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• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  intensity. I wanted to address some of the fears and concerns I struggled ... /social sciences person in high school (thought that I would go on to study some ... to do (academically or not) and using the opportunities here to grow

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  ring around the barrel. Of course, it was not going to stay forever, and I'd heard rumors of Caltech coming to claim it. The Monday after CPW ... . Because it was 6:45 in the morning. And I'd gone to bed sort of later than I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebieasy Because "Freebie" is already an entry title.

  

  . On this particular day, Prof. Spector decided to start the class with a ... left home. But here's the thing - I luuurve the schedule I've settled on ... 'm starting to feel like a real engineer and it's super. So yeah - putting on

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  the debates, you know that expecting the candidates to say something substantive about Iran on stage is like expecting a monkey to type Hamlet. So ... expert on hand.  Just the other day, I sat down for lunch with Dr. Jim

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  -me is that i choose to be; the only reason i feel the urge to focus on ... either never actively chose to follow or chose and then forgot the choice ... this state of being is actually fairly similar to the previous one

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  program on cd to you guys, along with the rest of the application material ... Answers to questions received through 2PM on 12/22/05... ------------------------------------- Sendie wrote: "If the last SAT scores I sent to MIT was November, do I have

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  church gardens some paintings!

  

  separate blog about that soon.  Thankfully, I got weekends to hop on a bus or train to the destination of my choice. While there were about a ... lonely towards the end of the month. But I did appreciate getting to see

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  hours to the Internet - aka procrastination. But is it me or are we all getting desensitized to the negative connotation of procrastination so that ... to?  - Procrastinating.  I don't blame us. The Internet these days is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  have worked on. It often seems to help break the ice when we have ... interviews has changed (though Kim's observations on the interview and our ... the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  to provide the chance to participate in random, spontaneous, fun events ... Revolutionary War recreation, was bound to be one of the more epic moments of my ... with bad weather. Expect an all-out battle, we shall see you on the

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  : had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at ... the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the ... I have been at MIT for the past year, and it has been nothing short

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  proceeded to write little messages all over the beach... D) Mark Zuckerberg ... something to my cello case while I was out of the room. G) My hallmates and I have taken to sitting out in the hall. This is one of our handful of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  four staples later I was in a taxi (my first!) on my way back to the ... and silver and black MIT lanyard; on it are the words MIT Engineers, a ... on campus—and there shouldn’t be any reason for me to like it this much

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  to do my paper on parasocial relationships in the digital age ... spent on/donated to content creators and the hours watched. Or how 38% of ... similar to them. The paper touched on the dangers of intense parasocial

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cambridge Traditions and 5 Course Meals

  

  college. I think all of the colleges has a matriculation ceremony on the first day of the term where all the first year students to the university ... to a really nice dinner with the fellows (mostly professors) of the

  • by Cambridge
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Three Months In Paris The MISTI experience of Jenny Nelson '09.

  

  wanted to do during the summer? Me, I wanted to go to Europe. I had never ... students all over the world to participate in internships, and they try and make it almost cost-free. After I explained the logistics to my parents

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  Hiii, Audrey C. ‘24 here! I’m briefly infiltrating the blogs to talk ... , I’m on the committee that runs the program (along with Cami, Alan, and ... in the US with a research or innovation idea, we encourage you to apply

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  break of eighth grade, and my family was on a vacation visiting the East ... these experiences with the overbearing hand of hindsight, to claim that ... admitted to. And if I hadn't chosen MIT, I probably would have chosen the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  officer who realized, on the plane to some far flung recruiting region, that ... the office, she probably picked up the phone and connected you to the ... classroom to inspire your students, Gisel is probably the person who put it in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  you should do is this: log on to MyMIT, where you'll find the name and ... applying to MIT. Do a little research on the web, and think of some questions ... on time. Relax. Relax. Relax. Remember, there is no way to "fail." The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007