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• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 3

  

  point to staying on the waitlist..." And From NY wrote, "A question ... taken from the waiting list?" Kiran wrote, "a question matt- how many ... something on transfer admissions? For instance, what you look for from a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  basically, it's a perfect setup for the Illusion of Validity Why is MIT ... candidates. Would this produce a lesser class? The link in mihcal1's post takes you to an article from New York Times magazine by Daniel Kahneman

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  a pleasant experience. You all smile about this whole firehose analogy ... spent a lot of time and effort preaching to you about your high school ... have a chance a college. In the end, it's what you did for the love of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  from Maine nowadays."]Boston Lobster.[/annotation] Making a savory bowl ... Bonjour. It’s me, Jacky, again. More than a year ago, I wrote a ... ramblings. A lot has happened in the past eighteen months. A pandemic closed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  my hesitations, breaking off from the path to find me a sturdy walking ... I've been watching a lot of chess. Watching, not playing. My eyes hungrily gaze upon the little pieces on the screen as they hop from square to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  kitchen nightmares bugs and toasters and explosions, oh my!

  

  A few months into living on my own, my roommates and I have learned many important life lessons about food, mostly through trial and error. A lot of error. Here's a list of my very own freshman housing horror

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 5, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  scale: the lines are 30m, or 100ft. 6.02 am: i wake up abruptly from a ... i do, tentative lines from a poem pop into my head. and a few more ... ever leaving a ~0.04 km^2 area. dis boi long, so buckle up (and feel free

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Self Help I

  

  I raised my young self on a steady diet of self-help literature. I read parenting books when I was a kid--books like How to Speak So ... of a Skinned Knee--and marked the pages I thought my parents should

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 6, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  meet some people from Brown and hang out with them for a little while ... This weekend, some people from MIT SAAS went to Yale for the South ... create community for South Asians and provide a space to talk about

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  opportunities specifically in DC, but more for a dedicated living space away from ... a living area and a kitchen. We ordered food from a nearby Thai ... A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  I Made the MIT Admissions Blog TCG and YOU can get your own cards at CPW!!🃏🎴💳

  

  I need something from YOU Are you a prefrosh? Do YOU want to help me ... This Project is supported by RealTalk@MIT. It is a part of a larger body of research from Cassie Lee at the MIT Media Lab in the Center for

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • April 13, 2026
• Blog / Classes

  between now and departure stands a few classes

  

  My final semester once felt like it was at such a distance. I ... endured their time, had a stronger sense of their futures, and were much ... . It scarcely feels like what it is. Four years felt like just a few

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 14, 2026
• Blog / How to Human

  To the 2024s: Wishing You the Most don't be scared of growth

  

  approximately where you are now. A summer of waiting to start at MIT had finally come to a close and I was trying out my shiny new label of "MIT student ... operating as a remote community. Even though your first semester at MIT will

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 1, 2020
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  hello seattle i'm on the west coast!!

  

  nothing due. i wanted to spend a day in nyc from sheer boredom, but it ... 't comparing how foriegn it felt from my hometown in long island, new york, but ... replaced the definition of 'home' in my subconcious. i'm in a completely

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • June 3, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  of happiness. Your happiness will come from a support system or passion ... are coming out in a couple hours. Yuliya K. '18 made a lovely post compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  into the lawn to the sound of a collective grimace from the crowd. At ... note: I'd like to give a shoutout to the team from USC, who had all their ... we arrived to the competition site, a brisk wind decided to settle in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  from the other day in class and add a little something to them. Just. For ... one class away from getting a music minor. So I was all, okay harmony ... Yo homez, I'm back! And guess what? I'm a senior. I. AM. A

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  chemotherapy. About a week later, I could walk and was released from the ... beat, and a high-pitched beep every two seconds. My sheets were warm and ... and the sun’s rays streaked through a break in the clouds as if the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Movin’ On Goodbye '09//Hellooo IAP

  

  !) taking a class (many people do. ‚ò∫) Browse around this year’s IAP site for a better idea ‚Üí Overview of IAP 2010 From what I've heard, some ... students do whatever they find worthwhile – whether it’d be a mini

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  see this weird in-between age bracket that is usually absent from campus. Parents are usually easy to spot for a couple of reasons. First, they all ... 't easy, by any means, but the difficulty seems to come from the fact that

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008