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• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  people the benefit of the doubt, as I'm sure we did in your case. hedwig ... chances of getting into MIT?? and if so, then by how much?" I'm sure your ... your essay would make the difference in a decision. I wouldn't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  easy to be sold that story, especially at MIT—to be told that your job, your mission, is to solve the world's great challenges, and that nothing else will suffice, nothing else will make your life meaningful. And, it

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  wellbeing and academic success in your community. As you know, we received ... member of your community who wishes to live on campus. You can learn more about the relocation process and indicate your housing preferences here

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  . If you're a prospective student and you're thinking, "Man, I wish I ... 's totally outside your realm of comprehension, they're gonna fail some tests ... have your @mit.edu email as well as some server space with MIT. This

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  [👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀]. So now it's  🫵 YOUR TURN 🫵  As you come to campus for the first time or for the nth time, ask your pilot for a picture! Ask for a ... can unleash your potential and forge your own path? [take the stairs

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  —if you look beyond the thing you're waiting for—it can also be full of

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

   thrive, wherever you go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal, do things that make you

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  . And would you say that was “unnecessary?” Listen, I don’t love your tone ... “That sounds absurd, take these classes instead” or “Who do you think you’re ... , approved my classes, and (essentially) said Give it your best. At the end of

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  people appreciation post <3

  

  picky eater and having dietary restrictions plus having your food being ... about your days, the omelette chef now knows my order, there is a chef at ... . whether that be having answers to your questions or redirecting you to other

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 2, 2024
• Blog / People & Identities

  am i doing this all wrong? thinking thoughts and feeling feelings

  

  upperclassman. You're seen as someone who's supposed to have it together. Truth is ... . No matter how bad things may be, experiencing it together with your ... Something I'm made for if these things are also on your mind i'm sending

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 4, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  voice in your brain may tell you to do things that you do not realize, and ... not straight, or if your foot is in pain or very tired. (this is the ... your feet is in pain it is easy to move heavy stuff in a bad way to make

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to make a glass pumpkin In celebration of the 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch

  

  start blowing. While you’re blowing, push on the tip of the glass with ... your pumpkin. Et voilà – you’re done! Super simple, straightforward 24 ... ’re so efficient – I’d highly recommend doing so if you’re around the lab

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Beantown. sketchbook showcase!

  

  and topics in STEM, it gets exhausting when you're getting [annotation ... badass than letting Vaudeville Villain fill your soundscape while you're getting to your next destination on the MBTA bus. Kellen has EXQUISITE taste

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  happy singles awareness day

  

  monologued. Look, Mike, I think you’re a great guy, but I just got out of a ... and children, but that’s for a different post …) “Once you’re a mother ... needs you place above your own,” she said. “Why rush into that? You’re so

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 21, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving yet another senior writing about their last semester

  

  there at that hour. when you’re a kid and it’s nighttime you’re basically ... , except i suppose they’re also allowed to be in the office. but when you’re ... “college is the best four years of your life” and i think that’s an extremely

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  have your homework every week to be like, “write a poem! read about how babies understand numbers! comment on your classmate’s comic script about ... recognize that if you’re a high school senior reading this, you’re probably

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  ones. If you think about it, math is how you get your WALL-E's, your HAL-9000's, and your Terminators. I decided to knock out all three 6-4 math ... : If you and your friends have similar psetting styles, psetting together

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my last first day every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

  

  classes you want to take. You discuss which ones and why with your advisor and then they approve your course selection to officially register you ... when to take your vacation or start a new job. I may never again feel

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 5, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  do something big, new, and risky every year in your personal and ... reflective than predictive, that when someone declares your time will pass ... ’t you switching trains? how can you just accept that the pieces of your

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022