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• Blog / How to Human

  stories and decision paralysis

  

  added me to it. i wasn’t friends with any of the other extras, but there ... interested in film and theater lately i’ve been coming to terms with the fact ... few years ago that i didn’t have to limit myself to math and that the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 8, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... practical to know how to ask for help, how to focus on what you can improve

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  up the comments to your questions, and then tried to answer them (this is now much easier with the advent of threaded comments ... questions with answers that can be found easily on the website or that require

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  , you have probably realized that there is an “Activities” portion to the ... extracurricular activities in an effort to fill this section. NOTE: the application ... what? Going to two meetings of the National Honors Society or the Physics

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  recommend spending the next few weeks before January 1 working on regular ... become so focused on MIT they can't see all the other amazing schools that ... strong enough to make you a contender in the Regular Action round. Let your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  . Compared to most people in the South, I certainly don't. But in my first ... "soda". Some people said "pop" (I'm still unclear on what region of the ... now, though, I've learned to use the word "soda" in New England to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  . i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 ... decision, and talking to people, and declined in the end, because i "didn ... live within a few minutes walk of each other, ever again. we went to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  friendful life recently

  

  one of my labmates has a friend from elementary school who was on the latest season of love on the spectrum. another labmate watched it and told ... . i've come to peace with a lot of the things that kept me up late at

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  ’s inevitable that you’ll have a lot to catch up on. I’ll start here: Hi, I ... defended my thesis on October 29, 2012, which you may recognize as the day ... few months to finish up work on some papers, and started my postdoctoral

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MITE2S, RSI, and more

  

  Today, I'm in northern Virginia, assisting with the selection for the ... after a day of reviewing applications to MITE2S. As an admissions officer, I enjoy working to provide a group of young people with educational

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country ... , is home to the country’s most important universities and research ... twin Magellan telescopes, considered to be the best natural imaging

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  ask the room full of prefrosh who showed up to play Smash on some old ... in F entry (my home). About half of us are on the meal plan, while the ... : Roll with the A Dogs The people of A invited prefrosh to meet residents

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  the last one: "Who should I ask to write letters on my behalf? And the ... —  during the pandemic, and after it —  is to just focus on who can write best ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  😤   I approached the stand  $old my self, car, home, and soul To ... 🎶Will the stars align? 🎶 🎶Will my interviews go fine?🎶 🎶Will the ... , we're going shopping." *Drives to career fair*👕   Push through

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  missing documents, as it may slow down our ability to process the documents ... Completed Interview form (in the green interview box on your MyMIT homepage ... finished processing all of the application materials submitted for early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to ... years ago. I was left with pieces of pepperoni and cheese on the ground, a ... surface curves in 3D space at a given point on the surface. Each direction

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  MIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via ... . Simply click on the "Registration" link in the CPW portlet - if you see ... to a few students who didn't register using one of the recommended

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  Simmons folk, new kids on the block. Time to write the next chapter, to be ... 's Thursday the 18th, so I'm going to take the time to submerge myself into ... looking through pictures of the past year, from fancy formal pictures to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  on grades...the most I've ever taken), so I opted to stay on campus ... mood. I wanted to give some thoughts on the classes I took this semester ... have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... things since coming to MIT, which really makes me wonder what the space ... things that I prided myself in the most before coming to college. Maybe it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021