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• Blog / Challenges

  [ hard mode ] i'm on hard mode and i'm just a noob

  

  actually work on a blog post now, so I've decided to recap my past three ... was nice! I got to see the John Singer Sargent mural on the third floor ... consideration, I went to MIT Medical, and the doctor said that the thing on my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 25, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  sk8 jebby on a skateboard

  

  . I ran through several options and settled on learning how to ... griptape. Actually getting myself to step on the board was a physical and ... whenever I wanted to give my board a push. I knew how to balance on a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 29, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  not touristy enough, we headed on over to the Space Needle to continue ... 's collective thunder. The priest also described how the groom proposed to the ... . What, you can't see it? The reception site was on the edge of Lake

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  before the hour. On Wednesday, I had every intention of going to zumba ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T ... be worth showing up early to get the form signed. The first thing I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  classes get rejected. Why? Because often these kids knew how to grind, but ... College Confidential thread about the pressure to load up on AP classes ... 's and 5's on all tests. I'll pause here to add that I frequently saw

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  train their workers on site. So today, we're in Haiti. I don't know what ... seems like an impenetrable problem. How to rebuild after all this, how to deal with so many displaced people, how to implement infrastructure in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  well, I'll get back in Boston on Saturday morning, just in time to catch ... only did I get to do this, but I got to see Danny and Sabrina S. '16 ... breakfast while rfong presents how to eat it; also, an Anastassia selfie of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Lots of good and important stuff for both EA and RA admits.

  

  your future classmates, and to get emails and screennames to be in touch ... your future classmates and get questions answered by current students ... ! It will be in the mail on Wednesday, and in your mailboxes soon after

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  , depending on how busy things get. At this point, I have no idea, but my ... summer to prepare! Coming in, I had absolutely no idea how weird managing ... semester was a bit rough on our team since we didn't get the revenue we

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  I am lethally bored in the airport boooooo

  

  while waiting Get mad you're not that good at Tetris Check to see if ... for summer jobs Listen to Charli XCX Act like you're gonna work on ... the terminal with your 1000 lb bags to get water Check to see if any

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • May 22, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  already boarded. I rolled up to the driver. “Can I get on this bus?” He ... tent. “I was going to call the ranger. You left it on an empty site.” He ... reservation was still open in Firefox. “Alright! Get on.” Seven hours, four

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Rejects, I feel your pain! I've never been stung by a bee, but I imagine it felt sort of like…

  

  appreciate your interest in MIT and sincerely hope that you may be able to ... on? Which means that, well, you have to handle the waiting ... Today I got an email from MIT that directed me to a website which

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 19, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  Form. Whether you wish to remain on MIT's wait list or not, please ... instructions, check to make sure it's not in your spam folder. Otherwise, send an email to admissions [at] mit [dot] edu with your name and Application ID

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  't really get touched on the blogs are the stereotypes that surround your ... 't know, glassblowing is a notoriously difficult class to get into. You have to go to semesterly lotteries and enter your name in and only about 10

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Spring break in Canada Snowboarding ramps, waterfalls, poutine, butterflies, and lots of noodles.

  

  . We made sure to get one with a kitchen so we could cook food if we ... , we planned an ambitious itinerary to make sure we could get everything ... agreed to teach me how to cook some Chinese food, so we went to an Asian

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  , how to find on-campus student employment, and how your online student ... suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience ... Parents and students are welcome to attend this program on the hows, whys

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Proposed: MITAdmissions Labs a wonderful, terrible, awful idea

  

  head:  how to help prospective students (and their parents) more ... thought about this, I kept on thinking about how student projects like ... that could be embedded in our new site (or, depending on what's

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  play soccer) to get recruited, so I definitely have advice for other ... , and how I eventually committed to MIT. I’m not entirely sure how other ... , and I was lucky enough to get in!! I officially committed the spring

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  to lab tonight at 7:30 to change the media on my COS cells... and if there's one thing I don't want to do after getting home late, it's study ... had given lip service to the idea that you could get a research job, if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  !']rose-colored glasses[/annotation]have been put on me, leaving me to see the world with ... . Some have found cozy times in their days to cook healthy meals or go on ... up on top of the loft. This required I build an extension to my twin

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023