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• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  get in. I was almost certain that I would get rejected from MIT, and I ... until very, very late in the game. I first started researching colleges ... weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  you seen this pen? In addition to that, I also spent some time being ... everything I said. It got so bad that I, in all of my frustration and infinite ... was all in one piece. They had confiscated my rocket, though, but I

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at least a few years after college graduation. And that’s okay. In fact, I ... like though! At MIT, I have explored areas that I never have before in

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  From East to West: An American’s Cross-Atlantic Voyage The start of my MISTI UK experience

  

  I’m currently in the exotic land of England. Over a week ago, I flew ... knights from London to Bristol, where I currently reside in a castle. I ... different countries. Right now, I’m staying in Bristol with Anika (READ HER

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 10, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  hermit in a cave in Hong Kong after graduation. I proclaimed that I would ... Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  entertained? If you answered yes to any or all of the questions above, buy a ... :30) WHERE: Johnson COST: $6 in advance, $7 at door WHY: To support the ... grown to become the largest residential facility for women in the city. We

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  class, like 18.02 or 8.01, I would be disappointed in myself, but since 7 ... ’ combined. Of course, this was typical: in high school, I perpetually resolved ... enjoyed. I would have to be rigorous, I told myself, and I would be forced

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to recieve a reply, is that because I sent it in so quickly?" Harlan '10, I am ... pool. Some of my friends have been saying I got in because of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  that I went to because it sounded exciting. :) Participated in Mystery ... are a bunch of things I have not done during IAP that would have been ... resources MIT has to offer for a student?" In a word, no. No matter how much

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  halfway across the world moving to russia for the semester

  

  sets. I can imagine the outline of the forest I would see in the distance, in the morning. Except that I won’t see it in the morning light ... .03[/annotation] reading quiz that was due in the time I would be on the plane. But

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  many qualified applicants for too few spots in the class. Also, as I said in one of my comments in the last thread, I wish people would stop ... I think you guys set a record for ben.mitblogs.com - 353 comments in

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  , but they would have been reasons to choose MIT if I had known them. In ... Well, I'm back in Boston, slowly recovering from jet lag, and am ... tomorrow. I already had a test today, in 7.28 (Molecular Biology), so I'm not

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  very many times that I would spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights ... . Often, I didn’t really mind because I really liked school and I would also ... have. I remember thinking in high school, “I hope the MIT curfew is not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  they didn't let me in at the border? How would I carry my suitcases all ... semester, my parents and I both agreed it would be better if I could avoid ... could not enter the US with me. Then I had a crazy idea. This was in late

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  Back in my first semester, I wrote a lot. I had spare hours each day, and if I wanted to write, I would. If I wanted to spend an hour commuting to a new location to write, I would. I had time to do it. I like to

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  -drying in the bexley basement. I went to a movie tonight called Vicky ... francisco in the middle of the Nevada desert which would be my first time out ... Pauli myself. But I'm not in charge of that. I'm in charge of feeding 20

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I ... 's when I'm most productive," high school me would've told you. That wasn't necessarily the case, though. I spent most of high school in a vicious cycle of

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Marilee Jones in the news The Associated Press article about Dean Marilee Jones.

  

  , look ourselves in the mirror and say, 'I'm responsible,"' Jones told her admissions colleagues. "We have to look ourselves in the eye and say, 'Am I an ... of her daughter. "When she was in sixth or seventh grade, I was every

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger ... dimension in which i get to know people. but that meant that all weekend i ... i worried in the first place. why was i so concerned about my psets

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  treasure those moments when the girls would clearly be talking about me in Sinhalese, and I would start imitating them and we would all laugh.” But when ... , organization, hope, and autonomy. Emerge would continue to support them in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006