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• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  can say is that there's a lot in the environment, the way that I grew up ... burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of ... teachers I've ever had the privilege of taking classes with - from time to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  experience that will most likely never find it’s equal in the past 18 years of ... filled with essentials, we head out to begin tasting the fine wine that is ... ’s Taqueria at 8:00 that night, and in the beginning it seemed to be going well

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  the most part, I'm about to find out just what there is to do in this ... walked to 7-11 in the biting cold like only a crazy person should. With ... This was the title of an email I sent to Neha '10 a couple of weeks

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  Sometimes you should stop to identify all of the different pictures in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Makes Taiwanese Talk Show! All the way across the world

  

  MIT EC in Taipei). I'll try my best to translate/capture the most ... what is the most important is being able to apply the tools you picked up ... ...etc. etc.). Back in May, they invited MIT to appear on the show, and they

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48 Take under four classes, they said. You'll have free time, they said.

  

  difficulty: the majority of classes are 12 units[1], which is supposed to refer ... in the realm of observational astronomy—so much so, in fact, that ... , so the conversation is much more informal and personable than you might

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  corner). Video: The ride terminated (as most rides ought to) in a hot tub ... were ferried in to Hacienda la Verbena by the advanced food recon team of ... like we needed to maintain threshold power to simply stay upright in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to ... ’t appreciate how much effort we had been putting in until we didn’t have to ... a second thought to the spaces between letters. We don’t think about

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  's quoted in that article. We spent most of our time discussing the worst ... both broken, though, so I guess it's in the spirit of our lab to recycle ... the degradation of ammonia in supercritical water, is convinced that his

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  in what makes the most sense to you. I quickly assigned each bit to ... have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom ... to write an essay on the most significant challenge on that essay being

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person ... , much like life itself, is about the journey, not the destination. After ... down in the parking lot with their head in oncoming traffic to get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  level), is always one of the most common hometowns in each class. In ... mom couldn't explain the rationale for this discrepancy to me in the 7th ... to enroll in the decades-old building in the fall of 2001. But my mom

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  (not really). The day I arrived back in the US, I sent an email to IS ... is where tragedy strikes. The part in the story where everything ... way back to the States near the end of week 3 after a few days in Japan

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  the person who will frustrate you most in life, because, even if you ... that these days i try not to hate anything, because the act of hating is ... take a very long time to respond to texts, which in the grand scheme of

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  appreciation for the position we are in given our responsibility to provide all ... significant responses to the decision. There have been discussions, sit-in ... conclude that our plan to re-set the undergraduate experience in Senior House

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the MIT ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist ... of your college choices. The deadline to complete the form is April 18

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Feel Old Senior year? Already? #indenial.

  

  .63: Laboratory in Visual Cognition - This is one of the last Course 9 requirements ... /applicable to anything I do in the future. That's it for now - planning on ... 9 months to do all of the following: get through the list of 101

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Not Admitted A forum for students who were not admitted.

  

  With an 8% increase in applications, this year was again the most ... that we had to turn away many, many incredible students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk.

  • by Decisions
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  outside in the rain to visit one of Starbucks’s 6 reserve roasters in the ... decisions for me, even in the face of opposition, is probably the healthiest ... meant to be, and the view is stunning. If only I wasn’t sniffling so god

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... based in Madrid. They asked me to come visit them at the European Career ... shirt on over it. Was I supposed to tuck it in? What about the buttons

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008