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• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  really was a good post Laura but from what I have seen, what really matters ... Wallace Fennel exposited that he wants to be a mechanical engineer. And that ... I'm just going to have to accept that. Still, I could use a little

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Many Ways To Define “The Best” A long response to a CC thread in which I offer my opinions on AP…

  

  Some parents wrote to me and asked me to contribute my opinions to a ... ' forum, I'll try to respond both as an MIT adcom and also as a parent. This ... in selection committee and as a reader, I can tell you that the average

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  impression of college was from scrolling on college websites, watching media ... said, I went into MIT without a concrete idea of what exactly I was getting into. I had a few ideas about how I thought college would go—in some

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  ) standards. Descending from the loft is an ordeal and a battle against the evil ... my journey from home. 17.006 is a smaller course, as most MIT HASSes ... oscillating) weekly routine. First, a bit about general structure. A “whole

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  Fall semester began as expected, with a shot of adrenaline and confidence. This translated into a flurry of calendar-marking, schedule ... ’d eat a healthy, wholesome breakfast every single day. Also, I’d call my

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

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  trying to drink water from a firehose.  You should totally try this.  Go to ... sponsored by MIT Admissions during which hundreds of prefrosh from around the ... with a prefrosh that fit their profile, and everyone was super excited on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  someone has a problem, we can't stop ourselves from helping. There is no ... inspiration that comes from being a student at a school that values greatness ... , 12 to go. That sounds a lot better. Exam week is a busy time at MIT; a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14 Questions with a Course 14 Professor 📈📉 An interview with Jon Gruber!

  

  . This interview has been edited and condensed from a ~25-minute recording ... curve, and that involves getting from A to B and involves a lot of, sort ... Microeconomics. As a math-y (math-ish?) person, it was my surprise when I

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • May 6, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  and no science class. Help me pick a science class! Help me seriously ... subject. Remove from schedule Recitation: MW3-4.30 (12-134) or TR11-12.30 (12-134) or TR1-2.30 (12-134) ______ For students with a special

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... like I could have found a cure to cancer, ignorance, AIDS, made an ... , Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 7 Days

  

  On January 1st, I enjoyed a nice New Year's dinner with my family. We ... research on what the VR trends would be in 2017 and found out that a lot VR ... Vegas. I had the chance earlier to go to CES but I passed on it. A group

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  event to take a break from studying, especially after midterms. I met up ... during late September, I made it a goal to make the most of autumn[annotation note="A goal that was quickly cut short because I got sick :("]by

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  with thumb tacks. I borrowed another box of thumb tacks from a neighbor ... A niche on the third floor of MIT’s Building 8 leads to two glass ... , neutral red letters. Immediately inside, the left-hand wall displays a grid

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  If you live in Britain, or in a country sufficiently influenced by ... penchants. This is a common misconception. For what all of these millions of ... age", and am a third of the way along a reasonably optimistic life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick game that is like a scavenger hunt and therapy session rolled into one ... -relief and (hopefully) a mailbox stuffed with acceptance letters. These letters

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  coolest show ever? Can you imagine yourself becoming a cardio ... world, I'm sure.) A lot of MIT students enter their senior year without a ... 's a list of the requirements: Biology: -Introductory Biology:7.012, 7

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  shared here - the view from the bridge is a gorgeous one that we see quite ... got a generally positive response from our class, which was super ... come up with 201 1's. --A Message From Snively-- So during the Ring

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  worries! But I can learn from this year that one day, I'll be a senior again ... 's campus. The passage of time was a frequent topic of discussion: how could ... ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  , I was reading some articles from “The Cut”, a section of New York ... middle school, lol). A sentence from this article stands out to me: “It ... reminded me of a quote from another sorority sister of mine who graduated

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  looks like (don't panic - take it from a reliable source that there is a ... ...you’re taking all of these kids from around the country and the world...they’re all a little bit off-the-charts in one way or another. And you

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012