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• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  medication reminders, to engage troubled students in a way they feel ... highest suicide rate? The answer to that question is: No, this is not true ... . Most people who come to MIT are happy, well-adjusted people, and leave

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  Hi everyone! It’s good to be back here, on this familiar platform but ... video In October, traveled to Shanghai to be at my company’s China ... suffocated by the name “MIT”--shouldn’t I be doing something more, being more

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  saw an article entitled "10-250 Upgrades to Be Completed by Fall With ... I've found my excuse to write a new blog entry. Remember way back ... replaced by maple-backed charcoal ones. While there will be fewer seats — 425

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Livin’ La Vida PRoCa I take my clothes off and go dancing in the rain... with Clay Aiken.

  

  on Google image search. I hope nobody walking by can see the computer ... quickly surf away in embarassment? Did you then look hesitantly to the left ... getting them all for her, one by one, but to expedite the process, she

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• 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.

  

  , 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 ... : If you're not into this, don't worry—you don't have to be very good at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Week in the Life of a Second Semester MIT Student first week impressions

  

  me to stay motivated and active. I think it'll be really interesting ... , but I'm still really nervous. 6.08 is meant to be an introductory course ... classes. Of course it had to be the three people I'm least comfortable

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 7, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  build your "want to take" list, I recommend searching Firehose by keyword ... search for classes by number, and filter by different categories, which ... 's probably the easiest way to find a simple list of classes in a particular

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  to me by the Admissions Office through the Shadow a Student Program ... math and MIT. I now hope to meet more applicants. Come visit! It'll be ... according to the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, a linguist, philosopher

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  opinion, one of the coolest times to be at MIT. By browsing the IAP ... think it will be a good way to relax and have some fun. Other art classes ... us and promises to be a grand ole time. I'm especially excited about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  New York A break from Cambridge.

  

  New York, New Jersey (a wonderful name for a fake city, by the way), the ... 's mom had prepared a late lunch of fish and porridge. It's good to not-really-be ... like pop-up ads delivered by Godzilla In search of internal peace and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Quick Update My neighbors are celebrating by firing guns in the air which is not conducive to…

  

  electricity is flowing and the guns are shooting, I'll be awake in the basement and away from windows ready to answer your questions with the new and improved application deadline quickly approaching. Here's a picture. Enjoy

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I ... doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry ... going to be crazy, it had better be crazy in a good way. You don't have

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  -- you can do so by going to these links, in this order: http ... , for example, to view MIT building floorplans, as you need to be on MIT ... It's a pretty slow week. Classes ended yesterday, I'll be studying

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  ! A couple ways to check if your username is already taken: 1) put the username into the people search; 2) point your web browser to http ... (several hundred of them late this week; more will be mailed next week, be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  clouds of dust being whipped around by the wind. Every other building ... , all old things returning.) We walked to a boulangerie and ate the best ... ,” I told Uzay, sitting there next to him in the park, breaking off bits

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  shaped the way I came to see the world. I expect that most people reading ... to call out BS, animated by an earnest belief that there is a truth out ... in fact a terrible way to pick a college, and I soon transferred. At

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  /student shouldn't be measured by whether or not he/she goes to HYPSM." I could go on ... which I say: guys, I work for MIT! If a kid doesn't want to be taking a challenging courseload in high school, that kid is certainly not going to be

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  ways than one. *** Cut to a very different dining experience. Tonight ... by celebrating an open election? Shouldn't I be glad that thousands of ... paraphernalia I was exposed to, I decided to test my own limits on the way back

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  ="There's no right way to check your decision. Maybe you want to check it quickly on your phone like ripping off a bandaid, maybe you want to be on a laptop surrounded by loved ones, maybe you aren't going to be by

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  embarking in search of The Great Pumpkin, to discovering  [annotation note ... laugh tracks, the special was expected to be a flop. The special turned out to be a phenomenal success, being a seasonal television hit every

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023