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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  Guess what! I passed my EMT practical exam! Yay! Now all I have to do is study real hard for the written test...yikes. And then maybe I ... I'm really lucky, even through the 18.03 pset I have to do right after

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  opportunity cost. Everything you decide to do will keep you from doing something ... from getting an early start on your project. Wanna stay up late doing ... doing well at MIT is figuring out what costs you can bear. I had a lot of

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  yourself" means 3:47 The "what do you do for fun?" essay 4:37 The "what do you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  Fun fact about me, on days when I don’t have much to do, especially ... reflect on things. If you do any sort of leadership training program, much like GEL, you’ll do reflections a lot, and it might take a while to

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Something is coming, part 3… And the anticipation builds!

  

  To begin, add to Next, mix in a little of this (slightly nsfw for about 3 seconds) Now, put Jess and I in charge, give us a couple of months to stir, and what do you get? Wait and see! (no spoilers in the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Graduation Picture Book Photos from graduation because I've lost my writing skills (~23 Pictures)

  

  I decided that since I still cannot write intelligibly in order to summarize what four years of an MIT education can do for you, I'll just post some pictures from graduation until I process everything.

  • by Bryan
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Trans-Consciousness Messaging Protocol! Of course I can't resist. Who do you think I am?!

  

  For those of you who haven't seen today's xkcd comic, I'm putting it here, because it seems all too fitting for the state of our comment pages. ...what, you don't think it applies? (I do have a huge post coming up. This

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 28, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does MIT consider legacy?

  MIT doesn't consider legacy or alumni relations in our admissions process. If you'd like to read more about this policy, check out the blog Just to Be Clear: We Don't Do Legacy.
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can my school counselor find helpful information?

  Thank you for all of the good work you do for our awesome applicants! We understand what a daunting task it is for school counselors to meet all of the different requirements for so many students and schools. We
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I submit a maker portfolio?

  The Maker Portfolio is an opportunity for students to showcase their projects that require creative insight, technical skill, and a hands-on approach to learning by doing. Members of the MIT Engineering Advisory Board
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  enjoyed doing nothing stopped enjoying doing nothing felt a bit sad and lost ... remembered the things i liked to do at school remembered the love for games ... we can't go around doing things other people tell us to do for the rest

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  I also really need to do 2.005 but I only have time to do one, which should I do?"* *Why do I need to do 2.005? Kinda need to try to bring up ... your Facebook feed. I usually don't do this, I don't really think my

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  bored in iap maybe i should've signed up for something

  

  and i have nothing much to do. but with nothing to do, i'm getting kinda ... that lots of people do things during iap (classes! internships! urops! travel!) there are also people who don't do much during iap, and instead

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On How To Approach Your Interview Advice on how to approach your interview.

  

  or her a call or write him or her an email. You should do this, not one ... , they should limit themselves to nagging you to do it, and not do it for ... periodically as we do sometimes recruit new ECs through the year who might be

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  soulsearching / naubos na in which i ramble about purpose

  

  wanted to do an internship over the summer. I don’t know what, exactly, made me feel like I wanted to do one. I knew that I didn’t want to spend ... from one of them, then I’d strongly consider doing an internship there

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

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  on time, so I am simply doing it anyway. In many ways this is exactly what MIT is like; you need to do something, but it is very hard, but you really need to do it, and so you just do the very hard thing without

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... there, watch some kids and can't do all the cool stuff... Being a ... breaks. Besides, I get to do awesome stuff no one else gets to do, like

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  't know what to do other than watch and hope. And I keep thinking "did this ... whatsoever, do not hesitate to call or email anyone in our office. As you may ... searching for ways to help. Do any of you have other ideas to add? Also

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  'm listening it right now and I don't like it. Do yourself a favor and listen to ... point. And the point is that you should do things that are fun, even if ... that you're doing for fun. It sounds really silly, but… it's pretty easy

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  'll be spending today doing what I'll be doing for the next several months ... process and, to the extent possible, explain how and why we do the work we do. But now our Early Action applicants have all applied, and our

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011