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• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  achieve that or how to get to a point where I know how to approach problems ... , it is better to get there late than not at all If I burn myself out in ... ’ve been better. II. Growing up in a place where I did not have many

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT ... T (subway) or a taxi to get out there. I got back late because of Med ... write up answers to a bunch of your questions, but I'm going to wait a bit

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  've done a lot of work for as part of my UROP. But it's good to get a formal ... internship into a full time return offer"]*the year*[/annotation] to get an ... watching out for me here in getting me this job. Although I really wanted to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and ... providing more than 1,500 3D printers and kits as part of a drive to ensure ... Chevron, which is announcing a $10 million commitment to the Fab Foundation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  to wait a little longer as we reconsider their cases in Regular Action ... in EA. That's a small number, but to be honest so is the number of RA ... you're going to get another fair shot. Bloggers who were deferred and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics

  

  Sixteen months ago, in April, I made a promise to myself: if you choose MIT, you get to take a gap year. You’ve been selling your soul to ... you ask to get a cookie she is more likely to say yes. My [annotation

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 25, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We get a lot of requests from students asking what their chances of ... well. We want to see that students are involved in things because they
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  and showed up to exactly one meeting, in which a crowd of student ... noticed a box of books in one of the hallways. To be precise, the box of ... -hearted person in the MIT Financial Services department sends out a mass email to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  burned the midnight oil already, you’ll get to hear a couple of my thoughts ... it a chance to succeed is better than doing nothing. Lucky for me in ... curling up with a cup of tea, I sometimes like to just sit around and

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  interesting. :-) In a nutshell, I'd had trouble getting in touch with the ... , otherwise one is bound to forget things when one is rushing to get out the ... as a student at MIT. Got back to GHAMAS to set up for the Hartford

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  problem, and find a new way in getting to where you want to be. It is true ... believe in "this too shall pass," but I hope you will be able to find your ... you choose to go - even if it's not at MIT. I want to share with you a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  myself. in terms of tracking music, I was too lazy to develop a rating ... -genres I love. the music I listened to this year was more diverse in a lot of ... in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  a box (poor tweets). You might not be able to see them in all browsers ... two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so ... will make me more accessible as a blogger and give me a way to post even

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Mas33h Hall A quick look at life in the Castle

  

  ) CPW is this week, so if you’re a prefrosh you’re likely going to be ... . There’s a lot of them. On the plus side, it really motivates you to add your own posters etc. to your room. 3) No river. This is also a minor

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  amazing to see him in person. He is a fellow at Gonville and Caius College ... Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if ... University). The term “punting’ in MIT lingo means to relax, chill

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool People. And Lunch! visiting committees = awesome.

  

  faculty separately to assess the state of the department. Your feedback is vital to this process. If you are interested in participating please respond to this e-mail with your name and your year. In the case of too many

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  Point in a couple of days (this one) and I plan on trying to clean my room/get ... is in the video, I guess, so I present to you what a spastic spider bot ... . We used mills to drill holes in some polystyrene brackets, and we

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  really want to be in a music group, or if you tend to get really nervous at ... decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn ... them. I knew I didn’t stand a chance of getting in, but I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Have Your Cake & Drop Date Too The Baker House Piano Drop, and the Spring Weekend Concert.

  

  's pretty exciting to have an awesome concert a minute from your dorm ... classes can be added to your schedule in the first 5 weeks of the term, and can be dropped from your schedule up to 10 weeks into term. A tradition

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  a lot. My truths are bound to change. But in the end, understanding what one believes to be true is the key to understanding at all. So, in ... butter to any meal qualifies it as a meal of substance. Sure, it might not

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021