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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  'm a student from Saudi Arabia, I study in all arabic school and my ... ! ------------------------------------- Yasemin wrote: "I am a junior from an international high school and MIT ... she graduates from but by how much a'better' person he or she has become

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring there will always be regrets

  

  classes I learned best from were the ones I poured a lot of time into, which ... -graduation say that one of their key takeaways from MIT was a sense of courage and ... while planning a semester, I have some general sense of what I want

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 6, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  hello, after six years

  

  . like how to play a game where i try to escape from hell, and how to play ... i have been here and there, the last six years. i think a lot of ... -flying) animals. the ones that can't fly are still this type of animal. this is a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  't want to spend that much time away from mit." i never applied to a misti ... . as soon as i graduate from mit, all my mit friends get put on a counter ... in imperial college london. i spent a few days thinking about the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  filled with SO MUCH LIFE. I’ve turned in a total of 15 problem sets. I ... ’ve failed a midterm. I’ve aced a midterm. I’ve laser cut and assembled a ... ’ve watched the sunrise from the Harvard Bridge. I’ve cried. I’ve missed home. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why Apply? Putting your hat in the ring if you're not so sure

  

  -lovers). Since I've become a member of the MIT community, I've found the ... 's my list: 1. Humanities matter. I'm expounding on this point from my bio as well. I used to think that if you wanted to have a variety of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Sigma ChIgloo MIT Fraternity brothers engineer a 10 foot igloo while relaxing in Maine

  

  through college. A weekend with just the boys, away from the noises, lights ... Brothers of MIT Sigma Chi retreat to Maine from Thursday -> Sunday ... roommate Mike '13 and I did a quick calculation. Approximating the igloo we

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • March 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dell-icious. MIT students and the Dell Social Innovation Competition

  

  About a month and a half ago, I received an email from Sneha '13, asking me to take a moment to vote for the idea that she and Divya '13 came ... today, I received an email from Sivakami '11, asking me to do the same

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  well; I had just come back from FLP (Freshman Leadership Program), a Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a ... I think the last time I saw the sun was Saturday. In a strange turn

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  from a junk heap somewhere in East Campus and named her Lakeisha and ... landscaped NW buildings that no one really ever visits on a whim. Living in EC ... I'm living at Bexley for the summer and working just a short distance

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  over to Baker House to hear the wonderful sounds a piano can make on a beautiful spring day... ...when pushed off the roof of a 7-story dormitory. The answer: a loud and resounding thud. EPIC FAIL!!!! But I'm being

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  CHICON 2008 by C/4C Adam Fuhrmann '11, C/4C Patrick Ernst '11, and C/4C Daniel Darlington '11

  

  from a Vietnam Veteran Air Force pilot, and we watched our own Cadet ... Darlington, Ernst and Fuhrmann traversed the nation to a gathering of exceptional cadets from the Arnold Air Society (AAS). This event, known as the

  • by ROTC
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  comments, please leave more of your thoughts from the Parties, or drop me a ... Tonight, I'll post the first of the reports back from this week ... been my first choice for most of high school, but for a brief period of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  ). Only two kids from my school applied to MIT early action - Curtis, a good ... a giant postal tube, but it's still an exciting thing. ARE you excited? How excited? How did you react when you found out you were going to be a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Urinetown I blame my absence on musical theatre.

  

  sing something from a musical I know - just for fun! " Rational Part Of ... Man With A Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun, and left. On March 7, I got ... musical." My cue. I pulled out a handful of coins from my pocket, which

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 13, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 / Keep Calm and Carry On Getting some much-needed vitamin D on the other coast

  

  pages from problem to problem, mind drawn to a blank. By the last 30 ... German at 9am, again. A alum-friend from NYC came back to visit Boston, and ... ="alignnone" width="1000"] A peek into my week of October 1st to 5th, categorized by

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  preference for students from abroad. MIT has a clear preference for US based ... announcements. But where to add value? Right now we're in a strange time. A time ... , as we know from message boards and emails, some kids are lashing out

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Valentine’s Day Special Featuring calculus, people who hate me, and a picture puzzle

  

  myself, I plan to buy a cup of coffee from Cafe Four someday before I ... the MIT dining system, I'm a prototypical deviant from the Institute ... Hawking. I'm a huge fan of conservation laws (you know, like mass and energy

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  might be from high school, hell hath no fury like a full course load at ... years do. It began with two packed suitcases and a backpack to move from ... a bit vague, let me be perfectly clear: do not break the November Rule

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... a friend who's an LA native about this feeling and he said that it ... and it's like you're caught in a time loop. i don't know if i like that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019