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• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  makes no sense to me. It took me an entire semester to figure out that DNA ... to see your ID. "Uh...." "You need to be over 18 to buy Tylenol." "So ... does that make me? I grew up in Taiwan but I went to an American school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  highlighter for, circle in big red pen, make it the focus of your case. In fact ... absolute best to read your application. What you and I are missing tonight ... right now, but I thought I'd take a quick break to tell you a little about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  decided to make life interesting for us. Fortunately the primary tech folks are still in Cambridge, but needless to say, trying to coordinate all of ... 've extended the EA deadline to November 4 to compensate you for your trouble. If

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  influences your relationships with print material. Is a viewbook as useful to ... from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the ... on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you will divulge your greatest disappointments and accomplishments to ... “crusty’ seniors, my classmates and I are at a point where we have to make a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  floor (5-10) want to make an order because delivery is really small when ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and I also really need to do 2.005 but I only have time to do one, which

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc.). We will accept ... Committee will primarily look to the Midyear Report for your updates. What ... to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify part or

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  blur, and within an hour I got an email congratulating me on making it to ... important items that engineers should add to their personal wish list. Now it's time to blog about something I feel particularly passionate about: public

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  focus more on making sure your essays authentically convey who you are (or ... you to be strategically nonstrategic in your own essays, and not try to ... ). After you draft your essay, give it to a good friend, and ask them if it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  . Ask yourself questions -- enough to make yourself see your own personal ... your dorm/FSILG make you feel at home? While these are all extremely ... central part of your college life, wherever you choose to pursue it. My

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008
• 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 ... daily)   1. Introduce a General Concept. If you’re supposed to be ... . Expectations are higher at MIT. You are expected to do a lot on your own. If you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I am slowly going insane This is your brain on AI-generated videos

  

  was trying to create a benchmark for evaluating AI-generated videos, and outsourcing to MIT students was the best way to get the high-quality human ... really wanted to build one for myself, so I knew I had to compete

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  '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 ... gremlin brain was endlessly fascinated by it. I dragged my family to see the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  than scandalous, since you're supposed to create clothes out of atypical ... Office/Grey's Anatomy, and went to four hours of straight classes followed ... long since my last entry, but also, my parents will be calling to see if

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  grandparents' flat was torn down to make more room for roads. I've gone to school ... Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me, what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  convinced I could never fit in. I wanted to shake your hands, give you hugs ... virtual stuff that makes me nervous in order to function in the real world ... am your spider. Don’t get me wrong, I’m also ridiculously excited to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  Mechanics, and said "hey, wait - I love to make things, but I could be an ... - why we were traveling to the mountain midwest. Because we want to make ... , and New Mexico. When we return from such travels, we have to write up a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  it to falling in love.] Make the decision with both your head and your ... questions, and be honest with your answers: What kind of a school do I want to ... your final choice schools it is probably easier to answer these questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  your questions for the last 9 months as MITAdmin, but I am grateful to ... to colleges. Obviously, if you're reading this blog, MIT is on your ... are over 450 clubs to join that are sure to make MIT a little more like

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  with institutions to make it available to their community members ... collaboratively, and thoughtfully, over a long period of time to make this happen ... ; Once the 2016 election was over, we wanted to make sure that this could

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017