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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  of miles away from family and friends and not really in a place to make ... is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty video.  It's been a crazy 101 days since I last posted in this corner of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to get a UROP A lesson on stalking.

  

  comes. The MIT career office is a great, under-used (from what I hear ... : :( :( :( A week later, I got an e-mail from the Lab Manager, who said that he ... far as I can tell, UROPing follows a basic rule of thumb: if you want

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 7, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Bumps, slumps, trips, and … Breaking out of a slump, now with more Cleveland!

  

  , rather than a near-daily burrito from Anna's Tacqueria, I have a new staple ... they have at MIT. Ironically, a friend from Caltech was similarly scared ... dissolved when she met a bunch of people from MIT. Out of all the environments

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  A good friend of mine, Angelina G., wanted to write a guest blog post ... me, and that you enjoy the read. ---------------------- It was a rare ... Center holding my name badge and a newly earned certificate and dragged my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  people who both come from a region that most of the population there aren't from. There's a subtle, yet deep, acknowledgment that passes between us ... that this is probably going to be the last time I’ll be in Alabama for a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Decade in Online Posting looking back: from the forums to the blogs

  

  [/annotation] Watch as the wild species, [annotation note="I drew a character from ... years that lay ahead. [visually_hidden]A card from MIT, which reads ... fuzz from a sock touching my foot? So, I take the shoe off and pull it

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Typical Day on the Road Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back.

  

  about their travels, I thought I would add a few comments from my trip ... , meeting and talking with a lot of students and guidance counselors about MIT. It was a lot of fun. Having grown up in NYC, I love coming back. The

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  “You know what would be cool?” some pizza would be a start...

  

  've spent hours at a time like this, discussing topics ranging from Computer ... guy getting his bagel from LaVerdes could be a MacArthur fellow, whose ... , let's be honest here for a second. There are plenty of very respectable

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Difficulty With Data the shadow of an application

  

  are valedictorians. Or, to paraphrase a line from Llewellyn: being a ... this applicant's leadership from 1 to 5" is a particularly objective ... , one complaint in the comments on those entries was about a lack of data

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  conversation. A perceptive friend of mine from Tufts University made the mistake ... you are timelike separated from a reasonable hour for phone calls. Please leave a message at an appropriate temporal distance from the beep

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  and January. My desk is actually less than a foot from my bed. I sit on ... from February 2015. There had been a snowstorm earlier that day, and many ... your application goes spiraling into a dark, anonymous vortex, and after

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  all nighter, working from midnight to 8am, taking a break for food, then ... heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with such a reputation to accept you or not. I remember when I applied

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  different style of learning from the US, so I thought this would be a great ... .20 (Human Physiology) when my email came, so I had to refrain from making a ... !!) with a minor in Applied International Studies and concentration in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to MIT: Choosing a Dorm the good and not-so-good reasons

  

  lifestyle of a dorm farther from campus is not bad. So, if you’re still ... . That’s why I’m adding it as a separate factor from convenience. A friend ... This post is the second in a series of Guide to MIT posts. Check out

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Wanna Be a Doctor? Premed @ MIT

  

  range. Coming from a student who had just as many Bs (mainly B+'s, since ... impossible to get into a top med school without research from MIT (I know many ... wrong in a course, seek help ASAP from TA's, the prof, or upperclassmen

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 25, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  [Guest Post] We’re Not in ~Kansas~ Missouri Anymore Going From a Small Town to Boston, by Claire S. '25

  

  Claire S. '25 is a Computation & Cognition (6-9) major from ... ’t have done coming from a small town. It took me time to realize this wasn ... background has helped me in college. Coming from a small town has taught me to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 17, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Day in the Life Liveblog of my Thursday complete with (not so great) pictures

  

  I really enjoyed Ana's recent post about a single day in her life, so I decided to share a day of mine too! Quick disclaimer: I thought it ... doing a bunch of things even though I don't have any classes. If you

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  perfect essay... for a price, of course. (Anywhere from a few bucks for ... I recently opened my in-box to find an email from someone who "would love to interview an admissions officer from your prestigious university

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  love that each dorm has a unique vibe and set of traditions and that ... somewhere. I love that students can find a family in their living group and that just by integrating into a floor culture, they can gain a lifelong

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  . This map originated from a poll taken last year by Casie Chen ‘17, who ... AM, a pset due at noon, and a lab due at 5 PM. You haven’t started ... , you’re probably undergoing what I like to call This Is Fine Syndrome, a

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017