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• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  of shit I was going to eat, sometimes served on a high-speed conveyor ... ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If ... . I cried a lot, often in my room or empty classrooms on campus, with

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  undergraduate admission in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions ... as a master's student at MIT) working on space cyborg and wearable ... admissions today on MIT FB, and it reminds me of the time when I applied to MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of SURFing at NIST Using a tiny tractor beam to manipulate nanowires

  

  ! My research was on Using Optical Tweezers to Create Nanowire Based ... picture? Those are zinc oxide nanowires growing on the edge of a silicon ... and then arrange them to create a nanodevice. Exciting, eh? In order to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  d-d-d-d-drop date late is good sometimes

  

  -necessary, non-lecture classes to get to on Tuesday. This was my first year not ... paper and do that pset when you have a puppy to play with. Thanksgiving ... enrolled. In the spring Baker House usually drops a piano off their roof to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours? My interview with Michael Epstein '04, covering his MIT experience and the genesis of his…

  

  I'm hoping to make a habit out of occasionally interviewing members ... Studies and then went on to create Untravel Media with three other MIT grads ... . What kind of student do you think makes a good match to MIT? MIT students

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic ... order. Time to make lunch! Salad + fruit + almonds + a roll orrr PB ... on the train and hope that I wake up to my 7:20 alarm. 7:30 AM

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  . On Saturday I got some basic instruction on how to use a lathe, which ... giving a presentation, so I dropped in to watch) on my way to the grocery ... .03 pset. I unfortunately feel like this is going to be a theme for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  Campus that I spend a lot of time on. As a honorary frosh there, I’m inclined to participate in a three-hour challenge that the upperclassmen set ... sprained me knee bringing around a blanket and asking strangers to join

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The career fair and emerging pop stars Thinking about life after MIT at the Career Fair...and then watching a fellow blogger transform…

  

  a very intimate setting and an extraordinary opportunity to really get to know about a company. I was seated at a table with three other ... set-up booths in our athletic facility to try to recruit MIT students

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike ... would be. Fortunately, we were allowed to give a little paragraph about

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  ] An MIT researcher has developed a technique to deblur shaky camera photos. Say hello to the newest blogger, Jessica Kim '10 (a.k.a. JKim, or ... Some random links I've been accumulating: The New York Times asks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  've taken to working on a little mural on my door whenever a pset makes my ... . a virgin door closeup on the flair featuring two years worth of door ... in macgregor so I'm painting on clear contact paper try not to paint

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  . If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy ... , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... While browsing through my news feed the other day, I came upon a post

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  Preview Weekend (CPW), I figured it would be worthwhile to spend a little time helping to set expectations for the weekend. Because CPW is such a ... it, and I hope I can give you a better sense of what to really expect

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Will there be a wait list this year?

  Each year we aim for a class of approximately 1,100 students. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend ... 't possible to exactly predict how many students will attend each year. To help
• Blog / Athletics

  Rowing at MIT: a guest post by Connor M. ‘16

  

  given the green light to take a boat out on the water. Once we started to ... -frosh, at the CPW of 2012. My host was a rower on the men’s lightweight team ... of practice, a bunch of novices crowded around a bench swing on the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 26, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  a very cute movie on Netflix :)"]To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before ... up running around madly and using the compass on my smartphone to ... that “admissions officer” was a job. I hadn’t spared much thought on how

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Decisions

  

  confidence that you will be admitted to several great colleges, and a letter ... you again get a choice: where do you want to go? Remember that no matter ... your talents to go on to do wonderful things with the education and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  thought should be able to provide a letter, however they are not able to do ... unable to write you a letter. We encourage you to try to get letters of recommendation from people who can write well on your behalf, or to at least have
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  , I turned into a puddle of excitement. A puddle! I tried to plan out ... is not a guide to optimizing your CPW experience... here are a few ... filled with hundreds of other prefrosh just like you, so it'd be a shame to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014