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• Blog / About Decisions

  On schools & context

  

  they be great students and great kids overall, they end up rejected. I ... I've said in the past, the large majority of our applicants are highly ... A while back, I asked for parent questions and received exactly one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 23, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Finding my place at MIT It's an ongoing process

  

  I saw going to college as a rebirth. I really disliked high school ... up the friend circle I never had in high school. What I didn't realize ... something I have to rebuild. I was a pretty lonely high schooler. I didn

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Spreading yourself too thin At MIT, the saying goes that you can work, sleep, or play, but you have…

  

  would just end up with the worst stomach ache known to man. I am slowly ... engineering honors society, Pi Tau Sigma. But, I did not end up joining either ... …it can get pretty overwhelming. I’ve found myself having less and less free

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 10, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... shelter for the southern Californians here at MIT, I think we can agree that ... simplify when it comes to complex world issues. *I speak from first

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I'm sure many of you did ... planning events and teaching kiddos. By the end of senior year, I was super ... checked out. In high school, I thought this was just the way things were

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  In which I show no restraint whatsoever But don't worry, you'll all probably benefit from it (unless, you know, you don't).

  

  Internet while on the toilet - man, I love wireless internet - I did ... On Sunday, I moved out of Senior Haus for the first time in two years, as I'm working at CTD again this year as an RTA for Neuroscience and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 11, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  the start of one of the most curious experiences I have probably ever had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... .   To start, I’ve definitely never played ultimate while avoiding

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Room 251 a room tour!

  

  IAP is almost over! I wasn't on campus for most of it, but I finally ... workshop, which is about to come to a close. I had a wonderful experience, and it was a lot more fun than I expected it to be! I might blog about

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Talking about a difficult subject Answering an FAQ.

  

  health issues. I think some people assume that MIT must have a high ... session, I am asked a question like this: Is it true that MIT has the ... at MIT occured around the time I was finishing my undergraduate years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  the end! I want to close this post with special gratitude for two ... this year. It means that 10 whole years have passed since I, myself, sent in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  and such. Then she asked me what my plans were for the break. "Work," I ... students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team ... even though I'll be working on the weekend, it's still Friday; and even

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... , I'll be honest. I went to high school in the south, and you know ... "You're joining a fraternity? What?!?!?!?" I think this is what a

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  group of friends, I swear! Alternatively, mansplain manipulate man…ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... good fit for yourself can feel high-stakes. I was super nervous about

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to miss deadlines at MIT Policies for late assignments, and ways to keep your grades afloat when life inevitably happens

  

  thinking like, "man, this is amazing, I can feel myself getting smarter by ... . *sleeps for 13 hours* So I ended up just doing the pset during the ... There is this class I'm taking called 18.100B (Real Analysis) which I

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • October 12, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Untitled Pigeon Post 🐦💕

  

  -in pictures of fat pigeons sitting on high ledges, and I joined a pigeon ... Hi. I’m Andi. I’m twenty years old and already a pigeon addict. It ... .” Initially, I knew better than to trust a book written by a gas company. I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What happened since the end. Bringing you up to speed on life since I finished all my schoolwork. FOREVER. (You're…

  

  end was truly in sight- classes were over but I still owed my set design ... that I haven't blogged in "forever." (The earlier back you look, the closer together those entries were. I used to say that after 3 or 4 days

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hosed life the last few weeks

  

  the Accenture NYC office, but after some scheduling changes, I ended up ... 2/19/2016 It's been 2.5 weeks since classes started, and I'm already hosed*. I've been counting down the days until Spring Break. 29

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 20, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  mediocrity school, which was incidentally where I went to high school, by the ... Late last night, I cut the brakes on the Sleep-8-Hours ... wanderlust, I metaphorically sprained my ankle over the fact that brilliant

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Eating Studio Ghibli Foods 🌾 At a mini-restaurant pop-up by MINCE <3

  

  " and "not enough" flavor. I also liked how different and high ... At the start of this month, I had the chance to eat at a Studio ... Ghibli fan with an ever-growing collection of Totoro themed objects, I was

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005