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• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  'm constantly asking my fellow admissions officers and student tour guides for ... post apply to all applicants, so have fun reading and don't come for me ... for being bold, taking charge, and leading the way. Utilize these

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  born and nominated for an Oscar. An entire person came into the world and ... actually the very first blogger who had to apply for the position, and I ... 95% grateful for and 5% deeply embarrassed by, and someday I may even

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  here is my deep life advice, for application day and forevermore ... Frank video about dealing with rejection. He has a very soothing voice and ... might lift your spirits: An Open Letter to MIT Applicants and Life is Like

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  and “build a better understanding between countries.” Through his ... between North and South America. … If North and South America stand together ... from Latin America. They graduated between 1888 and 1894. All of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  a distinction between submitting an application and trying to ... is on who they are and what is right for them, rather than the prized ... New York Times about the college admissions process, it is hard for me

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  [annotation note=" IFC stands for Interfraternity Council and Panhel is the ... the recruitment events for sororities began early in the morning and ... events fraternities were hosting for recruits such as eating steak and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a sad sad toaster made of glass. Do you like your toast with tears? Because I'm sad.

  

  week! And training for a marathon! What was I, Superdude? Seriously, the ... about problem sets for like three paragraphs, and how stressed out I was ... , every single week, for your first three and a half years at MIT. And so

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 14, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  ="an important distinction is between the greater boston area and boston the city ... so for the rest of my MIT career, and maybe even further beyond. I even ... ’m certain doesn’t even have real tea, the in-betweens began to fill out, and I

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  leaning in on choosing lives

  

  , very big, and will impact the trajectory of my life. For many of you ... , opportunities afterward, location, weather, “fit”, and so on. For me, facets like ... kinds of things, and it is better for us to be aware of them, rather than

  • by Phi A. '21
  • April 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Maybe it’s okay to be this way The return of Dumbledore, and a new professor friend

  

  appreciation for people like Brian Greene and Oliver Sacks, who are great ... knack for delving into scientific fields and then writing about them. If ... scientists and share their stories with the public - FOR A LIVING! Sounds

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 3, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  person in general. I wouldn’t trade my experience at MIT for anything and I ... MIT. I make this connection between lack of interaction and issues like ... growing it out and find someone to do your line). If you are looking for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  ’t make a connection between the question and the Hershey’s kisses until ... A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It was a lively meeting, full of introductions, discussions, and sandwiches

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams (from a distance) A reflection on immigration, student activism, and civic engagement at MIT.

  

  , and he’s here. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) granted ... before. DACA has been expanded and the age cutoff for applying has been ... doing that. It’s all of us, letting it get there. And so for me

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  in and of itself will get you in to MIT. For example: A few years ago ... . If you do well in school, you will be smart and prepared for an MIT ... you pursue your passion, you will have developed a love for and skill at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  nothing in between. And we? My brother and I were more like the second type ... in the Chinese-language post, and additionally, some things in the Chinese-language post not mentioned here. The content is a bit different for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  demons on depression

  

  visualized a banana, and I probably never will. I made the connection between this and asexuality a few months ago. I've known for a while now that I ... . My father was a professor, at the time, and got an offer for a research

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  me to talk about and has affected me for a while. My mental health ... hellish year for me got buried under the structure and responsibilities of ... . I overthink and I have an active imagination. Great for writing

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brief Wondrous Lives A little too much thinking brought to you by four in the morning.

  

  fact that I've been at MIT for four years and have never thought to take ... student's story about a mother with a brain tumor and the son that cares for ... for their work on nanophotonics, and there was never any question of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  magnitude of the bars for periods 7 and 8 may be similar, but during period 7 ... balance between school and everything else. Finding this balance has become ... , Ward Melville. In my three years there, I changed intellectually and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  EC Gothic/Screaming (“I don’t want to work on psets”) Apparently a work order has been fulfilled. But whose?

  

  the kitchen for a snack and everyone is there. “I should be asleep,” you ... , and you soul works at the returns desk for the 4-3xx library. You ... between life and death. A ResLife worker begins to cry as he walks toward

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 6, 2016