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• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  the street to the cell phone shop, asking if there was someone there who spoke English to explain the terms of the contract to me - where it turns ... back into the subway station, happy to be found.

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  through it all. If you happen to be asking yourself the same thing, let me ... handle, especially if you're applying to MIT. But you're not alone, and you ... accomplishments, whenever I thought about applying to MIT, I kept coming back to the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I Wanted to Say to Prefrosh before CPW 2015 a resurrected freshman draft

  

  —after all, freshman fall with Pass/No Record had to be the easiest of all ... the Bloggers, I’d like to say this: Be excited. Hold on to that ... , about the experiences they’ve had. I’m happy that I got to be Course 8 for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  about this place I would call home, and I felt a drive to be social, to ... nutrition, but I will still be part of the social contract that all of us ... Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  to the application fee, choose the fee waiver option. There is no need ... be able to consider you during Early Action (just a few weeks later) if ... get them to you in time? A: If you did not select your scores to be

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  take 2-4 business days from the time of receipt to be processed and show ... , but if you want to be safe, you may want to send it again.) Core Components If your Evaluation A or B is missing, click the link to check

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the ... the place. Then second semester came. I thought I would be okay if I ... twenty in my high school. I am not used to being at the top nor do I think

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I went outside! *inhales, belts 'for the first time in forever' at the top of lungs*

  

  something called the MIT Outing Club. Most of what they do is organize trips ... cabins that students can use for a small fee. One of the halls in East ... records for the world's shortest camping trip, but we did get to go on a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  ? @Sarun: In the essays, we're looking to learn more about you. If it ... friday. Would it be too late for us to have the interview? Is it too late for him to send in the report? @shanny: Not at all, you'll be fine

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  to the application fee, choose the fee waiver option. There is no need ... be able to consider you during Early Action (just a few weeks later) if ... you in time? A: If you did not select your scores to be directly sent to

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  be considered, you have the rest of the summer to be incredibly ... welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should know that we will be looking to hire almost exclusively incoming freshmen

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  MacG 50ish years ago an email from an alumnus

  

  were to leave your curtains open during the winter, your room would be ... f entry. I won't link to it, because I don't want to be called out for ... breaking off to become the new College of Computing, my how things have

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 6, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  The other day I learned something new. After being here for almost ... don't know about the giant rocks on campus...), but he even had to go as far to suggest that I might try going there sometime (the horror

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  had led me down the path of failure. If I’m being honest with myself, I ... was unheard of for me to struggle, or be wrong, or, even worse, fail ... to pieces, and ironically, this was the year when more people than he

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back ... comments. We're excited to have you as a member of the class! We've spent the ... and say hi to Ben, Nance and I!) It's going to be a wild ride -- fasten

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  ; I needed places and people I could call home. I needed to learn the ... my skills, even if it opens the possibility of failing. It means ... . The want to have fulfilling work, the want to be around good friends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  on how the internet isn't all it's hyped up to be. excerpt from the ... .... Failing to anticipate how authoritarian governments would respond to the ... sometimes...surprisingly enough it's nice to not be sitting down all day. here

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  features can be things like reminding the kid when to eat, or if they should ... to see if the system is actually being used. I think also user feedback ... Microsoft to check if the way I explained things was coherent enough that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  ! A couple ways to check if your username is already taken: 1) put the ... class from the Admissions Office to the Academic Resource Center (ARC ... ? A cover letter from Marilee, formally transitioning you to the ARC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] Next Haunt 2024: The Haunters what it takes to scare MIT students

  

  to be the build director was much harder. The previous build director ... for us to be able to do anything in the fall semester. Unfortunately ... year, we have to do a little thing called strike, where we unbuild the

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • November 27, 2024