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• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  By Maggie Liu '12 So, first of all, let me start by saying that I ... completely blown away by the diversity of the campus life. I knew that MIT was ... little '12 after my Facebook status because I'd been, in truth, intimidated

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  On Mens et Manus The realizations one has whilst building improvised flotation devices.

  

  that in mind, credit for the revelation that I maybe was that sort of ... build a treehouse.” Or, in normal-person-speak: hey, I kind of like this ... because I function in a perpetual state of procrastination. “But Natanya

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 14, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Choosing Classes: Choice Paralysis [skye from valorant voice] help a girl out would ya!

  

  .006. Classes Where I Need To Choose 2 of These and 2 of These Only or Maybe I Can ... interest in CS really was found in the design aspects of it i.e. front end ... get in so my chances of this one are also very low. I just thought this

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  sessions[/annotation] by saying some form of “I believe in my heart that MIT ... about. Then, it can potentially veer away from the idea of fit and tilt in ... beyond in order to qualify for most schools. I’ll give you that. The

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  mine and I decided to take advantage of free dance lessons offered at MIT ... , the Ballroom Dance Club offered lessons in Mambo. My friend Jackie and I ... be offering their lessons. I actually became intrigued in ballroom

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  catching a cold), and it’s usually in a state of disarray, since I often can ... … since I was a freshman in high school.” I’m a classic case of falling down ... enviably shiny. It was one of the few ways in which I felt like I was able to

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  career advice I've collected in my work notebook--a lot of it is less ... where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... I am sitting, alone on the second floor of a brand-new cafe, with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  burn and itch in my mind, the things that I can't seem to get enough of ... Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... past students of RSM are now studying. I've never been in a program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  making meaning exit right in 0.1 miles

  

  personal issues that left me in a general state of "I don't know what's going ... 've been learning how to knit! I've gotten pretty far in terms of my crochet ... right now. Below is a little sample of fiber arts pieces I've made in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  of the capstone options for the aeroastro degree. in true mens ... sense of the world." growing up in a very math/science-focused community ... of the cat lounging in my doorway. happy start-of-semester!

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  entry. Really, I can't think of any student organization at MIT that works ... menorahs. Oh no! I'm afraid of fire! Now, you're surely asking, "Can you ... , so I kind of told him how I thought it was done in theory and made him

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: I’ll be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend and so will other people from MIT

  

  I blog a lot of retrospective trip reports (see, e.g., ISEF 2016, IOI ... might be more useful, so I'm going to try to do it when I can. So: right ... , where I'm giving a talk about maker portfolios in our admissions process

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  times of the year, I'll do the crossword in the Magazine. Also in the ... As many of you know, I'm an avid reader of the New York Times ... number of requests for college recommendations in past years. He said that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Inbox Insanity "You've Got Mail."

  

  I'll actually read, I still get kind of nervous when I can't check it ... Considering the lack of inactivity on these blogs in the past week or so, I think I speak for us all when I say it was “one of those weeks

  • by Karen F. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  this: Bunnies can be found on Killian Court at midnight, and in front of ... inspired by Banti G. ‘17) Life 1.   In a stunning turn of events, I declared ... in Boston is awesome, and I must take advantage of it more next year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  only 2.5 weeks left here in Bend.  I have yet to experience a lot of what ... Life after college is scary.  I can't believe the time has come when ... of the real world this summer when I had to track down a place to live

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  coffee (coffee grown in Yemen or Harrar region of Ethiopia) knows the first ... about someone of color getting into college because of their race? The implication, of course, is euphemistically known as affirmative action. You may

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I chose my classes A graduating senior's perspective; results may vary

  

  , contiguous chunk of free time in my schedule, then I try to avoid these kinds ... the most challenging class I’ve ever taken) but four years of MIT ... found most of my classes fun (yes, really), rewarding, and memorable (in a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  A FAPulous Start On how I’ve spent 0.0016% of my life at MIT so far.

  

  this online- I think you’re just awesome in general. To those few in the overlapping section- we should be best friends.  :) As of now, my existence can ... past 6. In the first portion, I spent some time creating my personal

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • August 27, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  took a lot of leaps in high school. But that doesn't mean I'm not afraid ... one of the other bloggers knows? Other than that, I can't think of much ... good at math. I was practically a math prodigy back in the day. Like back

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006