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• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  should be, what would I think was the most striking thing? Would it be the motion of things? Cars and people and hands and raindrops. Would it be learning to trust shapes and colors to be the real thing? Like a faraway

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this ... 't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is ... and the application readers to be careful not to fall into trap of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  Senior Thesis are surprisingly flexible. It can be as short as fifteen pages or longer than fifty. The research can be performed in your Junior or Senior year. The topic must be relevant to your major, but can be

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I ... are imagining what life might be like here, here is some important ... , and life will be a beautiful place. Under certain other conditions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of The Bands takes over Bryan’s Blog Hostile takeover of Bryan's blog for the night.

  

  't worry about it. Shaye: Really? Wouldn't Bryan be mad at us? Yuan: Shouldn't we be telling these people about Battle of the Bands? Shaye: yeah! BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!!! It's gonna be awesome! W00000T!!! It's gonna

  • by Bryan
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  so what if we did? There are worse things to be. But anyway, MIT is ... , and we're proud of to be a little offbeat. Around here, "nerd" isn't an ... . If we spent all our time studying, how would we have time to be in all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  grading system it would be unfair on me to compare my grades here to those ... be quite important. Door Matt Not McGann asks, "What about people ... their high school transcripts)?" We would appreciate being updated on your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  defining the future stop being vague

  

  future outcomes would be incredibly tedious. This reverence we give to the ... thus any adjectives may be attached to it. It can be apocalyptic. It can be dazzling. It can be destructive, or it can be beautiful. This

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 22, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  tomorrow morning?" I told him I had to teach recitation, so I wouldn't be ... added that there would be someone coming to speak who was so important ... was going to be invited with a press pass, but if I couldn't make it, he

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  how our knees can keep our body up but still be loose, not locked in ... yesterday, in that socially distanced, let's wear masks and be outside and be more than six feet apart just to be safe, way. i've forgotten how to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  in april, i was sure that in september, i'd be on MIT's campus again. in may, as many things dawned upon us all, i realized i wouldn't be. as ... decided that was fine; i liked cooking for myself too much to risk being

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Fifty-Seven Back and Busy for Semester 2

  

  weight of 4 Psets are setting in. All that being said, I am glad to be back ... seems to be a real mix of different year students in there, and I don ... can be solved by doing a quick glance at it and writing down the answer

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • February 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  About Tomorrow Good Luck Tomorrow!

  

  be occupying many of your minds, and so I'd like to offer some brief ... hopefully you're not like me, and will be willing to give it some thought. I only truly realized that some people would honestly be miserable here

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  ? this time, i’ll make the summer count  this time, i’ll be louder    ... ; it must be that cars run on wind,  i don’t know any other way   ... opportunities to pursue the things I was interested in, I feel very grateful to be

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  , being physically, mentally and financially protected from the realities of ... before me, both in this country and in mine, the difference being that the ... .  Being an international black student puts me in this interesting position

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). Next weekend will be a busy time for us all ... , there won't be very many of them if you are each doing what interests you ... our campus and the best way for you to be comfortable with them being

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  . The teacher evaluations, secondary school report and transcripts must be ... materials being mailed, including recommendation letters, should be sent to ... be fine, too, as long as there is enough information for us to match

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  like a plague these past few years, but a self-analysis can be quite ... questions, and be honest with your answers: What kind of a school do I want to ... kind of academic opportunities will be available to me as an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  i guess this would usually be the time of year that there’d be blog ... of you are doing amidst all the chaos. maybe some of you won’t be going ... out, i remember being pretty stressed out about it. and it makes me feel

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure ... ,792 applicants. These students will be reconsidered without prejudice in Regular ... students here; you can also read blog posts about being deferred here, here

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2019