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• Blog / About Decisions

  College Application Anxiety what if your biggest fear is getting *into* MIT

  

  get in— I completely understand the fear and anxiety that comes with ... up and figure out how I would measure up at that instant. What I didn ... you can pass their classes. Instead, a college is interested in

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  appropriate moment I yelled "LSC!" and got a reply from somewhere in the large ... ). I hope you don't think less of me for going to a talk about ... . Jim Ross lecture I admit it; growing up, my brother and I watched pro

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  will begin looking at candidates during the week of May 8. How can I ... is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send ... I'm back! Here are the answers to some common questions that have

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the ... first classes, turning in my first p-set, the clubs I've become part of ... research opportunities are a close second.) Put it this way: I can learn

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  I've noticed, in my travels around the country and the internet, that people are really interested in the experience of female students at MIT. I ... people are interested in this question, I find it decidedly odd... sort of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Weekend in New York [by Davie Rolnick '11, Guest Blogger] Art Scholars go to see Wagner at the Met!

  

  one can be a graceful Rheinmaiden while suspended 30 feet in the air I ... , directed by Robert Lepage. Here is some background, so you understand why I ... prelude) in the massive 4-opera cosmos-encompassing saga known as the Ring

  • by ARTalk
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  board, waves chalk in the air.) "See? Blue." "And now I'm reminded of an ... have a normal, stable relationship, and down here in the third... oh, I ... As it's been nearly a month since I posted (yeah. I've been hosed. I

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jaden Smith was in my 3.091 lecture!!

  

  How Can Mirrors Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  the yarn intertwines, my heart can mend too. I never realized I would ... pixelated designs on my laptop to recreate in fabric. I couldn't stop. I started measuring time in units of how long it took me to knit a headband

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  appreciated the actual view in front of my eyes, just because how shitty I felt ... ...shh[/caption] These numbers are mostly based off of how confident I am in myself. I ... :("]few[/annotation] glaciers left in the park. All the blog posts I read

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate ... and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for ... should try to move in some direction. I wish I were more convincing, or

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [joint post] blogston commons with Allison E. ‘27, Ellie F. ‘28, Jebby ‘25, and Sara N. ‘28

  

  of who I am then all the big philosophies I can compose in my head. And ... note="and i must clarify with the pain in my heart that i now also ... . Angie F. ‘28, Ellie F. ‘28 and i were talking the other day about how the

  • by Janet G. '27
  • November 11, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... ways of the humblebrag, I was challenged. In addition, I was confronted ... (and still am). In addition, I felt like each of the essays I wrote could

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  the MIT crowd. Anyways, I can write a whole entry on french toast in ... I think I can/should do. “Oh yeah, I’ll take 60 units this fall, and ... year, I did nothing but eat, hang out with my suite (+ friends) in Burton

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how would I possibly represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  24 Things I Learned in My First Semester and a Half for the lovely 2024s!

  

  Hell, but you all bond in that mutual suffering." I can't tell you how ... Disclaimer: I actually wrote this on my flight to California back in ... 't expect to be this different. Anyway, in my time here, I've learned a lot in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  these tools in better ways in the future. The message was: how can we even ... teens hadn”t seen me for four days in a row and I knew that they would ... transformative things can happen during these moments of being present in a space

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out ... other about how I wasn't even bored. We talked about what classes I was ... before turning them in for good. If I don't sound terribly grateful to the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  , and one pset fewer than usual so i can pretend for an hour that i'm not ... my window and breathe in the fresh air; and sometimes when i'm walking ... will have to, because i can't let this happen again. when i look at the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I said of course, even though I can't stand because I absolutely love doing ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020