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• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  throughout the reading of the application), I'll dive right in. How do you ... application by thinking a bit about the applicant's context. I can see much of ... better picture of who you are, how you are in the classroom, how you think

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  're interested, I've also talked a bit in the past about what the sorority recruitment and experience is like, which you can read here. Because a lot of us spend so much time hanging out at our respective sorority houses, I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  -deception.' 'How can a man live in perfect harmony?' To which YISUN replied, 'Non ... feelings; it's how I came to the word mudita, for example. In France, the ... the largest impact in how I approached programming. I think these two

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  passed on to me. I counted. The word “how” appears 12 times in the ... , seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... from, and how I used to be. I used to be afraid of change. Complacency

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit ... it to mud. Recovery begins in April, when it is no longer snowing, and the rain is sufficient to water [annotation note="I have all sorts of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  less than stellar. I sat in my assigned seat at a table next to Jennifer ... making the final cut. This is not how my college applications went. I was ... emerged since then: I am twenty-five, not sixteen, and my mucking about in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in ... besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in ... I got an email the other day from Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s MIT’s mission statement?

  nation and the world in the 21st century. The Institute is committed to ... The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in ... intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  trader joes for the second time in two days (obsessed what can i say) and ... note="i live in Burton-Conner and thus am free from the shackles of a ... [annotation note="in Toronto specifically… I didn’t research or travel far

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  frolic in the joys of psetting while I can, eh? p^3.s. don't worry, despite ... concept. You've twisted my mind in ways I didn't know it could twist before ... equations and formulas that I learned in high school, but by making me apply

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is ... -bad letter even worse. I only hope that you can accept our apology and ... sign that we don't care. While I understand how one could feel that way

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  . Because I truly, truly do. No, I can’t tell you my favorite flavor of ice ... accessorizing? Is soft serve an option, or not? What’s my day been like? Am I in ... not something that can be decided on a whim. So when I tell you

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  , because of how unique it is to an MIT education. I wanted to update my spiel ... -making and there's so much more happening that I wish I could participate in but can't because I'm home reading your applications. (It's okay, you

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  " anymore? In an effort to figure that out I wanted to have a conversation ... 's talk about stuff so I can blog it." And, that's what this is. Ameer and I talking about stuff. --- Ameer: Yerrrrrr Kellen: Ok, so in this new

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Life Changes, Described by a Frosh Yultide Day 3

  

  is in the world and how little I can access in a lifetime, let alone ... changed in life. For example, I realized how little I know and how uncertain ... , I thought I knew how to handle life. In fact, I had a clear vision in

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DME SoccerBot Championships 2006 (Or, How Does Justin Timberlake Live With Himself?) All we are saying is give Pluto a chance.

  

  Orientation hits. Also, I learned how to work a lathe, use a bandsaw at an angle ... MIT. When I'm not telling people that I'm going to be an astronaut (in ... spew out this verbal garbage: "Um, I'm interested in premed. But that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  accordingly, I do have an MIT alert. About a month ago, I was chilling in my ... Humans and Automation Lab where I researched how people evaluate computer ... @mit.edu or post a comment, and I'll respond. Any questions about UROPs in

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  for censorship boxes.) I've also been interested in how we tell stories ... we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how ... MIT, I joke about how I can tell someone's personality just by looking

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  that rejection can bother me: if I ask a question in a group chat and ... , which is why I have always found the advice "the worst thing that can ... company (this has happened a few times when I didn't perform well in a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  could learn when I told them I didn't have experience in those areas. How: I ... Notion calendar to track how much I work in both Python and Fusion360 over ... do want to put in enough time that I can see some progress every ~2

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024