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• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  a year isolated in one way or another, it feels incredible to just ... 2020"]staple it,[/annotation] then hand it in to a real, physical mailbox ... time my life had a rhythm at all similar to this, I was in high school

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I ... year - you're in for a serious treat. I honestly think this is one of the ... - including you guys, who gave some great feedback in the original post from a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... me off guard. To me, this was fun. I get to spend every waking hour ... carrying on a conversation with my friends who are desperately trying not to

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  experiences in this profession have given me a ton of stuff to think about ... posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It's truly something that I'll keep and refer to in the coming years

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  , and as such have to cross the bridge every day to get to campus. A lot ... is the Harvard Bridge. Many MIT students live in Boston, whether in a ... 's almost therapeutic, getting a good stretch with a great view. And being

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And Then There Was One Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor.

  

  Folks, it is a sad, sad day in the MIT Admissions Office. Juan Salvador Acosta has broken the pact and succumbed to the mighty razor. His face is as smooth as a baby's, as they say. Which leaves yours truly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... and running to your 8.01 lecture. The smell of something cooking in the ... other people who buy a meal plan even though they don’t have to. If you’re

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6 / New Year, New Me Looking back, looking forward & staying in the present

  

  after 7pm Got stuck in Stuttgart returning back to Zürich because of a ... Learned to cook a traditional Czech meal in Prague Went to my first wine ... , and went to my first bar in the US FALL Started a new series for

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  to win some. When I was in my last year of high school, I was pretty ... philosophy that "has the potential to make a positive contribution to society ... ,000 as well as significant media attention and a reception in Washington

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... science programs and a history of sending students to big schools. In group ... school possible, and therefore it creates a drive in these students to do

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Application season

  

  With the Regular Action deadline just days away, I want to wish all the best to the regular action applicants in finishing up their application materials. Try to get it done soon so you can have a rockin' New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2004
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  that your past self did, without having to do them again. You can admire ... to be like that now. It doesn’t necessarily mean you’re becoming worse ... has to be perfect. Sure, quality beats quantity, but the quality of your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  [annotation note="Essentially, I am starting my MEng in EECS while completing a ... friends really knew I painted in the past, mostly due to the occasional ... most of my time: co-hosting a radio program, teaching biology in Italy

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Massachusetts to Michigan guest post by Liz O.'21

  

  figuring out how exactly to word the spec I’m writing. It’s easy to get in ... :00 PM- I talk to my mentor’s boss about my spreadsheets and get a whole ... confident and professional in a button down shirt and grey blazer, handing out

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  ’s biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom ... important thing is to be true to yourself. We know you lead a busy life

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  confident in their the ability to “function effectively as a member of a team ... they held some sort of leadership position in high school. Out of a list ... be more of a title than anything else, and I can definitely relate to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  everyone else's blogs. I would be happy to get feedback from my readers on ... on what it would be like to be a hacker at MIT, the actual accounts of ... whatever "being an MIT student" is to them - just a modified version

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Winter Through the camera lenses of people who don't have winter

  

  , got right down to business and started making snowballs. A picture inside a picture... The Alchemist! We saw tons of bunnies in Killian ... entire campus in a powdered-sugar cast.   It’s incredible how

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 13, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  've been writing to since my freshman year in high school will be taking a ... week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a ... Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... pie had a hidden cost in the form of this rating inquisition. Not one to ... information in order to make a decision, but there is no substitute for

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023