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• Blog / Admissions

  Rocky Mountain Round-Up The latest from my travels in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

  

  in Brigham Young's historic house (where, for the first time, I tied ... Problem Solving. For those of you who don't know about AoPS, it is the best ... , sending the father home to be with his family, while giving him my direct

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  amassed a boatload of excuses so feel free to complain and I'll send you one ... . For all of you medical school hopefuls (yes, the admissions process ... lines of a statement like, "An understanding of the past is necessary for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  dedicated to finding internships for undergrads--he travels every summer to ... !) for interested juniors and sophomores to learn more about industry, and sends out countless e-mails notifying all undergrads of open positions. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback A useless guide to MIT undergraduate housing.

  

  . Unless you consider all of those 500 forms I needed to fill out and send in ... stands for "Interactive Introduction to the Institute," and it showcases ... downloadable video. If you can't find the video for a particular residence

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  for graduate student Y. Graduate student Y wrote this about X ... (say, Senator Foo or Congressman Bar). It's rare for these letters to say ... asking the aide in that politician's office that they worked for to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  National Park in Maine. We planned meticulously for the trip – booking the ... , I’ve had my South African driver’s license for three years and was no ... ’t you the least bit terrified?” “Is it even legal for you to drive here

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  still seems like too weighty a decision for a single Google Form. i ... [/annotation] and i stapled into an eight-person group (the maximum number for BC ... , and they also do not get first priority for their dorm choice, unlike BC

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  to get a little more bang for your MIT buck, based on things that I ... advantage. Simply checking your MIT email for announcements from student ... final day of freshman orientation, you can sign yourself up for as many

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  whom are MIT students) come together for a week of pure camp fun – filled ... rotations, swimming, hiking, and more. Planning for each camp session is done ... starts preparing for the following Camp session as soon as the present

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on wryping styles wryping = writing + typing

  

  sentences with commas, always thinking of replacements for semicolons, etc. I ... replacement for the period, who knows :p in actuality, however, one of my default typing styles for as long as i can remember has been more like 'slim

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 29, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  trigger built in; that for every person, there is a sentence that can reduce ... the bathroom at the beginning of january i flew to sf for a job interview. i was pretty nervous for it - it was my first ever in-person job

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  screen to replace mine. I hadn’t planned for this, so I walked outside and ... a turn, and dipped inside the nearest store to ask the owner for ... chatted with another customer while waiting for him to get back.   

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  requested for financial assistance. both were approved. it was a relief to ... from dining for at least the next two months. there was this book giveaway that the undergrad association did, where we wrote a blurb for one

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  We spent our last three summers at home. That’s not super common for ... , so applying to internships or looking for summer UROPs just wasn ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The coolest spring break ever? Visit a College Campus!

  navigate whether that community is the right one for you. A great line I ... can help you reach out for help when you need it and find peers who ... application deadline?” or “What are the SAT requirements for MIT?” I know we

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This writing major is an option for students interested in science journalism ... designed to work as a complementary major for students majoring in science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  discovered a new application for Newton’s Law of Conservation of Energy, which is loosely stated as such: “For every student sitting in a library ... . Below is a list of ten of the best spaces for both of these activities

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Birds Are Real, and So Is Quantum Physics Monkey see, monkey believe

  

  that quantum phenomena, as absurd as they seem, are real. And for once, I ... process for us and dramatically speeds up experiments. Instead of placing ... light that, for simplicity, we can measure as an angle between 0° and 90

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  else is 34000+? The number of cities that Airbnb services! Hooray for ... this, I swear. I just googled 34,000+ and this is what came up.   ... portal crashes in the last months of the year. For those of you already

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Talent Show ua innovation gets lit

  

  --I'm honestly super impressed by the committee. They held 'dress rehearsals' for ... event, as well as office hours for any lingering questions. They also did ... making sure that everyone was on the same page. Here's the program for the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 30, 2020