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• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  .  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work ... provided sound counsel to my young charges along the way. There are a number ... reflect on the transition back to MIT from a place where I have lived and

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  This post is brought to you by the 20 hours of sleep I got this weekend! Wait, that’s a normal amount of sleep to get? Missed that ... to function properly. When you don’t get sleep at night, you end

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  posts that mentioned MIT President Susan Hockfield's trip to the White House to join President Obama talk about clean energy research (video below). Now, he's returning the favor and coming to visit us this

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  considered "sleeping in." I got to sleep in yesterday. :-) Woke up around 8AM ... Paris or Nicky). Headed to Loomis Chaffee for a school visit. Didn't get to see any students (apparently a bunch of them had come to my Hartford

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the ... things like this, but my boyfriend is trying to make me into a better person and keeps telling me to "find the good". I decided to "find the good

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  objective: "Get to the top of this wall, in any way possible". This flavor of activity reminds me of the mental motions to solving a math or programming ... need to think about where you're going or what your options are. You also

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a lot. And I think this is something a lot of people can relate to. There ... , you want to make a choice that leads to the least regret. So, how else

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  Shortly after 4PM ET we sent out the following email to the ... advice for how to get stuff to us generally. Thanks for applying to MIT ... control. There is still plenty of time to complete your application in time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  responding to her questions, I realized that my answers may be useful to others as potential MIT '11s gear up to begin the admissions process. Below is ... simply because of an internet profile? Do you think it is fair for that to

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  've been having a crisis over whether to go to grad school or not. And as the school year has progressed, I've sort of come to the conclusion that I am very tired. And I don't think that I'm ready to go quite yet

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  things i have done since leaving school but only in the ten hundred most used words

  

  ~~~ cut off all my hair moved to city where the sun is out every day ... flew on many air cars to places near and far enjoyed life by the day ... remembered the things i liked to do at school remembered the love for games

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 19, 2024
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  New Major in Climate System Science and Engineering

  

  Science and Engineering. According to its website: Climate change is the ... adapting to climate change require an understanding of both the Earth system ... students to become leaders, helping to accelerate high-impact, science

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to share your garbage ... posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the woods to feast upon it  What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? MIT students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  you who might want to be bloggers to share your thoughts with the world! What does it mean to be an admissions blogger? The best representatives ... holistic admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  quick post to check in and say happy tuesday. it's 52 degrees and ... sometimes...surprisingly enough it's nice to not be sitting down all day. here ... floor but it's nice to know that i could if i wanted to. that's all for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  old applications, which got me down to the Institute Archives, looking ... , and think about whether we want to change them.  Strategically, our essay questions are intended to prompt certain responses from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New York City in which i go to work on some days and eat lots of cheap food…

  

  pored over whatever I could find, usually defaulting to MSNBC or CNN to educate myself about anything that might be relevant to my 12-year-old self ... interview with the Graphics Editor, I knew I had a new goal to join the Times

  • by Connie H. '15
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  . Those accepting a spot on the Waiting List, need to choose another ... admission, simply need to move on, acknowledging that enrolling at MIT is not an option in the immediate future. This is what is supposed to happen

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  opportunity to attend a 3 week base visit called "Ops Air Force" during the ... Development Training (PDT) program designed to give cadets a better view of Air ... my summer PDT at Dyess AFB in Abilene, TX. Dyess is home to the 7th

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  had any advice they wanted to give to the upcoming class.     ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to recover. Trust me: You're better off learning to balance ambition and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017