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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  students in GEL program, and I love the opportunity to meet students from a ... , Kevin is amazed with how much he’s learned in such a short amount of time ... to focus their efforts from the get-go. It apparently makes things a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  . Fortunately, to make your life easier, MIT published a page about what it values ... your essays fit word limits, it can be very helpful to get a second ... a TED talk related to my essay. If you're in the right mood, maybe a

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  turned in a problem set that was 47 pages long. CPW rocked it, yo. Special ... preventing the theft of my laptop, and to all of the lovely prefrosh I had a chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds VII: Decided? T-minus one day until the reply form postmark deadline.

  

  should be getting to me shortly)." I can't say for sure since I'm not a ... it to falling in love.] Make the decision with both your head and your ... questions, and be honest with your answers: What kind of a school do I want to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  'll get to experience a small slice of life at MIT to help make your ... you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have already visited overnight. You'll get to stay with a student, or a house

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  confirmation page in your decision letter. You should complete this form when you ... , 2012. Next, be sure to enroll in a college/university by May 1. You ... ). I would recommend sending us a note to this email address in mid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  lord, applying to jobs SUCKS. If you're not getting a referral or an "in ... 't think for a second that you're guaranteed to get in or stand a better ... doctor and I was destined to become a twice-terminated project manager in

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  ) Also have to orally defend your code in a short code interrogation. E ... professor to talk about your work. Group Projects - A term long group project graded both individually and as a group. One thing to keep in mind

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learn Coding Before School Starts you've got one month left. go!

  

  .189 Intro to Python to get up to speed for 6.01 in the fall. Even if you’re ... navigate through a maze, and I started to get the hang of Python. I started ... learned SQL to store the user's data online in a MySQL table so they can log

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Memories I know this feelin', yes I know it very well (Thutmose)

  

  helped admit. It felt poetic, in a way. I embarked on a new career as a ... acclimated to my new community, the louder the whispers in my head became: "Don't you think it's time to leave MIT behind?" A question I know many

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Never Mind The Score Insights from the National Poetry Slam - for both MIT students and hopefuls

  

  , if you went to CPW, getting back in touch with your host is a good way ... , there's no boundaries. So in short, a poetry slam is what happens when ... someone. Now, it's good to stay in contact with your close friends from

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Public Statements

  The Class of 2019 Graduates from MIT

  

  short. If you're like me, when I was about to graduate from grad school at ... destabilization, of an inevitable shift in your identity, of a sense of who, what ... for the rest of your life. Here is a small piece of advice I want to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  3D Ping Pong Quantum Mechanics (Or why the sciences here are even better than you may think)

  

  balls in a lecture hall. "It's considered bad form to aim at your ... foil. Rutherford, of course, did it to get a clearer picture of atomic ... the professors, knowing this to be the case, will decide to throw in a

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  happy lunar new year the year of the tiger

  

  why birth years are unlucky. I do not know why, although according to a Google search, those in their ben ming nian (birth year) may encounter ... , Gossip Girl was on television, I went to a nerd school where people were

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Maseeh! A look into MIT's newest dorm

  

  As you may or may not know, I'm a Maseehdonian (aka I live in the new ... 's extremely convenient that I literally just have to cross the street to get to ... much that it's starting to get cliche, but I love the people here! I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  uncertainly i am writing a blog post about another song

  

  ) submit a request to remain in on-campus housing. i applied. i also ... get a copy of some book shipped to them. i picked the unbearable ... want to make round 3, because everyone who makes it to round 3 gets a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SUMMER ROSES stop and smell 'em

  

  , working in a wet-lab means you work on your experiments’ schedules, not your ... to define it. And whether your interning at a top tech company or ... ’ve found myself with a lot of time to “stop and smell the roses.” There

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  to when I was in high school (a much simpler time when Tyra Banks was ... a buddy who wanted to hang out. Since I was a college admissions ... of as. So, I thought it'd be helpful to tell you all a bit about how I

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  in a large, multi-week project. How to identify and search for the ... ) in 2022, they also introduced a new numbering system to fix this mess ... found most of my classes fun (yes, really), rewarding, and memorable (in a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  . Pavlok, a wearable device that zaps you in order to break you out of your ... Boston entrepreneurs. Each one is held in a different place, with this one ... get excited. Every time, I think about how far I've gone to be able to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016