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• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  for feeding yourself, setting your own curfew (or not), and choosing for ... and that you choose it for reasons you believe in. You’ll be here for ... , and I decided I couldn’t live that far away from my family for four

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How to look over your application and advice about breathing. My older younger brother is your age. I am fully aware of how much you’re…

  

  scores you got. All you can do is put your best foot forward and hope for ... Oh man, it has been a while and a half since I’ve blogged. However, this is not important, and you guys can probably stand to wait another

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  more value for your Pass/No Record, your tuition, and your dreams.   I ... . That’s 60 left. 12 for movies with friends. 12 for meals, 14 with eating ... students for dialogue. Some lure us with cookies and tea. Others with pizza

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  just to be in the same room for a minute and catch a glimpse of his well ... lines of "What is the difference between Chemistry and Chemical ... 's going on with both of these majors. For the edification of frosh and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  10 reasons why MIT is beautiful if I do say so myself.

  

  Sometimes MIT gets a bum rap for not having a pretty campus.  I disagree. Sure, we may not have brick buildings and ivy-covered walls.  But ... Cambridge, and a whole lot more. So without further ado, 10 reasons why MIT

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  analytical theory for a moment and ground what I'm saying in some concrete ... 's happening here is a fundamental confusion between our admissions process and ... and the holistic admissions process. And while I hope that these entries

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Reflecting on 10 Years and Lessons Learned Happy Birthday, MIT Blogs!

  

  had taken time between tests to learn more about how to better plan and ... and cheaply – look for your chances to volunteer, study, or intern ... take the TGV between Frankfurt and Paris, eat crepes with chocolate in

  • by Kim D. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Events

  The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Lectures I won a prize!

  

  or for worse, no one seems to know. 32 years after Mr. and Mrs ... postwar Canada") The Kansas and Colorado State Boards of Education ("for ... disease") and Takeshi Makino of the Safety Detective Agency in Osaka ("for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Navigating The Tunnels…Of Freshman Academics You didn't actually expect me to write about hacking on the internet, did you?

  

  't even mandatory for you anymore and I have no idea what's going on with ... your advisor and sign off on the classes you'll be taking for the ... system, for a while, but after querying the 2015s, I discovered, to my

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 16, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  tensions between China and the US and Taiwan, who knows for how long borders ... taught me how to stand up for myself, hold others accountable, and take responsibility when I mess up. I've found a community to lean on for support and

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  you’ve had; on the other hand my wish for you is that through storms and ... commercial spice mixes because we have no space for a real spice rack and don ... fat. Then you dump it all in a pot and boil it for a while, then you

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  and advocate for students. We might be crusty, but I’d say we are warm ... your application goes spiraling into a dark, anonymous vortex, and after ... sometimes ask students to imagine who reads their applications and to tell me

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Classes, by the Group Chats and their potential replacement, Interstellar!

  

  difficulty and group chat inclusion There slight trend between the difficulty ... ? Harvard and MIT students can cross-register for classes at the other school ... group chats for most of my classes. These group chats are somewhat helpful

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  bed and get ready for work. It takes a long time. I am not what one ... ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... running my mice through the maze. 12:00 PM. I meet Adam for lunch at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  'd known that the deadline for certain summer internships, and programs like ... obviously very smart, talented, hardworking and bound-for-success people, well ... experience so shaken that I now go to bed between midnight and 1 and get up

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Night at the Office A bit longer than I expected.

  

  mysterious and apparently “endless" flow of $2 bills. So, I make change for $10 ... architect for Novartis' new campus. 12:30am: It's around this time I don ... As a news editor for The Tech, every couple weeks, I have the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 1, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Diversity or Merit? false questions, false answers

  

  Context and Anna's Being "Qualified" For MIT, as well as conversations (good ... way of thinking assumes that there is a dichotomy between diversity and ... and passion for the climb. At the same time, we want each to add

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  , together we maintained and upkept a house of 27+ people and made dinner for ... for the 6.036(Machine Learning) final and together helped each other ... -buzz my hair and set me on a path of never having to pay for a haircut ever

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  , and the varying degrees in between. I always recommend driving (or ... between the main road and the side parking, makes them somewhat less safe ... states and municipalities competing for federal highway funds to include

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  kitch, lots of skits and picture drawing for my taste, I have learned an ... environment and it has been immensely beneficial for me to understand the ‘other ... arts ‘immersion’ program. As someone used to equations, numbers and

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011