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• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  going anywhere at all. I wanted to go to college, but how would I possibly ... twenty bucks I’m not getting in.” “I’ll bet you twenty that you are ... her to know how much I had earned from art commissions. “Is it more

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  figure out how to make those things be in the eastern time zone) and ... boring. So, today I decided to get back to this blogging thing. In a few ... her precedent I have some time yet. Let's see if I can get you up to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  until I can get home and watch the show in its full glory. Yeah, I really ... you go if you want to spend six years making toys and get a PHD out of ... anything. But should it be? Hmmm... You have no idea how excited I was for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  . In the beginning of the month, I was struggling to figure out how to ... to Software Engineering in Java 6.178 is a six-unit class offered only ... .e. Chinese characters. In fact, Korean used to be written exclusively in

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  qualifications, but I was scared I wouldn't be able to get a job at all. So despite my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I wanted to get paid, then offer me less than that—I accepted the offer

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  welding spiels metal hot glue gun go brrr

  

  . In order to learn how to use the makerspace equipment or learn a new ... 's where I learned how to 3D print, lasercut, weld, and fiddle with ... myself a maker until I've learned how to operate heavy machinery? I feel

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 9, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  gesturing around MIT drawing sights and sites around MIT

  

  keeping me away from the blogs. The thing is, I don't know quite how to ... take over a minute, so I used my phone’s timer to keep myself in check ... didn’t get too much time to draw out the details, so I scribbled some of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • March 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear ... his work in microfinance: Basically, banks give small loans to poor ... opportunities. He began his amazing journey in 1974, loaning $27 to a group of 42

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  , most of the times they were sold out in the store. I'm not sure where to ... chicken broth. The vegan label on the box was enough to get me sold. I ended ... apprehensive when trying these because how could you ever do justice to the OG

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  ...er...girl): It's always dangerous, non-productive or you get lied to when you ask a ... point out how all of it is the same. Finally (I'm really not going to go ... . Even in retold fairy tales, people get amazing feats done by being clever

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  's Team 97 that 2007 FIRST season. I came in knowing how to write "hello ... to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new ... go to MIT. I didn't know why. It's how I was raised; before I knew what

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  21 = Vegas + MIT kids. Me = born in Vegas (seriously) + going to MIT ... 's important to note that basically in terms of applying to grad school ... fact that they traveled to Vegas and got in trouble with the authorities

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  writing process was like for me since I get a lot of questions as to how to ... personality points, etc. 1. Create a list of everything you want to include in ... in what makes the most sense to you. I quickly assigned each bit to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  realize how many people in my community still just don’t get it, and made ... money stopes coming in from the football program, we will have to get it ... Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  enough to get some solos in Fugues songs last year, and when I did, I found ... ”, given how long/difficult that it was, and also a time to hang out with my ... hang out with new people in my department. When it comes down to it, I

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  wasn't possible for me to get an A in this class, so I left it on PNR to ... quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to ... stressful weeks. He often checks in on all of us and reminds us to stay

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / IAP

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

  

  Wonderful Time of the Year”* During IAP, students get to enjoy MIT without ... things in the Hobby Shop, and checking things off of my “101 Things to Do ... 've been writing to since my freshman year in high school will be taking a

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

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  less willing to wake up than I was in high school. Seriously, how did I ... comprehensive view of everything in my room, but it's cool to see how some things ... In a recent concentrated effort to create a 'professional Tumblr' for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2017 FAQ You've got questions, I've got answers

  

  Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to get ... sent to MIT, and are worried they will not get here in time, we will ... .Please be patient when trying to get in touch with them, as it may take them

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 18, 2017