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• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  application looks like (it really doesn't look that different, ha) and I've been ... I've gotten on this subject already - seriously, the adcoms are not

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Great Wifi Outage of 2007 Burton-Conner's wifi went out two days ago; Evan will tell you more by the end…

  

  Saturday overnight shift on the ambulance, I've barely had any time to ... times much more vital than the background you've acquired, as your work

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  them in. You've gone to camp before, right? Think of it like camp, but ... , and many classrooms) that don't have good service. I've heard Verizon is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  from those communities, I've put together this blog that details a non ... into a college because then you've got the wrong idea.   Table of ... Description: Technically this channel should've been included with the other You

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  body at this point and who are one of the few that can say they’ve been

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  . Without a doubt, 6.2600 is the most magical and exciting class I’ve taken at

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018. "What if I don't get in?" "Am I good enough?" (That is a question we all ask ourselves). "The acceptance rate is only a 5% or 6%" I've always

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT And/As Marathon doing things that are hard

  

  exactly like you're told, you keep coming and coming, nightly.”   I've ... overtrain your body. I've done both. Sometimes, knowing your limits is the ... immediately after earning tenure. Over the last few years, I've tried to do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  inaccurate. I should have said, “I’m both Chinese and Ethiopian”. I’ve always

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  part of being a blogger, as you've probably noticed if you follow the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  most of your opportunities. Because we don't care about what you've done

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  made it, as you've always been able to all along. And that's MIT, an

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  I've been working on my grad school apps lately, when I'm not busy with other stuff. I bet that a lot of you are working on college applications, including your MIT applications. Over the summer, when I was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Choice and the MIT lifestyle ...because "MIT" and "student life" aren't mutually exclusive.

  

  to be with school. I've heard some consternation recently about my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  hair. It's nice to have people you've known since sixth grade who also

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  's kind of a coincidence; if you've read my course catalog history you ... great idea, though I could've made some details clearer, like payment ... . Even when you think you've accounted for the buffer time, you haven

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  : We've collected a small pile of students. We walk into the back of the ... of time. Who could've guessed? 6.39 - 7.08 pm: Caragay comes back and ... I've learned one thing in my eight semesters at MIT, it's that things

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  ’ll make it. Ever since the start of the semester, I’ve cooked more than 90 ... healthfulness when you can enjoy the tenderest chicken breast you’ve ever had? You ... how long I’ve been cooking for. The answer is usually shorter than what

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Took A Gap Year some things you just can't predict

  

  university has to offer are unparalleled relative to anything I’ve seen before ... , congratulations. You’ve been given a great opportunity. MIT deeply believes in you ... close and whispered assurances; they’ve forged themselves into your life

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • March 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Two thousand high schoolers walk into MIT what could possibly go wrong?

  

  evenings, where people talk… about… stuff… okay, I wouldn’t know. I’ve never ... to eat some dinner. By then, I’ve taught for six hours. I guess I was ... fastest time I’ve seen, lucky, is 18 seconds; I know someone who can average

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 28, 2019