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• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  system, but doesn't offer any examples of the problems. At the end of the ... at the connotation of "creativity" from a new angle (in a sense, be ... writing about creative ideas, creative ways of looking at things, creative

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  wacky architecture, there's a large presence of dorm culture at MIT. In ... offered us an impromptu tour of Random Hall, which we gladly accepted. And ... befriended Aiden, who would eventually become one of my closest friends here at

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  gatherings offer fantastic opportunities to meet some of your potential future ... admissions officers are celebrating the end of application season. Also, this ... incredible team of Educational Counselors and other great alumni to put

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Infinite Magazine [joint post with Kidist A.]

  

  about the club and fashion at MIT. Looking through past issues of the ... ideas about developing community at Infinite.  Structure of board [Masha ... and in my [annotation note="of my beauty and, at times, self

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions, I’ve got answers I know an atomic particle's speed, AND position!!

  

  applications. For the extra space provided at the end of the application (pt 2 ... poorly in classes, MIT can rescind your offer of admissions.(In fact, many ... Wow. You guys asked some hard questions! And a lot of them. No

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  An Open Letter to MIT Applicants Don’t Panic (and know where your towel is)

  

  Confidential at some point and thought the idea of a bunch of competitive people ... student chose to become part of MIT’s class of 2018. While I have nothing ... highlight some of the awesome things that MIT students are working on, I can

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  to hold so much life at once. It can be the kind of quiet that invites ... with us at lunch, how Deans of DSL and MIT psychiatrists shed their roles ... This week, I spent four days and three night at the Salvation Army

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / Class Projects

  Make a Lamp! and cart the pieces of it from IDM to IDC, the forge, Metropolis, and back…

  

  the Fabcreator laser cutter at [annotation note="one of my favorite makerspaces! Consider this blog a tour of labs at MIT"]IDC[/annotation]. This ... learned about all types of making, from woodworking to 3-D printing. I was

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  included a list of creative touches we had added to the space to make it feel ... should be very soon, at which point I will blog very loudly about it (hint) Today is the day of that loud blog, because last week we officially

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Local Boston Startups at Mass Innovation Nights Over 700 to be (sort of) exact

  

  (#MIN87) being at Bullhorn's new headquarters on the 17th floor of 100 Summer Street, one of the many tall buildings in Boston with its own ... /Oliver Queen. Source: Imgur   Every time I go to one of these events, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 10, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  learned where both of my parents went to college, what their degrees were ... friend at the quad-turned-makeshift-memorial. He was one of Johnny's best ... the greatest kids showing up at the freshman orientation of his new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  range estimation and entering the second quarter of my time at MIT. I ... media studies (CMS) department sits at the forefront of the field as one ... protector, nerdy engineer -- born under the second law of thermodynamics

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Fitting in at MIT as a Latino family weekend 2014, day 2 and what I learned

  

  Science and Engineering) APR (Association of Puerto Rican Students at MIT ... I won't keep you in suspense, I feel like I fit in pretty well at MIT as a Latino. And a huge part of it is thanks to the ardent strides the

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 18, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  You always have been hi everybody!

  

  moments of my life. I actually look back at my blogs pretty often - then ... but I was locked into a subscription for at least the rest of the year ... was targeted at me. Then, Petey had to message me directly to comfort me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Events

  [joint post] we can’t hear you, you’re on mute another mystery hunt post

  

  offered me help and support at every turn. When we undergrads were being ... barrel of 10+ new, totally unsolved puzzles. At that point, we realized ... really made me feel like part of the team. As someone who is very bad at

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  Me, to be delivered at the start of the fall semester. That reminded me of ... : I've tried it all, and I've been bad at all of them. In eighth grade ... there's ever been a good DJ at a school dance in the history of school

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  wasn’t religious at all, so most of the quotes didn’t mean ... ’t think I had much chance at getting into the Symphony Orchestra ... preparing an audition piece or go through the torture of auditioning. Luckily

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  *Independent* Activities Period an IAP apart!

  

  ! Look at how charming! On one of my last days, I went to explore the ... For the the first time ever, we spent a prolonged period of time ... about our classes!)"]spending-most-of-the-hours-of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 3 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Techiya and Beyond.

  

  all necessary. In the past, most of the non-Jewish members had at least ... a very high level of musicality and are full of virtuosic musicians ... of a mix of undergrads, grad students, and other people, some of whom

  • by ARTalk
  • May 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Experience FAQs from high school counselors

  

  conference at MIT. One of the events was a student panel, and I got to ... ?  HASS classes at MIT are challenging and amazing. We have some of the best ... support services does MIT provide?  MIT offers a lot of resources. The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2017