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• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  independence, bringing me closer to both myself and my parents. I was recently ... springtime, it's entirely possible to be fulfilled and happy, even when nothing ... be, hanging on to memories of your senior prom and of the countless

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  impossible.  And yet world-class marathon runners are able to run twenty ... .  And the reward? Getting to work on and take some ownership of the ... hard, and listen to your body. That's how you pull away from the pack

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Breaks, Apple Pies, and Formal Halls

  

  . It was so much fun. We stuffed a bag full of apples and then went to ... little too much to drink. We went to various pubs afterwards and I think ... different colleges and are taking different classes, it's nice to have get

  • by Cambridge
  • November 3, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school

  

  disguise...kind of) and still have managed not to pull an all-nighter (for ... started MIT, I never once expected to stay here for this long (partly ... came to MIT, my plan was to study EECS, start a video game company, and

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some notes for applicants Thoughts for both EA & RA applicants.

  

  interest to early and regular action applicants. For Regular Action ... been sent to MIT. Our College Board Code (for SAT and TOEFL) is 3514 and ... will be deferred to regular action for further consideration (and some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What should I be doing now? Tips for regular and early applicants.

  

  waiver does not negatively impact your application. And if you qualify for ... deferred to regular action for further consideration (and some of those will ... , and hope for the best. As the year draws to a close, start talking with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  determine how many students we could take at this time, and which students to ... 'll once again look at where we are, and determine whether we will use the ... offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  the hazy memories of my CPW to guide me. this is totally credible and ... to go and what parts of campus I wanted to explore? yes. did I go to ... ones you're interested in, and go to the ones you're feeling at the time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  much to say. I had two friends, and they both thought I was scary before ... through the back-front door and I check in to my room. It's hot and it ... though. I finished high school and flew to MIT with the idea that suddenly

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  . Sid says that the UROP is great chance to gain lab experience and he encourages students interested in UROPs to be persistent and to apply to ... microspheres that can potentially be used to develop a cancer vaccine. Genetic

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  '80s hair metal. ("Next year I'm going to college, and there we will ... much fun as it is being pompous and loathed by everybody, just don't do ... letters. Seriously, Ms. Schutz, I highly recommend it.) 7. Go to class and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  .004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always building something scary that does something awesome and it's fun to see his ... in his Facebook profile that led me to believe something big was going

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Meet More People a guest post from Amy F. '20

  

  thanks to my dear friends Matt Q. ‘19 and Noah M. ‘20) Recently, a friend ... kind, and teaches me so many things that I don’t even know how to start returning the favor. MIT feels like a completely different (and much better

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  yourself. You certainly should add MAKEblog to your RSS reader, and MAKE ... building things, you'll check them out. And to the folks behind MAKE and ... "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  When MIT Gets Tough, CAAAATTTT Everything was terrible, and then I cat

  

  past weekend, I rushed my mom and sister to come visit me at MIT because I was feeling particularly stressed out and at a loss for how to deal ... and I love her so much and I will love her forever! She's already

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 7, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  song that the sixth graders decided to do a flash mob to. And then ... annoying song, and also the teachers had already done a video to it so we ... to her school for some sort of concert, and when she sang Tonight I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  myself to different perspectives and value systems was incredibly ... , and the sum of parts is always greater than the whole. I gained a much ... interesting to me and definitely something I hope to explore further.  

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  nothing & everything what i did this IAP!

  

  My freshman winter break and IAP were very nice, nothing to complain about. I got to fly home and spend two weeks with my family; I came back to campus, learned lots of different things, and had some free time

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  bimbos who spend all day having pillow fights and braiding each other ... are nothing like what the media portrays. I'll try to dispel some popular (and untrue notions) a little later on. First of all, I should just

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkeys and babies But no baby turkeys.

  

  miles ever before, and so I've pretty much experienced the pinnacle of bad ... ENCLOSED AIRCRAFT, BUDDY - pretty much seen, done, and smelled it all. But ... starts to scream and you think, I'm gonna go Sparta on that kid and kick

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 25, 2007