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• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  -arts college in New England, where admissions officials had promised to assign ... mine. There are plenty of good schools I can go to." Mr. Conroy says more ... . Every time it happens, I can't believe it is happening." And every time

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  advantage nor disadvantage for having been deferred in EA. I can't give you a ... deferred in EA. Can I call or email to find out why I was deferred? No. We ... I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Skating or School? Why not both?

  

  own. But every night I collapse in bed, sleep as much as I can, and wake ... , that pursuing skating and MIT meant I would be subpar in both, not able ... have in store for me. And yet, here I am, in my third year, still

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choose My Senior Spring Classes for Me pre-registration is open and i will let you decide

  

  've compiled that I have some interest in taking and you, dear reader, are going ... considerations to keep in mind as you choose. 5.12 Organic Chemistry I (MWF 12-1PM ... chemistry in high school and I thought it was really cool (albeit really hard

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Teaching is an exercise in both design and effective communication. I love ... . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... computer science. I first learned to use Scratch in high school in order to

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

    I can’t think about being in love without feeling violated anymore ... ’re so little.” “You’re mine.” “I can see the fear in your eyes.” “I’m a ... , the swell of my hips. I can’t get around them. I look in the mirror and

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... first one: I love sleeping. And dreaming. I can’t function with less than 6 hours. The second: I exist in the mornings for breakfast. I stocked

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  importantly I won’t be hanging out with my family in person :(( For those of us ... kitchen in the process. Nevertheless, I’m actually incredibly impressed by ... It is Thursday, November 23rd. Or well, it is as I’m writing this

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  written already, even by people at Make Magazine, and I’m not sure I can do ... other questions beyond what I showed in the video or was written in the articles, feel free to ask and I can do my best to share more of my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  wrestling can't be the only thing all 4000 of us have in common. I just don ... hear, they like human beings. Can't blame them. I have this idea in my ... doused in olive oil and parmesean cheese. On the way home, Adam and I got

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  light before heading to the April 19-21 Where 2.0 Conference in Santa ... This is an entry I’ve been meaning to write for about a month because ... descriptions, directions, ratings, and reservations. It can also let the user

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  identity. In addition, I want to study the roles writing can play outside of ... irrevocably changed in many ways (my meme game has improved exponentially), I am ... , which I participated in during high school. Then my dad was like, "I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Magic of Those Ivory Keys (Guest Blog!) Part 2 of 3 of "Why I Declared a Humanities Major at MIT" series!

  

  your computer in its entirety.) So I actually did this "interview" back ... times when I felt pressure from my parents to practice piano. In the ... !" That's when I realized the power of what you can communicate expressively

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Upside-Down Letters We will get to the bottom of whatever caused this error, that much I can…

  

  -bad letter even worse. I only hope that you can accept our apology and ... override our other efforts to show you - in pretty much every way we can ... MIT stationary, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am. That is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film ... to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  that goes on here. Case in point: over the past year or so, I’ve been ... type of person, I was impressed by everything these groups had built in ... a little more - but in the mean time, just thought I’d share these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  I made an AI write most of this post because I forgot I needed to post this week

  

  give it. For example, this is the prompt I gave GPT-3. This is a great idea for a blog post. Unfortunately, I'm in the mood to post about very ... I didn't know what to write this week, so I made GPT-3 do it for me

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 2, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Fryday on Sunday If you're looking for more apples, do not click this.

  

  peanut butter, bread, and Nutella (in case France declares war, I guess ... probably clutching your intestines in fright and wondering if Draino can be ... hallucinations of a McDonald's worker on NyQuil, so I departed to my floor in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  process, so I feel I should remind folks that P(big envelope in December ... essay still entirely optional? By that I mean do you see a trend where you ... 've said, like I would have been) in not answering the "completely optional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  Bloggers...just wait until you see me in the Infinite in the Fall. I can ... to study right? So what I've learned is that you can only read a book ... fell asleep on my couch. i can't study anymore. i've read my notes

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007