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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  I joined GEL because I want to be able to implement my ideas in the ... ” of multi-disciplinary engineers was tasked with trying to get three ... Manufacturing across different three time zones to work together. Context: The

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to ... things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  . This year, I travelled to sunny Southern California. I visited high ... south as San Diego all the while attempting to hit as many points in ... on my way to Hollywood, but found Christopher Columbus, who pointed me

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  memory. Sorry it's been a while since I've had anything substantial to say ... two weeks hooked up to a machine with my tongue hanging out of my mouth ... decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  goodbye goodbye goodbye what's in store for me?

  

  'm terrified to leave MIT. How do you make new friends as a new grad? What if I ... me? How are you gonna tell me I'm just going to need to be an adult for ... chapter of my life is done and that in order to grow we need to put

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  I wanted to write a comprehensive post on my experience with being a freshman applying to internships. I also want to preface this post by saying it is extremely rare for freshmen to get internships. Often times

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  A Year away from home An intro video rant to my time in China

  

  Lunar New Year!!! I finally made it around to making this video about my time in China. If you can’t tell, I decided to do this video in Chinese ... much practice I need to do. I spent a good amount of time trying to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list ... motivated me to venture out to North End two Fridays ago and - for the first time, visit Mike's Pastry. (I *actually* wanted to go to the North End

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  ’re all getting ready to go back to school… Returning students are probably still wrapping up summer ventures, but 2014s are probably almost ready to ... digging up my 2009 Guide to Residences … (it's still so pretty & so

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MTV Wait, I think that name might already be taken

  

  lamenting our lack of access to Pixar's render farm and kicking myself for not putting "build Admissions Beowulf cluster*" on the To Do list. I ♥ my MacBook, but let me tell you that HD video is not kind to CPUs. On the plus side

  • by Dave McOwen
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  Food Truck Song What do food trucks dream of?

  

  area has recently become home to several food trucks - from quick and tasty quesadillas at Jose's Mexican Restaurant to $4 pad thai at Gooseberry's to the newest of the crowd, the fully vegetarian and MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A Round Two Answers to some questions

  

  staff are allowed to take 1 course per term. Some professors may audit a course where they sit in and evaluate the class to make sure that it is ... ... how difficult is it to pick stuff up? As far as picking up programming

  • by Bryan
  • February 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  't know what to do other than watch and hope. And I keep thinking "did this really have to happen?" Those of you who plan to be engineers, perhaps you can answer this question: when New Orleans rebuilds, what can be done to

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  If your ability to apply to MIT has been affected by disasters or ... that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your mind, and that you may need to focus on other things, or be temporarily
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  that used to embarrass me but am now simply too tired to care because ... /driving/walking/doing dishes in silence"]I don't really listen to music.[/annotation] So I asked hyperlocal radio personality Kayode D. '27 to curate [annotation note="leave a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  illuminati responsible for the common core 2) I'm trying to learn to spin dragon staff 3) It's time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to let your dreams TAKE FLIGHT What does it mean to be an admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to ... to MIT, and we have offered early admission to 657. These students hail

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  It is standard practice to leave MIT as quickly as possible upon ... passes to exams. Whether this speaks to ultimate time-management skills or the urgent desire to leave this place whenever possible is subject to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. This year, 7,767 students applied for early admission to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  Wait wait! Stop! Hold the presses! I have one more thing to add to ... printed and are sitting in boxes waiting to be distributed to YOU when you come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011