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• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  afraid of failing too. In that, I learned another lesson. I used to get mad ... couch in my room because it was easier to get out of my couch than it was ... spot, get in." I was overjoyed. I was going home.   And to home I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  which we get to keep. Even those that are stored in some nook or cranny in ... my “formative years” in Orange County, I’d like to think that the years leading up to my second grade move to California played no small role in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  otherworldly...I can't imagine reading at this point in time; I managed to get ... , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one ... can't believe how assertive I was, how eager I was to experience new

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading ... working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that ... know.  But still the best way by far to take notes in most MIT classes

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  getting in to MIT. I feel your pain. My senior year involved a lot of things ... a comment stating just that. Are you guys just out to get me or what ... second, wanted to sit in it and be wheeled around and pulled in and out of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  prior. I hear Kayla '12 get up in the room next to mine, and she soon ... being with it and in it, and having motivation and desire to keep on ... 's right in front of you! (although I was semi-freezing to death when I took

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  entire suite had mono sophomore year and I wanted to get tested just in ... of 24-hour flu or something... I didn't get to go out and watch the ... nauseous. I guess a long weekend is a somewhat good time to get hit with

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  serious flaws. Until we are confident in the test's ability to evaluate one ... round get saved in our folders and considered again, along with new RA ... . ------------------------------------- Anonymous wrote: "So how were those New SAT Writing scores in early action

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  ’s why I think you should apply. 1. Applying to MIT is how you get into MIT. How else would you? 2. Worst case scenario—you don’t get in. Odds ... . After all, MIT is one of those schools that you strategize to get into

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The ... . Bittersweet. I look around in the places I used to call home and they feel like ... that I've grown to dislike my time in California. Only a little bit ago I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  get to experience two days-in-the-life of one, and one in Switzerland ... horizontal hierarchy and whitespace in our arrangements. Pretty cool. Got to ... admission to the MFA and ICA, among other museums in the Boston area, and it

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  ’t try to work in a fog. I know how to say “May I pet your dog?” in 5 ... available to everyone in most other countries since they were a preteen. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  fortunate to get a D. In fact, I hadn’t been that happy about a grade since my ... dropping all classes where it was clear I would get a B or lower. How did I ... 't fit in the other me, the one who had trouble getting both in and out of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss

  

  eyes, and allow my feet to trace a well-worn path that gets me from where ... -as-a-bootcamp that set in during a hellish week. So I decided to leave something ... 've gotten used to a lot of things about the Institute. And sometimes, when I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 7, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I access the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  about how to access our MIT QuestBridge Supplement. If you are a Quest ... @mit.edu. After you email us, we will contact you about how to access our MIT Quest ... your QuestBridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  Admissions staff with new and exciting things in your life. How to send us ... , some context in which to understand them. This year was our biggest ... it is impossible to know at this time exactly how many complete

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  part of CPW for me was talking to other prefrosh getting to know the ... prefrosh is like an open door to visit labs, classes, and get exposed to everything that MIT has to offer. Relish in it. Rule #5: Don't knock it 'til

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DEATH AND THE POWERS: The Robots’ Opera [by Ken Haggerty '11] An * exclusive sneak peak * of Prof. Machover's exciting new…

  

  to get a sneak preview of a sold-out opera ten years in the making; but ... Admarket's flickrSLiDR) So how did we manage to get so lucky? The answer ... (anything but natural in feel) loom over the drama, while OperaBots attend to

  • by ARTalk
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gustavo Dudamel Conducts MITSO! [by Shelby Heinecke '13] Because we are THAT good.

  

  , visited MIT last Friday to receive the 2010 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts (i.e. $75,000 cash prize and on-campus residency). In addition, he conducted the MIT Symphony Orchestra in an open rehearsal and the following

  • by ARTalk
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  me to thinking about quiz bowl. I was thinking about how much fun I had ... I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005