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• FAQ / First-year application

  Will you send me materials/prospectus/t-shirt/pennant?

  We appreciate your interest in MIT! We don't send a lot of mail (and we don't send any international mail), but you can sign up for our ... requests for pennants, t-shirts, and other MIT items, but because we're a
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  arm’s breadth away is the perfect amount of distance for the human ... experiences, though. It means you get to be that person for a little bit. You ... . You get to be that person with a genius idea for every predicament. You

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Campus and Memories low-quality pictures and some memories

  

  show for it but stagnation. I’m bitter. I’m sad. I’m angry. There were posters for events from more than a year ago hanging in the infinite. Worse ... .  I’m trying to be hopeful. I’m staying in Cambridge for the summer and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet My True Love: Notion a tool for stress-free college applications (and much more)

  

  get a few additional features if you are a student! I love Notion for a ... have language-specific syntax highlighting!) and LaTeX support. For ... ) for each blog post. Then, I can view my list of blogs in a table, kanban

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  my semester in a word: oof or perhaps "oof: the party, the lifestyle"

  

  't have much to show for it, except notably a fat C in 6.006, MIT's intro to ... ! i'm bracing myself for another terrible semester. i keep telling ... .804 (Computational Cognitive Science) - i've been waiting to take this class for a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  have gained many rights, the reality for transgender folks (particularly trans women of color) is that progress has not been as drastic for their ... setbacks within your individual context. For example, if I am reading an

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  this would be an especially good time to recognize my mom for her ... around campus, but for many students, family is still a huge part of their ... the first time I made breakfast for the family I was probably 7 or 8). I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... form), and if you are applying for the Match, check off that you are ... , activities, awards) - we will use your QuestBridge application for that. In the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  have such different calender schedules? For example, are there issues ... schools). The course that I took at Harvard was in the spring term, for example. But it may be getting easier for fall term cross registration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Travel

  clownazoo part 2 this post is two years late

  

  In case you have not seen part 1, I posted it near the end of my freshman year. I am now going into my senior year. I think I may…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • August 1, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, I work as a learning assistant for ... .  Isaiah: I’ve been playing lacrosse for 11 years now, starting when I was 10 years old. For almost all of those years, I’ve played on the defensive

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

  , cylindrical information for you soon.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted

  

   information for you soon.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Announcing new blogger avatars! all-new, all quality

  

  a new, anti-cohesive style for the MIT Admissions blogs. We ... 've decided that it's time for me to go back to my roots. no drawing could ... " align="alignnone" width="300"] CJ: "if i had a nickel for every time i had

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  known for the [annotation note="the feeling of being overwhelmed by ... studied hard for the biology exam right up until the last minute, and passed ... the majority of my finals week. Then I studied for the next exam

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  ! Pretty vibey, it’s going! Amber: Let’s start with your elevator pitch for ... RoboBoat again this year! We’re also building a submarine platform for ... in recruiting? Audrey: We are looking for all majors and years! From

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  perspiration. I am probably not made for temperatures higher than eighty degrees ... Cambridge, but I'd have to search for housing in San Francisco. Also, I knew ... contractor work for them. I'm doing everything from content writing to full

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  Celebration, a three-day conference for women in computer science. It was so ... really getting a feel for what is out there for me in the computer science ... ended up getting an honorable mention for our work with aligned.space. Go

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past six months, I would have four dollars. For a net decrease of ... , getting a dollar for each body pillow I purchase is a rather inefficient way

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  excerpts

  

  I haven’t been doing a great job of blogging this semester for a ... setting myself up for failure by promising myself full blogs about ... celebrate the end of our time at MIT. We gallivanted around the West Coast for

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 27, 2021