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• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity." So ... . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... in. But part of being human means acknowledging some limitations. For

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  on forums for undergraduate and graduate programs, I know that people ... " form it also asks for things like high school and home address. It's not ... they have not demonstrated a clear need for it (and often even when they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how ... to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking at the ... especially unpleasant for us. Those were the first time that some external

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  chair kicked by the screaming kid beside me (a stereotype for bad flights everywhere, but for some reason, for me, it always seems to hold true). The ... Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  senioritis not to be confused with señoritis

  

  grand visions for senioritis in college. i would go out all the time! do ... less about me and more about helping others. a friend recently shared the ... for someone. there is enough positive work for you to do until you find

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 10, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  ten reflections on mit

  

  , socializing, and just time for rest and introspection — because my life doesn ... to MIT for a science research camp, and I remember hearing about how ... wish I did, for to love is to be vulnerable, and hoping for things is

  • by Phi A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Bad Ideas Weekend 2019 good times

  

  since I got here. For me, IAP has been a time of relaxation and ... to bake desserts for birthdays and other special days! The cookies were ... “The winter has come. The days are dark, cold, and dreary. There is

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 3, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  Happy 21st Birthday to the Random Hall Milk the Milk is now old enough to drink, but *please*, don't drink the Milk

  

  Macaroni and Cheese for dinner. Deciding that a little carton of milk couldn’t possibly hurt, he made his way to Shaw’s, a grocery store, braving and ... bought the milk carton and made his way to his floor—Bonfire—only to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  right now"]to colleges for undergrad,[/annotation] and I can’t trace the ... even when they’re not—before they come out, and painstakingly wait for ... together. Whether you’ve decided to try to find a job, or apply for graduate

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 2 The median of an introductory trilogy

  

  four huge airport-bound bags…and then it happened. I heard it. For a long ... Things took a turn for the worse. Quickly. Very quickly. -- August 17th was a Saturday, and it started out as a good one. I was awoken by

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  all time - and I’ve been eagerly awaiting its arrival for months. I ... and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and gradients and force fields that are all starting to blur together, and over on

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Surviving MIT Spreading the word, take this to heart

  

  differential equations before my pride let me go to R. for help. And sure enough ... show me how to look for that motivation, and I'm hoping that I can be ... Head over to /r/confession and you'll find this post lurking near the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  and nobody will judge you for it. So if you ever find yourself in need ... us know your favorite locales for a good semi-public cry. And post ... , disheartened and hoping that the test will be ridiculously curved - it couldn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn ... AP classes and participated in extracurriculars but still didn't know ... 'm talking about an opportunity for personal growth. It's the big selling

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Today I hit my TA with a door I didn't MEAN to.

  

  It wasn't like I meant to do it. I was late for recitation, and I usually go in the back door when I'm late but today, TODAY for reasons still ... popular that I once came ten minutes late for and had to sit on the floor

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 7, 2007
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share ... given it a second (or first) thought, except for a conversation I had with ... , and I told her about MIT. Unlike most people I had told, her reaction

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  ATHack A day well spent helping others

  

  really for Course 6 (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) students ... something for our client. We met with our client a couple times to try and ... usually a one day event (some run for a full 24 hours, some less) where

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to My Favorite Places on Campus can't leave without making one more post of this format

  

  Lightsaber Club used to meet in here and sometimes I'd stop for a few minutes ... Campus to the Stud for food and then walking back. I would try taking ... "]viral[/annotation] and some remained fairly unread, but I *think* that most of them ended

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  applying, about which colleges would be a good fit for me, and about which ... MIT and Caltech were far too nerdy for me, since the ultra-geek culture ... -800” “For MIT and Brown, try to bump up your SAT to at least 2200.” “you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  but air? And then you kinda have to wobble for a bit before you lower ... the fall? We talked for half an hour. And then he left for the airport ... . If this was a movie, this would be the cue for me to cry. And with the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020