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• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Visits… Bring Em’ On! This entry will focus on the dos and don'ts of a fall visit to a…

  

  glance at the material once, then place it all by the curb to be recycled ... at this point.The only way to know that you can't afford a school is ... of harm's way; check out the banking facilities, check to see which

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  , but what they grow to be” "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest ... energized by our diversity, with a meritocratic openness to talent, culture ... was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program Come play with us!

  

  this entry might be a good way to lure people to sign up for overnights ... this term can be found here; it might be best to sit in on freshman ... should bring for meals, and perhaps the best way to get to campus; when I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  concerted effort to be more still this year. It also feels nice to be doing an ... Petey lift too. [Edit: I forgot Amber and MG and Audrey!] To be honest, I ... 't agree with either of those sentiments. I like to think IAP is a sort of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s All About The Process Take a moment, then get back in the game.

  

  this class. For many there is a perception that the only way to increase ... scrutiny and examination before being admitted. PERIOD. Hats off to those ... much pain you must be in right now. You too need to allow yourself a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  MIT as a place they could apply to, be admitted to, and afford to attend ... do it the right way, and to this day, every morning I wake up and look ... -answering machine! (Not to be confused with a "question answering machine", which

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  get to glimpse my innermost(ish) thoughts. And by you, I mean the entire ... decided to go to MIT. In some ways, I am still surprised I got in to MIT. That's one thing some people forget upon arriving to MIT, I think: being

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... pace, is that I am constantly being asked what I'm going to do when I ... know if I want to be an engineer anymore. I can't tell if I never even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  primal joy akin to ancient man being taught how to make fire on a cold ... don’t want to be stuck fumbling with a paring knife and getting ... ’t claim to be a food safety expert, but I can claim to know how to have

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pixar Pi

  

  way you want them to, it's easy to feel down. Look at all of the good ... monsters in our closet ready to jump out at us. If you’re feeling like ... other doors than just the one on pi day you are waiting to open.  

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first started off at MIT, I thought that the only way to learn was to take a bunch ... who thinks that the only way to learn a lot is to take a lot of classes

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  the umpteenth post about balancing art and tech version: slightly jaded

  

  many projects to finish. My shelf feels like it will never be completed ... skills on the way, that would be lovely, but it wouldn’t be enough. Of course it wouldn’t be. Welding metal will not ever actually compare to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  reacting, we must recognize and learn from two elements that may seem to be ... don't expect our applicants to be perfect, we do require them to be ... students to be incredibly engaged and think that nothing is impossible. The

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  undergraduate women being affiliated to one of the [annotation note="the six ... junior who also happens to be my little, and she’s going to show us around ... Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  way to describe a rotation in 3D is with a matrix – a 3x3 grid of ... →right→up→right→... (by 45 degrees each time) will never return it to its original ... times to achieve the desired orientation. There must be something else

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  be tempted by the College Confidential forums and encouraged or ... titles make you want to be their friend and classmate? Don't invent the ... Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  blogs that are marinating IS THIS POPULISM?

  

  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA   And it seems like I'm going to be leaving the blogs with a ... retrospective of all the times I've failed since getting to MIT. This one would be ... only way I can experience catharsis is by putting my whole self out there

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  way about your own writing? Once again, the purpose of the essays is to show who you are to the group of strangers who decide if you would be a ... 't have to be. Have you ever heard of one of these essays winning a major

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  think their way out. Be there as a source to ask thought-provoking, open ... admitted to Existentialists University. The frown on your face may be related ... , don't be surprised if the 2nd question is "How am I supposed to get to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of ... freedom to explore and grow that is hard to obtain in most places. But being ... be able to stay closer to my culture and family and what I've always

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023