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• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  the best use of my time anymore. time management comes easier — i was ... solving it is the highlight of my week. i'm a soPhoMOre — now, i'm on the other side of recruitment. I'M the one holding interviews and auditions

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  , but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story ... the MIT early decision would be released. I ate all of them. They didn ... any of my “reach” schools, which was upsetting, to say the least. I was

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  , we had a greeter at the door to welcome them to our hall. Most of us ... This past Friday was the nth annual Tetazoo faculty dinner -  a great ... from across MIT, including our very own Chris Peterson! We decorated the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Two opportunities for high school students And you don't have to live near Cambridge, MA this time!

  

  the MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is organizing for high school ... those of you near Cambridge, come check out the fair! And for those ... exciting events also presented by MIT Society of Women Engineers: The MIT SWE

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 28, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  had i known how to save a life on self-care

  

  content warning: multiple mentions of suicide.     the friday before the last one, i received some bad news. one of my close ... ever since. the past week and a half has been truly bad. and a lot of it

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  much more productive over the past few weeks than i usually am. of course ... and eventual death by overdose. it’s probably one of the saddest things ... and lack of motivation, the cycles of therapy and relapse, the emotional

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  made a comment, half-joking, something to the effect of "I can't wait to ... 't ambitious didn't feel true. Maybe the problem is my definition of ambition. Do ... . I wanted to get into the best schools, I dreamt of MIT, and, well

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

  whimsically signed, yfnhmc (your friendly neighborhood house meeting chair)

  

  favorite part of the job was carrying on a tradition of my predecessors ... bumps every week. Below is a compilation of all the media I attached! June 5, 2022 2 quotes for you today, both of which speak to the inner child

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 19, 2026
• Blog / Residential Life

  1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there

  

  ’m in Cambridge, reeling with a move cross-country and the start of the ... of beds dropped on the side of the road, cheap furniture selling fast ... week ago, and I’m more settled in now. I’m still getting the feel of my

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  class about the art of creating electrical devices which use power ... consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at ... 've found some people to work with on some of the classes. Late nights always

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  All 42 cheeses I tasted in college i am a cheese enjoyer

  

  my favorite of the weird cheeses. Subtle grains of sweetness. Sharp ... , 8/10 Mimolette - Mite cheese! A bunch of mites live in the cheese ... aftertaste for the small amount of initial taste, stays a bit longer than other

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 18, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  self care define it or perish

  

  advantage of it for sure, but wow, being in the middle of the semester and ... 've realized the importance of ~ self-care ~. indeed, sometimes, you have to put ... person. and honestly, finding these means of self-care so early in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  quick dispatch from my new room on the first floor of senior haus ... .122, which is game theory and takes up the second half of the semester. in 14 ... this semester, but i thought the "most boring thing ever" was kind of

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  I’ve never really understood the appeal of beach vacations. I spend a day relaxing and then have to recover from the effort of recuperation ... -crushing boredom is shakier than you’d expect). 2.) Watched the entire series of

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  Tomorrow marks the return of classes, p-sets, papers, reading ... I actually liked reading the textbook. We'd watch a whole bunch of ... may have heard of. Towards the end of the year, we also got a chance to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  their business. Here is a tentative schedule of the event: Tuesday ... toys. ElectroPlushies, his first push into the world of toy creation, are ... about the attached picture. : ) It reminds me a bit of the song

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  loftblogging 3: liberation via customization i <3 process

  

  control of my space. I would build my own loft! Luckily, all the material I ... ="attachment_118325" align="aligncenter" width="450"] the initial state of my room (i ... —it's liberating! I was free to decide on the dimensions of my loft, opting for

  • by Victor D. '27
  • September 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  's above the healthy limt of "zero." So I figured now would be a good time to ... aspects of academic life. The thing about tests is not really that they're hard. They just kind of suck. You can spend three hours the night before

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  you submit your high school transcript with three years of grades and the results of any external examinations, such as the International ... The Secondary School Report Form is designed for U.S. school systems
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  out the pitfalls of others. It seems like working with other people ... with the structure of a UROP, here’s how it’s typically gone for me. You work under a Principal Investigator (PI)—a professor who is the head of

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024