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• Blog / Admissions

  Value added You are not the same person you'll be at the end of undergrad, and your…

  

  applying to my programs. (I got a better score on the GRE than I did on the ... junior year. I was on the varsity quiz team, which went to the state ... kids off drugs and helped orient freshmen and new students to my school

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  teacher is on the ball and sends in your recommendation in September, we'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes ... things that you'd like to include in your application, but that don't fit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  rising star in economics since her doctoral dissertation- on a new way to analyze how people respond to rising uncertainty- creating a stir on the ... through with our plans to take a trip to the White Mountains in New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  you’re some kind of pro, but it was a pretty big deal to me, at the time ... to my collection of positive things I could look back on when I was ... glasses had started to slip down my face. My legs were on fire as I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  This is the first in a series of a couple of posts I wanted to do on ... Burton Conner - rip Senior House) to paint murals on the dormitory walls ... to focus on the door murals in particular for this post. When you

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes, falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take ... , by MIT).                  On Monday and we had a new storm. Here

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  available. ECs typically use the email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please monitor your inbox and respond promptly ... not able to offer interviews to all applicants. If your interview is
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  'm stuck on a deserted island of pre-afternoon hours with nary a soul to ... horizon. Dim Sum! If you're ever mind-numbingly bored enough to pop open a ... Principle. A few blocks later, you're dodging taxis in Chinatown and on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  the privilege to interact with the new cool kids on the block. Can ... connections the Institute has with local STEM companies. Last week, I went to on ... legitimate answer to the “what’s your hobby?” question (it used to be UROPs

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  's first decision was whether to use the beaver or the Great Dome on the ring ... MIT Club of New York proposed a mascot to President Richard Maclaurin ... To go along with Chris' entry about excitement for the unveiling of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  totally list that as a talent on your application). Number theory is fun ... this up to one of my housemates, Josh, who was on the winning 2003 ... to really like it, for a few reasons. Certainly, it is a swiping of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  downstairs with your dirty linens, or the emergency pizza button on (I believe ... so hot that Mike '09, looking on, had to break out the Ben & Jerry ... AM last night, and spent the extra hour catching up on some much

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  , talking to you, your parents, and more. After a ridiculously competitive ... options can be hard on both sides. That can be emotional. To those of you ... (there's nothing to apologize for!) -- letting us know that you're choosing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  cardstock that entitle me to a non-reserved seat on what I can best describe as a train that makes you feel like you’re on an airplane. Right now, I’m sitting on a bus that will take about 8 hours to get me half way

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  together and maybe write some new carols. mitBEEF is a club dedicated to ... Blasters None of this tame nonsense! Use nerf darts to skip your opponent ... pancakes while singing along to your favorite Disney songs! 08:47 - 10

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  problems on sheets of paper, and talk about your unwavering dedication to the ... ?", or "do I have enough energy to work on my resume today?", or "do I have ... ? Why does it feel hollow? We'd be quick to blame the fact that we're in a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  allowed to discuss calls we've been on. That won't be hard- there weren ... no good. So the new plan is this: I'm going to go in and observe ... getting in to MIT. I feel your pain. My senior year involved a lot of things

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Out There kicking off spring break with some Chinese food, some anime, and some media studies

  

  pasted on the side of a bus. Having a dedicated 5+ hours/week to really ... another skill to draw from and incorporate into your writing." For Sato ... escalators reach over to their neighbors on the up escalators for high-fives as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 22, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An old man’s thought of school Whitman. X-men. Youth. Zymurgy.

  

  reason. Don't skip all your 2.007 labs to go tanning on the esplanade, but ... introduce myself to them, and they say, "Oh, you're not an undergrad, right ... Wars movies they were going to watch on a given night. Which, I mean, is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  at 11:59 PM on Saturday, and I was up the next morning at 10:30 AM to ... some new obligation for myself. I am working with administrators on a ... until 11 AM, and I have no required classes on Friday. Yet, I go to bed

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022