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• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  turn in to Admissions. While writing my essays (oh how time flies), I ... admission officers would want to read about how I walked five kilometres and ... special kind of courage. I know some of y'all may be in my shoes in this

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  it. I haven’t been to Alewife in a while now, because I’ve been too ... my podmates; other times I feel frustrated at how few new things I’ve tried in college. The number of MIT students I have met feels incredibly

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  being waitlisted, and a whole spectrum of feelings in between. I remember ... opened the webpage which told me whether or not I was accepted. You would ... , I had no idea what MIT was. It could have been in Michigan or Maryland

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... ? How could I miss something as paramount as that? (Turns out I could. Two ... necessary, even if it meant psetting out in the cold. I’ll have you know, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  Ridiculous things I’ve been up to in which i wear an exoskeleton

  

  making negative progress in learning how to swim, the hardest class I ... Artin last fall and how he's teaching 18.702 in the spring. I probably ... instead, let me talk about some of the things I've been doing in the past

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catching up What's new? Lots of things. I just haven't told you about them yet, because finals…

  

  's pretty cool to look at a page I created and take pride in its...artistic...nature. Right. In other news, I chose a major! It's an awesome choice that doesn ... . The truth is that I never REALLY knew what I wanted to major in. I knew

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  I felt comfortable texting in the chatroom while watching. I would try ... texting them, and those conversations would span a few days. I also tried to ... compilation of some of my favorite calls/interactions in the last few months. I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  you are an athlete and would like to participate in one of MIT's 41 ... letter of recommendation. This in general would not need to be on an MIT ... process. We'll be most interested in your research experience: how you got

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  bikes i just don't like riding them. have i told you how i can't ride blue ... how to fall wayne: uh cj: how bad could it be wayne: once someone i ... some stairs cj: why would you put stairs so close to a rink wayne: i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Events

  An Interview with the Tetris Grand Champion Meet Fractal161, an MIT Student who's the second person ever to beat Tetris.

  

  as far as people who would play in the tournament, I knew just about ... , and there were 12 people who would play in the main bracket. I think the ... . I made the username in 2014, so I would have been…12?  [We proceeded

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • February 19, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from ... question, “What scale do you use?” In truth I didn’t use another scale, and ... give in though, I improvised, and conceived a personal scale on the spot

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Residential Life

  [guest post] from the vault: hall exchange notes notes from a hall exchange in 2017

  

  general rituals of the clan in 5W. I am to expect four-legged beasts roaming ... players in the night), but I look forward to exploring more tomorrow ... distance s starting from rest in a vertically oriented electric dipole. i

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 20, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Complicated Synthesis Question starting materials include hard decisions and uncertain paths

  

  again, I would spend hours locked away in a corner of the library staring ... For most of the semester, I've lived and breathed in the ever ... in the process of dropping a class (Jeremy thinks I should call it "The

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 7, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  Have you ever heard of The Game? I've referenced it several times in ... laptop), I immediately thought about admissions...in particular, the ... 's not, I do have two quick pieces of advice I would like to share before I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Course 18 thoughts on being a (pure) math major

  

  math majors learn how to talk and write (in LaTeX) about their work. I recently realized that I am almost done with my major requirements (as in, I ... As some of you may know, I am majoring in math and economics

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  I managed to be at least as busy as I was in October or November ... Markov Chain. I drafted most of this post in the eerie, apprehensive calm ... the city I grew up in) and over 3,600 companies, including 82 of the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  judging eyes trying to count just how many times so far. I imagine at this ... hallucinogens out of the US, or that I have a small plant in my pocket that needs ... passing security, but I'm afraid I might burst in the process. (Talk about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia - and feeling overwhelming vertigo. I had ... of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have ... having a total blast. I tried to estimate how many towns like it there were

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Two New Kittens hundreds of pictures.

  

  area to see which would take them. So I heard this and even though I was ... fleas (though I certainly haven't heard a word of thanks) sleeping in my ... me so I don't know how to make my browser go back to how it was before

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  and said, "Go Forth and Measure." I never thought my secret ninja skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a ... ... NON NONSENSICAL RESULTS - CA CHING Score. So that's how I spent my

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006