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• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  Hi Everyone, I was just taking a look at some of the questions on ... at your application again and consider it in the context of the Regular ... deferred. In fact, there will likely be nothing at all missing or needing

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  remember my dad looking at me with his honest, slightly concerned eyes as he ... often does everyone hear that? Kindergarteners could tell you that. At the ... finals week for us here at MIT. So to all who applied, whether you get in

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability ... paste on setting: Friday. After 4 hours, at 11:59, quickly sprinkle in the ... emotional pick me up, or at least clean laundry. Content with the knowledge

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Hack Punt Tool: The Musical Now, the music can be yours.

  

  away at problem sets or studying. For a much better (and more musical ... : Billy Rogers (Trevor M. '15), a freshman who arrives at MIT determined ... seven writers, four were full-time undergraduate students at the time the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 30, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  One of these labs is not like the other GELlin' like a felon

  

  The scene: Friday morning, about 9:10am Me: *Sits down at table with ... ’re getting trained in and feedback on. At least for me, I have trouble ... ’s newspaper, completely student run), shouldn’t I be good at optimizing things

  • by Stanley G.
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  year he used his computer skills to obtain an internship at a local ... of Sunday afternoon brunches at IHOP after the wait at the Friendly

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Magic Of fluorescent cells and robots

  

  all the things I love. I will also be back at MGH soon to volunteer so ... . At the start, you might not know a lot of things but I guarantee after ... nightmare of most pre-meds. Well.. at the beginning, it was somewhat enjoyable

  • by Linh V. '13
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  it was like no time had passed at all; despite not keeping in touch ... : ... Me: ... At this point, I realized she was serious. Me: NO! WHAT? NO! WE ... at 4am the next day better than I ever could

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Time Flies… especially when you are having more fun than you could possibly imagine.

  

  150. At the same time, I bid the Class of 2011 goodbye with the promise ... to even realize…ways that will be a part of them when their time at MIT ... . As they are making plans for their future I am overwhelmed at all the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... do it all now. It's okay to jog instead of run. Keep up at a steady ... importantly though, remember the BIG picture. At the end of the day, it doesn

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  with different themes. This year’s topic was Portable Windmills. At the ... students for a chance at a summer internship. Momentum was a truly amazing ... reunited at last.    5. I needed watermelon: I painstakingly dragged

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  Do you ever feel like you can't do just one thing at a time? These ... winter at the very least. Admission was just 10,000 won, which is a little ... . We had arrived at 10:30 PM, and there were still families trickling in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... at BHCC) A- AP Chemistry (self study / MIT OCW) Chemistry ... ______________________ and I will mail or fax them to you at that time." Some of you have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Space Robots II: Attack of the Paradigm Shifts why undergraduate research is so much more than an opportunity

  

  UROPs. You've heard about them before, but here's a refresher. At ... at every new cut was a real "whoaaaaa what?" moment :) But though ... summer gig. A really cool summer gig. That was all. At the end of the

  • by Piper '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  good bonfire, our group of five decided to take a look at what was ... into the place to be at night. Over a hundred people gathered around a ... , mother and son. At a call, two members of the family had to pick up the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  things at MIT? Where to live is a subject that is frequently touched on in ... . The living groups at MIT are as diverse at its students, so whether you

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  message from her asking if I had ever attended any classes at the Russian ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on tests at MIT would beg to differ). In fact, as far as innate ability goes

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  Mary, and my status as the youngest child meant she knew my location at ... reactor design), and 10.213 (chemical engineering thermodynamics) all at ... amount of ethyl acetate at a given purity per year. Ethyl acetate is a very

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  like a crazed lion, tearing at every nerve ending within its grasp. I ... weeks staring at the ceiling, pondering life, pain, and the existence of a ... . Here at MIT, uncertainty abounds. The key is to embrace it and keep

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  combination of those). I'm not even a senior yet, but at this half-way point, I ... advisor yesterday, and at some point he said, "When the time comes, I ... looking at things through different lenses and rehashing them until they

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011