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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  favorites on New Year, so get me your entries by midday on this Sunday ... to scan it in yourself, though. Submit your entry either by leaving a link to it in the comments, or by emailing me your file. My email address

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  town began to reassess its very existence, and how it could continue on ... , August 2nd! Snap to it! AND NOW BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED READING ... pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to ... apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I wanted to get paid, then offer me less than that—I accepted the offer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  eloquent since honestly I don't really know how to explain it, but sometimes ... I think I have to be? That is how the world works I hope you learned your lesson I did and it hurt That's how it works I question my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  ...don't freak out. 1. Prepare Your Wifi I applied early to MIT ... waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to ... own. You might want to wait until nighttime and open your letter under

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  last week when I was trying to get my [annotation note="On my way! to a ... department to sign on Tuesday, then on Wednesday they emailed out about how ... to occur around the first week of June. The '18s graduated on June 8

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  sincerely apologize if she wasn't able to sign your forms after I skipped out ... than Halley's Comet. Tomorrow, I will (1) wake up, (2) attempt to get a ... 10:51 PM, on the farewell eve of Infinite Activities Period: School

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  that was posted on the railings at Lobby 10 was probably meant to confound my picture-taking efforts. It was on the second floor, and getting a ... . (Oh, and it's got facts and stuff on it.) With that in mind, here's to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i ... interested in seeing how it'd adapt to a virtual format. after spending an hour ... 're asked to pay attention to how our feet are in contact with the ground, to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  oh, the places you’ll go (reprise) my first ever technical interview

  

  ...here we are). This past January, I learned how to code (again). On a whim ... pleased with how I did and was really, really nervous to get the decisions ... how to approach a problem and get childishly giddy when I figure it out

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i saw twenty one pilots at td garden in boston live music is very much alive and here to stay

  

  overwhelmed by work and school and the thought of having to get good grades for ... I took a break to focus on college and adjusting. I then felt ... getting jostled around, but you couldn't bring yourself to care because you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 28, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dorm Companion #1: Art MIT loans out 400 pieces of famous art each year from its collections to its…

  

  distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to any student who lost out in ... student forgets to return the piece on time," Arning acknowledges, which ... tank. It got infested with fruit flies, and we had to get it fumigated

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  on more college admissions decisions (and/or maybe happen to like ... media images and how brands did it. Then we had to create our own goals ... during a stressful semester. We’re all figuring out how to project a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Solution: Are we going to win? Guess where I am!

  

  going to win? "Here is my schedule. I just can't seem to get the times ... "I need a hand." I was refering to the 3 hands on an analog clock. This ... to win?). So using all the times, the answer you get is: TIME WILL

  • by Bryan
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  row and everything is really getting to me, so when I was taking a break ... decided to take it, as I got a 5 on the AP Bio exam and got credit for the ... each other's advice in the Facebook group. Moving on to more important

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  your applications, I know how much energy and care you put into them. For the last several months, as you have been waiting to find out your ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this ... how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an invitation to explore other options, and, like a puzzle, figure out how you can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  Physics Students) in your major are a fantastic way of getting to know ... 'm asking you, dear CPW-attending readers, to email me your favorite pictures ... photo of your dog wearing a Jedi costume.) Photos judged to best represent

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Little things that remind me im not home

  

   rice with forks? How are you going to scoop it into your mouth? The default of ...  goodness don’t get me started on how atrocious the units of measurement are here ... and had to get to the other, you went on an overpass. A footbridge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 15, 2019