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• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... a half times that of Chicago. Looking over the course requirements, it ... until very, very late in the game. I first started researching colleges

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist who ranked MIT but was not matched still apply for EA and/or RA?

  email in early December outlining the options available: You may use ... withdraw your MIT application. MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of citizenship. If admitted to MIT through the Quest
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  culture. If you’re in the market for somewhere to be from, I give Hawaii a ... -grilled hotdogs, and cold Capri-Sun, where we'd wait for the family next door to ... learn about. The thing was, though, I didn’t do any of these things for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise

  

  something to look forward to after high school, either at MIT or the college ... model for how the d-orbitals of a metal interact with molecules bonded to ... describing events. For example, we looked at how ancient historians would make

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  ) look like: Life My mornings start mostly the same as before, a small ... dispersed and we can’t meet up for class anyway, we’re unable to do the lab ... groups and assigned with teaching the material to the rest of the class for

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  go for a hot cup of cocoa, but I realize we don't have any in the house; I happily settle for some oolong tea. As I think more about the cocoa ... hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Balancing Act… ...or not

  

  and free pizza for two days. Hurray for Google Information Sessions, the ... in the slightest because that will Interrupt My Rhythm and Ruin ... of failure. My first few weeks at MIT have seen me pick out the major

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  splices to make the Voynich Manuscript look like Shakespeare. No what I ... for your patience and politeness in pulling in the reigns more than once ... . In fact, that's good survival skills for MIT in general. The professors

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  ! 7. Ruth and I have painted for about 12 hours each over the past three ... serves me correctly, the things you're supposed to do are along the lines ... published in The Tech," and that's one that I just never thought would happen

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  that same advice might be terrible for someone else. And the blog format ... your exact course schedule for the next four years or how to prepare for ... 're behind for not having done so yet just feeling overwhelmed by all of the

  • by Phi A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  go to work and found that the lab was closed for the holiday, and ... heritage and apparently having a face that looks kind of funny, to the extent ... . The first time I visited the MIT Admissions website to look at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I failed an exam last week and it will be okay

  

  because I didn't remember half the vocabulary for this exam; because I fell ... walk out of the exam room and aimlessly wander around campus for a while ... : they will not.) iv. depression I submit a drop form for the class to my

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  Parting Remarks Ending the same way I began

  

  was for me. For those of you that have been with me for the long haul ... , non-scripted, talking for too long videos that I used to make for the ... witha terrrible quality, non-scripted, talking for too long video for the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 12, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  there was the college admissions process: another easy avenue for ambition ... , for the first time, the idea of an easy life: a 9-5 job, nothing too ... do with [annotation note="at least, for the next decade or so"]my life

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  ’m showing y’all was written for MIT’s, “Describe the world you come from” prompt. This was actually the last essay that I wrote for MIT’s application ... end, it wound up being my favorite essay out of all the ones I wrote for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  solve the latest Algebra homework or reviews for our US history class ... , save for the occasional song cover here and there. As I stopped ... 't really do anything at all. Comfortable with the life I've carved out for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Not Bra-Ket Science Building quantum computers to convince myself that they exist

  

  year ago because one of the professors saw me working on a project for a ... chip in December, demonstrating useful error correction for the first ... quantum engineering class in the spring. Next, when planning my classes for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 7, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  (the secret twentieth character for sword really does look a little like ... Huckabees Ben: Hero Matt: The Hebrew Hammer Mike: Wet Hot American Summer Sam: "Strangers With Candy", Season 1 Shana: A Mighty Wind Allison's Dad: The Sound

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  US citizenship or permanent residency should apply in the Spring for ... Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. The MIT Transfer Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  , decisions will be posted. For regular action applicants, the deadline is ... week for the fall semester. Here's how the bloggers (most of whom have ... for tomorrow - same place, same time. Best moment of the day: 8:00 AM

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009