Search

Search Results

• Blog / Challenges

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  within the media industry, an atypical choice for an MIT student, my ... , some alumni actually look forward to getting calls from us because they like the opportunity to talk to current students. Some alumni don’t want

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  each other.   Put another way: we are not looking for the thousand ... , underrepresented backgrounds that make our hearts bleed. We are looking for the best ... talk about merit in the admissions process, what we really mean, for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  long ethernet cables for the lights from the loading docks), but I did ... aiming for here. On the last day before Caltech left, as a parting gift ... put in the 12x 24 piece of acrylic, and I watched the laser cutter for

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Note To Self Please don't forget this.

  

  how it felt for these to be hammered home. 5. If you don't succeed, the ... ‘no’. Recognize when you’re hosed for the week, and don’t volunteer to ... studying for that test and didn’t even do well on the test anyway so you don

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  the strong case I made for her. Why? Partially because she reminded me a ... that SAT scores can't account for all kinds of intelligence. The student ... actually grab the folders to look at the scores, since that wasn't the part

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2009 Brass Rat My highly biased and personal opinions about Ring Premiere.

  

  official MIT seal. There's also some room for customization, and most classes ... history lesson: the official MIT seal shows two figures- a "scholar" and an ... ? Because I'm a woman, and I go here, and when I look at the ring and seal

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same, except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look ... elsewhere, if only for a few hours; one where a weekend trip with friends

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  applying to MIT. I thought I'd post it again (recycling is good for the ... as the others. For example, almost all the people I've talked to have ... 't from a song lyric, but I must credit "hcs" for getting the last one

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  be whenever you must look for the right fit--be it among friends, clubs ... what the right fit felt like until I visited MIT in April for CPW. Long ... for other reasons—my host was already known as "the funny one" among

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  ’d called home for so long. The thought remained in the back of my head until ... ="i flirted with the idea of staying for grad school for a while, but ultimately ... unexpectedly rainy shoots, to Elton John for writing the song that got me through

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions ... 're here, now, carrying a Nerf gun looking for people to shoot. Worry ... . Ignore the deadlines for a week. Fret over which offer you'll take. Weigh

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing I don’t have time for hosed into my core

  

  up the points of the things I even wrote anything down for, they just ... strong negative memories of. But it's a requirement for the new 6–14 major ... ’t even have the salty tears to show for it. I’m sure I was hosed in past

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  seek ways to unlock the secret formula to secure admission. For starters, I can not argue with the logic of trying to discover the formula for ... the “why” is because it will look good rather than because students are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  :00 meeting. The chance to eat a real bagel was a treat, and a must for me every ... alumni interviewers in NYC and Larry coordinates the interviews for ... other commitments, but it was very good for the students to have the

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students ... liked the drawing I'd made while waiting for him and seemed really ... correctly, nothing was actually lost. But for the trouble, we were granted a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  the screenshots for the real thing. These creatures are hilarious ... where we are living for the summer.   Last weekend we moved out of Random ... , breathed in the summer Cambridge air, looked at the tree outside my window

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  for graduation. Classes were over, and the most stressful thing I had to ... (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another ... '09 took the picture above for me. The first picture in this post and

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  The reading continues, almost non-stop here... for another ... technology, about the possibilities for research to improve society, make the ... about it in your application. And for the rest of you poets, dancers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  birthday. I'm lame, I know. The firehose stops for no aging ritual, though ... my head (with more of a "swoosh" than a bang.) The hat looked like ... what all these pumpkins are (except for the one with the French House

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  drove up to MIT for the first time. I had signed up for the Shadow a ... listened to a small playlist of songs I had thrown together for the ride. As ... continue giving my best every second of my life. And each day for the next

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014