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• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  often. I also see a lot of dogs, and one time I even saw a doggie school ... ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  delightful to you. Freedom! A chance to be expressive and creative in front of lots of other people! For me, this sounds like: My Worst Nightmare! A chance to freak out and embarrass myself in front of lots of other people

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school ... to think of at the moment. When high school came around, the notion of ... of 'school-sponsored activity' - not nearly as catch-phrase-y and often

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  time of your high school career, much like being a first semester MIT ... completely lost all control of any higher brain function. I've spent the last two weeks hooked up to a machine with my tongue hanging out of my mouth

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  along with a big helping of the word "fit". At this point, it's a buzzword ... natural, where you can focus your efforts on achieving instead of diverting part of it to maintaining something you are not. The idea of fit is

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ethnicity Information (Optional) No easy way in.

  

  -other-category-you choose students. The difficulty with school wasn’t due largely to rigor of ... mark it and move on to the next part of the application. For some though ... an ethnic category through no choice of their own, had it easier at

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC ... Jeopardy-style questions. It will be more along the lines of Tell me about ... to MIT? What might you be interested in studying? Those kinds of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

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

  

  lot of my friends back home thought to themselves when I told them my ... in high school, I was a pretty shy person. I was very quiet, went to ... other person from my high school, and he was going off to live in New

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

  I like to do the jumble sometimes

  

  , who was one of MIT's Educational Counselors, or ECs. He had retired to ... MIT just before the onset of World War II, and his MIT, while having the ... 20-20 hindsight of an admissions officer, I suspect that interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  challenge. Yes, I’ve had plenty of fun in high school, but when I picked a ... none of the schools I liked. Apparently, it has worked for some (caution ... Dear Applicant to the Class of 2019, The long awaited season of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  folders (I'm kind of a laptop organization freak): "Grad School Apps," "La ... interview. So here goes. In my senior year of high school, I was living in ... a lifestyle change: *     *     * Post-MIT life involves a lot of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  I think one of the greatest things about going to college is the amount of time you have outside of the school year to explore different ... , which is slightly scary, but also kind of odd, since with med school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Virginia Tech’s Commencement

  

  Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and the School of Architecture at MIT ... the face of tragic events, giving those who observe from afar a word for what others should do in the face of tragedy. Whether thinking about

  • by Laurie Everett
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  first day of school (you know, the ones that came with the crayon ... biology research is one of the loves of my life). So I decided to devote this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  .341 project last fall.) All right, maybe "gorgeous" is a bit of a stretch. I've been floating around this school for the last couple of months doing ... far-ish away, I went to high school in a low-income area of Fort

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A sample of life in the past week A summary of a million events in 7 days!

  

  can speak for all of MIT in saying that our thoughts and hearts are with ... so happy to meet so many of you. I hope you all make the right decision and come to MIT =) If any of you saw the Wall Street Journal today, the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 21, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet A quick clarification.

  

  I apologize for the confusion surrounding the removal of the ... did an incredible job of processing things well beyond the deadline. On behalf of all of us, here's a big public thanks to them.) So this is just

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 3, 2007
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  first week of classes. It was a fun time, in the sense that I enjoyed ... off-kilter for the entirety of junior fall. So, this year, I proceeded to make the exact same set of mistakes as last year. I landed in Boston

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  *written by Mariam D. '20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of ... before us, their eyes squinting in the glare of the merciless sun. There’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  of assignment you can do the night before," to which a student ... amount of work MIT students have. I usually respond that, while students certainly receive a hefty sum of homework, the main problem is time management

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010