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• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  to come see me today - heh) but I did have a great conversation with ... at Iona Prep. With some time to kill (I'd left CT early to avoid rush ... When you have a 2.5-year-old and a 3-month-old, anything after 6AM is

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a ... , manufactured to be tough and sturdy and to have your tensions and compressions ... . But I’m fairly sure that I’d have more time to feel.  I can make more

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  have no real interest in MIT from applying (the ones who do not wish to ... request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike ... plagiarize your essay, we expect that you will not misrepresent your ability to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  'm halfway through my time at MIT already. It's not even that I have nothing to ... used to be a bullet journal but over time has been reduced to the bare ... been struggling to find time for it. At the beginning of every semester I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  store for me. This Saturday, I officially move to New York City. I have ... world pushes me to do. Despite the fear and the nervousness, I do have a ... write a lot more and and and I just have a lot of things I want to do

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes ... 's enough time for me to assure each and every one of you, right now, of this ... "IHTFP!" from my (I mean, your) dorm room window. It's to show you exactly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  take too much time...but something to consider." I considered it for ... yourself stuck on, say, a college essay - maybe it's time to invest in some ... A niche on the third floor of MIT’s Building 8 leads to two glass

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  becoming an MIT student???" I'd be happy to answer your questions (or direct ... of the "talk list". Most living groups at MIT, in addition to having ... the meaning of e - you could have picked any other base to work with, in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  hard, and listen to your body. That's how you pull away from the pack ... impossible.  And yet world-class marathon runners are able to run twenty-six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  during-the-semester musical to be fun." Me: "Yeah, you're right. I won ... time to learn every song once. So, this was it. I showed up at the MTG ... your intuition, you need to relax and open your throat more." I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  have a minor foot injury, the correct response is to pretend that nothing happened and to walk exactly the way you’re used to, even if doing so makes ... forget how to walk - the first time i injured my right foot, i took

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  ; our lives have diverged enough that I'm starting to think of them in ... around the country. But I digress and philosophize. To pass the time until ... to get somebody to guess "stick pickles into your nose and ears?" The

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  : If you're not into this, don't worry—you don't have to be very good at ... , confident as you please. I tend to solve problems quickly, so the extreme time ... Hamilton-listening time took a serious hit. Partial fractions continued to be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  have to bike to Northeastern three times a week. so far, it's been a ... what I'll do, but right now I'm having a good time, so I'm just going to ... did my freshman year. my decision to commit to Kinematix full-time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  same time, this was an interesting foil to the atmosphere of machine ... approach, but whom I admired from afar, happy to have found another model to ... the next bike to come back. At the moto fest, every time people asked

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  students to do things just because they think they have to. We don’t want ... scores if they have demonstrated strong commitment to their communities. In ... bar is set very high for MIT, and students have to have very good grades

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  't give them a lot of time. and that sucks. it's a strange problem to have ... , i didn't spend much time considering it. i didn't want to live in ... have to lug my hamper down four flights of stairs. the kitchen is a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  ability to make reasonable judgments, however. So, whether or not you're ... difficulty that requires you to reach out and work with your classmates, to ... uplifting to your ability to make interesting dinner conversation at family

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT application portal after you have submitted your QB supplement). If you did not
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  the hard way that proving you're right rarely ever proves anything to ... on this one. I have really bad travel luck, and I need to plan for ... should, carry your valuables with you, and bring a phone to bathrooms for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019