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• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  :  "Success is to be measured not so much by the positions that one has ... to show you why MIT is not the goal. From The New York Times, &ldquo ... , because I never seem to pick boring applications out of the pile. In fact, I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  how to adult spoiler alert: no one knows

  

  life is about the day to day, the work you do each day to build towards a ... eleven, not until you're almost twelve. That's the way it is.” working on ... phases of my life. a while back, i was waiting in atlas to get my ID card

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • November 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rush, rush Why you should live on my floor, with special guest star Paula Abdul.

  

  , decide which one you'd really like to live in based on meeting the people ... , most dorms do some sort of in-house rush to decide what floor, house, or area of the dorm you'd like to live in. After that, certain floors, like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day of IAP 3 Classes and Soup

  

  attached to a spring that can be seen in the picture below that was ... fastest descent that can basically get from point A to point B in the ... the Einstein Show called Genius during winter break, and it is funny to

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • January 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  not. But the feeling is much more mellow now than it was in our first ... still feel that ‘did we come to the right school?’ feeling in our freshman ... to the SAA, we completely immersed ourselves in the Arts at MIT! These

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  the homework like? Is it hard to get an internship during the summer? Is ... some of the stuff they say is just too funny. Most faculty members teach ... that he expected to be doing the same for us in a few years. Um, no

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial ... to be willing to participate; if you engage yourself in the vibrant ... efforts - the point is that you have to be willing to engage. I have taught

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  is, to the best of my knowledge, particularly strong in ... was that the variable used to represent the third dimension is z. Basically, I think we're going to have to sit in the back in 5.60 tomorrow so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline Q & A

  

  ! Here are the most important things to keep in mind as you wrap your MIT ... Part 2, please go to the bottom of each page of the document, select save ... materials after the deadline. We are much more flexible and understanding with

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • December 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  evenings. BoA's "My Name" is down to #10 this week. The #8 video, "Windy" by ... to a 500-word limit." Kevin says in his blog that 650 words is okay ... application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Summer

  what i’m up to this summer a list of verbs

  

  , and while the weather leaves much to be desired, there is still a lot of beauty to be found here. The sunshine drenches everything in ethereal ... to two companies, one in Cambridge, Massachusetts and one in the San

  • by Rona W. '23
  • July 25, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  , recording—all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in ... I spent the morning in a café, working. I planned to get things done ... boundaries. I have to learn. The following is a fragment I wrote this summer

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  most of the vendors in a French resort town to speak a little English ... such that the first thing you learn in any language class is how to order ... . Germany is playing against Ecuador in the World Cup at 4 PM, so Dr. Kau

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  note: most people who make the decision to apply to MIT are in fact ... ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... . This is where you try to connect with the readers and show them who you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s not fair! ... and why that's OK.

  

  , the emphasis is selecting the students who are most likely to enroll ... Is among the most overused phrases of petulant children, and virtually anyone trying to make sense of the college admissions process. In

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior

  

  class is infamous for taking a lot of time to do the work (but like I said ... 'm getting used to some big changes in my life. The first change that I ... Maseeh and into my sorority house which is across the river in Boston

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • October 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My 7 Favorite Places to P-Set! Eat, Work, Repeat.

  

  target is built in three stories, and there are tables next to the ... most likely assigned reading for your classes that just add to the time ... seven places to P-Set: 1. Quincy Market, Upstairs by the GAP This is

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  ) Playing the organ in Kresge Auditorium This is not a performance class, but ... , and discuss it in many dimensions. One of the most obvious dimensions ... to how loud the sound is. This completely changes the set of effects

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Blogs Featured in NY Times "[N]one of the [other colleges'] blogs match the interactivity and creativity of M.I.T.'s, where they…

  

  the closest you can get to living in the Internet," and Ms. Chinea ... or trying to set a world record in the game of Mattress Dominos ... 't seem to remove the exhilarating smile on your face. And it's in that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  every two years to the nation’s most promising economist under the age of ... through with our plans to take a trip to the White Mountains in New ... in the rental car that we got thanks to Budget’s affiliation with MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007