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• Blog / Featured Blogs

  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  came across a collection of things that I had written which can most ... passed it on to us. That was awesome. I spent a week wandering around ... have a major in economics?” I’m going to be like “dude, why didn’t you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  , and Oniongate was a horrible incident that happened a few days ago. In ... Twitter and read the rest of the replies. In response, I tweeted that ... education from MIT is like…”. I sent a survey to an East Campus mailing list

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  have a feeling that the scariest dragons that you and I will face in our ... was doing that again my senior year. Then I just gave a funny quote ... , is that for those of you who think being deferred is a kick in the face

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  staff? Is there such a thing as too personal? I can't recall precisely ... that dream in the sky that I think I wanted more than other dreams in the ... essay is like, I share mine with you. You'll learn more about me in the

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Home Under the Dome sorority recruitment, tips, and my experience

  

  a sorority? How do I sign up? When is recruitment? What’s the ... in no way saying that everyone needs to join a sorority, but I am ... [annotation note="Like many others, I didn’t know a lot about what being in a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • August 14, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Distraction News Your internet connection is unstable

  

  . There is a fish tank in my sister's bedroom that is a constant source of gurgling sounds, and a rabbit in a cage that is a constant source of rustling ... 's mother is a horse, and I am a seahorse in a plastic bag slung over the side

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 31, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  Oatmeal cooked on the stove is so good. I wouldn’t know this, but a ... right wall of the kitchen, is our fuse box:   Do you know about fuses? I ... stove is on a different fuse, and for that we are very lucky. Here’s how

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  the Hall was self-reinforcing. I assume that process is largely still in ... ://eastcamp.us/culture. I highly recommend that you jump around posts—everything is in ... Express, I'm in short sleeves. A few minutes ago, I got up to stretch my

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  food that comes in a brown paper bag: Brazilian cheese bread. I'll leave ... ." The cycle of hobbies is almost a guarantee in my life. A hobby I know I ... 'm inclined to do something different, but as a last-minute blogger, I'm not

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  . When it comes to baseball I'm a converted sabremetrician. In the natural world, I believe in the scientific method, which is to say I believe in ... which occur in our universe. But there is a problem with social science

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

  finding place

  

  turn into a group is nice. Now, I live in Pika. Pika is very fun, and I ... . I haven't posted in a while. Too long. It's been one of the semesters. MIT has taught me a lot of things about community. I was in a small high

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • April 7, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  ). I decided not to do that problem set Freshmen year is all about trying ... remind me that I'm at the hardest school in the country, the fact that I'm even there is astounding, the fact that I'm passing classes is ridiculous

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  in IAP]. I got recommended 18.01 and 8.01L, but that had to be a ... during my first and only test in 6.100 A that I realized with horror that ... /b" written in place of numbers. I got a 50% on that one. This past week I had

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  circumstances that faced me. A promise that I felt could only be realized if in ... ;   In the back is the binder that I describe, and the open is binder is new one that I am starting now that I am here at MIT, and in all

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  became a conscious idea in my mind. It is almost absurd to think that the ... planning on playing in college. My dad had never considered the fact that I ... one more lap around the track, has been so that I can be a better soccer

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  the book launch, my dad and I stayed in New York for a few days, and I ... power keeps flickering in and out, and I’ve had to remind myself that ... is constantly juxtaposing every sight I take in with its American

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  it's really hosing" or even "I'm doing a UROP in Course 7" don't mean ... - features. Keep in mind that this guide is just an introduction; I chose to ... make it work again, or do something new and useful, is a badge of honor

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  is quite possibly the funniest (and happiest) Baker biology genius I ... ! *** Precisely one year ago today I sat drinking coffee at a Dunkin Donuts with one ... respective first choice schools early decision. "I have a really good feeling

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  did nothing but study and mire in awkwardness. And I learned that a ... Like most MIT students, I was aware when I applied that I was a ... I just said is a horrible lie. Here’s the truth: I have never taken

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

  I’m Still Standing after all this time at MIT

  

  that fall semester in 2019, when I took a film class that gave me the ... tl;dr I made a music video to commemorate graduation happening in a ... I had been gone, and deep down a part of me truly feared that going

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • May 31, 2021