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• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  .  When I first started therapy, I wanted to act as if this hadn’t happened ... .)) This has been one of the harder admissions posts for me to make, but one that I’ve been thinking about writing for a while. I listened to Silvana

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  How to Survive a Tough Semester you {grieve, choke, laugh, choose, pray, ask, live} you learn

  

  My schedule this semester is, to put it kindly, pretty [annotation ... [/annotation] agreed that this would be hard, but I really would like to graduate ... what MIT is like; you need to do something, but it is very hard, but you

  • by Alex M. '21
  • October 15, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  , and brevity are your keys. Use them to unlock the writer inside you ... to guess. Sometimes it is hard because you have a lot of stories tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  Sooo, I'm back in Boston. And, to be really honest, I miss Japan a ... an extended amount of time, it's really difficult not to hear about ... /serious injury to the person (these are usually suicides). Perhaps not too

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and ... 're lucky, all the classes that you want to take might fall on the same two or ... the difference if you don't let others on to your reasoning), you can

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , religions, backgrounds, you name it. It’s an exciting environment to be in ... ’s easy to take for granted the haven that is created Under the Dome, where ... weeks, the fact that such a renowned place as MIT decided to fling open

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  preferences, you have to rank each dorm from first choice to last choice, so you ... AHHH CPW!!! Was the name of my last blog post I wrote prior to CPW ... to make it Q&A styled, where I answer some questions that you might

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  [annotation note='In addition to final exams in the GIRs, first-year students ... our faculty once observed to me, “the first year at MIT is often a ... -income students, and students who will be the first generation in their family to go

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  are so important, especially when you’re trying to reach the key ... Chelsea R. ‘15 to talk about one of her favorite classes, Writing for Social ... to be able to share some of her insights with you. I also hope her

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  phones and unplug our Ipods at key moments in the day to fully engage in ... and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the ... Self. I was engrossed listening to Ms. Turkle as she described the need

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  actually had it's first birthday a couple weeks ago, where we went to the ... to the Grand Opening and a Borderline community formed! That first ... , etc., but were only ever able to practice those things independently

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  as Congress prepares to take up the president's budget, which calls for ... obligation, is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of ... interested in energy research or energy education, be sure to check out their

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  deal more to offer than money, and the key question each of you will face ... EDIT, 6/11/06: Due to some server problems, this entry and its ... weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  on mit’s mailing list culture update: tetazoo glounge

  

  on in mit culture, whether as a warning to first-year students to set ... blogging more and yet don't want to spend my free time blogging more. like, i ... love email. leading up to mit you get a handful of emails about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 17, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to ... things are becoming clear to me. This time of year my life has long been

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  -clack of my fingers, as they smacked against the keys. The glare of the TV ... really to speak. They could feel the sheer nervousness just radiating off ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  minutes, and headed out to Boston for some happy sunny day shopping. (Key ... the Boston Public Gardens. There's more to see when there's not snow on the ground, but I still got to see some crazy ducks in the Public

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  first years can do to explore campus and learn about a major/interest area ... first-years to explore dorms, was happening, many shirts from old year ... After a short burst of productivity in January, I proceeded to not

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... run the San Diego Math Circle, which I had a chance to visit. A Math ... plurality of whom where students in grades 6-10. I spoke briefly to the group

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  . Here at MIT, uncertainty abounds. The key is to embrace it and keep ... snug. Out the window, giant snowflakes fell to the barren ground outside ... needed help from someone. Anyone. I reached out to God. “God, please make

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011