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• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  . backchan.nl is a tool designed here at the Media Lab by MIT student Drew ... MIT: If you don't know much about MIT, this might be a good place to ... person about what it's like to be a part of MIT. But even MIT hasn

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  work in my lab as a full time employee, and I guess I'll see how much I ... This is, for the most part, a post about Seattle. I've been a ... walkability of a city is, in fact, important to me. And although I do like

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  . But what you might not see, is that there is also a lot of positivity ... much better understanding of some statistical concepts. Sounds like a ... hit." The first law is true, the second is a construct of your

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  knowing she was safe.) We heard a student tell us about how he'd had to wait ... with sorrow and enlightenment and the realization that there is so much ... It's hard to know exactly how I'm feeling on our last night here in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking! (fall 2025) highways, storks, and movies

  

  PSETs have a definite start and end, it's hard for me to gauge how much I ... submit a PSET and how much I was willing to study. Still, last semester was ... , this course is essentially a reading seminar—there are no assignments

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 5, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  'd say a high GPA in challenging courses is much more important than ... A real entry is coming soon! I promise! In the meantime, more ... Carr wrote: "When reviewing applicants, obviously there is a certain

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  combined study in humanities with either science or engineering. 21S is a ... . This is because when I write my major on my resumé (and how I write it on ... .616 - Games and Culture (blogpost pending) is a class on the role of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  a BIG campus. Now I’m glad that MIT is much more reasonably sized. 40 ... . Food is so much cheaper when it isn’t in Boston Walking into a Trader ... a post. What follows is a series of lists, sentences, and paragraphs

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  close your eyes and put your finger on the map and other ways to make grad school decisions

  

  a better engineer. The question, then, is how much of this I want to ... saying. I personally use forums as a litmus for how the school is perceived ... , applying is still scary and depends on a bunch of personal factors.  

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 22, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  use “I” too much? The essay is about you, but it’s also about the people ... is both personal and professional. A formal and dramatic tone is not ... the intention to burn us to a cinder.” It’s a little too much, right

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  self - aka we're going to be writing a memoir! The professor is Sherry ... My courseload this semester might look like that of a confused sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  when semester classes aren't in session, and I agree. IAP is a much more ... college for the first time. I haven't seen my room in a while, I'm much more ... my plans: During IAP, there is a class taught called "Intro to Python

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  Takeout Menu is good for, right?) * Not sweating so much even your eyeballs ... complaining; I like boba as much as anyone, but smoothies, man. There's a Jamba ... , but that's a story for another time. (I guess that's pretty much it. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  [Guest Post] Down the River Sharon L. '21 talks Harvard and life paths

  

  Company all in the same square? It’s hardly fair. There is a visible trend ... coming to MIT parties than vice versa, but a change of scenery is nice and meeting different people (and checking out different dorms/clubs) is also a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  absolutely amazing. Then there’s the fact that everything is new, and as much ... of my college experience. I knew how much fulfillment and connection ... want to clarify that this is not a monolithic experience. I have a lot

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  for the portions. Still, how can I resist the prospect of a random three ... , much like life itself, is about the journey, not the destination. After ... . This picture is not related to Matt's crashing into a parked car. Also, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  Manila; MIT is in Cambridge, a forty minute walk to downtown Boston; and ... the metropolitan areas involved vary. Metro Manila is a well ... . Greater Boston, depending on how you define it, is about the same size, with

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  misled by fluff masquerading as insight. A lot of truth is ugly, a lot of ... beautiful. There were moments I wished to be desirable, and I suppose that is ... about the kind of beauty that arose from symmetry, from clear skin or a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  already entered my mind. And we all know from Inception, an idea is a ... trying to embrace digital as much as anything, and PBS LearningMedia is ... , how to develop a Pinterest presence, etc. Fun fact: back in the day, the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  So, today is the day! CPW has finally arrived! As many of you make your way to campus, I thought I’d share a few words on my experience at ... I got out at Logan airport, and I immediately entered a state of utter

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018