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• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  , then all I can remind you is that success is not always a straight line ... of very recently, I'm an incoming Ph.D. student at MIT CSAIL where I ... starting startups to revolutionize education. I got to fall deeply in love

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  with Prajna and Jyotsna and since I can't talk about that in moderation ... hard to choose in places where productivity is so highly valued. I am ... activities. before sophomore fall, I chose classes I was interested in and I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  ’m an alum of French House. I graduated in 2012 with a double major in Math (combinatorics) and Music (opera singing). I then spent a year in ... . It started with butterflies and dragonflies, but eventually I fell in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  Fall 2018 Transfer Decisions Are Now Live may the 4th be with you

  

  to MIT), I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For ... decision at apply.mitadmissions.org—the same site where you submitted your application. You will log in using the same email and password used to create

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  substance abuse, where I learned that one can earn $30 for a 1.5-hour ... can't get into an FPOP, what can I get into an MIT?” I figured DEW was ... ’ve failed the swim test in front of an awkward crowd. Then I’d delay it until

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  I feel like I’ve been involved in science bowl forever. In 8th grade ... can, [annotation note='speaking of buzzing in, RIP to Alex Trebek, who ... (I was more of a math person at that point), dragged in my physics

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes from the Road: NorCal, Netherlands, Nick Cannon, and Nerd Camp where I've been, what I've been doing

  

  vigorous vacations. In fact, I'm nominally on vacation right this minute, but ... few days back in Boston, I flew to San Francisco to present about maker ... in the Bay Area, including Danny, Jess, and Rachel, who I got BBQ with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  . Seriously. I've been writing some form of a blog since I was in the 8th grade ... presidential campaign. I highly recommend this book to anyone- no matter where ... yourself rolling your eyes every once in awhile (I know I did), but even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  good for that, though I've only eaten at Lobdell once or twice in the ... , where I think I could get more of a literature-based, "Dead Poets' Society ... more students to attend), and in that spirit, I must say that MIT is not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I join the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change?

  You may! Understanding the complex, long-term changes in our land, air, and water requires breakthroughs in measurement, modeling, and ... global environmental changes that arise as a result of human causes. In
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  know where I’ll be in 30 years or where you’ll be, but ... Anne Liu and I spent January 7th through January 17th in India on a ... trip, we placed our faith in ad hoc planning. Anne and I left our hotel

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Stressful Times in my opinion, the best advice, ever.

  

  time, I took those words and put them in the shelf of "things I've already heard" in my mind. But it wasn't until this semester that I realized ... senior in high school, I used to be the kid who pulled all-nighters, just

  • by Ana V. '15
  • December 11, 2012
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  I love to play with big weird words, so writing in Up-Goer Five makes ... mad when I do different games where the game-problems have not been ... why the story did a good job. But I will not tell you all of it here in

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  't that terrifying? If you can guess where you're most likely ... where I'd go right then and there.  Last semester, months ... advice I'd received in high school about college decisions. I'll

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  about where to eat in Pine Bluff, AR than I could have before. So there ... interest in learning about places where I live. It's how I found myself ... finally announced (so I can stop excitedly bouncing in my chair while

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  Ranking Every Class I Took at MIT it's that time

  

  at MIT where I can genuinely say I’ve had a positive experience in it ... 'm leaving! So I can say whatever I want! Raaaraaaaa nothing matters rAaaaaaaa **class that I cried in/cried over/broke down over S Tier (Favorite Classes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  epic Journey. I spent two hours in front of that painting, jotting ... University there that I hope to stay for a bit in LA and visit her before ... school classmate who I haven't seen in a year). That night, she told me

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  that I can continue to say that I’m in the place that I am because, many ... past Nisha, and to all of you, that I can, in fact, continue to say that. ... , albeit in the top 1000 most used words in the English language. I tried to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  cross-cast in the IAP musical. To be honest, the only reason why I started ... me for falling in love with theater at MIT? And the more I got involved, the more I learned about every aspect of theater. In high school, I was

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  . This year it involved running across town to Harvard, where I’m taking a ... alliterative small room. Scarily small. I’ve never been in an engineering class ... akin to “thou” and “wherefore art”, except I’m not even that fluent in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017