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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts ... -EMS, through which I'll learn about everything it takes to be an Emergency ... better, I don't need to know MATLAB, which is fantastic since I don't know

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  though this class is a requirement, I'm going to enjoy it a lot. One of the ... semester is comprised of classes I actually really want to take. Here are ... want to take! I'm even excited for the required classes, which is really

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  not to scream. It's not the drill - I have about as much tolerance for ... it occurs to me that Dentist and Nurse are probably involved in some ... wakesurf to rock climbing to celebrating the most epic birthday ever - it was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to let your dreams TAKE FLIGHT What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? The mission of the blogs is to help prospective students understand

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  your personal and professional goals is available to you, and it makes ... admission, simply need to move on, acknowledging that enrolling at MIT is not an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  discussion, but I just don't think this is the place to do it, considering the ... something than to experience it? While I still hold to this “experience is the ... short, I removed the entry, but I think it's time to explain why. Why was

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  passion. It is not as simple as “finding what you love to do” because such ... -sounding extracurriculars!” But come on, you are still a teenager; it is okay to have explored and changed course. It is okay to have been in the school orchestra

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  have a 40 page paper to write, but such is life. The class is also an active class so we're able to have our laptops open, and it's acceptable ... So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  different lives, is because it reminds us that we are able to live a different way. That life is not constrained to the way it currently is in our ... Language is a funny thing. It's so natural and as kids we pick it

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

   about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun ... for it being late. Also, I thought it was hilarious that I had to write ... tardiness? I honestly did not think it was possible for me to get a second

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is Interphase Edge?

  Interphase Edge is a two-year scholar enrichment program that includes an eight-week summer session as well as programming during the academic year to help ease the transition to MIT and to build community among
• Blog / Challenges

  Taking a Step Back Using Avatar: the Last Airbender to talk about my feelings

  

  way of showing the audience how painful it is to change on a deep ... Zuko is sick, he switches which side of himself he identifies with to the ... family, but this is the turning point. His commitment to change starts here

  • by Powers '23
  • September 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  “It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ... for you to talk, shake it off, and remember you will survive, even

  • by Decisions
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  think it is a lesson that many of the people who get admitted to MIT would ... furniture and teaching people to build furniture (!). Life is hard, but it has ... interview; you know how to prioritize, triage, get stuff done. But it teaches

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In case you want to travel over IAP… You have a lot of options!

  

  French ability. The French program is new, and it’s taking 5 students to ... great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s ... really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  . David is off to the CUNY Honors College next year. The STS awards ceremony is a black tie event; I was sporting my tux. It's a pretty swank ... think a big part of that is it's not really in the nature of the science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  it is going to help them get into MIT. So where did this idea come ... .   It is indeed unusual for a school like MIT to have no preference for ... privilege for the advantaged.” For you to receive legacy preference, it means

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  lecture because that is pretty obnoxious when a professor is trying to speak ... will also help. If you want to see the kids sweating it out about to take ... . you'd seen plenty of photo already.) Your feedback is important to me

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  . It took me almost a full semester to get into the class, which is ... of Course 2 lab space. But no matter what it is you want to do, I ... there lots of CNCs? Is it okay to use the shop in the wee hours of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  of the world (though it may feel like it tomorrow). I'd like you to think of it as an invitation. For some, it will be an invitation to see ... about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018