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• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  that. I’d probably go to a local state school and maybe apply for ... was a letter to the future, to be read in five years. But here’s what I ... favorite poem (“What happens to a dream deferred?”). Then there was College

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEGGGGGAAAAAAA! [by Danbee Kim '09] Music from Sonic, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, and more!

  

  [by Danbee Kim '09] It's familiar. It's even more familiar when a ... , Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy, just to name a few. Last Thursday ... together by a common love: video games. And it was this crowd that, upon the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  My winter break so far take a break

  

  break. I made plans to paint, work out, write, study, and a whole other ... closest things I had to a brother and a sister. It was really nice to be ... be a good start, since I don't want to break my streak of at least a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 29, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  months. As this week comes to a close, so does MIT's week of finals. This ... they felt. Next semester, when the freshman class switches over to A ... friends from high school to catch up over a solid In-N-Out burger, because

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Procrastination For Finals 2 T minus 53 hours...

  

  , past finals week A sweet escape, take me away Take me away, to better ... , to better grades Take me away, warm summer days There's a place that I ... away, past finals week A sweet escape, take me away Take me away, to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lip Sync & Toons Real singers and fake singers ...sort of like Jessica and Ashleey Simpson. (~17 pictures)

  

  Last night, I attended a concert by the MIT/Wellesley Toons, one of MIT's a cappella groups. Towwards the end of the concert, Lee-Kai '07 ... ? "Army" by Ben Folds Five Great job, Jen '07! Jen is the president of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  are as a person and a student. Applicants are expected to contact their ... around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application, essays, standardized tests and teacher recommendation letters (not to

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  can pretend to be friends with each other in a 30 person class.  The ... anthropology class teacher asked us to say our name and a small story related to our name, and my [annotation note="Intro to Algorithms, a class that is

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  that you wish to change from EA to RA. Financial Aid is a different ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... the deadline for Early Action. Here are some things we want you to know

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  I don't usually see students on a day-to-day basis.) Anyway, I ... material snot really is. Fast forward a few years, and I'm making educational ... therapeutic nanoparticles have a hard time penetrating the layers to get to the

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  guess it's called a "Quiz," but they just call it that to lure us into a ... only have three (well, two tests and a final) so I don't have to take ... 'd like to predict what a future blog entry may be about (specifically, the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  first impressions of LA the struggles of moving cross-country for an internship

  

  ."] completing various errands [/annotation]. i've never been to LA, so i formed a ... a crosswalk to go over to where it was waiting, and had to backtrack ... there always seems to be a nice breeze coming from somewhere.i love being

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 31, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  Dance at Duke, gave a profound lecture to a rapt and engaged audience. He ... 'm qualified to be here because I am a black man in America, and that does not ... 'm not here to get you to buy a CD. I don't care if you come to my next

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  . Even if you know you only have 90 minutes or less to make a great ... , lots of chemical engineering, and oh, a fraternity. I tried to stifle a ... describing a solution to a chemical engineering problem that involved dozens of

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  make sure everything works for you. Strange things happen to people who ... I've stopped watching this baby lion trying to roar long enough to ... online next Thursday, 12/14/17, at Tau Time (i.e. 6:28PM ET). To check

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  Harvard Yard to take the No. 1 bus up to MIT, where I was given a personal ... , separating it from Boston). We got there early enough to have a great view of ... 'm working on a great UROP, I have plenty of fun projects to spend my spare

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  and a Slack message from Petey appears saying, “Kellen, I need you to ... there to help! Until then, try not to worry too much. If you want a ... all could use a little support from time to time.

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  -control to only let the emotional floodgates open a little. I apologize in advance by how meandering and rambl-y this post is about to be. Last night ... burnout. They seem to lose their motivation and desire after a few years in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  i was in a bad place and was desperately freelancing to make as much ... exercise my creativity in the way i want to instead of throwing a stream ... to run to a class and then an advising appointment. and then i have to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  qualified enough to get a job, and tried registering for extra classes only to ... absolutely painful to write.  Okay, let’s backtrack a bit. We aren’t writing ... wanted to write this as a message to our present selves, our high school

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019