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• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Passing along some e-mails, and my responses to them.

  

  high school senior asked: I am applying to some schools in the US for ... stuff) to more advanced theoretical work for those with the requisite ... opportunities for doing research. I'm actually not 100% sure why I went to MIT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Reflecting on the great memories of my freshman year ☀️ When life gives you lemons, share them with others >:) ☀️

  

  First, I want to thank my amazing roommate-in-exile Cami for letting ... Arts. I wanted to share with you what makes MIT such a special place for ... While I have studied in the US for two years before coming to MIT, I was

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  share a love of The Land of Enchantment. With it, a note to have a happy ... cursing Hurricane Sandy for postponing my oral exam to 7:30am on my birthday ... for people to talk to and summer programs to investigate. At 4pm, the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skullhouse Road Trip Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey, and New…

  

  the morning. I was excited to be back since last coming for CES in ... join our road trip adventures for that segment. We went to a Calvin ... couches and air mattresses, and I'm thankful to Arman's family for that

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 9, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  for the ride, whether it be to try a new cafe or jam at a concert. Those ... places for women to travel alone in the US” and “affordable oceanside US ... market scene is just beginning to liven up. Crowds of people are shuffling

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  offer advice/tutorials for younger students. Their ambition is "to become ... near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  ’d learn to love it, to use it as an anchor that keeps me going back for more. To be completely honest, I can’t see a future where that’s true for me ... my steam and stop for another two years, or I’ll hurt myself due to bad

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  members in the area to fill in for vocal parts that are underrepresented ... for vaccinated students, and there’s [annotation note='to be specific ... it is almost impossible for work to be as difficult as MIT. During the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  ...hello to David '09, Greg '09, Alex '09, Rachel '09, Libby '09, Jackie '09 ... Early Warning", which I think is a great name for a party. At the East ... it was an official event and we weren't allowed to use the moat around

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  munchkin land, a train that goes to Oz, and a giant Oz head in the middle of ... [/annotation] , and got to the office on the fourth floor of building 4 for the ... . But I knew that this was literally too much for me to take. I packed up

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Rewriting my Blogger Bio more like brutally revising i guess

  

  something that i'd get sent to the hospital for"]occasionally literally) foam ... and planned for whenever i work up the courage to get it...the list goes ... Netflix shows before deciding to just rewatch BoJack Horseman for the eighth

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  an exhibit for the Singapore Writers Festival. So I wanted to write ... . Don't be. Be proud of the courage it took for her to cross an ocean into a foreign land which told her she didn't belong, which told her to go

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  I wanted to run for president someday. What’ll happen to us if all our ... same lab I’ve been in for the past year. It’s extremely unlikely to ... semester and mentally preparing for the next two years. I’m going to have to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

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

  

  to make the exact same set of mistakes as last year. I landed in Boston ... mode for the Asymptones. Auditions lasted from the following Saturday to ... for the equivalent of 6.5 standard classes, in addition to singing in

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

  2.009: the product engineering process the best class at mit

  

  lucky with how it worked out for me. We had just 12 weeks to go from ... to bicker, as we all had different definitions for what we were ... feedback for our product. And with that, we had only a few weeks to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kickstart My Art highest form of expression

  

  ! There's no reason not to try to do cool things when the cost is low and ... -starting people; cool ideas pop into their heads and off they go to make them into ... objects and places around me. I need your help: I'm striving to create a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  right). We in admissions are all proud to work for such an inspirational ... mentality to admissions: Win at any cost." The losers are students. "The ... went from being an advocate for change to really being on fire on this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  it’s been thirteen days since the Eras Tour began

  

  justice to a happy piece so I really appreciate this album for discovering ... the 1 for a very long time but I have come to really like it. It also ... making up more categories as I go. I am excited to see what you think, so

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 30, 2023
• Blog / Class Projects

  weld your own bike and other IAP activities

  

  accidentally connected the tungsten stick to the welding arc (for context, this ... 't pretty, but they were solid, as welding tends to be. Then we left for ... = "one was for my friend Audrey"]hand.[/annotation] I felt like I'd landed

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  there is no time left musings on death and the future

  

  and financial cost to family, and so on. but the most chilling part for ... there are many reasons for this: i don’t text as much as i used to, i have ... another undergrad who was looking for new bio research to work on, and they

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 22, 2022