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• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  ethnicity or not? Of course you should! Despite all the stereotypes and ... is not enough to get you into any college or university, let alone MIT ... step to "solving the puzzle" is connecting the corners and the outside

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  everyone around me is stressed and apprehensive - sorry, friends. But really ... came after 6th, and of course, college after 12th. College. Something so important and life-changing. Some people even get engaged in college - how

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  students reprieve and respite from the constant deluge of problem sets, essays, and tests so commonly found throughout the dread halls of the Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Institute was quite literally like no other place on Earth. All I did was listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and ... current social structure places so much emphasis on adhering to norms and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  favorite '09 prefrosh and now he's a full-blown MIT student, workin' the CPW ... Jojo and Diane, who rocked the reg desk next to us for many hours. After ... yourself?). Then Marilee spoke for awhile about how and why we chose you

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  : 1400+ students and 1100+ projects from across the world were at ISEF. One ... awesome students and see their projects. I made a list of all of the students/projects I wanted to visit during public hours, and I sadly made it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Speed Walking literally and figuratively

  

  For winter break and the first half of IAP, we are in North Miami ... , spending time with our family, and also speed walking. During the semester ... our socks in pairs. And we have been walking in mismatched socks every

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 11, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  how i handle canker sores not professional medical advice

  

  medication that isn't available in the United States and is unfortunately quite ... . They last about a week, and can make it painful to eat or speak. Their ... my lips and ice easily melts inside my mouth.  1/10 Salt. I saw on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  . Collectively, they represent all 50 states, more than 50 countries, and more than ... ; You may log in using the same username and password that you use to log ... 2018. As of today, and inclusive of Early Action, we have offered

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for ... to be rejected, my mom would see it first. But still, I called. And told her how to log in. And listened to her read the letter. And

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  of the Opera live, and Garden State in the theaters. We also got to go ... are about 8 others) and a Resident Associate Advisor (RAA), who is an upperclassman that helps run the seminar and is a resource if you ever have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  trombone in the high school marching band, and they're marching in the Rose Parade on January 2. Watch for the Pickerington band! And maybe watch for me and Adam in the stands. Surprisingly, I've gotten to do some MIT

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  So this weekend I managed to visit two time zones and five airports. In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... connection and decided to walk around the airport, and apparently, I'd ventured

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  all the things I kept meaning to write and then never got around to, and ... there. But mostly I'll be taking classes. Thesis Do a lot of work and ... is actually pretty cool, because we're learning and practicing a bunch

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  tools, ethical benchmarks, and institutional influences are examined as ... could hypothetically take and imagining my futures in them. Of course, the ... romanticizing the classes and picturing myself seated in the classroom learning

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  , have lunch somewhere closer to campus (like Baker or Maseeh), and then ... still eat at a dining hall: they accept cash and TechCash. From what I ... biggest problem with this option is probably cost, and flexibility: to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  complaining about her boyfriend, who apparently is in another state and ... So, I'm in the Stratton Reading Room right now and the number of ... study break, and... This entry is going to be really spontaneous, since

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  at the wrong exit and panicked, and did what I would in the States if I ... everything happens for a reason. And so I'm trying to convince myself I am out ... my original bus to Kyoto, and despite the motto I'm currently trying to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  wanted them to like me! In 2014, with my MIT degrees and my own blogging ... In 2004, I applied to MIT.  It was a paper form, the first part, and I filled it out by hand and mailed it with a stamp. I remember this

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  were getting a master's degree by the end of your undergrad studies and ... I AM SO ANGRY. I just wrote an entire entry, and right before I hit publish, my browser window mysteriously reloaded and I lost the entire thing

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006