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• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  most to you - and if those opportunities don't seem exist, just make your own opportunities. Dedicate yourself wholly, totally, completely to your ... your friends, on your professors, on the random people you sit next to in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  to some fixed point on Earth, you're all moving - and fast. It's all ... than others. If your work is getting frustrating, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view, and things will feel much better

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  people tend to make great teams.  These are the people I get super excited ... deeper into the science of what you're working with in order to better inform your design. The second part, creativity, is harder to define.  It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  's or about getting in to your dream school. "Being the best you can be ... how painfully obvious that was. Of course you have to do your best. How ... because I could. I would get things done, I'd just be sure to calculate how

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  back to your interviews and repeat, "We need to take excellent care of ... and made the connection, we decided to give your seat away... Oops, I ... before they get here. Then they need to rest." Have you noticed that this

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  do not need to express mail or overnight any part of your application ... whether to submit it as it currently is, though. If your answer is so long ... self-reported grades form. If you need to update your application after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2012! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted A forum for students who were admitted.

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2011! Feel free to use this forum to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  slow burn you and the void

  

  welder which is akin to a massive, bright solder. Your hands and arms are ... , enough energy to melt metal shooting through you to the floor. Your foot ... from a proper distance. With welding, your gloves begin to heat up four

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 6, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  ."']here at the office,[/annotation] we are all getting ready to read your ... Action. This is a longstanding policy. There is no reason to rush your ... and an aging parent and hasn't been able to get it done yet. Judging by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  to be different than everyone else to get into a good college. You needed to be a leader with drive to change something about your community ... mindset was "I have to get As on everything, I need to be involved in

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  getting on campus in February, I was very excited to get makerspace training ... most part, a fine time. We did struggle with getting people to turn on ... After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  would get another concentrated period of time that I could commit to the ... 's really good and you should go read it. If you want to learn more about what went into the making of an article like this, and what it's like to do a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  homepage. I’d encourage you all to watch it if you’re interested--it’s pretty ... ’m going to actually teach you things now/get you closer to the “real world ... daily)   1. Introduce a General Concept. If you’re supposed to be

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• 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 / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  get it into your head that it's going to be hard, but everyone else will ... in the world of sleep statistics.) 2. It really is better to get a ... to cross streets in the city, but I do know how to get anywhere in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  a night in hannover one of the most chaotic travel experiences of my life

  

  afternoon. The plan was pretty sound – my flight was supposed to get into Berlin around 11 PM, leaving me plenty of time to get home and get almost a ... , and went to get a coffee from the cafe near my gate. This gave me an

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  and acknowledge yourself and your growth, say goodbye to this stage of ... excitement, also known as passion The ability to balance your coursework with ... person In other words, MIT wants to see from your application that you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  eraser. Basically, you’re trying to get out as many surface stains as you ... unscented as you can get unless you really want your room smelling like mint ... your toothpaste is. You may want to open a window and set up a fan in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date ... . Kim asked if it's possible or easy to get a single as a freshman at MIT ... 's possible to get a single as a sophomore, junior, or senior if you want one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006