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• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  applicant. It's not to be wowed, or feel like we need to read the most unique ... you are (you do not need to be more, or different, than what you are ... forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear that there's no

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  Harvard Square to get Dominos. We had decided we needed to get away. The ... and hung out with J Entry. I didn’t do laundry, though. I really need to ... what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  's alumni interviews. I am looking forward to discussing them on this blog, but first allow me to introduce myself. After growing up in Queens, NY, I went to MIT for college. I graduated about 20 years ago as a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What I’m Up To distractions

  

  person needs to own this). we've played Fakin' It, Quiplash, Trivia Murder ... 't have to be too much. listening to and finding new music - new Gambino ... hours, too. Also, thank you for your lovely responses to my last post. I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  seemed to be a consensus among a bunch of people I talked to that this was ... something really, really rad also happened this week, and I want to tell you about that instead. To introduce the rad thing, I present to you Exhibit

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  ). Take as much time as you need to make your decision (and if we can help ... else that you need to make your decision -- please let us know your ... MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  (beginnings in which I say hello, and explain that unclosed parenthesis.

  

  . That's a difficult question for me to answer, because there's so much I ... all that as a naive prefrosh, Michael once looked forward to psets ****I ... On December 17, 2011* at 12:17pm EST**, I was accepted to MIT. After

  • by Michael C. '16
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  need to go back to get the card made in the card machine."]half a Harvard ... from MIT. I’m slowly getting ready to go back to the firehose; I’ll be on ... sets and early morning rowing practices. I’m excited to see my friends

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ecstatic to get back to campus after a much needed break, to see my MIT ... going to Seahawks playoff game(s) while I'm stuck yelling at a TV about 3

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  , you probably don't pay as much attention to the differences between ... difficult, you can still learn an entirely new way to think, to communicate, to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  those people who does course 6 in no order whatsoever. Taking course 6 in ... : I NEED HOUSING. My sworn roommate flew out here last night, and I’ve sent 150+ emails and made 20+ calls related to housing, because I decided

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  this is fine some thoughts at the end of the semester

  

  too much on, worried about not getting the opportunity to rest enough ... normally take this much energy to see friends from other dorms, and wait ... it feel so much more out of reach. When I first got to campus in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  really appreciate the fact that I have so much freedom to choose what I do ... I decided to come back here a little early to go see an AMAZING concert and spend New Years in a place that I wasn't allergic to. (No

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The Boston Marathon has only been cancelled once in its ... like a little wind and rain is going to stop them from running it ... love the MIT energy initiative or whatever just as much as President

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  ways to feel lost:" I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before ... , seemed to me a much more academically diverse place, with many outcomes for ... years after undergrad is all the reason I need. I don't need to have a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  other. everyone expects their blades to collide in midair, but instead ... were too dull. he goes on to talk about how people who stay true to their ... allow themselves to drift into nihilism lose their edge it shouldn’t come

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  months of quarantine, especially because i didn’t have much to do at home ... ) one of my favorite quotes does not have a discernible origin. “dead ... than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is ... first name. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  people who helped write, and they've all been talking to me and asking me to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while now, and it's traditional for people in my living group, floorpi, to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  needed to get the job done right.   It was an incredible amount of work ... available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2021