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• Blog / Admissions

  How to not love CPW but love MIT (for the most part at least)

  

  Two years ago (wow time flies), I went to CPW, and I came away ... mystical fog of technological magic and innovation. I still decided to come, swayed by other factors important to me, including distance from home

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I came to MIT never having cooked ... people asked me to elaborate about what non-meal-plan life is like. So ... who want to start cooking at MIT. Motivation The most basic meal plan

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  Hello readers. Happy Holidays to everyone! The term is over and I'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  is to be respected and taken seriously. There is no doubt in my mind that you are ready to get down to business. So, your first step is...? (Hint: see the title.) Aren't you fortunate that I'm here to help you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but we don't yet have a mail date set for this year. Just wanted to clarify

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  to notice much else. Thankfully, just a few hours after putting my pencil down and saying goodbye to genetics, at least for the time being, I was on a plane headed back to sunny southern California. My parents and

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  : the students (black and white) who allowed Martin Luther King, Jr., to ... Friedan to put feminism on the map, and so forth. They were real activists ... in response to this degradation – degradation of a noble activity

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  I solemnly swear that I am about to tell the truth, the whole truth ... , precisely, one goes about getting into MIT. My first response is generally to spout one-liners about passion and hard work. I have been known to mention

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by
• FAQ / International applicants

  Do application materials have to be in English?

  any documents, please ask him/her to sign and date the translation
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  to Be True. It was meant to be a simple introductory post, and I suppose it was, but I also wanted it to act as an anchor. I told myself that ... throw down the anchor. I could revisit what I knew to be true. Looking

  • by Ella T. '25
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  your alumni happy by admitting their kids, they might be more likely to ... rest of the students by allowing them to build great labs and dorms and ... privilege for the advantaged.” For you to receive legacy preference, it means

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I ... , otherwise it'd be pretty much impossible to adapt to film. Stylistically, it's pretty close to what I imagined the novel looking like. I'm not impressed

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this ... to be exact. Amal, the guy who organized the convention, was ... which enables women in poor communities to "get back the eight hours a

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  IAP I took the MIT EMS class to become a certified emergency medical ... members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... weeks of IAP was to take as many shifts as I could while a lot of people

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  live are preparing to celebrate Marathon Monday tomorrow but for those of ... and this is our last chance to make certain that every detail is perfect ... the weekend it makes sense for me to offer some tips about how you can

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  great. You get to travel and experience living in another country, and it’s possible to do so on a college student budget. But what if you’re pursuing a really technical major, and it’s hard to get outside credit from a school

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

  How to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall an international introduction to computational thinking

  

  homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... rudimentary to very advanced. It also provides data to the schools where the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A Note to the Class of ‘28 by Andre H. ‘24

  

  wrote a lovely blog post to document all the behind-the-scenes work that ... invite a student leader to help set the tone for the weekend and welcome everyone to campus. Andre H. '24 gave a great speech that was equal parts fun

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 21, 2024