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• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  ;   I came in hoping to discover new bands, and man, there were so many ... ’s shoulders throw up in the port-a-potty toilets get in the mosh pit I ... expected none of this and took it in with glee. I ran into the first shop I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... ). You should learn something new about yourself in every essay you write ... doesnt, rewrite it until it does (because if your friends can't see you in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  . There is an option where you can indicate this. Got it. Ok, how do I ... in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As soon as possible ... an option where you can indicate this. I am homeschooled. Do I still

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What MIT Is Like for Non-Technology Majors a quirk of the institvte

  

  expression and liveliness I can impart in something that is dead. Really makes ... a fatal loophole in the founding charter, that you can actually study ... -rollers in their lounge. The Massachusetts Institute of Trolling: I might

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 1, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  was trapped very tightly in a parking spot, and I can’t parallel park or ... is, is how we made it through those rapids. All I can say is that we ... , blanketed in Gotham fog, which also feels very New England-y to me. I wish I

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  gaps in my mathematical background, and I'm way better off for it." How ... deadline?" or "how many letters of recommendation do I need?" Please ask the ... in Economics, and I'd love to attend a school that is strongly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ?” “What does MIT do as part of it?” and “How can it help me?” Well, the ... ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  MIT's study abroad program in Japan. "I've always been interested in ... to have won the Morikami scholarship." "I didn't realize how much it ... said. "A scientist using one sample at a time in a petri dish can take

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  I was new to this school, in classes like 8.012 and 8.022, we did very ... I love to play with big weird words, so writing in Up-Goer Five makes ... , the Big Game is made in a completely new way! why do we love the Big

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  double majoring in Nuclear Engineering (Course 22) and Biology (Course 7) along with a minor in music (Course 21M). As a testament to the diversity ... both of his passions. Jugal found his UROP by searching the websites of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  residents were interested in New House, so i wasn't sure how easy it would be ... wanted to meet new people; i was deprived of doing so in a pandemic and ... 's mattress from her room in EC, but when i saw how decrepit it was, i decided

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  out of the 48. I returned with new thoughts on my role in STEM outreach ... can have a regional competition here in the UK for the first time. In ... RISE (Roots In Science and Engineering) and is an example of how

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  September Equinox Appreciation A Cambridge Autumn

  

  Two years ago in freshman year (:O so long ago), I wrote this poem. I ... to a place radically different from home. In these first few months, I ... Greater Boston. I don’t think much has changed about how amazing fall is to

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts last year: People often ask me, "How do I stand out in ... to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  've been working on all summer... the new admissions site. I can't wait for ... name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions office. My job, among ... our applications. It's not anything I can explain - you just know when

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  student-run ambulance is back in service now, so I expect that to take up ... . But more on those when we get closer to reg day. In other news, I totally love that I started a web browser war in the comments thread of my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  We Stan Matt Parker i'll try not to mention the parker square

  

  special influenced me. I told him how I wrote about it in my MIT application ... In my junior year of high school, I started taking single ... student (at least, for a high school student). But I remember sitting in

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  . :) I haven't done a Q&A in a while. I'm sure that the new admittees ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I got in. It was my first college decision, and I was so excited, and so

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  /fun, a bunch of friends and I are dressing up as characters from the new ... stress from midterms somehow, right? (I’m a little bit sad that no random leaves ended up in this picture. It’s really cool to see the wind

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  The most wonderful time of the year No, not Christmas... IAP!

  

  month. I'm not kidding), competing in 6.370 Jomar '06: Working at his new ... , or I won't go on the June degree list!) And so, in my last IAP, with ... ), watching movies in the lounge with my friends... maybe I'll even do some of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 11, 2006