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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  ) the fact that I was admitted for who I am. Plus a whole lot of luck. I didn’t refine my short answers for hours or give them to a second party ... childhood, and how a documentary I worked on for weeks was a total failure

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  set the stage for a positive next two years at MIT. 18.06: Linear ... class is a prerequisite for almost everything else I want to take ... of third grade, when after a few minutes of reading from a picture book

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  a thermodynamics problem set for the past four hours straight ... about a third of the pset done last night, but studying for that test ... Undergraduate Math Office relevant? Two reasons. First off, I'm a student grader

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  I had a blast during CPW and I hope you all did too! Here's a rundown ... follow Nance's "Beaver" act, but managed to draw a few laughs. I was disappointed to find out that people still didn't know what a UROP was! I have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Looking ahead to IAP One more week left to go! Feel the burn!

  

  Stirling engines!" 2.670 is a prerequisite for the robotics competition ... , yes, all of the above, and a few other things as well. For a week, I ... + weeks of winter break and a month of IAP: Priceless Winter break is upon

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  blog post of that nature. Frankly, I've been overdue for such a post, both in the sense that I haven't appeared on the admissions blogs for a ... sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  student's obligations year-round."]for a while.[/annotation] and when i was ... help from other people--and actively asking for that help. when you're a ... a covid test for me because i was feeling way too weak to make the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  emails and being a sounding board for new ideas. I wasn’t responsible for ... any cleaning items for our programs.  A few days prior (I don ... potentially be a bad place for the spread of germs. I talk to the current chairs

  • by Phi A. '21
  • March 6, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  through LEDA, a program for high-achieving students from under ... . They ended up running into a literature professor and talked for a bit ... MIT as the PWI. It felt there was a place for her at MIT and that she

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  requirements for a degree. So students, as you are exploring campuses in the ... I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group ... personally and professionally affirming, if for no other reason than the fact

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  MIT. This semester feels particularly special for a number of reasons ... , leaving Boston for a little weekend trip in New York or New Hampshire ... the swim test lol) For the first time, I have no mandatory soccer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  .   We recognize it's a lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a privilege for us to read your applications. Thank you ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2028 are now

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a ... MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2027 are now ... and blacksmiths — they are united by a shared standard of rigorous

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Julia’s Day Out Almost 10 things I've learned since living in Boston

  

  bikes. As someone who lived in Washington, D.C. for a few years, trust me ... a fast food chain, it is a way of life for Bostonians (They take their ... before, but for some of you, this was your first time. I also know that

  • by Julia Potts
  • April 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the lounge. The highest bidder named Destiny after his daughter. Destiny as a ... a ghost, two fridges have been nommed, and the exit sign is breeding

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for ... Admissions: In a kind of virtuous circle, the "second tier" schools got better as applications rose and they could become choosier in assembling a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Art? It's late, but not too late.

  

  sheets. The most review sheets I ever had for a class was 12, front and ... that I appreciated during finals week: For 10.213: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, we got four review sheets for the final. I know someone once

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

  Schools of dreams

  

  come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview ... have given me a good opportunity to catch up on some work-related reading ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Special Edition! Speaking of Valentine's Cards . . .

  

  many times can get a little repetitive and even confusing (after about ... "Special Edition" cards, adding a little something extra to a few of the ... , and here's what I did: 38 of the cards have a number underneath my name

  • by Snively '11
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  things he's said is that: "MIT is not a war", "what are you doing for fun ... A collaborative post by guest blogger Jessica Quaye '20 and Caroline ... early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019