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• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  helpful posts: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/advice-for-the ... may have noticed that the authors mention contacting your EC for an ... and that makes it interesting. (The same could be said for the

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  than just the way something looks.  It shouldn't just be some aesthetic ... .  I went to the career development office for mock interviews.  I ... the motions.   3. Ask for help MIT is hard.  You know what's even

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  the most of these next 4 years – you’re in for such a treat! For those ... -bye to life at MIT and in particular, to the MIT blogs (direct quote ... current and alumni bloggers in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Class Projects

  MIT Brings You Unwanted Attention You want to be popular? Really?

  

  an editor for the MIT student newspaper, "The Tech." As editor, his ... reading. Alright, that just doesn't make any darn sense. (for the full ... There are definitely perks to attending MIT. For example, at MIT I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  place one week at a time. For me, each week is like a round in a boxing ... hit the mat. Talk about being knocked into next week. You win this time ... get up and keep fighting, because you will make it. And when the match

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was ... . at the end of high school — and honestly, for the majority of my life ... , given that i’m under five feet tall.)  i didn’t have words for the mpact i

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  for Tagalog. The words mentioned in the post are all Tagalog words, but ... clash and lapse. The word pronunciation, for example, has neither clash nor lapse. The full story is a bit more complicated, but for some

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  spritely age of 11. I looked through the catalog of extracurriculars ... Intensive in the Major (CI-M) is a graduation requirement for all majors ... there are many options for the other with 2.009 probably being the most

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  schools for me, rather than pushing me to apply to the schools they thought ... important if I was to find the right matches for me. I couldn't rely on rumors ... that ranking could have been the perfect place for me and if I applied

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! (Part 2) late post due to usual MIT firehosing

  

  equality. The hope was that by sharing my story and my love for MIT, I would ... . I also popped into Switzerland for an afternoon because one of the ... spent a night in the town of Bergamo, famous for its split-level upper and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 17, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and ... as i've previously mentioned on the blogs, sophomore fall is wrecking me. every day is a grind, and keeping up with academics is about the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  commenced to scribble down the most hilarious of his sayings, for future ... probably fill an entire entry about the incredible variety of people I've met ... Jeremy. Jeremy is my 18.03 TA, which in English means he's one of the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  gave me a quizzical look when I came home for Christmas break freshman ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved ... . True, I don't get any credit or pay for the hours I put into the Musical

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  drained after the midterm last week and how i didn’t study nearly enough for ... ’m still not emotionally prepared for it.   but, again, the renovation is ... one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  renovated shortly before I came to MIT, where sound goes to die except for the ... across the street from the Pru (sorry for these approximate directions, you ... Crossing in Boston, and if you're looking for warm clothes there's Filene

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s do a puzzle. Ready to flex some cranial muscle?

  

  life (right? right?) - e-mail her! You're in the mood for a more ... "night" (if that's still the right word for it): From Saturday "night ... letters like X and L and M and C. The letters didn't look useless to my

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  . As for your third question, I assure you we are looking into the ... Nicole R asked, "What is the policy for supplementary material when ... looking forward to the next post. I've heard that staying overnight is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  right choice for me, given the solid alternatives. But I was excited, and ... . [annotation note="In the end I'm confident this was the right choice for me, but ... even when it's not the right thing. Building a taste for who you are and

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  I could. For the next three days, I looked forward to snowy days, to ... that’s been on everyone’s mind for the past week. The pre-wedding dinner ... in my head. I saw snow for the first time earlier this month. I woke

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . As we drove to our hotel, I looked out the window and watched as ... electric drill for the first time in East Campus as rotating troupes of pre ... really is just for the fun of it. But it’s a great opportunity to

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014