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• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  Hello Internet! I had a very writing major day, which is to say that ... scenes for ThesisNovel before I sent the first fifth of it off to my advisor. Much idyllic, such hipster, wow. To play to stereotype, I even

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the ... completed two years at MIT, and I plan to graduate after I finish four years ... . But it’s also a bit of a comfortable spot to do some reflecting and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  course 6 class we wanted to take. Last semester, we finally took 6 ... semester, and while they did seem interesting, we felt like we wanted to learn things more closely aligned to our interests in our last semester

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

  keeping interest a list of things i think are cool

  

  For the past week, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life and my time. I'm currently on a track at MIT to pursue EECS (Course 6-2) and Media Studies (CMS). Prior to coming to MIT, I swore I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 4, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  I have so many things and so little space, but I'll try my best to ... . As a long-time fan of Bo Burnham, it was absolutely surreal to see him ... . I continued to follow all of his stuff after that. I was a bit too shy

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  all of campus puts on a bazillion fun events for them!) I wanted to write to all of you who will be coming to visit very soon. You might be ... 't hope to answer everyone's questions and echo all of your feelings, but I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  world gather for the first time together in one spot to go up to random ... assignments last Friday, and I am so happy to officially say that my friend ... to be her host prior to Friday, most people were matched by admissions

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  We’re Only Getting Older

  

  this happens; It’s probably some combination of the pressure to be happy ... you ought to be.  For the past few years, birthdays have also just been ... maladaptive coping mechanisms, but my inability to cry in front of other people

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • February 5, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  course, in all the things that we’d like to be able to leave behind. But at the same time, in some ways it’s too easy to for me to feel like the ... outside world, so I’d like to take a moment and reconnect myself with what

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  science in an effort to document my journey through this twisty and windy ... to try and learn any computer science related things, specifically out of a fear that I wouldn't do it "right" or I wasn't "smart enough" to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunnel66 bringing the borderline tunnels online for CP*

  

  of the Arts at MIT to paint a 200-foot long section of the MIT Tunnels under building 66. Then, augmented reality animations were added to some of the murals, meaning if you put your phone up to the murals, an

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  I felt the sudden urge to write something tonight. I wasn’t sure what it would be, or what exactly to say, but I guess it’s always good to ... students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Four days of fun! I did so much last long weekend and very little of it was productive.

  

  recently graduated and is now working in the Cambridge area. We decided to ... things to see. There's a lot to see in Boston; we only got to two of these! First, we headed over to the U.S.S. Constitution. The U

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Last April, as part of a high school assignment, I was required to ... stayed up until midnight yesterday to review the MIT CPW (Campus Preview Weekend) schedule, determined to favorite a decent number of events and plan

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... list. Without further ado, let me introduce you to... Abby B. '17 ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  September and I’m not at MIT registering for classes and trying to squeeze in ... us managed to receive our diplomas after 3.5 straight hours of pouring ... how excited we were to graduate despite the rain (admittedly, this was

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  advice in his remarks to MIT's newest graduates. The whole speech is definitely worth a read (and worth watching), but I wanted to highlight ... serious. I jumped off the couch, threw on my running shoes and took to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As I Was Saying… My second internship entry AKA "How I copy and pasted my way to a new…

  

  , GEL students are challenged to make their internships a more meaningful ... . About a week later, I wrote an initial report to describe not only how my ... company had a project ready for me to start work on the second I stepped in

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  add money to a TechCash account and whenever your ID is swiped anywhere ... not produce a profitable venture. To encourage students to eat at the ... dorms with dining halls (McCormick, Baker, Next, and Simmons) have to sign

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  hate to bug you with a blog-related question, but you seem to be the best person to ask. I'm considering applying to be a blogger, but I'm concerned ... learning communities). I'm hoping to do a spring UROP, too. I'm pretty

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008