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• Blog / Class Projects

  everything i made this year (mostly)

  

  year, in order to 1) see what actually happened and 2) figure out what I ... [/annotation], a design class I took in the spring about translated typography ... , I participated in a [annotation note='organized by MAD, the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 1, 2025
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I’m not an imposter… I’m going to be featured on the MIT News homepage

  

  essays on what I should or should not do in a situation. The way I think ... . I’ve seen those features before and always wondered, what type of ... to fix it. Here’s a list of things that I thought I’d done in the fall

  • by ana~
  • October 29, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  There are no imposters in the Class of 2018 Strength in networks

  

  as a senior who knows what's ahead, I'm sad. In the fall of 2012, The ... . Posts include "It's an honor and a privilege to be in here with you all," "I can't wait to meet you," and "I already feel a special love for all

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  for the 'extra time' I should have saved. Where did that go? In a single ... work like that. Truth is, I did just fine. I got A's in 8.022 and 18 ... little hectic, so what? I was still pulling A's.   Red flag #1. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Words of Advice for the Incoming Class you did it! now what?

  

  and I can only barely imagine what this excitement and feeling must feel ... school -- why not take a break and relax knowing that MIT is in your pocket ... opinion from there. I say this because current students develop over time a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 23, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  [annotation note="Like many others, I didn’t know a lot about what being in a ... should I bring? You should bring a few outfits you feel comfortable in, but ... a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Favorite Classes at MIT! survey says...

  

  Right before school started, I sent out a survey to all the dorms ... inference, and other cool stuff. In short, I felt that this class was a nice ... basics before adding layers of complexity. I had no experience in robotics

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Fake it ‘til you make it It worked for me!

  

  ’d never used Salesforce before in my life. So what? They have a “Help ... that I didn't belong here.  In my second semester, I struggled a lot with ... Hell.  In September, the waterpark closed and I still did not have a real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  , I approached a friend. Ruben P. ’18 had stood up before the panel, and ... deported any day. I still live in fear that when my DACA expires… what’s ... twelve years old, put me in the back of a cop car not believing that I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  a tear that I’m no longer young.) In 2004, the MIT admissions blogs ... school that none of my teachers in high school thought I should be going to ... that could be a blog piece by itself. What I began to experience that

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  in need of a second opinion. When I’m really desperate for human ... about how our process works, but I’ll share a little bit about how our ... and January. My desk is actually less than a foot from my bed. I sit on

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Parametric Cooking how i make fifty plus recipes with just three!

  

  . Now, I know that sounds confusing, but think of a cube. What is the best ... of a Spice Theorem I've been following, with a little help from, in my ... waste when I have a ton of veggies starting to go bad in my fridge. Maybe

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 30, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  17 Things I’ve Learned in the Past Year growing, growing, grown

  

  : explicit lyrics) a song I mentioned in my very first blog post. There may or ... has changed in the past year. I think that I’ve done a lot of emotional ... part of what got me hooked on economics. (wow i am a nerd sorry) 6. The

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 30, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  anatomy of a freshman year 🦴🧠🩸🖐️🫀 my first year at mit, told through the body

  

  through in that class. i think 8.022 for me was what a lot of new students ... chapter of my life. i could feel its presence, a little bit. in what my ... i get an a in a class. it’s not because i don’t trust people, or

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 9, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  defeated in a lot of ways. My grades in a lot of classes weren't what I ... fact in studying here, no matter what major you choose I can almost ... make A's. I'd stand before a class and wing a 20 minute presentation with

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  what seemed to be widespread confusion. When I was a kid, I recall ... in a highly selective college admissions process. Instinctively, I knew ... in a highly selective process, is what an applicant makes of the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  everything I say with a grain of salt. However, whether you agree with what I ... school because of its name. Aquarius A trait that I've admired in all of ... charge in a group setting as much as I do. As a fire sign, they are known

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never ... ‘safe’. But on the other hand, maybe I should really work on building a ... . In many ways, this year especially, I became a sort of halfway graduate

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SO META Being an MIT admissions blogger

  

  's drinking water from a bottle of what was once "Cloudy Apple"* juice. *Yeah...I ... ." There are a bunch of different things I could (should) touch on. Why ... because I liked to read the blogs. A few years later, I spent a summer in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 29, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  semester. What classes should I take? I really want to take this cool HASS ... join. How should I optimize my courseload to get a headstart? I actually ... system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011