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• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  knowledge) and major in it. I know it's nice to think that "you can do anything you want at MIT", but is it really feasible? I would tend to say ... , cause I haven't answered any recently: 1. Phil asked, Is it really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  on Instagram and it was really great to finally meet them in person ... ="103352" /]   But looking back I now notice that it’s okay to feel lost and alone sometimes. It’s okay to feel nervous about being independent and

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  adapted Universe typeface. It is simple and straightforward enough to work ... for this is that it's traditional in Steer Roast to burn toilet paper as ... narrative. So it'll be much messier, but hopefully provide some insight as to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  application is missing or late, it says something about your desire to transfer ... The fall transfer application deadline is coming up. I tried to ... application work during winter break so I could devote my full attention to it

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  The next few weeks are going to be something different. To start, it is 3:30 am Friday night and I am moving back to EC tomorrow starting 11 ... the sun is coming up. Tomorrow after moving my things back to EC, I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... pushed submit. A week before the EA deadline. It felt good. But then, I ... cause me to be instantly rejected from MIT, I calmed down slightly, went

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  've been going to a magnet school (I think that's what it is) half of every ... 't just a leaf.) It was something out there trying to tell me that I need to ... Junior in Michigan who is considering applying to MIT next fall. Recently

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  felt like I was...cooking? It was really neat to have to go back into ... honest I don't even know what this is but it looks and seems cool. So ... various interests of mine, if I'll find a career that is somehow able to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  , but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing ... how Ryan describes TOFU: TOFU is a project to explore new ways of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  If there's one thing I am utterly terrible at, it is prioritizing. My ... somewhere first for it to run on!" But since I didn't want to run a server off ... for a thesis. This is the reason, if you were unlucky enough to see my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fun Times @ MIT (Pt. 1) Life's gotta be fun.

  

  perfect 100% of the time. (3) It's easy to feel sad and miserable about ... 's possible to be inundated with work yet happy at the same time. (5) It's my ... different. In terms of classes, this upcoming semester is going to be my most

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room ... much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one event. Friends, this is the Green Building, home to EAPS

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  to use the word hate, but I’m going to be a rebel and use it anyway ... cream-you’ve got give me more to work with. Are we eating it plain, or ... the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  was hard. We're talking miserable hard. It was a test of will, to be ... until late November, my very last test of the semester. It's one thing to say that MIT is hard and that bad test scores will happen, but having to

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake up and check AirNow to see if more smoke is floating down through the ... potted Cattley Guava is fruiting (in USDA zone 6!) it is time for those

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  Sorry for not having posted recently. It's gotten to the point where ... time that feels like it's being wasted. As such, I decided to take most ... toy that is even close to being kinda done? Oh boy.) but there's just

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The sky is falling! Either a huge cottonball just exploded or it's snowing.

  

  And so it begins. The first snow of the term has arrived. Kresge in the snow! Later that cold October evening, the snow turned into rain.

  • by Bryan
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  is going online and we have a week to leave. It feels like ... first responsibility, if I want it, is to protect the glass ball that I am ... responsibility is to try to add new colors, pick up what might be good, help it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is ... is ready to go, click that button, or stamp that mail! I hope these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  , but we decided to forbid the use of Ctrl+F, which made it difficult to ... I secretly love Taylor Swift. It was tough, but they say acceptance is the first step on the road to recovery. My phone is a RAZR - not one

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012