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• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles ... come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... the first one: Not the same few colleges: The State University of New

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / How to MIT

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt or, how to drive yourself insane by looking at floorplans

  

  floorplans did provide me with a couple ideas for new projects. In the next two ... in real life, who has this really impressive, almost encyclopedic ... still remember when it happened. We were in some random building after

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Community Projects

  Food for Thought [guest post] On food and our culinary club, Mince

  

  both as a creative outlet for students interested in the culinary arts as ... likely as simple as noodles slathered in chili flakes and green onions, a ... . My love for food, this desire to cook — I found myself in the middle of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 4, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  an “uncommon piece of advice that I had heard or given”. And in that ... to get into MIT”; I could tell you the things that I did in high school ... me (be more open to new experiences! care less about academics!), but

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  the deadline, so I'm taking a break from my New Years vacation (in ... -hitting for me in the comments... ------------------------------------- Vinayak ... in?" This is a bug in our online application, all is good, don't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  if only I cad more time… Diving into software, ft. a bad pun

  

  new things I lacked any prior experience in. This mainly encompassed ... in the X, Y, or Z direction to make it. You have to make NEW planes ... ://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/ ------------ In the past couple of weeks at Zoom University, I have somehow

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  ? every relationship is going to produce a decent amount of new anxiety. in ... of your life) i. people who haven’t been in relationships tend to think the hardest part is initiation. as in, everything would work out if

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  choosing the abridged version

  

  new york, which i was interested in because most of my friends will be ... anything that has come before it, of unlocking something new in the world ... in which i document some of my thoughts regarding my job search and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  deviation from a monotonous mid-pandemic life in suburban New Hampshire. i ... my house in Central, and the latte is conveniently free thanks to a ... head: "ah. i haven't blogged in a while, have i?" a gust of wind nearly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Friends, Part 1 a cross-registration love story

  

  academic opportunities for students in each school and because if it weren ... home. In the Spring of 2019, a Harvard student named Denisse C. '22 ... hours each week in office hours helping students get familiar with the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid ... isn't like me. Not like me in the sense that had we gone to the same ... I don't quite fit in. But it's become so much of a habit that I truly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  to Software Engineering in Java 6.178 is a six-unit class offered only ... in the class). Differentiating between the lingo of add, commit, push ... as the class was only three weeks long. The topics, in rough

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  math but which are, indeed, math. In particular, math includes many of ... —and the tools to make our own new beautiful things. This blog post is about ... rest of this post is by someone who, in addition to being an in general

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  seniors and juniors, so my sophomore friend and I did not get in. So I was ... tutor in the class. My tutor was awesome and helped me through the material, and she helped me understand that what I am going through in the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... finals were on Monday, which meant I could spend all of Tuesday sleeping in ... , and arrive home in California by noontime. I promptly called up some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  In the CollegeConfidential discussion of my blog post The Difficulty ... candidates. Would this produce a lesser class? The link in mihcal1's post takes you to an article from New York Times magazine by Daniel Kahneman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  ), cues Mission Impossible theme* 12:04 PM: Arrives in Chemistry exam ... end. It seemed like only yesterday when I stood in front of Lobby 7 with ... doesn't seem that far away from yesterday. Now, I just want to fill in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  watched the show from first airing you'd notice how she didn't fit in and ... her infractions and all in real life. Okay, no way, Ana Lucia rocked ... in Resident Evil. Oh man she was awesome in Resident Evil. Anyway, yeah

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  coach before I apply to MIT or just (if i get in) show up for tryouts? And ... seriously considering playing in college. Athletics are one of many ways to demonstrate a strong passion or proficiency in something - playing a sport won

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  Data Team, visited my family in Thailand and friends in New York, and ... . Instead of spending time in school, I’d have to find other things to do ... years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 26, 2023