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• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  me to do the session there since I ate quite a few meals in that same ... however get to give to those 250 lucky (?) people in my session a preview of ... a lot of time this spring thinking about how to make it more

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Watch this! An MIT blogger alum deservedly gets a moment in the spotlight.

  

  profile Mollie in the latest episode (or, webisode, as it is a web series ... in it. Mollie was a blog legend; her entries are still as relevant ... , she is a graduate student at Harvard, and is still involved with the MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weathering the weather So much snow!

  

  get paid for a UROP? How much?" First, money is important for college ... interviews intense, or is it more of a "you're in unless you do something ... that is since I can't think of any single majors in math that I know. A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  's kinda a chonky set of claims, huh? I want to be very clear that this is in ... 's campus. The passage of time was a frequent topic of discussion: how could ... . How could I be a senior when I had never even been a junior? I was very

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  No Snow, and on singing badly me? singing? and posting it online?!

  

  first mentioned this song in a blog post two years ago, and it's always ... 't have to listen to how embarrassing I sound? Well, I'm trying to make a ... someone, somewhere, out there, who is better. Chesterton, as in "Chesterton

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  year just flew by in a weird sort of emptiness. It didn’t, of course. I ... actually happened in my life since September. I also feel a little bad for the negativity in my previous post, though I do stand by it, so this is

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  much consecutive meetings from 9am until 7pm for me. This morning was a ... student group. It's funny how things don't change much. The above pretty much describes February 3, 2006, as much as it does February 3, 2005. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  have put in to letting us know how much you love MIT, and regret that we ... Professional Practices, May 1 is the "National Candidates Reply Date," the agreed ... , we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  13/101 Things To Do Before You Graduate 2 of my favorite days at MIT, to date.

  

  easy thing to do in the two weeks between finals and graduation, take a ... Ride a swan boat in Boston Common Take a Duck or Trolley Tour Try some ... shopping on Newbury Street See a Red Sox game in Fenway Go to Faneuil Hall

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  which Marilee (our dean) talked about how insane the world is becoming in ... her school, she is pretty much a revolution of one as she tries to push ... that "colleges are looking for." Absurd. And supposedly the girl is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  dealer: In the movie, Ben's major is "pre-med." Of course, there's no pre ... .009: Product Engineering Processes. 2.009, like 2.09, is a team-based competition ... Robot. Their CEO, Colin Angle '89 SM '91, makes a cameo in the movie (I believe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  department's UROP administrator, and turn it all in by a deadline. This is how ... I haven't really done much exciting this break -- I haven't taken a ... -graduation trip to the Bahamas -- he's been raised in a hard-core ski family, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab building toys (for anybody who is unsure, this is a good way to start the day

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  on in my life, let alone how to write about it." A lot has changed in ... right now. Below is a little sample of fiber arts pieces I've made in the ... build a phylogenetic tree that helps me analyze how similar the protein

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part IV This should tie up the loose ends...for now.

  

  same things but do it in a detailed way that there just isn't room for in ... project, how you helped overcome a difficulty encountered by the group, or ... personalities enjoyed their experiences as a student here. They tell us how you

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  dropping all classes where it was clear I would get a B or lower. How did I ... bed, and being challenged not as much by psets as by the prospect of a ... ’t require avoiding addressing how the Institute pushes a culture of stress and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Cleaning A psychoanalysis of the recently deleted folder in my notes app

  

  It's been a little while since I've blogged, which is partially ... symbols, and then something I likely used in a python assignment? Hm. I have ... 't Have Shazam  This one's a real classic. I refuse to download Shazam (in

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  coming to a close, but I’m happy to say that the term is taking shape quite ... public policy class (in my major), an accounting class (in Sloan), and a ... Kissick, who conduct the course in a discussion format. As moderators, they

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Cool Data Stuff, ft. Immersion I just really like data visualizations, plz don't judge

  

  . The Media Lab is much better at this sort of stuff than I am, after all ... person in a given time period, and also the people who they’ve introduced you to via email. For a data nerd like me, this is basically the best

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 5, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  you've made a choice that is right for you. The only thing we ask in ... The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a ... , learn about their lives, fall in love with many, but can only choose a few

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014