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• Blog / Community Projects

  [Guest Post] Because Racecar, Friendships, and Family By Monica C. '25: "What I’ve learned about being an engineer, friend, and teammate by…

  

  post of his own about his time on the team, so now we’re bringing it full ... competition series. Our team consists of around 80 people now, divided into ... , Autonomous, and Business.  I’m the Software and Autonomous Engineering Lead

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ask me (an mit alum, maybe) anything! aka, am(amam)a

  

  friends, refreshing some of my math knowledge, incredibly weird technology ... figured I'd say hello to all of you lovely folks in the style of Qiaochu Y. '12's post from the time of yore with an Ask Me Anything! If you

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 12, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  kind of preferential "bump" to students who apply to MIT during Early ... we have received a number of questions from prospective students who ... ,[/annotation] receive grades, obtain letters of recommendation, or otherwise develop their

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  the back of every school event while silently staring at everyone with looks of disapproval. Except they're not like that at all. They're vibrant and full of personality and they're breaking the stereotype of the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  one night a week in our office on the 4th floor of the student center ... that there’s stuff to go on the front page. It falls on the shoulders of ... -weekly (twice weekly) dose of news from reading our paper. Over the past month or

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  strong applications, the kinds of applications any school (including MIT ... applications we can during regular action, regardless of when the application was ... number of deferred students later admitted has been about 300 -- but who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind ... ’s the elephants. Specifically, the walking of the elephants from the train

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  strong applications, the kinds of applications any school (including MIT ... applications we can during regular action, regardless of when the application was ... number of deferred students later admitted has been a bit under 300 -- but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  First of all, Welcome to the MIT Family! (click to see full ... !). Eventually, the portal will include all kinds of cool things like CPW ... acceptance, Overnight Visit form, and of course, your MIT Reply Form. 653

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  series that I started watching way back in my senior year of high school ... It finally happened. I got Covid. Right at the last week of [annotation note="Independent Activities Period, which runs throughout most of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  to list out all of their high school courses and grades, but we really ... virtues of procrastination, as long as you meet the deadline, it really ... adversely impact our review. I have highlighted a handful of my least

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aquaporin adventures a livestream of my brain while working on my urop

  

  cells exchange their water in the matter of milliseconds. Proof?" The Science Problem: How fast does water get in/out of cells? 1:31 am: I’m going to work on this for half an hour Thought 1: Rate of water swooshing

  • by Alice L. '24
  • February 25, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  another year around the sun I guess I'm 19 now

  

  post a few weeks ago"]birthday[/annotation] today, and one of my ... especially when – it’s cold outside. The [annotation note="or is it one of ... arrived and was consumed with great enjoyment. Enjoy this picture of my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 21, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  halfway there musings about currently being an MIT student

  

  number of books I consumed while in high school. That time almost seems ... 's a weird experience. I can compartmentalize the last 14-ish months of ... through half of my time at MIT. It's strange, and scary, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  senior year of high school was that i was reading a lot—[annotation note ... one hour. one chunk of my day that i’ve set aside for writing because ... host of other things i’m anxious about, many of which aren’t even my own

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What an “OX” means on a transcript and why I currently have two of them

  

  figuring your life out and your employers will never know. All of these marks ... weeks of the term. Like an F grade, an O grade carries no credit for the subject, but the O grade can be converted to a grade of OX” and OX

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • January 25, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pressing Pause Taking a moment before the beginning of spring semester

  

  craziness season begins for you poor juniors in high school (subject tests and ... pause and take in everything around you. Some of you have already gotten in places, some of you have plans for gap years or work or a year at

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  11/9/2013: At the time of this writing: > I'm sitting in a cozy ... Comparative Media Studies. I'm kind of considering it. > I have yet to see if ... is an amazing mural on the wall of Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ...  or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel Fellowship and join "the next generation of tech visionaries." Perhaps this

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: A Guide for the Hopeless and Drenched thoughts from mark '15

  

  to do for the rest of your life. For some, this moment appears organically in the form of a hobby, or perhaps an inspiring book. Others may ... living up to another’s expectations. No matter the means of inspiration

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 29, 2011