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• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  college to be an extended coding bootcamp with interesting peers and ... in-person college is absolutely nothing, and I should be so grateful. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  sheet) for college life. At first she came across as overbearing, and a ... niche in the giant machine of moving parts that is college? I was sure

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  A lively Dead Week what i've been up to

  

  I'm given to understand that at other colleges, students actually get a luxurious full week off between the end of classes and the start of ... (college admissions, life at MIT, upcoming finals) to the... not as

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  fragments instead of blogging (for a whole damn month), I...

  

  'm beyond thankful that i'm at a college with so many wonderful people ... turbulent week ahead  ah, college attended [annotation note= "Mocha Moves

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXit FOMO....or JOMO???

  

  a housewarming where everyone else was a college graduate and felt ... when i come back, but anyway since i left for college they are not my

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Our 2019-20 Application Essay Questions

  

  the most important things a good college applicant can actually do to ... friend you hadn't spoken to in awhile had asked the question, not a college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  when choosing a college, our freshman and sophomore extracurriculars ... minor doubts about our college/major decisions, like when, over winter

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is ... had asked the question, not a college (you'll get less performance

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  children is so rare on a college campus that it's refreshing to see them ... ." ArtBeat can feel slightly awkward for a poor college student, and I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  college and life - and you have it in spades" -- really stuck with me ... happened, and I wanted to thank you again. I did end up attending [college

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  open, because that is how you make friends in college. I met with my ... for yourself in college provides, as there is quite simply nothing like

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  On June 14th, I began my journey to MIT. I packed all my clothes, memorabilia, and snacks for college away in my mom’s Kia Rio as the dynamic duo ... welcome. I come from a single-parent household as a first generation college

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  there is still deciding where to go for college. happy decision day ... important about college (technical rigor, reputation, weather) turned out not

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  Lilly Chin, an MIT senior. Earlier this year, she won the Jeopardy College ... one of her top college choices, an intrigue reinforced by her time

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  comes at a difficult college-choosing time. I hope that a look at MIT ... , a list of women graduates, a dedication to MIT "college girls", and a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for ... Julia) Because College of Charleston is not currently on spring break, we

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  -generation college student, I have always wondered how people from similar backgrounds ... discussed in the forum. Sure, no college admissions process is perfect

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps for EA Deferred what to do next

  

  focus on anything other than MIT (other college apps, your classes, your ... college) admissions...If I could do things over, I wouldn't think about MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  of voters that exist here, with more than 50 colleges and universities ... , and that change has to start somewhere. Having spent my time in college

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Trip Report: IOI 2015 in Kazakhstan of khans and computer science

  

  consider applying to American colleges in general and MIT specifically, if ... international student interested in applying to American colleges generally I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2015