Search

Search Results

• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  about MIT is that this place does break you down. It doesn’t have to break ... as a Tech Caller, which means I call alumni, talk to them, and ask them to donate to MIT. It’s a fascinating job, and it deserves an entire

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tenets or, my only piece of advice for incoming first-years

  

  overall experience much more enjoyable. Second, it is a good way to start ... choose to take as much of this advice as you would like. I, personally ... campus, eager to experience MIT and everything it has to offer. Many of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  in Maine with the Burton 3rd Bombers, who were so much fun to party ... floors - from Burton 1 to Burton 5, and from Conner 2 to Conner 5 (Conner 1 ... culture, and while there is clearly no objective way for one to claim one

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  about how much energy I have to do “work”, or “productive things”, I have ... monthly level: And as much as I’d like to pretend that the past few ... . On those days, I get a lot done. I find myself able to work for like

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  I recently opened my in-box to find an email from someone who "would love to interview an admissions officer from your prestigious university to measure the impact of the admissions essay on today's college

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Is My Home Looking back and saying goodbye

  

  ...you'll have to wait a few years, and see! Thank you all so much for following ... starting to take on new and exciting coursework, I smile and think of all the ... , Delta Phi Epsilon (or as we like to call it, DPhiE). Within my sorority, I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  . You get the point) The best candidates to MIT bring much more to the ... , dancing) be valued as much as a techie passion (like building stuff ... as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  . But it’s more than just famous. To MIT students, it’s a symbol that we ... one of those events that all sophomores look forward to. During the ... ’s ring that they had been working tirelessly to create. It’s a time to get

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  received a notification. We sprinted together down the hallway to 10 ... -empty tubs back to their dorms to share with friends. [caption id ... ] Toscanini’s is one of Boston’s best ice cream stores. We managed to get five

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  values and priorities. Maybe we share too much, or are trying too hard to ... virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In ... situation is probably not going to change. I can't speak to the situations

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it would be interesting to document my Thursday because I usually end up ... the bus at the next stop #nailedit   Attempting to take a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  intimidating (so much to do!) and very helpful. I've visited the pre ... I thought it'd be worth it to add my own thoughts into the mix ... 'm about to dive head-first into the craziness that is medical school

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  get SLAPped! it doesn't hurt

  

  campus. my tenure as a physical resident of ec had just ended due to the ... from time to time about events, dining hall swipes, free covid tests, and ... used to keep every single email that came into my inbox out of frosh

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 21, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  ’t help myself sometimes. But no matter how much we tell you to relax - let ... , and the depths of hell open to swallow you whole, rejecting you from all ... happen. Better news: everything is going to be OK. Best news: you can

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  starting a weekly film club, and of course, there’s so much Facebook to keep ... Israel: http://benbellinisrael.wordpress.com/ I was trying to think of a ... I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  like for you to live your everyday life, and how much your teachers and ... Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... and re-read it so many times, and it rings true to me every single time

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  project and what I need to do over the next week or so. 6:35 -- I arrive ... 'll be sad.) Since the stated purpose of the blogs is to introduce prospectives to a day in the life of an MIT student, I have rather uncreatively

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  bugs and reconfiguring later, I managed to make it much easier to use for ... -worry-inducing gadgets, I realize just how much MIT has permeated every part of my life ... brain has been rewired and my physiological response to stress and sleep

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  year and moved to Bangalore. I wonder how much these things would have ... I've gotten a number of email responses to my blog post about the ... hadn't heard from him since Pi Day 2011; he revived the old thread to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  , things have been crazy busy. (Perhaps at some point, I'll eventually get to ... some balance to the conversation. I remembered a guest post I wrote a ... was actually in response to an admitted student who was deciding whether

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008