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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  hiring frosh. And in the case that the program is freshman and/or sophomore ... 't really have that much experience in writing cover letters or a resume; in ... mess in the beginning of the school year and, in hindsight, I should have

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  have cool things to talk about. I'm sure you're all excited. In the ... -epiphany where I kind of sort of maybe started thinking about majoring in 2A ... .900 because not only am I interested in the subject, but it fulfills two HASS

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  mit made me rational on decision-making

  

  dollars. "Yes," he said. "Because the amount of good I can do in my lifetime ... I can do in my lifetime is worth ten billion dollars, but I care about ... morally wrong choice. But how can anyone truly blame him for it? Back in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 19, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Life, the Universe, and Everything I’m significant! …screamed the dust speck.

  

  There comes a time in everyone's MIT experience, from the application ... moment occurs as soon as you arrive on campus. Or in the middle of your ... once. I had this moment most recently while sitting in my 18

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  famous - so many, in fact, that all of their responses wouldn't fit in this ... and 8, of Simmons): "I'll be UROPing in Prof. Field's lab (in the ... skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  the most fun I've had in literal weeks. I'm so grateful that I've had ... !!!! I love talking to everyone and sharing in their enthusiasm so! much ... community is. So many people were involved in this initiative: those who

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... Initiatives. Through MISTI, students can either participate in internship

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Noise and time chaos and peace in a silver package

  

  exciting College Adventures™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at ... what I expected, probably because I went in with no expectations at all. What I didn’t realize was that, in the process, I forgot to do things for

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • October 15, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  also mention Aegis – Basang-Basa sa Ulan in this post, and even quote ... By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my ... . Of the 57 distinct songs, 41 are in English, 14 are in Tagalog, 1 is in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Expo how MIT is leading the educational revolution

  

  posts about this year's Festival. It highlights the latest developments in ... be astounded by the opportunities in education at MIT. The Institute is ... practical tools necessary in the workplace. This year, the Festival of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  MIT is harder than your high school. In many cases, MIT is harder than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... brightest kids in the world on a single college campus means that not all of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  … (in)tense. I haven’t experienced that much uncertainty in my life ... College Confidential forums. Now, don't go to these, but there are whole ... then say whether they did or did not get in. Trust me, there’s no

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  education and culture. Everything we do in our process is grounded by our goal ... more equitable and transparent than a test-optional policy. In the post below —  and in a separate conversation with MIT News today —  I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  perusal in the tome below. Depending how you count, MIT either has a lot of ... in mind that all libraries are good boys, and therefore these ratings ... dome -- you take the elevators in Lobby 10 up to the fifth floor, and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... through applications, an idea slowly started forming in my head. Well, more ... "]a written piece where every sentence was taken from a line in a song

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  sunscreen physical health and stuff

  

  and crumble in ways that were not previously noticeable. for instance ... teenager i could walk in shorts in 40 degree (fahrenheit) weather without any issue, whereas currently the weather in boston is around 50 degrees and i

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 4, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Temporary Band Entry Title And we hope we passed the audition.

  

  Center, countless Biology graduate students in buildings 56 and 68, the campus police, both parallels of East Campus, and somebody in a chicken ... know is interested in joining, let us know at marching underscore band at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pie No, not pi.

  

  me. I spent from 9 AM to 2 PM in various chat rooms, blogs, forums, and ... come to MIT. I was just as interested in seeing who got in as anybody ... 't gotten in and spent quite a while fairly upset. Thousands of applicants

  • by Snively '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  than I've seen run for any position in East Campus. We talked about ... about us and the halls could vote (in EC, there are ten halls, and each hall gets a single vote in HouseComm). Eventually, Conor '07 (of 2nd West

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• 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 ... personal health, just in time for me to start the spring semester at the tail ... Markov Chain. I drafted most of this post in the eerie, apprehensive calm

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016