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• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  wanted an A in that class. I would have liked recognition of all the work I ... the effort I've poured into everything in my life thus far." I sympathize - I know how it feels to pour a lot of yourself into something, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sweet summer song

  

  Hey folks, it's been a while. I've been very focused and not in a ... here. I stayed in Boston for June-July and then traveled and saw family ... optimization in language models. I met people and took in new media: I met

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 19, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  perspective in life (i.e. a lot) you can make it through the day and in fact an ... 're thinking, "But, why would you have to save anyone's life? I mean, why would ... nonetheless. Today, for example, in one hour alone I had to handle one accident

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  ready for you next time If I could grow up in a day, I would Come back ... spend another year or two in MIT and get another degree, or should I leave Boston and work in industry? Never mind the question of what industry I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  Background, Cover Letter, or some comparable title.) I would guess virtually ... in speech therapy. When I asked her why, Jennifer said she had taken a class in it for fun and really loved it. But then I pressed her: was there

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Best from staff

  Hello Blogosphere! My dirty little secret...(I've never taken calculus)

  in every math class I took. Although my high school was incredibly ... for the prestige), and would often belittle me and make me feel dumb in ... say, I stopped taking honors STEM courses. In fact, in my senior year, I

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  peaking and plans were forming. Book Launch In 2012, I started working on ... you had asked me why I was writing the book, I probably would have ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid-late April with an ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... our 8% international quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  sparring steps. I still am not sure how one would be able to use this in ... ’t attack me. In the fall, I would routinely get spammed by the Sport ... would just die on the inside, outside, in every dimension. I never hit

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... and 680! writing). I was wondering if it would help my application if I ... won't be in place until 2006 at the earliest. "Also I know you stated

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  being good enough in computer science to succeed. I would just like to ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... , really wanted to do, something I had brought up in our group chat because I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  high school. wild... i can't speak to how other MIT students are surviving this lull in academics, but i've developed a few coping mechanisms ... drop your own techniques in the comments :)   Reading oh man, i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Deciding to Live on Campus a 4 month long emotional rollercoaster

  

  campus, and their explorations in finding new places to live. Today, I ... trying to boot out of the country, nor do I have any in-person graduation ... started to sink in that not only would we not be back by May, we might not

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 26, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Spontaneous 5-Minute Classes on Whatever You Want These are too good not to share

  

  process of "WHAT???? HOW DID SOMEONE EVEN COME UP WITH THIS???"-->"I KNOW ... tangentially related to this"-->"Okay, I have an idea for how to begin, at ... improvising 5-minute classes on these topics, I would love to know what

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  filled with pipes (is that how it goes?). So, I studied architecture in a ... : 6 About: Hey guys! I’ve lived in exactly two places my ... and blogging about my projects. I never thought MIT would be the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  experience that I never would've had without my family pushing me to get in the ... So I'm writing from the end of a well-needed break back in San ... , and the fraternity I was living in over the summer had free cereal 24

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  accessible in the liminal space between semesters. I remember starting every ... the fall semester, barely able to believe that I passed and do not in ... three movies a day. I remember wondering how long it could last. If the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…? guest post by Karen C. '20

  

  around campus, dressed up in our Air Battle Uniforms (you know, the green ones) or in our blues (they’re quite spiffy, I know). You probably didn ... on our plates as well - training to become officers in the United

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 23, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  understood that I learned how to answer them at some point in the past but my ... wanted to sleep. The only other time I remember feeling this tired was in ... extended essay in order to get the IB diploma. I remember thinking (as many

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  people had to do all of those things for you you know how in ‘avatar ... making decisions like what job to work at after college. i think we’d be in ... friend, and they asked me how i’d want to resolve this discrepancy. at

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022