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• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  of the fact that you applied to MIT, one of the most selective schools ... bit of free time to write an entry I wanted to write/post this past ... that entry. First: to those of you who got in - congratulations, and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Doing What You Love it's both priceless and utilitarian

  

  During a pset party last night, one of my hallmates called her own ... degrees, in every career field, with the obvious exception of the five or ... that impacts millions of strangers. A biologist can publish a paper that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  philosophy that I would apply to a bunch of schools, find out where I was ... sardonic words of the ever-quotable Winston Churchill, "This is the sort of ... now made it's way into my blog, like several other songs I can think of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  journey. I'm growing my hair out. I'm applying to a lot of things and ... things I have been doing both inside and outside the confines of MIT. I ... I once did. I don't think as deeply about the opinions of the people

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Evaluate your MIT Student Experience Dear {{FIRST_NAME}}, Every four years, MIT surveys all undergraduate students about vario...

  

  aspects of their academic and student life. The survey is essential in ... enhanced while a student at MIT? How do you perceive the sense of community ... , and the results of any research or analysis using the data will be

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Hi all, Many of you have already filed your application for ... things: You can now track the status of your financial aid application by ... Action admission decisions are made in mid-March. You can still apply for

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  OMG SNOW Well, FINALLY!

  

  a decision, or you haven't even applied, I'd prefer if you stuck to ... , because I just thought of this and now I'm late for class. Anyway..) THE GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF MY LIFE part two, which took place two days ago

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships ... -Help portion of your financial aid, at least at MIT) while at the same time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Scary Tails and College Essays Three bad puns, two bloggers, one post.

  

  ! Brought to you by bloggers Canna H. and Am T. and a pair of mouse ears ... becoming an MIT admissions blogger: you must be scared of the dark. Bold, courageous students need not apply. Last night, after the requisite parties

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 31, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  been writing to offer me a job writing handouts for one of AoPS's ... all of this without ever leaving your room.  What are you going ... you. What I can do is give you an idea of what's possible using the

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  food consumed this week, mostly free or: how to get away with rarely cooking

  

  People in dorms with dining halls occasionally ask me, “So in East ... lot of things,” to “Uhh… I mean… I certainly did. I actually have no ... what I eat. This is partly out of curiosity toward my own collegiate

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  of selection. Things are going well; for some reason I'm enjoying ... guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any ... applications from people who have no business applying to MIT to liven up

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  . Between then and now, a fusillade of transformations has taken place. Rather than present a disjointed patchwork of events from here and there, I ... journey from the first uncertain scrawl of words to the final product was a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  creeping around the back of my mind during all of [annotation note ... to campus and quick access to a dining hall made up for it. As long as ... fort I spent a fair amount of the rest of REX at, reopened. I filled out

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Food

  Write about Tea (with tea (with Paige))

  

  CJ historian but for the history of myself throughout the years, and ... history book in the form of blogposts). And when I first started out ... insane degree. Coffee was a part of my identity in,,, perhaps an almost

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 24, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  stressed that I can barely quiet the buzz of all the bees in my head--I go ... , I work through my supply of rice noodle packs that I got from ... shipping and delivery takes a while"]YamiBuy.[/annotation] I watch a lot of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  've been walking with one of my friends at night to Random Hall where she ... Infinite is filled with excited chatter and slowly walking walls of tourists, and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  Simmons Hall as any other Sim - it's simply that I'm part of another living ... Despite being the middle of winter, on Friday the entire Boston area ended up getting drenched in an unexpected deluge of rain. Yes, you read

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Dropout Design and the Disco Dance Floor ridiculous ideas can sometimes develop into pretty solid business plans. STORYTIME.

  

  's a hall) of East Campus called the Disco Dance Floor. Matt blogged ... that has some sort of entertainment value will get its 15 minutes of fame ... dude!". Now thats out of the way let me move on. Great job with the floor

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  being as frequent as I normally am. I think last year, I set a goal of ... overall was harder. There’s also a couple things I’ve been doing outside of ... , becoming a founder of a new FSILG, and playing with robots but that is all

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015