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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  maintain a balance between the two groups. The best way to get to know us is really to come and talk to us in person, as iHouse is just too diverse and ... , you'll get to interact with a sampling of the most active groups on

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  , so I will skip to after the test, when I had my score in hand and began ... I used to wander there. In the middle of the city. Late at night. By myself. Once, at 11 PM, I called one of my best friends at home in Ohio to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  sacrifice your true passions to get that A in French, but at what cost? Let ... - I think it's always good to check in with a school between getting ... This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  the world will host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to ... ; Soak up some SoCal sunshine for an afternoon get-together in Santa ... new admits in the ATL Be sure to check the listing on your My

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wrapping Up First Semester Two more weeks to go.

  

  physics discoveries, and I tend to get a tad sidetracked in the popular science section in Barnes and Noble. I knew I was getting a book addiction ... semester was kind of in a lull period in terms of work, I vowed to finish a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  Day five years ago. In the weeks and years preceding, getting into MIT ... you get in this Pi Day, I hope that you are happy today, and that you ... ’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  to write a final installment in our Visual Arts @ MIT series. In the ... to learn and practice these things at MIT. Now, in this post we want to wrap up by providing a bigger picture. When we entered MIT in our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  everybody who I have left on read this summer; I promise I'll get back to you eventually."]instead of getting back to the people I need to get back to ... sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  socializing over zoom it's been rough

  

  Last week, non-seniors who want to live on campus in the [annotation ... dorms was an experience in and of itself. In trying to figure out who ... then plan to form a pod with these people in the spring

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  (too late for me to major in 11 now, but wish me luck on getting a minor ... get to living in the Internet," my hallmate once told me. And here, at ... family. "80s are good enough," my grandma once said to me in high school

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  join a special program to study in France and get a side of buttery ... the secret recipe to get into MIT. Here it goes. Check off 4 out of 5 ... ’s easy to zoom in so closely on what you do that you never stop and wonder

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  YouTube to practice dancing seemed like my best bet. as said in my ... over 250 dances! getting into dance through K-pop, at least in the self ... choreography?" ...and then I choose to watch the videos that fall in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Leaving home…

  

  kitchen table on a daily basis is really starting to sink in. It's not that ... years to prepare for that. But I suppose you could say that in all of the eagerness to get the hell out of the desert, I lost sight of the foundation

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  't really get to know other MedLinks very well. After training, you see them ... most people are quick to say that they're just fine. In fact, if there ... , and trudged across the street to MIT Medical. Sitting in the waiting

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  California, Here I Come… I begin my Fall Travel by heading to the West Coast

  

  trip because I’ll get to meet lots of you in the process. I know I ... :00 am alarm seemed just way to early) I arrived in Seattle in time to go ... working with the staff members in attendance to check in the students

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  this is the real life I love in-person MIT eom

  

  Whenever I try to think about the last year, it doesn't feel real. In ... a year isolated in one way or another, it feels incredible to just ... : walking through the infinite on my way to class, studying in Hayden library

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 9, 2021
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  school can make available to us and consider them in the context of your ... assessments, or something else. In some cases, you may have the ability to ... help us get a better understanding of your mastery in a subject. We
• Blog / How to Human

  how to meet curious people

  

  (and free food), but I don’t try to get involved with them at any deeper ... nobody in 18.032. Due to a mandatory recitation for another class, I would ... about twenty people. The kids in the classroom seemed to care much more

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 19, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... Here’s what I woke up to on Friday morning: massive snowflakes, falling sideways and sticking to everything. I wasn’t brave enough to take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  on regression the to your shitty high school self, and not linear, kind

  

  's gone, time has slowed to a crawl. my area issued a shelter-in-place until ... tendency. when i'm with others, i try to exist in the moment, but when it ... of dopamine obtained from shading in an infinitesimal square to floss

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 7, 2020