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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05.

  

  will put your application into the best light. You're also welcome to ... that the earliest I can start is in August? (I like to get things done ... would try to get your SATI Math over 700 as well if you can. There is no

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  Michigan is that people are so courteous to you when you're running on the ... the gifted sprinters, and us "amateur hobbyists" were less likely to get ... in all of HS track was to scrape by and qualify for the away meets

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  American communities. I can't promise you the answers to all of your questions - remember, the only way out is to THINK your way out. Enough said ... tawk? DISCLAMER: THIS BLOG IS NOT THE PLACE TO WORK OUT POLITICAL OR

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  Dome) Hacks and meta-hacks (an MIT map gets modified to include the ... date, they've made a lot of updates to the timeline, and to the writeups for some of the hacks, since the last time I went to the site. Well done

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  #funhogging the best thing I did over IAP. also: INFINITE ICE CLIMBING GIF

  

  of the best things that's happened to me at MIT. “These are all ... It's easy to get overwhelmed at MIT.  From the pressure cooker of ... hiking and climbing are great ways to relieve the pressure. Because after

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  in Illinois is paving the way for what will soon be something for more ... the 80’s? But I digress here. His film is actually about a topic I know ... of teens at his school. It is about gender and how kids are choosing to

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  incredible opportunity to develop a closer bond to some of the world's best ... dinner with your organic chemistry professor-- which can be sponsored by ... and 2-5 friends can ask any of your professors out for a feast, to any

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  the same time, disappointment and frustration. My best advice is to ... (which was very exciting, by the way - I have never been in a country with ... " (by the way, it's pset, not PSET. pset looks so much nicer. actually

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... . We find that the best recommendations are written by teachers who know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  cool - the process that brought me from my hometown, to getting accepted into this crazy place, to now being a blogger, happened so quickly, I ... , trying again and again to master the tire swing (which, mind you, is no

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  science/engineering is one of the most effective ways to help the world! By ... available to you; you mentioned that you're taking all the honors, accelerated ... officer to get a more official opinion! If you're interested in learning

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  specific lab, it's in your best interest to speak to the professor directly ... "there's so much going on that you're bound to find something that will get ... HST is in the field of bioinformatics. He uses MATLAB "to analyze data

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Anxiety Level: High A play-by-play of emotional diffusion

  

  ? Me: But getting an internship the summer after your freshmen year is ... interning or working for the fam (which, by the way, adds up to 40 hours a ... thought patterns is Hard Work, and by the looks of it you’re not giving it

  • by Powers '23
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  , but the conversation snippets are fun to listen to. "Dude, you're ... teacher lunch is okay. There isn't much pizza left by the time I arrive ... , and elbow my way through the hall and up the stairs to my first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  able to evaluate it before selection committee begins. The best way to get us a missing piece is by fax. Our Records Office fax number is (617 ... . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  classes that I had to pay attention to, and somewhere along the way learned ... , allow me to describe the books I’ve read this semester. Boneshaker by ... books should be this way. The people of color, however, seemed to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  Welcome Center. The new center is going to be the starting point for ... augmented reality to their tunnel murals, and four years later the club is ... 's walls. However, when I came to MIT, I felt overwhelmed by the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life Tokens the currency of joy

  

  ), buying a house, and eventually retiring. The goal is to collect as much ... system to value experiences the way we do objects. So I think about them as ... he agreed to do it. I stand by the truth of that claim. He might not 😆

  • by Allison E. '27
  • July 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  ); probably won’t get there by the time I leave. So the purpose of the campaign is to basically get more investment into locally owned businesses and ... /wrong, etc. (…once we get to this point) Help craft the key messages and

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  ” of coming to the US for college, getting disappointed by MIT dining ... and the problems you attempt to solve.” Much of my cooking is driven by ... ,[/annotation] to say the least. Yet it is exactly this period of introspection that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023