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• Blog / Advice

  You only got in because you’re a… how to cope when good news unexpectedly gives you the blues

  

  post on "the guilt of being admitted": I think it's exactly what I needed ... This is a blog post for those of you who are struggling with the social implications of getting into colleges. It's such good news, you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  same energy. The streets were full of fraternity vans trying to snag new ... promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of ... of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  working on; I tried to say that stress was taking the best of me, but even ... the greatest kids showing up at the freshman orientation of his new ... , had a new name: "Stanford." All of us called him this because he was the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  For the Love of Darties and ChemE An audio journey

  

  ’t good a week ago. Come to think of it, it wasn't necessarily amazing two ... live in whole new world where we are connected by...our...screens? Okay ... living before, but things are quite different though. Speaking of two weeks

  • by kellen manning
  • March 26, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  so lucky, but I did write a handful of rhymes for giggles on our bus ... of Iceland[/caption] the wheels on the bus go round and round driving ... traveling with just friends (no Real Adults^TM?!?), and it was a lot of fun

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  By the end of my freshman year, I was convinced that I had not learned anything in my classes at MIT. By the end of my sophomore year, the ... part in terms of math academics, I had fallen to believe something

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  branches was it easy to let go?

  

  carry on, i carry on." in the million million possible worlds of classes ... interconnectedness, arguing against the alienation of self from the rest of the ... , which has a beautiful music video. i'm not a fan of psychological horror

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Process of Psetting And the technicals of technicals

  

  reputable sources agree on the definition of a pset, there is high variance ... The imperative of an Admissions Blogger is to write about life and ... common unit of homework assigned here at MIT. Excellent, in-depth high

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the ... personalities of the felines on Fifth West of East Campus.    Puru is a ragdoll ... and Puru have this crazy fight where Puru jumped on top of him and they

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  invent a bunch of new obligations but HOPEFULLY I would just read books and ... ="aligncenter" width="300"] !!![/caption] Hank is a man of many passions: science ... profits to charity, posting thoughtful weekly vlogs — the list goes on. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  of my time". i could be getting new clothes, or working on my personal ... thing i got out of twitter. as an aside, why are so many professors on ... up on a lot of fun material. but i'm not actually doing any exercises

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  understandable; I remember doing a bit of that myself on college apps. I vividly ... ahead of me in school, was working on her college essay on the bus to a ... 's life. It was more of a resume-filler, something that would "look good on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March No longer MIA.

  

  Bauer, attends the City University of New York Honors College. ... This entry brings to a close one of the longest periods of blog ... ? Domestic selection (final stages). It's been a long season of Regular Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  graduate. A lot of students pursue 5th year masters, some go on to industry ... well.) As far as the number of classes you can take, you are on a credit ... done this at some point, so if you know of a blogger who already has

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzle: Are we going to win? another puzzle to stimulate your mind

  

  My friend Brian, Course VI '07, came up with this puzzle. I'll give you one hint for now, use this website for help. I'll be travelling this weekend, so I probably won't get a chance to post the solution until

  • by Bryan
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on ... kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If you ever want to see him again, you must meet all of our demands. The

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  dinner with a group of people and learn about a new topic from someone or ... , weird ideas we’re lying on the carpet at 5 am, the weight of the world ... Ask MIT students what they like about MIT, and many of them will say

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  , back to procrastination. Although I was Very On Top Of Things for MIT and ... between EA and regular decisions other than work on college apps? A lot of ... what a titration is." "On behalf of the Admissions Committee… Wasn

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  when the MIT alum CTO of some hot new startup asks you how you know ... was whisked off for a day of exhilarating, platonic adventure ... : this weekend reminded me of it. Several weekends ago, I was having

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  take a good photo of something that's over 360,000 kilometers away on a ... in the middle of writing a HASS paper on the Hippocratic Oath, so I ... on the Class of 2010 Brass Rat, it's much better than this.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008