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• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  off some games that I made (one of them can be seen in post about Splash ... school filled with some of the smartest students in the world? I knew I ... MIT! For many of you applying EA, the deadline is fast approaching! I

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  I call it by instead of 6.3700. Back in elementary school ... something I could ever establish an interest in. The weird thing is that I ... intelligence, which means that I'm signing myself up for a ton of math. It

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  "meditation room" full of balls, which I loved being in. I spent a lot of ... my Dad's money in exchange for the best education I can get. I hope I ... experiences I’ve had this year. When I got into MIT back in December, I

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Advice I give others that I don’t follow myself (yet)

  

  friends in the middle of the night, and just do things spontaneously in ... the person you were, or who you think you were. You can admire things that your past self did, without having to do them again. You can admire

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  a copy of the site in a CD and send it to MIT or can I refer them to ... material? I mean, I can't really send in the medals, but maybe photos of the ... competitive in the international pool. Beyond that, there's little more I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  might see me in person) is the clever hallway trick of, "I don't remember ... list of names that I have already responded succesfully to in both in ... love University of Oregon Football, and I can cook pretty much anything

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  that, at the end of a shitty day or test, I can always just see one of ... sleeping schedule in my senior year of high school. I slept at 10:00 every ... variety of niches and friend groups you can make here. I met up with a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  you can see in my bio, I'm a senior at MIT this year. I'm taking a lot ... on out, and therefore I can say, Hello! I'm Kim. Well, I guess I ... consuming as it is awesome, so I've spent most of the last week staring at

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  In comparing the beginnings of each of my academic years, I ... ever, I found a couple of pure philosophy majors in a class; joining them ... 't fit in any of the above categories. I have no doubts that everyone there

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can you mail me materials internationally?

  Due to increasing mail costs and in an effort to be environmentally-conscious, we no longer mail materials internationally, and we do very limited ... of awesome stuff happening at MIT!
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  's my blog and I get to put words in your mouth if I want. That's a good ... minutes or so, I was convinced that he not only is the Best Advisor In the ... to discuss that in more detail, He can pull off wearing suspenders

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... Department of Applied Mechanical Engineering in an Urban Environment

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  the building blocks of my life are crashing down. I've found solace in ... unknown in the ether of my mind, has somehow always soothed me. As if, as the yarn intertwines, my heart can mend too. I never realized I would

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  semester, I haven't had time to process it all. In lieu of a more thoughtful ... of variety in my cooking, but i like it, so whatever" /]   I ... 's performance of a violin concerto—a violin concerto for which I played in the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m Shipping Up to Boston and I lost my leg! Whoah oh oh..

  

  some stuff in my mouth that I can NO LONGER FEEL. It's at this point that ... huge waste of time! As of yet, this has not occurred (as far as I can ... days, however, is just one of many things I have done in during my summer

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  breaks from lab eventually :) And for those of you applying, I'm in a ... jones - blogger alum?!?!?!? did you really have to remind me? Can I at ... I was in lab on June 9. Welcome to graduate school! (I actually chose

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can't quite describe. i feel like i've been in LA forever, but i also feel like ... and it's like you're caught in a time loop. i don't know if i like that

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  excellent study environment. I don’t mind working in corporate corners of ... As they said in the old, more hardkore days of MIT, you all might ... humanities. I’ve taken classes from the history of the French Revolution, to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  On Greatness

  

  : "MIT is full of amazing people, I don't think I'm all that amazing, how can I fit in?" It's a question that's been on the forefront of my mind ... I get a ton* of emails from both applicants, newly accepted frosh

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  I. eulogies are beautiful but  can we talk about leaves before fall ... ; i look smaller in all the mirrors  that make you better    if ... ’ve been better. II. Growing up in a place where I did not have many

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022