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• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  wouldn't carry out the rest of my career in the same manner. I want to work ... 's been a decade, and only brief snippets of that MIT still remain in my ... of colleges, had I decided to attend those instead. Here's a secret

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  mess in the beginning of the school year and, in hindsight, I should have gone to CAPD in the beginning of the year. At this point in time, I wasn ... . Essentially, I was throwing my resume in the faces of big-named employer who

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  , somehow, I spent all of Tuesday night trying to write a chemistry lab report ... of these names may be familiar to you. I was only able to go to two of ... delivering health care in developing countries. He spends much of his time in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  of Conner 2 sitting in the floor lounge, eating Hsin Hsin (a great ... ). While most students are on Reuse, I suspect that most of the actual ... thin air, is that 75% of Reuse fodder probably is in East Campus right

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  Sweden to Abisko. Should be a lot of fun, and I promise to post pictures ... But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  was stationed outside of the prison, patrolling the perimeter. I was in ... paintballs. I hadn't played paintball since I was in high school almost a ... , I knew we were in for a bumpy ride. The weather conditions were far

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  , but in the past I have acquired both a pair of jeans and a Snuggie ... , you are equipped to understand the flurry of e-mails I have received ... 's a loaf of cinnamon bread in the frigo de boissons) - Il y a des

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  No Child Gets Ahead?

  

  some of the nation's most successful magnet schools -- but I am glad that ... There was an article in the New York Times yesterday about a topic that is very interesting to me (and you, I suspect): gifted education

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  helping with Macgregor rush and in-house rush for my entry. Somehow I got everything done, and we got a great group of freshmen in the entry, as well as a big group of new cheer recruits, but I am just thankful that today

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  of medical school and absolutely loved it. In the past, I’ve had a lot ... In my last entry, way back in June 2013, I painstakingly bid good ... : “Farewell, MIT blogosphere”). But I’m back!! Just in time to join other

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  can’t believe I graduated from MIT 10 years ago! Each time I am lucky ... , and New Haven, CT. I’m currently working on a joint MBA/PhD in ... and the students I meet are inspiring in so many different ways

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  New Decade, New Me? some reflections, some resolutions, some hopes,

  

  did it. My grades aren't in yet, but I think I did it. At the start of ... ! Nisha wrote in her end-of-year post: I think that I’ve commandeered a boat from…somewhere…and paddled it in the general direction of forwards. I

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... ) -- I hope that you have already asked your teachers if they can write a ... -- teachers in this country are seriously overworked and underpaid; I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony is that I read it immediately following our pre-selection meeting, in ... March 2004 in the Boston Globe. After you read it you'll know why I love

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  in the upstairs restroom.” Suddenly, I heard a storm of footsteps up ... stop for lunch, and lots of practice in Spanish conversation, I soon ... most of my program members in Barcelona, I find myself in need of my own

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last few days... ------------------------------------- How will I know if ... be released? I don't know the exact date yet. Sometime in mid-March. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  anyway. Four. This week I was unable to pay attention in any of my classes ... down. In the past few days I have spent most of my afternoons just lying ... next few days I used my laptop for my morning alarm instead of my phone

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  applications and selecting the class in committee. This time next week I'll be ... .mit.edu. ------------------------------ Hang in there - only a few more days of waiting! ... Hi folks, Jess sent me an email a few days ago making fun of me for

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  of people and feel slightly less unnerved, but can't properly see the ... you checked your iPod, and you can't find your boarding pass. Ordinarily ... the stages of mitosis when all you can remember is 8th grade geometry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006