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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  energy to put into bettering myself, or if I actually sat down and thought ... classroom on Tuesday morning and had to run to get there. I went to an extra ... to work on them. And then I was out the whole weekend, from Friday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify why did i ever think iTunes was good

  

  playlist, and we did. Here it is - listen to it while you read this post ... my life before coming to college and pursuing my interests in a cappella and guitar. I listen to different music depending on how I feel a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 9, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  : "But what about going to college and trying new things? Also, Hack Punt Tool was REALLY fun, and even though I can't sing to save my life, I ... music and go to auditions. Rational Part Of Brain: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING" Me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Burnout (and what to do about it) learning how to recharge a low battery

  

  cynicism related to one's job; and c) reduced professional efficacy. Burn-out refers specifically to phenomena in the occupational context and should not ... important things to write about. And, with the summer, I have more time: not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  to go home and get my instrument, so I had to take it to class with me ... coming to MIT for a day and wanted to see how our research on the thermal ... his thesis work for him, he asked me to meet with Professor Tester and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  Next for my first two years) and I tried to do as much as possible during ... . Don’t despair, you honestly do not have to go out and buy a “Nerd Kit ... classes, and (best of all?) go to college parties! You will roam the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Scratches On My Mind A brief introduction, so you'll know why I see MIT the way I do.

  

  me a bottle. Fast forward to 1991, and I'm a little boy playing outside ... spring of my senior year. I'm accepted to MIT and decide to go. My parents don't have the money to send me, so I join the Navy and convince the

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 20, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What support is available for LBGTQ students?

  MIT strives to create a safe and welcoming environment for LBGTQ students. MIT and its surrounding communities offer a broad array of services, activities, and resources for lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender
• Blog / Athletics

  self-destruction my entirely self-inflicted problems

  

  and try to fall asleep. unfortunately my neighbors are having a lengthy ... interview (that’s what happens when you go to college during covid) and i was ... and medics who were paying attention to him and could administer cpr and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 27, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  minute blocks are much less intimidating and therefore much easier to ... give myself for these problems, and once i’ve found them i will try to ... things and merely accepted them. back then i’d told myself that you had to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  enough to get you into MIT. Invariably, someone takes that statement and ... application than to sit in a classroom for 3 hours on a Saturday and pay someone to let you take a test. Once you hit a certain level of SAT scores

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Seasons of Spam Next up: a Nostalgic entry about my frosh year. After Finals. Maybe.

  

  don't forward my MIT email to Gmail, and I've already taken myself off lists that send too much mail =p) And some technologically-related issues ... refuse to buy an iPhone - I didn't even own an iPod until just a year ago

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  piece of horse dung blog and run out and buy it. Seriously. It's totally ... passions of chocolate" card from the nearby gift shop and took it to Jonathan to sign. A week later they sent the card to her, and a few days later

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  . To make a sphere, it’s much easier to use a semicircle and revolve it ... . The second one was my desire to do anything and everything that ... clubs, extracurriculars, and other opportunities to get involved as a ‘24

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  classes im taking this semester! the classic

  

  science class I’ve taken since high school, and I couldn’t be happier to be ... class😭Aside from[annotation note="shoutout to my goat prof doug shaw and MMSS ... this class, and it’s been fun to learn and adopt a new way of thinking

  • by Angie F. '28
  • April 2, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bad Grades and Big Screw-Ups Pulling back the A's, B's, C's, and P's to see what's inside

  

  much sooner. To be fair, both me and the assistant professor dropped the ... this semester, and she seemed to be pretty embarrassed about this. BUT ... ? So I went to bed, and the next day I woke up, and I was like: “Gasp

  • by Powers '23
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Repilot A 10th vlogiversary for the 20th blogiversary

  

  commute and be on time to work the next morning!!"]much more practiced in ... the itch to write. And when Celena C '12 said that she was going to vlog ... scrambled to film and edit a vlog for—I think—the first time since undergrad

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Nisha’s Video Game Review cloud is judging me for this

  

  much more fun to play. Sidequests: 4/10. Eh, they're kind of dumb and ... dent because I've been attempting to partition my work time and my free ... a person is not knowing how to separate work and life. During school

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 29, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  something a skilled human does, and not something amenable to a simple ... agencies and institutions to reduce burdens, and pave paths, as much as ... At MIT Admissions, our mission is to recruit, select, and enroll a

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022