff, a live session where we

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 5, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  bloggers. And I am so excited for you to get to read their work! [image ... finally, thank you to everyone who applied. It was a privilege to read your words and look at your art; it's not always easy to share your life with

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  my lab is coordinating a book group to get together and discuss it ... by longing than by reason." (www.washingtonpost.com). He points to our ... was by a company called Celera Genomics which wanted to patent/sell the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  to buckle down and get seriously serious about my education. When ... to in-class concept questions. That’s OK, Joel, your grade is high ... - great! - but know what you're getting yourself into, and don't deceive

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... that may be six, since I'm still waiting on one. You do want to get involved in research early. Some students wait until their senior year to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Haiti Day 3: Koumon ou rele? Which is Haitian Creole for "What's your name?"

  

  for the meeting, however, so we stopped by the side of the road to look ... get back to more stable internet connection. Aaand literally as I just ... share a lot of similar goals in getting the children to love learning

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  /January deadlines. Aside from simping over MIT a bit too intensely, I wanted to get in ... chocolate to get myself to write those essays — you can have another dark ... by itself.   Instead, I would tell her to be kinder to herself. It

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  require a deposit to secure your spot. If you get into MIT later in May, and ... does it work? Don't I have to let other colleges know by May 1? Is it ethical? You do need to let other colleges know by May 1, and you should

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  a time?? -Alison"] All right, story time.[/annotation] I was hired to work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... note="TO BE FAIR you were like can I subscribe to your mailing list and I

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Lived, I Learned, I Got Burnt not necessarily in that order

  

  , I’ve been thinking a lot about the people I didn’t get to properly say goodbye to. Friends that I couldn’t get a hold of before leaving campus ... graduation. I know what it’s like to move to an entirely new city and state. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 26, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  enough to get Jeremy '09 in our suite this year, who idolizes Mike Short ... eventually moved to the bathroom. By popular request of the suite, we did ... Goldberg-type inventions that MIT students make to complete mundane tasks and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• 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