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• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  thinking about the branching paths we choose to take (or not), or how our new graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I think my entire theory of the blogs, and what we try to do with them, is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  ways to feel lost:" I feel lost on a much deeper level than ever before ... , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... sophomore fall. I wasn't really certain in what I wanted to do after college

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  ’s been about what I expected: seeing friends, going to class, psetting… all ... came onto campus almost every day anyway. But it felt official to move ... August 20th, I carted my things up to my room on the third floor

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  work are committed, first and foremost, to helping young people reach their aspirations. Even though the challenges faced vary from role to role and institution to institution, some common themes emerged. While

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  to describe me- "athletically inclined" is not one of them. I can ... , a month at a time. All this to say- when my friends invited me to go ... !! Ever the perfectionist, I resolved to complete every route for the base

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week of UROPing in few words

  

  . Without classes this month to focus on, I started working under some ... different fields to make work that can help the lives of many people, and 3.) paper art is pretty. With that in mind, I started reaching out to

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  hello, after six years

  

  i find harder to talk about, have changed me and my relationship to writing. this is not possible to stop, how change continues to happen. i think i am learning to accept this. i have learned other things as well

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

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  .  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work ... provided sound counsel to my young charges along the way. There are a number ... reflect on the transition back to MIT from a place where I have lived and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  Six minutes ago I was supposed to be out on my flight from Los Angeles to Boston, returning a little later from my Thanksgiving break than everyone else due to the simple fact that flights were cheaper today rather

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Met John Waters This beautiful mobile home you see before you is the current hideout of the notorious…

  

  On Monday night, instead of studying for finals, I went to church ... for Weird Culture, so of course I had to go. blurry and far away ... to me was this, paraphrased: Baltimore is better than ever. You

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 22, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  students.” I was very pleased to endorse the report, along with more than ... think they need to do to be strong applicants, and what they actually need to do. In simple terms, we want students to pursue the things that

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ecstatic to get back to campus after a much needed break, to see my MIT ... going to Seahawks playoff game(s) while I'm stuck yelling at a TV about 3

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... to function properly. When you don’t get sleep at night, you end

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield's trip to the White House to join President Obama talk about clean energy research (video below). Now, he's returning the favor and coming to visit us this

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... particular hack was done to honor the 50th anniversary of NASA, which was ... talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  considered "sleeping in." I got to sleep in yesterday. :-) Woke up around 8AM ... Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get to see any students (apparently a bunch of them had come to my Hartford

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a ... was to show you a controversial play where a penalty has occured and ... to play today? You guessed it... Admissions: You Make The Call. So you

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better person and keeps telling me to "find the good". I decided to "find the good

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of activity reminds me of the mental motions to solving a math or programming ... need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023