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• Blog / Admissions

  You’ve got questions… ...I've got answers strewn amidst an explosion of other stuff.

  

  , can we have dinner tomorrow night? i feel like i haven't seen you all in ... When I first got to MIT in August and checked in for Orientation, I ... off of it and realize that there's more stuff that I can check off. (For

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2006
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply if I already have a degree?

  MIT doesn’t award second bachelor’s degrees, regardless of the course of study. We encourage you to apply to MIT as a graduate student.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  the score from my last test. Can you say "fail?" I can! Oh, 2.005 is ... different types of food you can have brought to you when you go to MIT. I ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  in a very mural-happy dorm, I can't paint to save my life. But I do like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the ... can shake several sticks at. And my favorite software in the world

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  while I’ve been in school because all three of these parts can continue to ... lead to one of two cases as far as I can tell: 1) I become just ~eh~ in ... with my posts until I deem it cringe"] Song:[/annotation] Voices in my

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Things to Do in Cambridge and Somerville places and events, illustrated

  

  ! On more than one occasion, I was the only person in the theatre during ... ." ArtBeat can feel slightly awkward for a poor college student, and I have ... Welcome to my seventh and final(!) tourist-y post. Previously, I have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  I Wrote an MIT Application Essay on Getting a B in Calculus College Search 2KChel, how I found MIT, and how I turned the B around

  

  I spent this morning sitting in 1369 Coffee on Mass Ave writing new ... , for one thing. For another, I didn’t actually put “MIT” in the subjects ... emails were instead titled things like, “Have a present - I am sleeping in

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  as much apple juice as I want, as often as I want, in whatever size glass I want! And now, living in a dorm where I am in charge of my own Apple Juice Acquisition, I can! Apple Juice Liberation is upon us! Okay

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  it. But actually, the transition can be pretty painful. I'm here to ... good at this in high school (doing what I love, not working for The Man ... classes, I tried really hard to keep this in mind. But the pressure to take

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates A post about not having any news (yet).

  

  are still in the mail, but we're excited about the Class so far! I ... comments) as soon as I can. Also, I do expect that next year's freshman class ... , but I will make an announcement one way or the other when I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about ... to quantum I'll have to rope in my Course 8 suitemate) "Engineery

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  in my room. I feel a lot better compared to the first few days of ... in the deep pool! But alas. Covid struck before I got to take one final ... series that I started watching way back in my senior year of high school

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  So I've been spending some time in my hometown over Winter Break, and this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed ... reasons. A lot of the families I knew were deeply set in family traditions

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  Last time I wrote a blog about my academic life, back in November, I ... true that is anymore. I think, in a vacuum, I love physics. But I don ... be calling. At the time, I was feeling incredibly stressed and lost in

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  I can't believe I've been blogging as an admissions officer at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened ... ." As for your questions, ask them below in the comments.  I'll

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  classmates. In fact, the only thing in school I have ever been “naturally” good ... taking courses in their majors. I went to the student talks that we have at ... sad about my failures in high school, and I found out there are tons and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cognitive Processes or: i take a personality test again

  

  there is out there in the world. I read into my zodiac and stuff, not ... believe in ghosts and the paranormal and all that. So yeah, you could say I ... was I strongly interested in taking this test because I'm really into

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 2, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  as long as i can remember, yet i never really had time for it in high ... in session and i have...an assortment of feelings. i guess my last post ... with pessimism either. i took physics c mechanics in high school and did

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  Admissions bloggers. I lived on 5th East in East Campus and I majored in course 9 (Brain & Cognitive Sciences). I started blogging in the summer of 2005. First of all, I’m running the Boston Marathon in April! I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... can do anything I want and she is powerless to stop me, I still think ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006