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• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  years together, and they were three of the most formative years of my life ... offer. It was with me the first time I went abroad and has been to as many ... ="attachment_39168" align="aligncenter" width="700"] It also screened a lot of the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  sake of the blogposts. I was known on the blogs for having a lot of ... ), I also dug back into my old MIT email and re-read a lot of the very ... apartment but it was so cute doing the whole girls in a New York City

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  themselves from the pain. The mere passage of time turned out to be that ... others that's just how life works. The first—so far only—big conference ... win, though I concede the meager pool of opportunities sought (can

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  major reunion and I've been spending much of the time recently, when I ... . Before the magic of the internet we actually got a real letter announcing ... were admitted or not by the size of the envelope...the bigger the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  on the world out of everything I’ve done so far in my whole life. This ... be interesting to explore some of the less-than-optimal decisions I ... which (especially the second one) had the overall effect of lowering my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  I first stepped onto MIT’s campus in the summer of my junior year, and it was my first impression of what college life could truly look ... ’t quite supplement the feeling of actually being on campus.  That being

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  actually need the card. -__-  I needed the exercise after a whole year of ... 3/22 Welcome to the unfiltered stream of my consciousness. Please ... want to see awesome pictures of the American Southwest and read about

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  semester (although I haven't had the chance to build most of them... yet). Tetrahedron I think we can all agree that the triangle is the pinnacle of ... flawless design, but with the power of hot glue, it is indeed possible

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  boss. (Plus, what other admissions dean would rock out at Battle of the ... ) -- Though just teenagers, the applicants to the Massachusetts Institute of ... perfection "is making our children sick," the MIT dean of admissions told a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  A few days ago a young man posted a confession to the Class of 2016 ... people!   In the comments some of his classmates shared similar ... they were admitted, once the glow of joy dimmed down, there lurked in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  how to make a minecraft bot reflections on my microsoft internship

  

  decent work set-up. The first week of January was full of onboarding tasks ... about her in-person experience here) but due to. . . the state of the ... bestselling video-game of all time. The one time I tried using Minecraft was to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  mode during which we coded most of the bot in the last 24 hours. If ... tournament, the results of which will be released at an event next week. There are over $30,000 in prizes on the line, courtesy of trading companies

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  dont want to write ah

  

  friends who were in the area, like junwon and victor. for the first week of ... 's see, december. towards the end of the semester is the time when all the ... of the time it was because i couldn't be bothered to get out of bed. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  My spring break consisted of some of the things I love most in this ... , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... off bags, then went right to the venue for an afternoon of sailing

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  still lingered in the back of my mind. no matter how hard i tried to ... the first semester was going to go exactly to plan. i was gonna be a ... !!! this is the end of the honeymoon phase. cue the fights. cue the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Weekend Update A couple FAQs and others tidbits.

  

  A few updates before the weekend... First, let me answer two FAQs ... in on all of the details soon. Relatedly, I will also be doing a small ... 'Grady, which is a lot of fun (and you can watch the episodes online!); I'm hoping

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like, then read the plot summary for every subsequent episode, take note of the ... polish them; the rest of the paragraphs just become a way to link the main

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Got The Gig So excited about ALL the Things!

  

  Hi!! First of all, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE AN MIT BLOGGER!! When I got that message from the infamous King of the Internet, Chris Peterson ... and wonderful people in the world, some of which are also going to MIT

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  internship two years ago was part of the race to build the world’s first ... the frustration of attempting engineering drawings. We would draw boxes ... and meticulousness were the defining traits of a good engineer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  On MIT and Humanities I promise I will stop philosophizing (aka. sounding like an old man) in my entries…

  

  first dissected The Four Quartets for us that warm sunny day in March of ... . I hope the rest of you will similarly find this useful. "MIT is just ... , do you think you will be able to complete the core sequence of 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 19, 2009