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• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  the next four (or three or five) years, wherever here is. That’s not ... MIT is not easy and it is not always fun. However, the people you will ... know what it meant. MIT is MIT entirely because of the people here. For

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  , this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another ... I was back in the day, or my younger brother is right now, or like ... that perfectly depict who you are. The thing is, after all this, you

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we ... caught the Hamilton references in the blog title, this is actually my most ... it. Stu excitedly stood up from the committee table. “Is everyone else

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  than done, relax. Give yourself a pat on the back. MIT is one of the most ... means easy. The hard part is over (for now). A lot of adMITs will throw ... school -- why not take a break and relax knowing that MIT is in your pocket

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  : Person A: Pass the salt, please. Person B: Is your request a function of the underseasoning of the fish sticks, or is it a function of the ... coordinates of the salt are not within the domain of my arm. Spacetime

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  HOW TO FORGE A DRAGON SWORD and other skills picked up in 3.096

  

  , laying it on an anvil) and molding the exterior with chisels. This is how ... third bottle opener is a cool wavy shape where the bottom curve goes ... ="attachment_84090" align="alignnone" width="300"] look at how 3-D the leaf is

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 7, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  it’s not me, maybe it’s the lab. He bailed. He is now WAY happier in a ... you give it, it is not the whole world. ... ! When I signed off the call I burst into tears for about 20 seconds, not

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  to college is an important process for many people, and I'm not quite sure how to represent the enormous beast that is MIT, I figured I'd start ... quite the case. (And of course, the jab above is all in good fun -- I have

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  That phrase is probably the most uttered string of words I hear. It ... MIT apart from other institutions is the incredibly stimulating ... shifting idea is starting right now in someone's room or the coffee table in

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  as competent as you. The club is not going to fall apart just because ... problem is not necessarily that you need to work "harder". Organic ... was horrified to find that time was not the issue – I had no more time

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  . The precise form of the mathematics curriculum is not important as long ... is not required to reply to the offer of admission until May 1, the ... now, a half-century later, as the 2022–2023 application cycle is in full

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  History textbook The American Pageant, and my friend Davie ('12) is sitting ... posts sounded a bit artificial. I then got very busy. This is the hardest ... 'd take a lot of time on each post. I'm not sure when the downward spiral

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  bid to the D3 NCAA tournament, which is the national tournament. We ... became a conscious idea in my mind. It is almost absurd to think that the ... . Saturdays are spent on Roberts field, friends and family in the stands. Not to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Dissecting emotion what is feeling

  

  One. Time is not real, because the other day I woke up at ten in the ... alarm and slept again. I woke up at 4:15 AM the next morning. Time is not ... . This is exhaustion. There's the feeling of stillness. Not the peaceful

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 3, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  say about the summer is, “swiftly fly the years”. Be’er Sheva is a ... ’s a nice change of pace from the school year, which is practically non ... elusive. I work in a lab in the Soroka Medical Center, which is across the

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  . But this is what happened: Fun, right? The other applicants and ... being more fun than expected (haha this is a trend), though the questions ... last fun thing about the Rhodes interviews is that they tell you the same

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  say, I enjoyed the film marginally better. The book is a bit dry, and IMO, the action is better represented through film. Double Indemnity ... . Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel that tells a story of the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  magic didn’t happen. MIT is not a magic wonderland. There are grades ... the Internet. Applying to MIT has a parallel in science: not all ... know you’ve put in a lot. Here is my deep life advice, for the next week

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  and nice natural light. LESS GOOD: The dorm is not that big and could ... your convenience :). Kano: Boston is an active city, and the gyms ... be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make something for myself. I'm still not sure this is "good." But it's beginning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015