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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in ... prepared for the haters, but I let it go. No matter how good and honest one ... many qualified applicants for too few spots in the class. Also, as I

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  , suffering great pain in my knuckles because I did not conserve the momentum of ... way to the wastelands of bygone travels. I landed in St. Louis on ... . I exaggerate, of course. In sandwich terms (what better terms are

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  AM, I'm going to make a post (on the MIT Blogs) called "ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING!" On that post (not this one!), you can go down in the ... , you can ask us anything [annotation note="I know this is the Internet

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  it was his home.  I wrote plenty of times about how it was my home ... think I'm special, in a way. The kind of way where life threw a lot of ... cat, Rory, and I live with the amazing Dan S. '17 in a tiny three

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  is that I read it immediately following our pre-selection meeting, in which Marilee (our dean) talked about how insane the world is becoming in ... March 2004 in the Boston Globe. After you read it you'll know why I love

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  ![/caption] Amber: What was your role(s) in the club last year?  Audrey: I started ... . Amber: I’ve enjoyed the vibe every time I hung out with Arcturus. How ... and 3rd in design, winning $1.5K in prizes. I’m so proud of the team for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  My time in Germany sadly came to an end two Sundays ago, when I ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the ... transportation, and what they do for jobs in order to see if MIT students can

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past ... . There is no preference in our process for early applicants. We use the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the ... would roll, and I could move on with my life. But…no. Mentally, I can ... ’m dealing with in Metaphor. Right? No. I was wrong. This is my fourth attempt

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  and how it will change under the next administration. In late November ... ." As an unofficial advisor to DreaMIT, I know how amazing our ... As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• 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 ... also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... life and in this process there isn’t much they can do to help beyond

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

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  January Scholars insider's tours around certain "quartiers" in Paris. I ... sheller (this device can shell peanuts, shea nuts, coffee in large ... do MIT students do with one month of freedom? I’ll be working on my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  primary concerns I get from students: 0) How can I do all of this? There ... puzzling.....how about "Vulcans never bluff!"? I'm almost positive I won ... science fiction! They have over 90% of ALL SCI-FI PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  forward to seeing how this new model works out. One thing I do know is that ... entrance to the new Central Square Theater. (Photo by CST) I had the chance ... weeks before it opened. I suppose as a member of the MIT community and a

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  , strange instrument concerts, and sitting in a dark room listening to music ... pika.) In honor of this especially pika week, here is every pika food picture I have ever Instagrammed. sushi last spring   something

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  There are a lot of awesome things named ‘Kaiser’ This post mainly consists of drawings of my professor, sentence fragments, and my over-use of…

  

  .). In honor of his departure from our 7.03 class, I figured I’d dedicate a ... him explaining the profundity of anaphase in mitosis. I listened to ... coolest lecture on mitosis I’d ever heard. How does the spindle apparatus

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 10, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  ) and how things we considered to be brief or tiny, such as paragraphs in ... understanding. In that class, every time I looked up at that quote, I felt my ... to different far away lands to do great things. In the moment, I didn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  neat historical sites in Boston. I signed up for this FPOP because I ... (liguid nitrogen truffles? How did I miss that?!). I challenge you to read ... Orientation are quite similar. In fact, the reasons I admire the Founding

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Feedback Works Warning: analogy ahead

  

  So, as I mentioned in my previous entry, my GEL classes don't have p ... track one's progress in a leadership program, when you can't really assign ... Championships next weekend. The thing is, no matter how many times I told myself

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Some comments on topics of interest

  

  classes...I suppose, given context like this, I can understand where some of ... ) California kid who was told in 8th grade that I needed to take five million AP ... classes); I could sometimes go through three paperbacks in a day if I felt

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 7, 2006