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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  first day was, but also by how similar it felt to my first day as a ... comedian. The room is so large that he has to have a microphone. By the end ... everyday all the time everywhere. Just to make this clear to you, here are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  to think that i’ve been strengthened by these things nonetheless. that ... she doesn’t expect anything she says to make me feel better. she’s right ... , does that make me mean, or rude, or selfish? if something bad happens to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a ... of you who attended CPW -- it was great to meet you! Here are the ... Welcome, including speeches by Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill, President

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  ). First and definitely foremost. I like to make lists. And spreadsheets. And ... data to the statistics file, where I analyze it by type of day (schoolday ... biology research is one of the loves of my life). So I decided to devote

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  preference to no longer be emailed by us (by marking messages as spam, by ... up-to-date. Usually we do this by deleting and remaking lists. However ... complex a communications project at this scale can be. It's so easy to make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  canceled due to conditions that make a compelling case for not having classes ... centimeter of precipitation - enough to finely coat the Earth's surface with a negligible amount of snow - to be a shocking amount. And that's understandable

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Drawing from Life "is that the boldest stroke you can make?"

  

  sessions: getting to observe and be inspired by other people's processes ... piles up and I get hosed. I know how to make bold strokes; I just need to ... [/annotation] major at Tufts and invites me to a life drawing session the other day in a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 28, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  's quite the character. I had to look at my photos carefully to make sure I ... sure to make an appearance.) It's only been a couple of months, but I don ... 's about time to blog about it. Turns out I'm just as bad as blogging things

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  'm establishing what success means to me on a day by day basis. Some days finishing ... Heads up: I'm not sure if any of this makes actual sense. This is really just me trying to work through my t h o u g h t s

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday vacation An atypical (but more entertaining than average) day in the life

  

  lab by 9 AM -- I needed to run some gels and generally be a productive ... moving over in a few weeks, and our head lab tech had asked me to stop by the new building to make sure my proximity card gave me access to the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  , taught by Professor Vivek Bald. Learning to make videos was a goal of mine ... more to learn before I one day make videos that are seen by many others ... weeks go by and I try to get ready to start working on this assignment. I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  information page, it appears that I will have to be identified as an aspiring ... Three months ago, I informed MIT admissions of my firm intent to ... a JPG image with my picture, stuck it on my blog page while it was

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  hosting this AMA — click on any of our names to get a quick overview! Andi ... were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student culture up close, from exploring dorm culture to experiencing real and

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  First and foremost: I am an EC, and EC's don't make admissions decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT ... :]." Ariadne, I've arranged for you to be contacted this weekend by Nicki '07 ... aid is resolved. We want you to be able to make the best decision you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  my summer at home, and that it would be nice to make some money. The ... through summer employment, so I guess I needed to make money somehow. I also ... do this summer. But I don’t know what I want to do, so that didn’t make

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  basically variations of "where to buy industrial sized vats of SPF 50" 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to TAKE THE PLUNGE What does it mean to be an admissions blogger

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  need to behave around you? Might I make a small suggestion? DO. Then go ... originally going to be longer and angrier. And delivered by a hit man. A hit ... reasons. Make the process by which you update those monitors more

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

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, who used to be a professor here in ... get a full ride. The best way to get a full ride at OSU is by being a ... . I made the elite show choir as a junior -- the only girl to make it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  get to make beautiful creations, such as the ones above, using the Lab ... and relative warmth is here to stay. In this final quarter of my time at MIT, I am taking not one, but two PE classes, back-to-back: Fitness

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018