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• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  I've done a couple of posts about life at MIT, so I figure it's time ... . Proofread. I'm sure you've heard it all before, but your word processor ... your accomplishments or activities, or review the list if you've already

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  this utterly fascinating. I've always hated the expression "the straw ... the word I was thinking of!" Well I've found that sometimes Spanish ... Madrid." You go there so you can say you've been there, basically

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  , thank you for being patient. You've weathered the storm and, while you ... years ago, the sound isn't great but I've also included a link to an mp3 ... like "Please, please, no more take me out to the ball game, we've had

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Read This! All those questions you needed answeredvar gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript…

  

  have missed. I've been reading these comments for a year and half now and ... us on our toes and makes us follow through with things we've written. We can be scatter-brained and sometimes forget that we've started a

  • by Snively '11
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Break from Break I went to the Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference at Yale. And I'm blogging about…

  

  I've missed mystery hunt every year so far. Freshman year I found ... anyone else. In the pictures that follow, I've forsaken the higher ... like I do to East Campus. I can't do it. I think I've been going with my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Houston-area Suburbia kid Makes Trek to MIT Campus Preview Weekend with Mother By: Kevin, '11

  

  /c I've been pretty involved with my church throughout high school. And I ... early due to some searchlights on MIT's Great dome... I wonder what could've ... this fishing net that they had hung from the ceiling. (We also could've

  • by Bryan
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunny Skies In The OC [by Mirat Shah '08] A new post, and answers to your questions from the last…

  

  we also eat Thai food after class. But so far, we've stuck to the basic ... on this. I can't really find a good way to put it, but I think I've ... foods they eat, and places they've been too. Sometimes, my first

  • by Cambridge
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  -faculty members are lecturers for a course, they've gotten that job because ... asked Hi, I'm currently a highschool freshman. I've developed a strong ... have a list of books I've read in the past few years. Also, if you have

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  living hell for all involved. As previously noted, I've spent the last six ... if you haven't seen the financial aid package? Raise your hand if you've ... you've sacrificed and planned for all of his/her life? Enough from me

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  “Freshman Musical Dorms” A question inspires an entire entry about housing. But I threw in some other stuff…

  

  , because it was run by Laura Staurt, who I've mentioned once before. Her ... if you've ever read it. Besides, sci-fi isn't an insult, so relax ... . (Except for EC's. Theirs is kind of different.) OK, so you've visited a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  hacks? I've heard about the MIT balloon popping up at half-time during the ... mainstream culture. If you've heard of hacks at MIT, you've probably heard of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  , "Regarding the teacher evaluation, I've rarely had the same teacher for more ... -- the vast majority of students admitted to MIT come from schools we've ... the TOEFL as soon as possible. nina wrote, "I've posted a question, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  case, we weren't that lucky, but we've been to Dim Sum enough to know ... jackets you've ever seen? Some other people also found fulfillment at ... , having your hand pinched off or something. I've always been afraid of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  dreams of what lied beyond, and I guess you could say I've happily embraced ... , and from the age of thirteen, I've more or less been by myself all day ... exercising any advanced placement opportunity for the fall semester classes. I've

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  de," which I've heard many times but never exactly understood. My ... officer?" I've written before that we're not looking for perfection. One ... admissions, medical school transcript evaluations aren't done in a vacuum. I've

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  films of all time: Sneakers. I've got a week's worth of questions to catch up on. I've been writing this entry for a while now and am less than ... application the thorough review it deserves. And, ultimately, we've found that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exodus from Cambridge in which MIT evicts us due to the COVID-19 pandemic

  

  undergraduates. Since it's so long, I've broken it up into sections: Monday ... incomplete. I've tried to pour every detail I can remember into it, but too ... or if I had enough dining dollars left for lunch. They've been replaced

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 22, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  up to you. As I've written before, we're not going to reject you ... supplement for the application packet?" As I've written, I think research ... the way that best fits for you. I've seen serious essays, funny essays

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life But make it four

  

  captions are embedded in the images, so I’ve included a text-only version at ... : Roommate is helping me construct a dresser from IKEA that I've been putting

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  The Classes I’m Taking This Semester [in order from least-to-most edible] 🪀🚑🔥📚♟️

  

  cut out of it. You’ve made decisions about what to include and what not ... know, does your schedule taste very good? cool songs i've been listening

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 8, 2026