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• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  for you. If you are selected as a QuestBridge Finalist, you will be able ... If you’re a QuestBridge Finalist that didn’t rank MIT, you are ... you are a QuestBridge Finalist who wishes to apply to MIT Regular Action
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  so well after working with her on Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a ... Congress just raised the debt ceiling, after a protracted deeply partisan ... (D-NY) suggested using the 14th Amendment to the Constitution as a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... ’s another way for you to learn more about us and gauge whether there’s a right ... the near future. A big thank you as well to all the ECs for conducting

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three patterns from the pattern language of my life

  

  newborn.  In the 3,000 days, I moved to Washington, D.C. (for a fellowship ... for five years, reconnected with a friend I met on the first day of CPW ... ="110131" /]   …within a site containing one or more BUILDINGS (11), a courtyard

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 24, 2025
• Blog / Events

  look at the stars hacking mit, six months at a time

  

  battling wordpress to get this out so it's a little over for me"]I’m crunched for time,[/annotation] I’m going to do a mind ... Corporate Relations for our Blueprint hackathon, and had a pretty good time

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 17, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  animation program) when I had free time back in high school. For me it was a way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that ... made MIT almost a natural place for me to want to go, but the longer that

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you're welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting
• Blog / Admissions

  I Miss College Application Season The Good, The Bad, and the Casey Jones

  

  one for a little kid.  I miss riding the school bus. I miss playing ... , because I couldn’t find a better place for it. I miss my 2 windows that let ... [The following is a collection of ramblings and memory unloadings

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... . Make a difference. Class of 2016, you're in for the journey of a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  , what might be my short term and long term goals, it's important to go a little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a ... ideas. A restlessness that keeps me searching. And above all a love for

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  kind of embarrassed for disappearing for a month from the blogs, especially when the blogs have been such a cozy, homey place for me, a respite ... other interns and I decided to get rush tickets for a Saturday 1pm showing

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Splash. Was. Awesome. I taught: 3 classes, 5 sections, 246 kids.

  

  want to learn about Islam. I ask her for a lesson. We get drinks, snacks ... are registered for my afternoon Introduction to Radio Astronomy class. A ... I love everything about Splash. I love waking up at 8am on a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  bedsheets in 351. I stayed in that bed for days at a time during my first IAP ... of a sentence was all it took. For much of my life, I’ve felt this way ... ’ve learned to keep moving. Sometimes I still need to cry for a few hours. I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Learn from my Mistake Aesop's Fables forgot one.

  

  Rule #1: Write legibly. Background: I wrote on a pad of paper that I scheduled my GREs for October 27, or that's what I read. Turns out my 27 actually was a 21. That was my rockstar move for the day. See you Saturday!

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  pleather chair in my dentist's office waiting for a cleaning while reading ... Links, producing the IAP show for the Musical Theatre Guild, doing a UROP full ... important thing, though: I'm happy this way. There are a ton of opportunities

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  here’s everything i thought about in 25 minutes an uncurated and somewhat meta discussion on anything and everything

  

  whole entire school year), so i’m going to set a timer for 25 minutes ... write for the entire time. every so often i go through a phase where i ... range for maybe a minute max. theoretically, if i were typing at full

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • July 16, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  fear of starting a flame war in my email inbox. For the average St. Louis ... much of a landmark and I've never even been there), etc."]stuff going for ... brought brownies and sat and chatted for a while. I forgot I was supposed to

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  like much, but consider that turnover for a dorm is only four years long ... who lived in burton-conner only lived there for a semester and a half ... big deal, considering how important door art and murals are for east

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  the how-to :P This is a guide for how to restore an old, dingy whiteboard that: has marks or stains from heavy usage for a long time ... . I used about 8oz for a 6’×4’ whiteboard. isopropyl alcohol (>90

  • by Phi A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  catching up what are you doing over the summer?

  

  -cambridge to pick up a desk that jeff bought from someone for $10. it's a nice ... our sophomore year of high school. we were here for a biology camp in ... mostly just wanted an official excuse to play minecraft for a few hours a

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • June 2, 2022