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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  be penalized for not taking AP classes. That said, the committee looks ... of all the resources available. Therefore, they will look for evidence ... high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• 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…

  

  Applicant for the Class of 2021, and see how you’re doing. If you ... for “50 Best” representative of the actual applicant pool ... looked over all the other parts of my application and everything college

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

  Approaching Adulthood In which I spell out my semester to hopefully feel less overwhelmed

  

  MIT and Boston are in the middle of the actual Snowpocalypse, so what better time to whip up a blog about the beginning of classes? The lighting was a bit sloppy, but I do need to get back in the habit of vlogging

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Sophomore Slump Last semester was not so great

  

  about what I am capable of. I pre-registered for six classes at the ... take.  I showed up for Writing Science Fiction on the first day extremely ... met with the TA’s and Student Support Services and I finally asked for a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 12, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  is the lecture for 6.UAT oral communication. this is an unusual class ... activity we did for the class was "introducing ourself" to our smartphone: we ... eng, who led the lecture, put emphasis on having a hook, a reason for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  !); second, smile, because the word “snoozed” looks funny on the phone screen ... “punky,” and I felt welcomed. I never expected to work for the U.S. military. The VA didn’t expect me to work for them either. One of my mentor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  the furthest limits that I’ve ever taken myself to. Looking back, I ... while. I think for the most part, my freshman year was spent dismantling the mindsets that I held for granted back in high school. I stopped

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  advisor)'s office on Tuesday in search for the answers to life, the universe ... out at all for me.  But in the end, with help and advice from Kirsten L ... ??? ? units And for the sake of completeness, here's my fairly standard

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  here. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about ... until the first or second week of May. What has the waitlist looked like ... from the waitlist? For example, if someone from state X or major Y

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  mechanical pencil, and the ensuing distraction becomes a euphemism for ... iCal. The schedule blocked out that Sunday night for studying x ... shaved in the pattern of “MIT” in the back: This would all look much

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  with vegetables and tofu--I cook for myself a lot during the school year ... definitely missed eating meat nonstop for the first week, but after that I didn ... chicken gyro in line ahead of me. I'd also get cravings only for the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  Harvard. This semester, I took advantage of that for the first time, and cross-registered for two classes: one on Irish folklore, the other a ... essays and commentaries as well. This is exactly what I was looking for

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is "zumba", taught by a very cheerful ... that if we don't show up for the warm-up, we can't get credit for the ... attended a one-hour body sculpt class for the public. The next morning, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  . The “T” is the shorthand for the MBTA subway system in Boston. Since the ... best decisions you can make when you move. Luckily for me, the Admissions ... It was so exciting to be able to welcome the 1000+ adMITed students

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years ... living at Northwestern for the summer makes it difficult to also live at ... from playing yet another game of phone Tetris by looking at stuff on the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  one. For the past two weeks, I’ve been spending my evenings singing in a choir. The Boston Conservatory is running a program for high ... members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  be surprised if they occupied a third of the floor space. Looking for ... as a photography hub, but if you look in the right places you will find ... on forever). I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  COPENHELL a giant metal fest in Denmark 🤘🏽

  

  . I signed up for two twelve-hour shifts deconstructing the stages, and ... , a wave of hand-horn symbols rose from the crowd. I understood for the ... into the crowd. I got up on my friend's shoulders, looked out over the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • June 28, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  read this blog by spreading the word that UROP stands for Undergraduate ... down to the bunkers of the basement of building 3 to work on my robot for ... open his wallet when the barman says: 'For you, no charge!'" Didn't like

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  about the worlds of science and engineering for broad audiences. This ... terms of what kind of jobs to look for, that's up to you. You're only ... As some of you know, I got my master's degree from the Comparative

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015