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• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions ... student's abilities. M.I.T. will not consider SAT writing scores next year ... very moment, I'm in MIT Room 10-250 with 500 or so other people listening

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  Hello! A lot has changed, but the friends and the vlogs remain. Doing this in the only way I know how :) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxbyMxSrcM[/embed] PS - As I read the previously published blogs, I see a bunch of us have

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  above us, bless our hearts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-PO1_fzxVM

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  I watched the sunrise this morning

  

    that doesn't mean I don't matter I'm no insignificant blip in the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 7, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  My highest achievement at MIT.

  

    Third to last day of the archery class I took for my final PE requirement The instructor let me take it home! I SPLIT AN ARROW Edit: Okay, it…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  you’re on your own, kid

  

  , about who I can be. But I'm grateful that for the indefinite future I'm ... safety net. the good I'm trying to navigate things on my own, like how do ... essentially all my various communities that I'm a part of. I hadn't realized how

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  to San Diego to attend TwitchCon 2022. Perhaps to no one's surprise, I'm ... humor influenced me a lot. Our conversation went like this: Me:  Hi,  I'm so sorry I'm nervous but I've been watching you since the fourth grade

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  , going into my junior year of college, i’m almost done. it took me long ... is crazy. being honest with yourself, too. i’d say i’m a very self ... want about what i’m feeling and how that makes me a flawed person or

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  ode to grocery stores the loneliest sweet potato

  

  When I'm sad, or there's some conundrum in my life that I need to process, or I'm riding the high from hanging out with friends, or I'm so ... I'm cooking works a lot better than trying to do things from a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  from me to you burn it all down

  

  , but that’s the problem. I feel like I’m on a rollercoaster, or some ... flying past at a breakneck speed. I’m trying to grab onto moments and ... like I’m a different person. Every week, something fundamentally changes

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  i’ve joined a sorority and what that means to me

  

  to actually throw fun events due to formal recruitment. And perhaps I'm ... what I'm saying, but I wish more people would highlight the incredible ... major shift. I'm not living in Random this incoming fall, which is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  it's a cloudy Tuesday morning and i'm walking to Caffe Nero to get a ... also mention how it was my birthday this Sunday? yeah. i'm 20 now. it ... deviation from a monotonous mid-pandemic life in suburban New Hampshire. i'm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  pathways where do i go from here?

  

  restored even when we're back in-person. i'm at peace with it—i've had a year ... the rest of my years at MIT. right now, i'm living in a house with six ... , and I'm very grateful for being able to wholly embrace a few months of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 23, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  ’t been in a while, and I’m really into it. I think the time I spent in ... "]snow[/annotation] on my birthday, and I’m glad to be spending this one [annotation note ... . [carousel image1="62952" image2="62953" /] I’m nineteen today, which feels

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2020 blogger wrapped, wrapped

  

  , so I'm honored to be able to take up the mantle for what will be my ... about it. This year, I'm going to be extra and do a bloggers wrapped...wrapped. Unfortunately I'm no Kathleen at data viz, but honestly, some of these turned out

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  blurs all the lines. The semester is almost over. That means I'm almost ... , in retrospect, and I hope that I'm able to participate in at least one ... student life I'm experiencing right now is nothing like what it was, I'm

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  't even have to say the punchline, 'cause I'm sure you already know what it ... Saturday calm has disappeared, and I'm mostly just feeling the low ... 've really improved with practice!" /] Monday I'm lucky that Monday is a slower

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  times',  I'm finding that it's exponentially worse. It gets more exacting ... 7.012 (Intro to Bio) instead (“GIR!! I’ve done five of these now, I’m ... allele’ at 2 am, six hours before pset is due*) 21M.294 (Popular Music of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hell. handling the hardest semester at MIT, virtually

  

  hours later, I'm starting to feel like I'm spiraling into anxiety about academics, and midterms haven't even hit me yet...things are rough. I'm taking ... "]HASS[/annotation] ones, so my workload isn't as bad as it could be, but I'm struggling to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  hello applicants, i don’t know what to say but i can try

  

  day. things are so crazy here at mit right now. i guess i’m lucky that i ... too much for me to handle. and i’m hoping, how i’m hoping, that you can ... . i’m just really bad at this sort of thing, so maybe read what other

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 13, 2020