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• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  solemnly completing what became a seventeen page application to my local [annotation note="To be explicitly clear, the point of this line is not that it wasn't worth my time to apply to this university, but rather to emphasize

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Crocheting With the Firehose Gauge your stitches, gauge your life

  

  . Before I came to Boston, I dedicated quite some time to ironing out the ... 's three stops on the Red Line to Porter Station"]Where is the nearest yarn store in Cambridge?[/annotation] To whom will I bestow crocheted gifts

  • by Ella T. '25
  • October 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  I expected junior fall as a course 6 to be a challenging semester ... -or-break moment- the last chance you have to make use of your CPT before you graduate by getting an internship at a firm that would be likely to extend a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  about not succumbing to stress as the semester gets progressively harder ... to anxiety, more jaded. I took these stories with a grain of salt since ... hours later, I'm starting to feel like I'm spiraling into anxiety about

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  like 1+1 is starting to seem like a challenge. Day 1 of September rang ... ’s fall but the weather is still nice. We go to a nice part of campus and just eat some food and joke around.” As you might be able to tell by

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  , everything was new, from the campus to the classes to the experience of living ... requirements to mostly [annotation note="these were course 6 classes at the time ... done with fresh starts. When I first came to MIT, I thought I wanted

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  surroundings was limited to the MIT area, Chinatown, and the Back Bay. Now, I ... 's super fun to hang out at and also makes for an unconventional date spot ... the North Point Park, which is a nice way to see the Leonard P. Zakim

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  lyrics to non-stop from hamilton in this post. nothing else just that"]A[/annotation] few days ago, my Google Calendar returned to its pre-exile state, aka ... tutoring organization I'm a part of to discuss my lessons for a student. I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• 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 / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  prompts for the forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear that there's no reason to start on them now, but some people like to ... the most important things a good college applicant can actually do to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  These are the decisions you’re looking for. 2022s are happening

  

  decisions are made available, you will need to access decisions.mit.edu and log in using the same username and password that you use to sign into ... sure you are ready to receive your decision before signing in to

  • by Decisions Droid
  • March 7, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The final stretch ...of 2017

  

  out on not having to take any once again. Last semester, I took all ... unique. We have 10 labs, 4 midterms -- each broken down to the Core section and the Spiritual/Right Now section. The final exam is there to provide

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 21, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days I’ve already been on three flights. And as I attempt to make sense of ... ! Welcome aboard! On behalf of our pilot and flight crew, I’d like to thank

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Beta CPW laser mazes and deep frying

  

  fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, during CPW last weekend. Here are some photos to attest to just how terrifying delicious re-deep-frying deep-fried food is ... day before that we invited the early pre-frosh arrivals to a welding

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 16, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Not all heroes wear capes – but some carry tubes. 2021s are happening

  

  . Next week, when decisions are made available, you will need to access ... to sign into your MyMIT account. There will be no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision before signing

  • by Riri Williams '20
  • March 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  As an African American I have always felt left out when it comes to language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is the key to their culture; there was a big difference between my General

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  , inspiration and optimism. I’ve searched high and low, from Facebook to Instagram to Reddit but to no avail. Motivation was nowhere to be found (a.k.a. I ... throwback to childhood for some positive vibes) If you ever feel like you

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fireside Chat with John Maeda Thoughts from former MIT graduate and professor and RISD President

  

  We were so lucky to have the UA Alumni Affairs Committee invite John ... at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) -- back to campus to ... deal of interesting and insightful anecdotes to share. Here are some

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  online to look at your grades you might see the familiar A ... person with some unique circumstance) and you open up your grade report to ... subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or ... . Most of this advice is paraphrased from people that I consider to be mentors, because I think I'm still a bit too young and foolish to be

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015