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• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  compassion as I can. You share so much of yourselves with us in the application ... extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any ... my makeshift home office can be found. Hello routine, my old friend I

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  my alarm goes off at 8am, and i turn it off in probably enough ... should really get up, so i[annotation note="in room 251, we all have Next ... in light [annotation note="i was fortunate to acquire both a waterproof

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  website. My name is Laura and I am a member of the MIT Class of '09, which ... I can't even begin to explain it. When I do get to MIT, I'm planning ... can jump in a pool whenever it gets too hot. Plus it's a pretty cool

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she ... then. I knew I wanted to get into a lab at some point, but I wasn't in a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?

  predict changes in the global environment. Additionally, a variety of
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Eating Disorder Awareness Week – The Secret I Kept by julia p. '24

  

  and I am a physics major in the class of 2024. This week is eating ... For as long as I can remember, the world has been a scary, anxiety ... down. In hindsight, I know that this was just anxiety about something

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 23, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  classes are hard but i’m sure you knew that already an academic case of murphy's law

  

  so cool. I sat in a lecture and it was! But dude. You can just drop a class. I would, in a heartbeat, tell any underclassmen friendo that you ... else, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, the class itself was a

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Person Who Inspired Me to Start this Blog The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an incredible beacon of hope and defender…

  

  these types of experiences. But she didn’t. In retrospect, I feel ... . Where I saw so many other people falter in their efforts, she persisted ... woman can emerge into her own The girls of Sri Lanka have in Alia an

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 9, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  A day at Seaborg Technologies interning at a nuclear startup in Denmark

  

  I can be the young intern who is distinctly swimming in a bra and ... because I didn’t know where to buy cake. I also had an end ... close early in Denmark, and I hadn’t been able to find anywhere with cake

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  tie my shoes in the morning. There is no EXCUSE!" I have no excuse. It ... of a can.. or some combination of the three. So I'll start from the ... the best on MITBlogs, but they can't all be winners. I just found that

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  opportunity, and shaping an environment in which all people can do their best ... , you can download the plan, or read the recommendations on the website ... A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  're interested, I've also talked a bit in the past about what the sorority recruitment and experience is like, which you can read here. Because a lot of us spend so much time hanging out at our respective sorority houses, I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  't get in, because I'm not a genius. 5. Can I have some life advice? 6 ... MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  your application in any way.  What if I can’t get my financial aid ... materials, so why don't I see them in my portal yet? Due to tremendous volume ... decision.     What if I can’t submit my transcripts and recommendations

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  to travel with an MIT airplane-scientist-in-training... I'm kind of ... burritos (I'm pretty sure they must have crack in them... so good. So ... assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘How to College’ Masterpost A comprehensive guide for frosh, from all corners of the interwebz.

  

  , etc. I feel that it’s important to have knowledge on how to be safe in ... ; Academics   How to Study (well, how I study...) Putting the Organs in ... can’t wait to arrive! Remember to be careful around the muggles when

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  will.i.am: An entry by Prof. Patrick Henry Winston The Black Eyed Peas' frontman hangs out at MIT.

  

  at MIT whenever he is in town. This time I took him to see robots in ... besides, I hadn’t been to a good concert since the Rolling Stones were in ... I got an email the other day from Professor Patrick Henry Winston ’65

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  questions like, "Do I want to be in community with lots of other high achieving students or do I want to be in an environment where more students are still in the process of actualizing their potential?" I know that

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  When I was in Madrid, I often spent my afternoons wandering around in ... one. Just a glimpse of what I did in high school: Summer '04 - Canada ... around your waist). Right after this summer, I took the American Red Cross

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  When I graduated in 2018, I was talking to my partner about how lost ... quest with friends in Baldur’s Gate 3 fill my heart gauge with energy. I ... sophomore. I’m crashing in Tokyo with a friend I made through inline skating

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025