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• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the ... was a letter to the future, to be read in five years. But here’s what I ... , and MIT is on a path to it. Not the only path. Not even the definitive

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  ? The answer to all of these questions is yes. Does MIT have a football ... to Mollie: In the interest of full disclosure, though, I should note ... come to the games and drink too much and then go do stupid things. But

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  ) where you pretty much get to do whatever you want with your life for the ... ://mitadmissions.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7173.mp4"][/video] Story time: So in order to get back to the ... time to start making change is now, but always remember the people that

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... 're really going to go far in life and have gorgeous kids and save the world ... guys are just awesome and inspiring. Probably a combo of the two. In any

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T ... I've been to. The third thing I noticed: everyone in the room seemed

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Residence-Based Advising Residence-Based Advising WILL NOT allow you to change dorms during your freshman year.

  

  and is around to answer your questions as well, or a seminar, in which ... the program is based upon living in the same dorm as people who have the ... get to school, when everyone is looking around at the different dorms

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  is what to say in their graduation speeches. When asked about the ... what they plan to major in this fall, the both said the same thing - math ... is talented in a different way," she said. "Some, like the Burfields

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  What is the particle in a box model? How to make ice cream at home ... in? Fainting Goats Nomadic Cultures of the World How Tea is made Why ... Over one weekend in the fall (Splash!) and one weekend in the spring

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  i was in a bad place and was desperately freelancing to make as much ... recently chose to drop—yes, in November—or the FOMO that i’m struggling with ... exercise my creativity in the way i want to instead of throwing a stream

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  , to experience, "flow," or to be in the "zone." It is in these times ... is an opportunity for you to talk about your involvement in the things ... would be fun to do something else. I spent a few years in the MIT Alumni

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  gone was any trace of you i think i am finally clean

  

  across to the other side of the country. I've been in love before, where ... again. Looking back, it was unfair of me to dump so much on him so fast in ... to now, as I type in Stud5, staring at the brass rat on my hands that

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  most of the tour guides, several live in my house and I appreciate seeing ... 've heard Alina's story, I'll need to drop in on the others guides' tours to ... skulking in the back, in the red shirt...listening to every word!

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  mean it. And it is awesome. 4. Vision There was too much to see to really ... solutions, people want to create a thermite reaction in the backyard of their ... While at MIT CPW, I had the wonderful opportunity to sample all sorts of

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  is startled. I'm sure. But I'm going to do it anyways. I've lost the ... thunderstorm has brought in the day, because everything is so still except for ... Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  hello, after six years

  

  the thought a good home in my body. one of these thoughts is the idea ... still believe there is hope for us. the friends i have made and kept, in ... writing. this is not possible to stop, how change continues to happen. i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  clutch. The general idea is to invest in a pair of boots that are warm ... the air before it enters my system. It’s also recommended to breath in ... couldn’t tell from the exaggeration above, layering is key. In fact, 80% of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  to the second professor's office to ask in person because he does not seem to be responding to your email Notice that he is not in his office ... professor is usually in his office Check back later that day at the time the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  Lately I’ve struggled to blog, due to being in the middle (!!!) of ... , who was the one to fix all the things in the house (from computers to ... decision to purchase Fenty Beauty products, in part because over the summer I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  ’m improving so much!! I can get almost every shot in the black area of a target ... muddy! It was so much fun, and I really am looking forward to the next ... equipment in the Trout and Myerson labs is so incredible, and I am so excited

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  Massachusetts, allowing students the opportunity to fully engage in the leadership ... lucky enough to have two of the most awesome people ever: Chancellor Eric ... What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012