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• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  short answer is: we’ve been doing a lot! So we asked Claire, one of our ... rural and small-town students. This is a space for students to learn more ... ’re always welcome to reach out to colleges individually, this is a unique

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  school is somewhat an apprenticeship in which you prepare yourself for a ... things is this blog. I can't tell you how many people told me not to apply ... great place to learn, see, and do. That is a fact that does not change

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  South Street Diner, which, according to both Ruth and the How to GAMIT is ... it was hilarious. I found it a little like that "How do you get to ... done I thought I had a pretty cool college application essay. The key is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  cabin) and there was no snow. Hiking without snow is so much better than ... much fun, and really made me love being a part of such a cool group of ... National Forest. It was a beautiful day! And there was SO MUCH NATURE

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  'll be a time for some new adventure before classes start.  Boston is to be ... MIT, where the education is likened to drinking from a firehose.  As one ... you about just a few of the abundant resources around campus - and is by

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  contests that feature cheap foods with comedic potential is more or less a ... tell that Boston is basically Walden Pond plus a Citgo sign. I was ... *. *This comparison makes absolutely no sense, but it is still a valid

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  this new era where communication occurs rapidly and information is only a ... , is a senior majoring in chemistry at Princeton, but when recruiters ... 've observed is that these days a lot of people associate success with $ucce

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  CPW is a very exciting time and it's hard to believe that it ... ! Here is a small sampling of events in our dorm Next House and Other ... have been planning it for even longer). Here is a WIP pic!!! Next Act

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Where You’re Going, Where I’ve Been CPW! YEEAAAH!

  

  narrow my decision down to two schools, and there is no better way to get a ... another event like this during Orientation week, but the CPW fair is a good ... record library. Ever wanted to see what a "vinyl record" is like? Find out

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  list helps us manage the inherent uncertainty of not knowing how many ... opposed to taking a gap year, or enrolling somewhere else). We always plan ... list are invariably awesome, and we hope to find a space for them in our

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tips from Me to You 15% is standard most places, but my tips are 100%! (awesome that is)

  

  This is more of a mini-entry, a blogget if you will. I know that for a good portion of you, the pressure is on, as there's officially ... believed it. The thing about your application is that it's a trade

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  need is a crash course in all things MIT, so I've spent my first few ... wondering what I'm thinking. Probably not too much of a surprise that I'd want to work at MIT. The Institvte is a mental amusement park

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Interview Deadline Approaching! It's time for applicants to contact their local MIT representative.

  

  to ask. Remember that the interview is not only a way for us to get to ... interview is simply a chance to talk about what interests you and the things ... .) Send a short thank you note after the interview. This is not at all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  a just few of the standouts on this list, and how they might fit into your plans:   Mount Holyoke College: Mount Holyoke is a women ... Madison and Milwaukee, is a small college focusing on liberal arts &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  (This is a very rough, more fleshed-out English translation of this ... , I get a sense that some of those wartime feelings continue to this day ... uncle: "Joonho, how was summer vacation?" "It was fun, I did research at

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  agreed that the results depend heavily on how students define a “leadership ... trouble, and cheer a lot at races. I don’t even know how I became captain. I ... applicant is interviewed, and Ed says the interview reveals a lot about the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  a thinkpiece about race. This is just me working through my own ... some media has spun--that he is a sex addict who wanted to kill sex ... ’m lucky to be fetishized, that this is a form of acceptance. It is the same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Matt Damon’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2016 Turn towards the problems you see

  

  extreme poverty up close. On a trip to Zambia, he became amazed at how clean ... . There is not always a freaking app for that. Take water again as an ... ’s too complex. Yes, there is definitely, absolutely a role for science

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  of THALIDOMIDE. 3. Fluorine is a TERRIBLE nucleophile. Despite the 59 ... tomorrow for your integration by parts-ing pleasure. Right now I have a story ... upon a time at MIT, Sarah Tabacco was a black-clad, curly

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Places to Sit at MIT and study

  

  . Whenever I get stuck on my work, I like to find a new place to study. The change of scenery is refreshing and jumpstarts my mind to continue working ... -senior" status) to finish up a degree. I'm excited to be taking advantage of this

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2017