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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents too…really!! ...a helpful guide for parents (I hope

  

  For our newly admitted students, the time is rapidly approaching when we will welcome them to campus for the first time as members of the ... and this message is basically for those hardy souls who have spent the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / Classes

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

  

  want to take! I'm even excited for the required classes, which is really ... creating STEM games for middle schoolers in Nepal, and I'm pretty interested ... East Campus will be good experience for that. 6.033 (Computer Systems

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  what to pack for the dorms but non-extensive so pls don't blame me if u forget ur toothbrush

  

  've packed absolutely everything you need for a successful college experience ... that I sat down and made 3 years ago, before moving into the dorms for ... :  A Medicine Kit: Freshman flu is real, y’all. Stock up on cough drops

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • July 8, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  Pre-registration has opened up, my dear children, and that means it is my favorite time of the year! I love registering for classes because ... ."]REST[/annotation]. I know for sure I am taking [annotation note="Oral Communication"]6

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Events

  I THINK it’s time for a guest blog! WARNING: There will be shameless promotion of MIT TechFair’s THINK competition in this post.

  

  again—holidays, finals, and high school science competitions! *thumbs up* For me, it was really awesome getting the chance to work in a lab and to ... seriousness, starting a project was kind of a milestone for me in high school

  • by Kate R. '14
  • December 7, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  These are the drones you’re looking for Aerospace engineers: what do they do in their free time?

  

  , Ohio for the first day of freshman orientation in fall 2002, but I’ll be ... . So he’s been in California for the past two years, and I’ve been ... hitching up my covered wagon and hitting the Oregon Trail. (Is that not how

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Breaaaaaaaaakkkkkkk!!!!!!

  

  on her history book and wake up knowing everything. 9. I get to eat ... . I'll have time to watch TV. This is a big deal, guys. Be excited for ... catch up... ...on reading! I love novels - so much so that when I filled

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 24, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  of money for my education, and the least I could do was try to pay for ... , which is $8.75 an hour, and I was responsible for checking out books and ... weekly chores like dusting the bookshelves. It was a very good job for a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  [Guest Post] Things to do while waiting for decisions by emily '22, alison '23, felix '23

  

  and Japan you will visit for sure one day Clean that clothes chair u ... backpack for a week Try to get over your fear of how ugly the titans are and ... you haven’t talked to in a while Wake up early and watch the sunrise

  • by kellen manning
  • February 1, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: the creative process for Pi day videos

  

  officers are preparing for the admissions cycle (sort of like preparing for hibernation, but for being buried in applications instead of snow). So here is some #Content for you: last November, Loren S. '17 and I were interviewed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  activities. Think about what the people you asked for recommendation letters ... your interviewer might say about what you’re like in person. For each ... be filled in with your essays. For each quality, especially sparse ones

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  't been thinking about it. Literally, the thought hadn't crossed my mind for ... scholarships and the Stanford app done (I ended up never applying there, actually ... to call our entire extended family. So now it's your turn to open up

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  A friend of mine ended up studying lit at a nearby college here in ... in the eye and saying "What do you do for fun around here?" It caught ... (which I've traded a few sleeping hours for at market price) surrounded by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  Yesterday, I got up early, despite having gone to bed late the night ... name for a 5th East-er, if you couldn't figure that out) because of ... Canyon that you went down on your back, which started out slow for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about ... child survive the process of choosing the right college for him/her. As ... philosophical issues and solutions for surviving the college decision process. In

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I'm done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we'll see once I get ... the Next House facilities chair about the Next House bike auction, for those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  As I wrote in a previous entry, I signed up to run the Back Bay 5K ... the bridge in flip-flops. For those of you who were not at MIT last ... "freaking." While Sam '07 pins on his bib, I warm up my hands... ...so I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  42 Recipes for Surviving Freshman Year (Part 1) Feeding yourself without a meal plan and avoiding the (negative) freshman fifteen.

  

  it gets cold every year, to Miami for New Year’s and a Green Christmas and to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. My parents drove down ... ). Thanksgiving for me is the beach, yoga classes twice a day, and almost absolutely

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 3, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Freshman Application: Live on Monday The MIT Freshman Application will go live tomorrow (Monday) on MyMIT.

  

  contact your interviewer and set up an interview November 1: Deadline for ... interviewer and set up an interview January 1: Deadline for Regular Action ... MIT. If you have not yet done so, you will need to register for a My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  Capitol Building nearly made up for the fact that it was FREEZING outside ... people haven’t noticed. To be fair, he’s a name rather than a face for ... Congress, now the US Representative for New Jersey’s 12th congressional

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014