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• Blog / Admissions

  Thoughts On The MIT Interview ...from the perspective of an MIT interviewer.

  

  to learn. In your life so far, you have of course also found things ... decisions. We are just people who once went to MIT (maybe in a time when it was easier to get into MIT than it is now) and have insights into the

  • by John DeTore '80
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also get afraid, and have to cope with risk and the limits of safety and your ... , where I sometimes felt like it was time to just go back home and stop

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  i have lived longer, so i know more about the best way to walk, and i ... about this if you do not have foot problems) need to wear shoes that help ... clothes. many people have a voice in their brain (learned hundreds times

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  had to choose which hobbies to focus your time on and there just weren ... you get to MIT, you’ll have had about eighteen years (or less for some of you overachievers) to figure out your hobbies and interests. Many

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Three things I didn’t learn from class behold, the listicle

  

  tunnels, without having to look at the tunnel map, for the first time. Two ... to help build a fort. I didn’t have any experience working with wood. I ... . I wanted it to have just the right proportions. It’d look weird if the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 26, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  registration day! aka "registration day blues", but like, only in the good sense of blues

  

  long time ago, and so I am deeeefinitely going to have to conjugate some ... studying for quizbowl. I think it is good to have at least one area of your life where you have to investigate why your brain is failing at doing

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  how dorm structure shapes social life in more ways than i can count, actually

  

  number of amenities you have access to doesn't go hand in hand with your ... the past are long gone. Having the freedom to experiment and make your ... within the dorm. When you already have the capacity to make your space your

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  's time to say it again. While admissions will have you believe that ... promise that attacking people is not going to help. Funnel your energy into ... -13 minutes prior to that, so be on the lookout. Good luck, pre-congrats to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  some things my eyes saw recently (this is exactly what it says on the tin)

  

  to start working there all the time, just for the view!) but here's the best pic I got. Feel free to try to make your guesses. On ... didn't have to pay storage costs. Still, damn, it was hard. I've never

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... I have something to say about MIT that I believe is important or gives ... time you'll have a timeline snapshot of me! This is an experiment, we

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Looking Back, Looking Forward In which I take a study break, discover some embarrassing videos, and tell you why…

  

  prepared for an amazing time, complete with the prospect of little to no ... the CPW webcast two weekends ago and already have an idea of how to ... get to know other members of your class - so if that means missing a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  playing. The game takes a pretty long time to complete, but it’s choose your ... to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to ... campus one single time, I consistently have no idea what building I’m in

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m going to be a blogger! The words my family had to hear 635,382 times

  

  trips and open skies and late nights and time to think make me talk like ... which is relevant to you: I have signed a very serious contract to try ... happened since. I have: -helped to put up, and then take down, a three

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 15, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and ... your feet into that same ice sheet to stand on. Climbing is a motion ... to the fact that your covered in sharp objects in the freezing cold

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  to break free from your jaw it itches unbelievably bad. Nothing helps ... up to greet your eager fingers. Smooth as a freshly shaved face, your ... and pay your respects to all that the beard has given you. A moment of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Rrrrrrr. CPW! [UPDATE] CPW Smoke. Don't breathe this.

  

  have a couple of things I need to tell y'all. First, Blendie (the ... : > You have to attend CPW to write an entry > You must use ... have your entry written sometime during the week after CPW > Go ahead

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  . ------------------------------------- Raghav wrote: "I have a question similar to John's. I do IB and my school ... should aim to keep your grades at or near the level they were when you were ... (practice tests - about 710W to 590CR)." Having a great Writing score

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  then repeat. That's right, theoretically there's order to what you're about to see. So now I'm done. I have a pistol competition at West ... excited for that! I'm filming this year (have I mentioned that?) and get to

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Internet Nostalgia Internostalgia!

  

  have abruptly shed their quiet greens to give way to an explosion of reds ... melted. They seem to have taken their design cues from a group of 12 year ... there's a peek at what the Internet used to look like. Clearly there have

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  /or speak to your dorm/floor chairs, they can try to accomodate your ... " .. does the room have to b self coloured or can u paint funky pics all over ... of their time to repaint the room for the next year. Other than that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005