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• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for you regular applicants to start writing your essays for all of your ... writing samples so you can gauge your own level of writing against mine. As ... your application essay for MIT should probably use a little more varied

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in ... dining halls, it's good for all of them. So if you live in Next and you're tooling problem sets with your friend at Baker, you don't have to walk all

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  here at MIT. If you're here in the fall, drop by 3-107 and say hi to us from time to time - our door is almost always open. If you're not here in the fall, drop us an email and tell us of your adventures. Class of

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  first posts are coming soon, so keep your eyes peeled! And a heartfelt ... shared your writing with us. It was fun to read through your talented work

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  the programs will allow your child to learn some things about MIT and ... probably even more interested in why.  It is entirely possible that your efforts to position your child for success in the admission process, at MIT

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  letting vines and shrubs grow over your ribcage. Make peace with your ... !)  When your walls come tumbling down, you don’t have to rebuild them.  You

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  finally, thank you to everyone who applied. It was a privilege to read your words and look at your art; it's not always easy to share your life with

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage ... pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class ... honest. Your application will be read by a small committee made up of AOs

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  Delivery typically happens in your sophomore spring, to mark not only the arrival of your [annotation note="The MIT undergraduate class ring ... students in your class year that works on designing the brass rat as well as

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  product manager is that you wear a lot of different hats. You're going to be ... engineering teams to business teams to actual consumers of your product, so you ... approach questions to show off your thinking. Really, the biggest things to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Meet the baby bloggers! you have to read that to the tune of meet the flintstones

  

  your dang mind over their amazing blogs. [image_row images="67584 ... shared your life and your writing with us.

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  leads you. One. Don't look: what's the color of the floor in the room you're ... because there's so many things to remember when you're hitting the ball. Bend your knees, grip the racket correctly, make contact with the ball at

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  “your emotional pain is healthy and useful” thing brought my own ... even in front of other people? You’re not weak for crying. Tier 2: Oh god, it’s Valentine's day. Do you really miss your ex? Yeah, you do. You

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  's a limit to which your life satisfaction increases with your income; studies point to it being around $75,000 that your emotional well-being stops increasing alongside your salary. I think there's not one size fits

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  at your application and make a decision regardless of your household income, and only then calculate your expected cost of attendance. MIT is ... from applying to MIT. This is an amazing place and if you’re still

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  wondering how you know you're meant to be Tim- the answer is, you'll feel it deep in your bones. You don't choose the Suit. The Suit chooses you. 2 ... around since you're quite literally flying blind in there. This took me

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  you who might want to be bloggers to share your thoughts with the world ... your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class, and ... for this. It's a pretty good gig to be honest. Your application will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  re-sodding a Kresge of your very own.   Step 1: Get rid of all ... arbitrary white flags to indicate your surrender to the will of Sod. [caption ... ; And there you have it! Now you can grown your very own Kresge lawn.

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  images, and make files to laser cut. Setting up your document The first ... + +, and you can sideways scroll by holding ctrl as you scroll. Some of your ... lines: To change any of the properties of your objects you need to

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it So here's 2 months of blogging in one post

  

  How was your Halloween? Tell me about your costume & remember that ... me Tell me how your break/holidays are going! Also please give me

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • December 26, 2018