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• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  with. The traits that make you whole. Does that sound scary? To me it ... college essay is personal. It’s not English class anymore. Let loose your ... use “I” too much? The essay is about you, but it’s also about the people

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  before it gave up for the day. my original plan had been to work on my ... onto it anyways. so i decided to pursue some dumb ideas that i had been ... Blender! - Blender is a 3D modeling software that you can use to model a lot

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better ... so what if we did? There are worse things to be. But anyway, MIT is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  , only for it to ultimately reappear under the couch.) I don’t know how ... since leaving MIT. And it's a constant reminder to me (and others) of my ... and they reconsidered whether it was the best time to be building a new

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  conversation. :) "OKAY. I'M READY!" Excellent! To make it into this semester ... Organic Chemistry is notoriously hard. But what isn't hard is having ... and 2-5 friends can ask any of your professors out for a feast, to any

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  happens to be on MIT's campus. Which is only 2. But still. 100%! Also I just ... (who is now actually married to Adam) feels the need to be all "Sooooo, I ... that and I had to share. Tensor! Ha! Get it? Don't worry if you don't, a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  a kind of breach to it, I think. You could say that my writing isn ... more, but I think this SCP is more amenable to people who haven't read ... than pictures of snakes. "I think this is it." "This is what?" "My

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  complex organic chemistry reaction. It's how to ask for help. Help in the classroom The most garden-variety way to ask for help is to find another ... . (Actually, I should say that it's really uncommon not to do that.) There

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Borne back ceaselessly into the past I've had a week! The whole earth was created in a week!

  

  't it? Sorry about that, chief. Basically what happened is that I had to ... at MIT. But the real challenge is to explain why it heats up ... building to MIT, because nobody will ever use your name in referring to it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Entry: A Yankee in Cambridge Math, exchange programs, and why we love MIT.

  

  style is flexible enough to suit your diverse academic needs (spoiler: it ... years of MIT? It is strange to walk into a building and find out that it ... the best way to learn something is to teach it, and for me the easiest

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  near future - it'll take me a few days to remember what it is that I ... . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach: I even made my wife do some recruiting: To make it seem as though

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Glass Flowers A trip to Harvard to see the glass flowers (8 pictures)

  

  , everything you see here is made out of glass. Side note: Don't ever go to ... On Saturday, it snowed!! On Sunday, the sun was shining. Go figure. And now, onto the non-meteorological information (say it, don't spray it

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  to the test while conversing with alumni and employers. It was a great ... nametag and wear it on your right side. When you shake someone's hand, you ... your nametag. 2. Have a good handshake. It shouldn't be weak and you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  telling me to schedule a makeup exam. But it’s more like this is not exactly ... …But I never thought it would be so easy to practically fail. Almost ... Ahh!!! This blog is finally happening! I think my bio page gives a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  from September to December, while the Spring semester is from February to ... things during it. Some of my friends chose to have an extended winter break ... -backed prizes. While Battlecode is about writing an AI to play a game, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Extended to January 3 We have extended the RA deadline. Happy Holidays!

  

  to submit your deadline. If your application is ready to go, click that ... deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to ... application materials, please be patient as you wait for it to appear on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 3, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  free time and leisure. I think the balance is something to strive for. It ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time ... . Weekends have been staying relatively free, which is great. I went to Boston

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  "structure follows function". This is a good axiom for biologists, but it ... "normal" (though really, there's a limit to how normal anyone at MIT is ... diversity, how is it that geography ended up such a predictor of "normal" vs

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  together, is even harder, because usually it's impossible to get all of it ... . You see, one of the things I want most to get out of freshman year is to ... . Soldering strikes me as kind of an insane thing to do. It's like somebody said

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  , and this is that! I loved reading it, and I know you will too <3 ... in a cup; it is a daily ritual that brings together families and ... to perfect the recipe, and every step of that journey made it even more

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025