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• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  Environmental Management at Yale and have been the Regional Coordinator for the ... application season is a stressful and busy time for applicants and that sometimes it can be hard to find a convenient time and place for your

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  of holiday gift package for people, and it's even more fun with friends ... leaving for college was just being a tourist in my own town and taking the ... of waiting for decisions, and remember to enjoy your senior year of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  , and adding some vegetables and greens for a bowl-like situation. Here ... a head of cabbage and texted my mom, asking her for her braised ... fire while trying to [annotation note="it was in the pot with water and

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  cartoon: And another, related reason is that public role models for women ... , participation in a critical discourse, and subversion. Congrats, Ladyada, for ... As many of you know I am a FIRST Robotics nut and Kool-Aid drinking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... your chair. He spent four years waking me up at 5 AM for school, which is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  longed for something I had once enjoyed but could no longer possess. And I ... quad, and I couldn't help but be reminded of last summer. It was my last summer before I came to MIT, my last summer home, and the one thing I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  umbrella organization for the nine historically black fraternities and ... brotherhood, which are Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for all Mankind. The ... in your studies and look out for our next program.   Alpha Kappa

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  need is ID showing that I'm over 18 and some money to pay for the ... paperwork, and waited for around 20 minutes. We were assigned a super chill ... hurt tremendously and it bled for about an hour after the procedure

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I O Europe Help me, blog stalkers, you're my only hope.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? The drummers for the bands Queen and Duran Duran are ... for two hours. I misread my major in haste and accidentally went to station the for Course 10B, which is chemical and biological engineering

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 16, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  areas within EE and CS. The graduate classes required for an MEng degree ... MEng and continue on the academic path for their Ph.D. This is the ... teach concepts for building, maintaining, and debugging large

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  ran and ran around with my handheld camera and then cried for a while ... -tasting, unbelievably large sandwich for only $3 and has a "buy 7, get 1 free" deal where you get this cool card that they stamp. It's a good price for lunch, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  amount of passion, creativity, and pure intelligence that suffuse all of ... also play a tremendous role in creating, encouraging, and preserving the campus culture we have all come to know and love. The traditional image of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  is that it's really too cold to go outside and play for any significant ... and we flooded in. Some nice Conner 4-ian had opened the door for us ... holed up in a suite reached us and we staged for another attack. After

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  who was known for his crazy sayings and no nonsense demeanor. He had little patience or tolerance for anything that wasted his time. Whenever he ... development and mentorship? What are the graduation and retention rates for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  moving is very difficult for me due to a) impatience, b) anal-retentiveness, c) dislike of hard labor, and d) all of the above. If I could wave my magic wand and have all my stuff moved for me, I would.) My boyfriend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  , subject to renewal every two years and only in effect for the duration of ... legislative fight for the expansion and permanent implementation of DACA. To ... . They have made strides in the immigrant movement, and now hope for

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some reflections Post decisions, a few thoughts.

  

  you for being engaged with MIT and our admissions process. This year ... : about jobs, about your ability to pay for college, and more generally about the economic, social, and environmental stability of the world. For

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 29, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  SSP aka summer science program aka summer sleep program aka silly science people aka summer solstice…

  

  would play Wordle and its dozens of variants. After all our lectures for ... up exposures for the Eagle Nebula, my friends and I laid down on the ... for a few seconds, as if to convince me it was real, and not a spark of

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  -in-law - Seen (and lived in, for a few days) my dad and stepmother's huge new ... it pulled an all-nighter the night before, and considers 7 hours peachy keen and 6 hours adequate, but as soon as term's done and I leave town

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  another day of spring when canvas went down and i fell prey to overcommitment (again)

  

  immediately had to get ready for a meeting) and was running on 5 hours of sleep ... skies and shimmering waters. Unfortunately for me, I had no time to enjoy ... classes and grading information for my final projects. To be fair, they

  • by Janet G. '27
  • May 14, 2026