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• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  to figure out what admissions officers are looking for and it is the ... for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... MIT is an amazing place and having the chance to discuss what, to me

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  thoroughly inundated with this misattribution that it is no longer feasible to ... ghost me, and it is meaningless to regret decisions that would only change ... than gratitude” is a refrain commonly attributed to anne frank, but

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  words, even beyond pictures. The only way to describe it...is to be there ... ? Whatever your question is, CPW is your time to ask it. #8: Shatter ... . #9: CPW is the only time when it's okay to take food from strangers. I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  it harder to breathe harder to write harder to think. my life is still ... directions, and it is our time to find other experiences and paths. cami i ... a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Events

  So much to do, so little time There's always something exciting going on at MIT.

  

  correctly: live action anime. It is being put on by the MIT Dance Theater ... chance to see it) The MIT International Science & Engineering Initiative, better known as MISTI, is launching its ninth country program: the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  important in education and how it has tried to build that into a lasting ... the SATs today. I remember how much it sucked to sit in a room for ... goes out to you. But -- it could, somehow, be worse! A hundred years ago

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Introduction To ROTC At MIT A new guest-author blog in response to a variety of inquiries regarding ROTC programs at…

  

  , it's my pleasure to introduce a new guest-author blog that will help you to better understand the ROTC programs here at MIT.   ROTC is more than your average student activity. Its primary purpose is to prepare MIT

  • by ROTC
  • August 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests Plus... a fun mitadmissions.org milestone!

  

  January and February, preference is given to seniors and to admitted students, and starting in March, the program is only open to admitted students Please note: host-matching is done by people, not by a computer (it

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 18, 2007
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  Learning at MIT is not about memorizing formulas, but understanding how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment didn’t work, but rather if you understand why it didn’t work. It's not
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We ... scary as hell. So what do I want to be when I grow up? Part of me is unsure. The other is like "Hell yeah I'm going to save the world with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  revenue bonds which is exactly what it sounds like: a way for hospitals to ... finally hit me. "While it is hard to see this initially and as selfish as ... internship, my advice is to not stress out! It is probably something everyone

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  ungestalt twenty-one years of wandering

  

  it is difficult to return to the previous sensation, of seeing the ... feels like it isn't. to see the triangle would be a gestalt, then. but is ... 't perceived, and broken down to its component parts. in a general sense, maybe

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living? Find orientation housemates/roommates.

  

  that people can find other orientation housemates/roommates. Check it out! If anyone wants to add themselves, his email address is on the page. The address is: https

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: REX (Residence Exploration) is a fun ... decided where you're going to live, REX is a great opportunity to find out ... experience. For the rest of you, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT's dorms

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

  What Are YOU Up To This Summer? click me! click me!

  

  - compared to that, Twin Peaks is merely a foothill!) Polish mountains are ... 'll post it on my next blog! What: A picture that's somehow related to your ... picture/blahblah Other than this - the only other thing is to try to make

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 4, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  Application Tracking portlet in MyMIT. The system is supposed to display a message explaining why the portlet is no longer there, but it's not showing ... . The Application Tracking portlet is gone because it is now definitively

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello world. All your blog are belong to me.

  

  , perhaps it is simpler to introduce myself as part of the team of people that ... students to converse openly as they do on this site. It is perhaps ... 't recall much about the process, but I seem to remember it as going something

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  day, where i deconstruct a little the notion of being productive. it is, of course, one thing to know and another to believe. it is the ... one here is one of my tiny struggles over the past few weeks, and it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  is making sure you don’t overdo it. A good rule of thumb is to have a ... . To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all ... . I’d like to think that I’ve finally nailed it. So for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  , what makes this so special? why is it the end of the world? Well in a ... .k.a The Unified Theory, a.k.a Physics. That's right, it seeks to finish ... 's going to be around to call them liars?) One thing that is agreeable is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008