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• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  nowhere to be found. To make a long story short, a store employee found ... decision yet, I’d encourage you to go out of your way to form a concrete ... were already fading. If academics are at the crux of your decision, go to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  of what you're going to get is going to be camera-phone pictures. I ... , since falafel is pretty expensive to make, but then I realized that I ... , remember in the summer when you used to get nice, well-cropped color pictures

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  to a biology grad program soon and have some questions. Are your ... make sure that you're as enthusiastic about biology in real life as you ... interview weekend, and over the course of my travels to California schools

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  certainty, I had to make a few sacrifices. Specifically, I was allowed into a ... receive grades for the regular classes I was missing, and needed to make up ... mindset. I thought a lot about what I could have done to make things better

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what i drew this summer i took an art class

  

  to make my own manga. A few years ago, I took CMS.301, Critical ... pages, but it still took 60 hours to make. I felt like being a writer and ... make[/caption] For our first extensive assignment, Timmy asked us to do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  's work. If I'm forced to subscribe to capitalism, I'm going to make damn ... for a long time: to make games that affect peoples' lives in the same ... experiences and games that kids can learn from, and make contributions to the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  your stomach clenches tighter and tighter, and you just want to scream ... continuing to bother that welt would increase your chances of infection, you ... else, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, the class itself was a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  [i think i need to drop another class] Hey gang, it’s your favorite ... surrender … And I will make room for You To do whatever You want to To do ... extremely tired. I wasn’t making time to rest or spend real time with God. And

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  These are the decisions you’re looking for. 2022s are happening

  

  sure you are ready to receive your decision before signing in to ... decisions are made available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use to sign into

  • by Decisions Droid
  • March 7, 2018
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  like I can’t stop. I’m not allowed to. If I do, I wouldn’t be making the ... can’t make the time to. Once an assignment is turned in, I can’t reflect ... plans to make life more manageable: taking late days, seeking extra

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  -defined problems fed to you by a benevolent manager, then you’re in luck because the “real world” will probably seem pretty easy compared to your time at MIT ... coursework, and that’s how to deal with all the parts of your job that aren

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  , no, it doesn't make any sense to me). Good luck with the rest of the ... So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and, realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... application, I wrote a sample blogpost in response to the prompt 'What is your ... starting house fires with her horrendous cooking to making dinner every night

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  I said I'd do it, no? Many of these websites won't have information ... summer is still comprehensive enough for you to take what you will from it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY SUMMER PROGRAM TO GET INTO MIT, by the way. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  🎶Jauntily Sauntering Ambling Shambler🎶 Yes, those are actual lyrics from the musical I was just in

  

  what most people make it out to be. Almost everyone here has an interest ... -dimensional than most media gives us credit for. It makes me sad to think how many ... walk out. When you’re stressed and busy it can be hard to remember why

  • by Powers '23
  • December 20, 2019
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  , please allow 7–10 business days for this to be reflected on your Applicant ... strongly recommend asking one of your math or science teachers to write one ... to add the recommender information to your MIT QuestBridge Supplement
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  to me. However….. That meant nothing right now. “NO! WHERE IS YOUR ... I would like to preface this by saying if you haven't read Vincent ... . From the murder of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, to the tragic

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  just use that answer as a way to gauge what you're excited about at MIT ... blood and gore makes me sick to my stomach, that's all. :) ...and as a ... whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  to sleep. But there is learning to be done! So I make a mental note to ... there making sure the stress wrinkles on your forehead don't become ... -day. Friday, on the other hand, somehow finds a way to wedge itself between

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  quickly 13 weeks go by. And just how little time there seems to be to ... impending deadlines and no where to be in particular. With nothing but all the time in the world for me to sit, staring at the ceiling, letting my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019