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• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  friends. Now, one last thought before I wrap up this first entry. It's a ... everybody else. In fact, what I'm trying to say goes even further than that ... website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  ’re using a CRT display for whatever reason, the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics ... Suddenly she is in a magical, technicolour world Last week, MIT’s Professor ... famous quantum dots. I've heard he's a really nice guy (he actually teaches

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  this post): 1. I have not blogged in quite a while. 2. I finally have a ... should be cut, I welcome your input as well! Yes, I watch a lot of TV. And ... countdowns. 4. I've been meaning to write a post like this since the big TV

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  before I move away from the East Coast for a while. I saw two Broadway ... Becoming the Next Bill Nye (I wrote about it in more detail in a post last ... Have Truly Found Paradise version), more in a "I have survived this place

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  -season practice a week before classes started, breaking in new tennis balls while ... In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a ... , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  pretty-like (in color!). Before you look at that though, let's do a quick ... rest at the top of a hill of height h. What is the angular velocity of ... 'm reviewing and going over while studying for the test I have in this class on

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  attend but just want to see if they can get in). How do I know if I should ... Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter ... intention of this process. There is a big difference between "I can't afford

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  For the last six years now, I have started this post with a jaunty list of summer activities. Like last year, things are still a bit ... inside my house now. i love it, but fear for when it a w a k e n s a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  -5 hours a day. Not because I wanted a grade in the class, but because every ... culture, a sense of history and background that I simply did not possess or ... undeniably call mine. I feel that for a long time I was okay with this because

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  the same stuff I just wrote above. In a few weeks, after we've conquered ... As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more ... school report form. To reiterate a few other things mentioned in previous

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  things work out following up on confusion

  

  students in Nepal. I’ve learned a lot in this class and have had a lot of fun ... .191 Independent Study in Maya Generative Tools I really wanted to take a class this ... , specifically in terms of a course 6 class we ended up taking last semester, the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 9, 2019
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  into a unified person i could recognize in the mirror. as i grad student ... in a few weeks, or in a few years, I hope that you can do that too." i ... that built a solar car and drove it across the Australian outback in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous

  

  about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... Satrapi said something along the lines of: "We live in such a conservative ... you know what? Before the cholesterol, before the cancer, before the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  before inserting a witty comment. He paid attention to what kinds of words ... session, but I'm sure that Neil would be happy to stick around for a few ... 's perception of science is changing. I was wondering if you could spend a few

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  was to write a letter reflecting on what we had learned, and I decided ... upon what I have learned. Parse a text for irony and allegory? Simple ... places. It's okay if I don't sell a novel before I turn twenty

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Having Trouble Reaching Your EC? Some advice on getting in touch with your interviewer.

  

  ’t hear back within a few days, you should call him or her. If you then don’t hear back within a few days, then you should follow up with the EC office ... are on this topic, a good thing to keep in mind is that when you do call

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 31, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  you – what pronouns should we use? If a student has already disclosed in ... A few weeks ago, I took some much needed vacation time to attend ... Stonewall Riots – a momentous occasion in US history that many argue sparked

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  for a trash can, and then walked into the room. I am so smart. And I thought hey, if I can get lost in the middle of campus after 3 years of ... just numbers. If there's a letter in front of your building number, that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  . Kateryna Makova. After a year in the Makova lab at Penn State I returned to ... Getting Home Instead of flying, my boyfriend Cory and I took a bus ... up to the driver, asking to pay in cash for a seat. The driver reached

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Chasing Success idk what that means anymore.

  

  with my family is. And so, by tweaking what I consider a job well done ... --------------- I vividly remember the day I received my SAT scores. The sky was a ... ' heads. That girl over on the right had a hovering 1200. And the kid in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 5, 2019