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• Blog / Admissions

  I’m still reading applications 5 years later...

  

  my routine feels well-worn at this point, the job never seems to get ... most about reading season is how it robs me of the ability to read for ... applications, my eyes hardly allow me to indulge in a novel at night. This summer

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are you going with this? The ponderings of an ex-frosh.

  

  're still alive, dying for fall semester to start? from hearing about how hard ... in high school and getting straight b's here at mit? Well now you did ... cool to be done with non-applied math (*sigh of relief*). In terms of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  standing next to you. You dove right in; there was no preamble. Everyone knew ... house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and then (finally) get a dog. Everything was going according to plan. I was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  to figure out how to get to the club room. Walker wasn’t the most ... never works permanently. Every once in a while, somebody tries to clear up ... wanted to print the current W1MX logo on a PCB, but the best he could get

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  scholarship foundation in Boston. (Note to any anxious soon-to ... administrative role and a great opportunity to learn about how nonprofits operate ... scholarship, getting to know them, and talking to them about college. The only

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Never Calculate without Already Knowing the Answer!” xTalk about the "Art of Insight" by Prof Sanjoy Mahajan

  

  examples to illustrate the benefits of getting to the solution before ... ’s talk). The question: how long does it take for all audience members to ... fear to reproduce it in this post).  Insight: The &ldquo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the ... demonstrated to me just how passionate, smart, crazy, and down-to-earth they

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Art & Science in Paris

  

  -science space in Paris. I helped to curate an upcoming art exhibition ... allowed me to take a mental break from nuclear engineering in between ... that more people have access to it? How can we ensure that it will still

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  to theorize about what you would do in certain situations or how your body works or how you respond to specific emotions, but most of your ... behavior in a given setting is to experience that setting i liked that

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  you get to college. =) Also, Sam asked: "I just wanted to know how MIT handles research with freshman. Do they get to use the same facilities as ... to tell. In fact, I'm embarassed just thinking about it. The thing is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  Development. I've now seen more snow than I ever cared to see in my life; by ... to my former desire to earn a degree in Chemistry (HAHAHAHAHA) and ... bacterial colonies makes me want to shoot myself in the face. (Speaking of my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  . In early January, I realized that even though I could return to and ... past 8 years in the Navy, I wanted to be closer to my family while I ... how to answer this came from the Yale Admissions Podcast, which is an

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I went to a motorcycle festival don’t worry, parents, I didn't see other MIT kids there

  

  guy who I’d taught how to weld, a nice student, good at taking criticism ... pattern, one I still haven’t figured out a response to. In machine shops, I ... thought to myself, “That won't be me.”  I am known, on occasion, to sit in

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  are, what you want, and how you hope to get there. Now I realize the ... the big dreams that brought you to campus in the first place. Leader ... world and consider how I'm taking steps (however small) in the right

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  In a few minutes I'll head over to the committee room to begin Day 7 ... very impressive. But I have to admit - sometimes I wish we'd get ... 're really going to go far in life and have gorgeous kids and save the world

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  …More CPW The last of my photos from the weekend.

  

  Before we get into it, I need to address a question I've heard a few ... . You get a sense of what it is we do at MIT, how we play, see the ... groups, you wouldn't really get to fully experience MIT. Thus, CPW is like

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  unstructured decompression sequence in my 2019 IAP and loved it. (I also tried to ... loved getting to know over the course of IAP! Maya and I worked together ... restaurant. It was challenging to get onboarded, learn background information

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  FOOD in bright red text. To be fair these posters are targeted to ... advice is to make a list of the classes that you're interested in finishing ... ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  then proceeded to get no credit for the whole thing because [fill in ... kind to Rosalind. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't even realize how good ... access to Rosalind's data and photographs in slightly sketchy ways- not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Journey back Home from PE Class photodocumenting the trek across campus

  

  and relative warmth is here to stay. In this final quarter of my time ... Flag Campaign to demonstrate how interpersonal violence affects our ... : students get many opportunities to donate blood on campus. Seen from the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 26, 2018