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• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  morning milking and was setting up some electric fence for the cows when ... broke up every week or so for the next several months. M.P. ‘19 I was ... quit for a few hours after decisions came out, and had to wait about 90

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Figuring out what I want to do with my life personal essay time :)

  

  some skills I picked up working for Company X. More broadly, I’ve really ... really excited about this, as it’s been a dream of mine for at least ... ten years, but I’ve finally decided who I want to be when I grow up and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • March 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how the first midterms actually were xoxo gossip girl?

  

  there is a consequence for not showing up ... going to get canceled for the almost two years I had it planned, and the ... today to confirm that I have lost my powers. MIT is infamous for humbling

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • October 15, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  and clear things up. Core memory for sure. Anyway, hi everyone, to ... grateful to live in. MIT did a great job of setting me up for success and I ... on in NYC. I am always keeping an eye out for pop-ups (like the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  're interested in printing these, hit me up and we can talk about it. For me, this ... , asked friends for feedback, wrote an email, and set up a spreadsheet. I ... correspondences, and got the idea that I should commission art for this! It was my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  in which i blog again four-ish blogs in one

  

  Communication Fundamentals When I signed up for this class, courseroad marked it ... primarily for freshmen. I think I’m more of a bottom-up learner that tries to ... wrote that. This is why for the most part my past blogs aren’t deeply

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 29, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I Made the MIT Admissions Blog TCG and YOU can get your own cards at CPW!!🃏🎴💳

  

  body of research from Cassie Lee at the MIT Media Lab in the Center for Constructive Communication. She works on designing playful experiences for people ... MIT Orientation Trading Card Game to be used again for the class of 2030

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  cute date ideas or like. hang out ideas

  

  It’s Veteran’s Day, which means it's been one year since my For Real ... that you love, for any definition of love <3 I’ve roughly grouped ... for a swipe I may as well feel like I had a bougie meal. Bake in the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 11, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  winning embracing positive-sum

  

  for most of my life i was very prone to envy. part of that was ... , and so on - but it also extended to non-academic endeavors as well. for ... can be a good way for you to meet new people, having acquaintances with

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 2, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  because I was looking for sympathy, kind words, or anything like that. I ... could actually try and STILL come up short seemed unthinkable. I had based ... created for myself had collapsed. Oh, and remember that void I was talking

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  ‘productivity youtube.’ For those of you unfamiliar, this largely consists of ... the books for me and just tell me the most important/interesting bits ... at a reasonable time and not stay up until 4 am every day

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  me. every day is a grind, and keeping up with academics is about the ... advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and ... members choreograph/learn dances for a virtual set, but it's a "mess around

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  mit: it’s complicated confliCTING FEELINGS

  

  auditions and canceled on the three groups i signed up for. im so sorry @ mit ... credit for calculus from passing our math diagnostic. i convinced myself ... ="'didn't receive a sufficient score to qualify for credit for 18.01'"]failed

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  , advocating for policies to prevent such a shooting from happening again. They ... walkouts scheduled for March and April. In response, some high schools have ... rescinded if they are disciplined for joining the protests, while other

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  Last Tuesday was a big day for MIT's class of 2019. After two years ... enduring symbol of class pride and school spirit. And right now for MIT ... where the whole sophomore class dresses up in everything from onesies to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  rand.random Random photos of 2016

  

  ! June Bags all packed for travel--and good thing, too, because I end up ... Story About Muti") in January, I stopped for lunch at a Chinese hot pot ... , MEng '17, for a picnic. April Researching at the Media Lab is honestly

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  weather and stuff a Californian’s first experience of fall and also other things on my mind

  

  problem for me. I Iive in a triple. One of my roommates, Claire, is from ... wearing scarves for something other than fashion. It means layers and boots ... spelled “nightmere”). Luckily, I have a bike (thrifty me bought it for $45

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • October 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  It's 3am and I should probably be studying for my first 8.01 exam ... of time management. For me to put in the maximum amount of work into ... textbooks, taking notes, etc...) and have time for anything else seems near

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  students pre-registered for the course, representing 9 different majors and ... with Ethan Zuckerman, the Director of the Center for Civic Media, cofounder of Global Voices and MediaCloud, and board member for Ushahidi and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trashion 2014 are YOU trashionable?

  

  sometimes say that I judge people for a living. While I had no formal background or training in judging people, I have been judging people for some time now, and it is the task for which I am paid; I am basically a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2014