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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... follow what appears to be a consensus of bloggers before me and adhere to ... wildly from pset to pset, although this is primarily a function of the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  and don’t have time to (since it’s kind of long), the gist is we were ... stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that ... trying to expand our definition of “productivity.” Whereas in previous

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  else in my boot. I was quite certain of that. But I still needed to check ... stalls down. I zipped up my trophy and marched to the premiere, the toes of ... been to Simmons before?” I heard snippets of her conversation. “I haven

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... anywhere (to my knowledge), which makes me sad. Yes, you get 9 units of ... happens when you get old.) It's totally up to you -- there are computers of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  of things to write about—there’s always something going on in my life ... keeping track of how many fire alarms each dorm has has since 2021. to our ... , extracurriculars, careers… At one of my lowest points, I decided to write a letter

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed ... ) where I got to meet a bunch of cool MIT alums (some of whom actually read

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  strange piece of deep, psychological programming that seems to unite pretty ... to say something like, "Oh, the campus is incredibly diverse but all ... absolute perfect answer to this question. My freshman year, I went to Sigma

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

  A Case of the Saturdays This is the true story of 5 mechanical engineers and 1 neuroscientist selected to spend…

  

  you in August), we got to Six Flags and began an engineer's tour of a ... before going to MIT. This was definitely not the subject of any of my ... important aspects of any trip to a theme park...overpriced food. POLL: What

  • by Bryan
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role Of A Teacher A discussion regarding recent events in a Colorado classroom.

  

  sort of territory with my blog, but I think it's directly relevant to ... political substance of the teacher's comments. Rather, I'm curious to know ... 's coverage of this - that "16-year-olds are so impressionable that we have to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and ... upon date by which students reply to offers of admission. Following May 1, we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Welcome To Guild Camp [by Susan Shepherd '11] "Boot, Not Summer."

  

  half an hour of sleep before work. Welcome to Guild Camp 2008&mdash ... resemblence to our initial plot. Every guild camp is different, of course. Last ... plots that none of the writers saw until it was too late to do anything

  • by ARTalk
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Stress

  

  's own Dean of Admissions, Marilee Jones) Speaking of parents: to the ... Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  paper in over a year, so it was nice to revisit the HASS part of me that ... :30, committing to the idea of skipping my 10 a.m. Chinese lecture entirely. I had ... exhaustion of being in multiple Zoom meetings a day and that I'll be able to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... veins with IV fluids most of them had better things to do - like go on ... to do in my busy schedule of having a fever and sleeping it off. S^3

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  simultaneously trying to be kind to the institution that gives me the privilege of ... with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who ... students are going to travel, regardless of break or not, and the only impact

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  , but I was happy to hear a couple of my friends saw them that night, lit ... Hey friends!! I wanted to drop this brief blag here because I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW THIS HACK YESTERDAY. For those of you who may not have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  change of scenery is refreshing and jumpstarts my mind to continue working ... -senior" status) to finish up a degree. I'm excited to be taking advantage of this ... , these are some of the highlights of some of my favorite places to sit and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  ] I committed to MIT a couple of weeks ago, so my main goal at CPW was ... group of friends to plan with. We were pretty meticulous with our ... screenshot of my spreadsheet. I went to 18/33 of the events I put on my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  fun about walking out of my dorm at 7:00 PM to go to a physics exam and ... is rare to meet someone who knows all the material of the classes ... It's June! Which means of course you're not interested in the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  a woman gets to experience many of the other universes that might ... consideration: that I wanted to move through the rest of my life with that social ... where to choose, and he knows himself best; he’s fully capable of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022