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• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  claps of thunder. I looked up at the sky and it was greyer than usual and ... weather today for the marathon? But it should be done by now though” and ... on the TV? That is where Tech shuttle drops students off for class, for

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  people you'll be friends with. Look for communities that you're excited to ... for everyone, but it was the place that I always felt absolutely ... through. Then, it’s also important to look closely at the situation, figure

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  Nadya is a rising senior at Harvard primarily known for founding the non ... ’s article titled "A Call for Accountability: Anti Blackness in The Menstrual ... epitome of her deceit lies in her campaign for a seat on the Cambridge City

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  and more improved. Looking back, I've completed the requirements for ... originally sign up for four and three-quarters, putting the last class on ... have lived in for the last three years, shutting the window because

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  beguiles me into poring for hours over topics like subtle differences in the ... networking. It opens a lot of doors--for example, my internship at the New ... labyrinthine pastures, then (b) spending the next six hours buried elbow-deep in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Events

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  answering the frosh open the circle and we divvy up the cards for a game of BS ... week to build and was up for another week after that, and the students ... for lab. People run up and down the wall opposite from where the baby

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  minuses in GPA - grades are assigned strictly by letter grade for the ... suddenly to 30-50%, but for the most part it still doesn't feel cutthroat ... your classmates for the A. Yes, at the end of the day, the grades for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  hasn’t been seen around the lab for several days in a row, he’s probably ... lunch on the beach, and discussed strategy for the upcoming years, as well ... flying a drone is looking at footage taken from the drone afterwards, and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  the fall? We talked for half an hour. And then he left for the airport ... . If this was a movie, this would be the cue for me to cry. And with the ... door looks like. It’s a chalkboard. This is what my half of the room

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  -school-senior-me didn’t know how to answer. So I gave the only response I knew for sure ... for, well, MIT Admissions, things didn’t go the way I’d planned. I ... decided to sacrifice the comfort of a small town for all MIT had to offer

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  'm headed to UC Berkeley for grad school. Of course, the data also predicts ... week! And training for a marathon! What was I, Superdude? Seriously, the ... happened next but somehow the sun is rising and you're looking at the entry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  all of the spotlight for this blogpost."]Maybe, but true ... up at 0400 in the morning on the streets of LA or San Diego for a ... concerts. I can't go to school for her. I can't study for her or take the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Miss the South Musings on a secret Instagram account

  

  and the air is so clean. I miss looking for dogs from missing posters ... facing the ocean, know that you’ll never be able to look into the eyes of ... city that at the time I couldn’t point out on a map.  I am so guilty for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 1, 2022
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  Things took a turn for the worse. Quickly. Very quickly. -- August ... the indignant rumble of my ungrateful stomach, which was screaming for ... ’t figured out that the best thing to do in a strange new place was to ask for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  freshman year, but generally the first person I went to for help with ... . 21W.013, which set up the way I wrote and approached essays for the ... by just overexerting myself.  Learn, for the first time, how to

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge."]Last week[/annotation] I got back [annotation note="how the process for the ... 've held for so long, than to finally break the inertia and deal with the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  medalist, who also happened to get an 800! The same goes for people who are ... select them, but rather that because of the things for which we select they ... valedictorian isn't the reason for the decision; it's the result of factors which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  The Long Road to Happiness Stuff no one likes to talk about...

  

  saw regularly for the rest of the semester, and into IAP. Externally ... ’t tell anyone about it. I had looked at the mental health website, but ... homework again and study for exams or work on projects. Some of the best

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 22, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “So what are you majoring in?” *sweats nervously*

  

  I figured I would suck it up and power through for the purpose of a ... random places, all of which I seriously considered for at least the time I ... for the beauty of it, but I recognize math as a tool to be used in

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • April 4, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  keep doing it for the next four years. In fact, you want to keep doing it ... know you’ve put in a lot. Here is my deep life advice, for the next week ... health in the process. The ultimate goal was MIT, I decided sometime in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012