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• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  feel about it. But I do hope it gives you some insight into what it ... story. Many times, my friends, family (and even I myself) ask why I do

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  is reasonably safe to do so, meaning any day during which the rain hasn ... something constructive to do rather than getting in to trouble. In the last 25

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shiny Circuits Shiny, in some subcultures at MIT, means REALLY AWESOME

  

  Fall). That's because most of the things I'm doing now as an MIT student ... things about the lab are winding the big inductors yourself, doing all your

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  , but honestly, I couldn't do this job if I disconnected myself from the ... , then really, why am I doing this at all? Others would disagree, but then

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  to do this by the end of sophomore year. I'm running a little behind. 1 ... project and what I need to do over the next week or so. 6:35 -- I arrive

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  the heck of it. We had no experience and no clue what we were doing, but ... the math competition that actually know what they’re doing, not silly me ... school ended, and I had homework to do, but I was too stressed out to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Story About Muti How I performed a project in Ethiopia a lot sooner than I expected.

  

  piece, although that’s what I’m trying to do today. It’s not that a blog ... ”--our family in Ethiopia, and how they were doing, who was doing what. My cousins ... Mekele student to do a geographical survey for one of their wells, and the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  “Picture yourself as a stereotypical male” and other ways to improve your test scores

  

  something to do with the separation of labor of our hunter ... the school day to do whatever we wanted, but come high school it was ... . And I know it sounds annoying to say, but I do think that I’m smart

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Queer at MIT, but not on the blogs the map is not the territory, but it's getting closer

  

  coming out to them anytime soon. I always imagined I’d do it out of ... , do you hear me?). But all that changed when I found out that “[I] GOT ... to do with my life, I finally figured out that I want to pursue content

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where the Free Things Are A List of Free Opportunities and Tools for Students

  

  tempting, trying to overload yourself by doing ALL of these things may not be the best course of action, especially if your goal in doing so is to ... "Applying Sideways" blog, it's more important that you do things you love when

  • by Richard O. '28
  • January 30, 2025
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  Nikayah about D9 organizations, she took it upon herself to do more research ... quick to introduce and connect with each other, so not only do you get to ... committee membership. People trust that you will do a great job and put your

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  intended to do Computer Engineering at Purdue, and was involved in ML ... place, I remember trying to figure out who I was, what I wanted to do, and ... amount of hours on racing rig (Go McLaren—although they aren't doing that

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  ! Love, your brain.) I do recall being physically present, though, sitting ... summer away. “Do something off-campus, at least one thing,” he advises, and ... you can’t do this. But you can do this, and a team of people think so

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  credit. you actually do stuff in 2.013, have much more control over what ... .13 explores why organic reactions happen the way they do. The integration of MO ... concepts in 8.02, and I loved seeing them applied to do useful things in 6

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  August 9th with surveying and flagging out the footprint. Doing this ... we needed to do to get a second floor unit in place. In recent memory ... . Another task we used large groups of prefrosh to do efficiently was building

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  make a total of [annotation note="to be fair, they do taste really good ... :  One meal for each of the three books/seasons. I considered doing a meal for each season finale or my favorite episode of that season. I could do

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  --the things governments do, in exchange for creating infrastructure. Clearly, in ... don’t know how to do this” (I literally knew nothing about water before ... fear fester and convince us we can’t do something. But if we are

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  with flags and a huge Trojan duck with angry eyebrows, inscribed: “DO U ... , draped”; alternately: “Please do not climb on sculpture.” Its base is wet ... , that I wanted to do something like that when I grew up, and that MIT was

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT Gothic You are reading an admissions blog post. You are reading tumblr.

  

  Happy Sunday! I am doing end of semester things and also reading ... agreeing to be dined on. Residential Life doesn’t specify what will be doing ... as Listener, but as Taster. You do notice a distinct flavor in your

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  what I am majoring in? Why do I exist? I lost hope. I started to see no ... you they are doing “okay.” Others decide to take on an impossible course ... living next to you is doing. The world needs us. That’s why we are all at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015