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• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  staying to get some home-cooked food from my mom during travels). There were ... college admissions, I often get asked about how hard it is for me to read ... times this year, yes, we care! We care because your context matters to us

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  Congratulations on being accepted to MIT! You're amazing! And your hair looks especially good today! Did you do something new to it? Nope ... - what's your story? Feel free to share in the form of pictures, haiku

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  because you refuse to get a scooter. Your entire schedule revolves around ... whopping 168 acres – which is 1.5x bigger than Vatican City! To get from one ... had to come up with some ways of getting around campus a bit faster

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  very different website. I’m so not used to it that I still drafted this ... something or other to happen, given how new we were--but still, you’re never ... learn a lot, still get exposed to interesting work. I like the people I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  find your UROP? A: Once you find your first UROP, it’s easy to find ... need to learn or find answers to your questions. Prof. Langer, the ... winner of Charles Stark Draper Prize (considered to be the “Nobel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  existential cubes a daily encounter with Ernő Rubik

  

  scootered over to Walmart with one goal in mind: acquire a Rubik’s cube. We had nothing else planned for the day, and decided to try something new ... hard as we made it out to be in our heads—we just patiently followed the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 14, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  to donate should not affect your desire to donate. Especially since now ... which route to take based on your goals and values. I think a lot of ... website if you want to check it out. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  football (soccer) fan eh? Your comments sounds like a girl's who is trying to ... in a book or a travel guide or something if I don't get around to ... would that be? Are there other websites to look at? And then I realized

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  fun things to do, getting ahead on your classes - or taking ... management, once you get over the small hump of activation energy to actually ... made a valiant effort to get through my backlog of games. Since freshman

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  West to get there. GAHHH). We all got off from work pretty late, but ... am capped at this amount of information, I'll try to get some other MIT externs to write about what they're researching, so you'll get some idea of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What do you mean by “MIT Speak”?

  .03, which is 5-0-7, for 6-2. At MIT, all of your friends would understand exactly what you're saying. (You have to enter "MIT Code" in the ask field to get an answer.)
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... 's just a way to get students matched with an advisor and start creating a ... moon. Having the opportunity to get a bachelors degree and then

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  on rare earth elements, to be brief (more info in website!^^) If you ... . I actually just got out of a thermo test, and now I get to ponder ... funny thing was that after almost getting to my gate, right before

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  get from cleaning your room without anyone telling you to. Apart from ... January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break between the semesters to relax, recharge, recoup, and reflect*. But somehow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  ! That's CRAZY! If you're going to be taking the General Institute ... ...whatever) just wait until you get to campus. There are always upperclassmen trying to sell books. Ask around your dorm, spam the email lists, and you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  how to get your own radio show? Here's your chance! You'll also be able ... narrow my decision down to two schools, and there is no better way to get a ... want to do when you get here. With so many events to choose from, it

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  never fully get to deal with your problems. oops!     Stud 5 ... can't get things done when you work in a group. you're addicted to ... why it baffles everyone how you manage to get all your work done on time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  : Professors' names will go to websites about them, not their email addresses ... from 0 to 1. You get to kiss the person to whose number the pointer ... ; instead, flip a coin again (coin #2). If coin #2 shows heads, you get to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic ... must be sent to us from your school to verify your self