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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  paid attractive wages by the federal government. After getting these ... , there's a department-store-sized Goodwill on the way to MATCH that sells five-dollar sweaters. I stopped by on the way back from my interview and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  post it to my blog so that others will benefit from the answer. If your question is very specific to your case, you may email me at benjones at the ... wrote: "I am about to take the SAT II subject tests, is it possible to

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... ’ve been spending a lot of time in the bunk room this IAP, trying my best to ... conversations, I’d suggest getting started before 8am. Your body is, for all

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I ... rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of ... that you may not be familiar with is called the "Rotational Energy" and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  get a full ride. The best way to get a full ride at OSU is by being a ... , precisely, one goes about getting into MIT. My first response is generally to ... to put the anxiety of prospective students to rest; knowing you're

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  - if you aren't the sh*t, you're not going to get into MIT. Having said ... no one gets into MIT "the easy way." There aren't different standards ... song (Mikey was a Log). This option is clearly superior to #'s 1-3. The

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  by deciding to go to a relatively small liberal-arts school because the ... in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions elsewhere, and who ... among the many stellar students to whom we are not offering admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  . The Good: 6.0001 is immensely satisfying. The sheer dopamine I get ... gratification isn't the single thing to strive for, but it sure is exciting. I ... is across from a piano. If there was a MicroQuiz to be had, you best

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  far cry from the way things used to be, and students aren't thrilled ... stewardship over the building, and giving them free reign to paint is untenable ... underclassmen to pick up the torch. in the meantime, we're trying our best to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  seven places to P-Set: 1. Quincy Market, Upstairs by the GAP This is ... . Sometimes I go just to have a quick break from riding my bike when the wind is ... get to Target and I ended up turning the other way to go along with my

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning a hackathon for students and instructors connecting technology with education

  

  materials. Now MIT is trying to implement technology in a way that works best ... sponsored by the Office of Digital Learning to highlight and address these ... interest, you can snip the relevant quotes, tag them in relationship to your

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 17, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Baseball!! a blog about baseball and internet games and embroidered hats and New Zealand Indie Rock.

  

  ’m afraid of the Wolf of Wall Street.”  … When freshmen first get to campus ... Red Sox, but winning is fun and I wanted to have fun. For the first time ... I loved the band and I may never get a chance to buy this record again

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 4, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  out to get tested is harder. but it's one of the few things that get me ... in baker. i take the elevator down to the dining hall to get meals, and then i take it back up and eat in my room. i walk to the z center to get

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  anything, or to dress in a particular way. My bet is the answer is "no" on ... get a sense of who the candidate is, and why they want to go to MIT. One ... advanced classes and olympic classes provided. So...is there any way to get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I waited waaaay too long to get a new computer Finally, a development environment I can work with!

  

  computer died. Or the time it took multiple hours to get a simple piece of ... research project...or the time I spent literally ten hours trying to get a ... that you see in 80s movies, which is the primary and most powerful way

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 8, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  totally lost in that class for weeks. The current plan is to work on it with ... microdosing sleep by taking 1 to 2 hours naps several times a day. On the other ... doesn’t get stolen. In the darkness, I hear whispering sounds. Is it just

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  the middle of their second term (although you're free to switch later if ... I'm going to have to make this quick today, since I have to study for ... or ecology since I got here -- the MIT department is focused on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  making a decision. random person, "Hrm, not sure if this is the place to ... were very talented. These were the best students and we weren't about to ... things look by late May." The thing is, the national common reply date is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  How to Survive in a Cook-for-Yourself Community and why meals plans are terrible

  

  about your ability to eat regularly and properly, the Pilot 2021 is not ... of the post offers ways to feed yourself in a non-dining community for ... try to go to grocery stores as rarely as possible. By the end of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions process reflections from a crusty Junior Try not to bite all of your fingernails off.

  

  onto his website to watch his mailbox for the arrival of a big, beautiful ... … drive quickly but cautiously under the speed limit) home to check my ... was a no-brainer. My anticipation was compounded by the fact that I had

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 5, 2006