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• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For ... shouldn't!) Now that I've had too much fun for the weekend (wait, that

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  sometime the only) option for students looking to be challenged and ... for love of learning is a great reason to do so. In our admissions process, we are looking for students who enjoy a challenge and love learning

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... 'm no longer UAVP. I wrote a column for the Tech, with a lot of emotional ... comes out for Commencement. So I decided, why not publish it here? My

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Athletics When I picked the topic for this entry, I was cheerleading at an MIT basketball…

  

  write about while cheering for tonight's MIT mens' basketball game, and I ... cheerleaders. Do you cheer for the chess club?" Ha-frickin-ha.) Varsity sports ... gyms and free practice hours for members of the teams). We have an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  ), Leon, Niyatee, Sarah, and everyone else for doing a little pinch-hitting for me in the comments... ------------------------------------- Vinayak ... and accurate, etc." On the Common Application, for example my full name

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  clueless. So thank heavens for Professor Lois, who decided one day while lecturing for 9.12 that he needed to tell us "what you're getting into by ... . (Luckily, that's not a problem for most of us at MIT -- 80% of MIT undergrads

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? "The Canticle of Freedom," written for the dedication ... meeting for my UROP (the turkey one) just to get free apple pie 2. discussed ... for Thanksgiving: 10.213: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics -- Well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  . We evaluate everything based on the US system. For example, students ... evaluated in context. "In my country (Kenya) students who sat for the ... . One of the questions on the app. asks, "What do you do for fun?" and

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  achievements, it is responsible for the Book Exchange, the Ride Board, and the Big Screw charity fundraiser. For some reason, MIT's chapter has drawn ... . Seuss book Mr. Brown Can Moo, for NBP's braille literacy program for blind

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  international students.   One of my goals for keeping this blog is to demystify what admissions officers do. I think that for many students, the ... less hectic) season, but it allows some time for deep thinking about what

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  Building 100000 for you binary fans) and read, among other things, about how ... is moving quickly! All of this is good news for those of you excited ... limitations be seen in negative while considering me for the admissions?" The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A moveable feast

  

  intersection and you are told it is time for you to commence your life and jump ... are almost silent but for the skid of bike wheels against asphalt, when ... lucky enough to have lived at MIT as a young man, then wherever you go for

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • June 16, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  coronavirus, one year later recounting the craziest ten days of my life

  

  you're not interested. but for this post in particular, i think it ... than you have to. and if that is you, you are incredibly valid for ... , with stories just like mine. But I’m writing this anyway, if only for the

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating the PM Interview the crash course i wish someone gave to me

  

  Directory Introduction Is product management right for me? The ... to give people a primer and look into what it's like to prep for these ... qualified I am to write this, but I thought I'd just give my two cents in for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  time. Each day was scheduled for "two" lectures, one given by Alexander ... for years. like they really just blurt out questions no filter no hand ... material would have solidified my understanding more. For example, they went

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  horror. Being perceived for what I willingly post online is a weird feeling ... November 15th.   5/1/23 A poster for the Spring '23 Rambax show. I ... looking for housing in New York over the summer for his internship, so I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  girls just wanna have fun when u gonna live ur life right?

  

  . After a hard week of advocating for myself and my class and begging the 6 ... up the presentation, there was a part of me that ached for that same ... around with the idea of being a veterinarian, having a passion for animal

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 24, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  write about getting deferred for this blog and planned to talk about this a bit later. I was scheduling a different blog for today, but then I ... the blogs in 4th grade or so. I, for one, was definitely not one of

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Days in lives that aren’t mine in a parallel universe

  

  first one to wake up. I curse the morning air for being too cold to go back to sleep, and after checking my phone for five minutes, I get out of ... notebook, and she greets me good morning too. I work on a problem set for the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  Alright, here goes.   I’m a Burton Third Bomber. For the ... us lmao"]quite a reputation.[/annotation] BC is known for its floors ... that we were ever good at hockey...we’ve been in the D-D+ league for IM

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020