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• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  all they can to make sure you can come to school. Over 50% of ... warded off lions to get to school every day. I was a victim of the danger ... I had been reading the admission blogs all through high school purely

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  school will likely be very different, but in many of the most important ... next four years of your life. It's a big decision. And whether you ... psychologists Dale Griffin and Amos Tversky (one of the discoverers of cognitive

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  of the most competitive public high schools in the city. Because she was used to being at the top of her class, the transition to high school ... 'Miracle Child' of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  /attending a school like MIT is that in a milieu of such strong students, it ... high school. A semester of MIT taught me what twelve years of public ... of my class at OSU to get into the grad schools I got into this year. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  intertwined.   I remember high school as a blur of grey; in one word, I ... intellectual vivacity. I figured that I wanted to come out of high school an ... being. Simultaneously, though, loneliness was a big part of my high school

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  Lost, Hosed & Confused I got hacked today.

  

  a brief nap in the student lounge off of the Infinite Corridor. When I ... Basically, I got hacked. Can I just say I love this school? :)

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Enigma Gold Star Winners! Don, tell them what they've won...

  

  of you met the challenge. Initially we had planned to only award one ... you are interested in seeing more of John Kostick's handiwork, please visit the Quadric Designs website. Until the next time, stay tuned to the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  offer, instead of focusing on what it requires you to give. When I was ... earlier return in case of limited flight availability or other extenuating circumstances']move in.[/annotation] I was one of the first people to move in and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  CPW was a lot of fun, and it was great meeting so many of you in ... guys got to see some of the nice weather we have hidden around here ... grumbling for part of them because of having to wake up at 7am. ;-) April 21

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  ) and arrived on campus around 5:30. I checked in at the front desk of my dorm and my family helped me carry all my crates of junk up to my room. Speaking of my room, it got changed. Several times. I was originally supposed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Snow(y) Day The kind of day when tea or cocoa helps in reading applications.

  

  applications makes me extremely optimistic about the state of our schools. And ... stack of applications before me. To my right, out the window, I see big, fluffy flakes of snow falling from the sky. I start to think that I could

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  Business School, neither of which I've ever been to before. I really wanted ... of the Harvard Business School and the location of some of the panels ... , the conference’s content focused on the untold truths of Social

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  their kids start going to school. Many of them believe that a woman must ... schools, which I believe have a high percentage of women in the liberal arts ... female students and administrators from Ivy League schools such as Yale

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  checking the IAP events schedule pretty regularly, but unfortunately, most of ... work hours. But today I was finally able to attend one of the seminars I ... you anonymously suggest at the beginning of the meeting. Facilitators

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How do you convince MIT students to dress nicely? as with most things in life, the secret involves free food

  

  Charm School, a series of classes during IAP that aims to help members of ... just the first day of Charm School!  Friday's the main event, with five ... Before Charm School: [shouts across the room]  "Yo, you've got some

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  the event of a crash. Most databases use a steal/no-force design, which ... database design trade-off always seems to be like this: the faster you drive ... step out of their slumber and into the courtyard. I put a patty on the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly ... of getting mail. Well, for one, I wanted something to take my mind off of linear algebra and eigenvalues for a little bit by blogging. And

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  to our Central Meeting there hosted by Dean of Admissions, Stuart Schmill ’86. We had a great group of students and families who attended (one young woman came all the way from Hawaii) and a terrific group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  academic school year and the possibility of a New England World Series ... School of Business-Duke University. This just proves that learning is a ... million-dollar question. Suffice to say I am back and I have lots of advice

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  3rd week of school, but you can usually get something ridable for ... those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike ... pick up some other college essentials... " Enjoy the last week of summer!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006