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• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  visualization, or to watch a significant person in the field talk about it) 5) Get ... your breaking point, and learn how to make time for yourself in order to ... classroom or lab setting.   Isaac G. '17 Don't be afraid to put more on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  This was originally going to be a post about how now that I’m in ... this, I failed to account for the fact that I am now in the most ... just sit and stare at a river somewhere or peoplewatch in a park. I want

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Early Action deadline is almost here The only thing scarier than October 31st is Nov 1st (just kidding, no need to…

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... ApplyWithUs but sent to MIT through Naviance, fax or mail will not appear ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 31, 2014
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  stood in line for three hours to taste the fabled Ramen Burger. Best 8 ... icebreakers... That may or may not have ended in some violent pool ... all ages and disciplines -- they just expect you to come in with a

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  EC in an e-mail or phone conversation if they expect you to bring anything, or to dress in a particular way. My bet is the answer is "no" on ... high school early, or 2) took a gap year in order to apply again to not

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  of the following). Option A: In a paragraph or two, describe to us a ... . Tell us what activities hope to become involved with at MIT, or (for ... . Short Answer Essays Short answer #1 - In a paragraph or two, describe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  . In early January, I realized that even though I could return to and ... or ask too many people (especially strangers) to read through your ... NPR invited you to either write an essay about what you believe or

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  or her, please write to [email protected] and tell us; we will assign you to another EC who is available. Some of you may live in areas where ... fall or winter, you can interview with an alum in the Boston

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  citizens or no, since I never did research in high school. Also to be honest ... pharmaceutical company in Boston (a lot of people take a year or two off between ... or indirectly, encourage those around us to work harder and smarter and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  , seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... have to start drinking it in mushy cauliflower smoothies. On the other ... , adapted to, put neatly in its new spot in the revised status quo. Bad change

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  opportunity to cross-register at Harvard (or Wellesley, or MassArt, or the ... something herbal or chemical—spicy and clean. Men in work clothes walk back and forth in the woodshop. Arabic music is playing. I have come to an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  fluorescent glare in the school library, to eloquently preach about how the ... “no brainer’ to me that if he could get accepted in this program, then ... of Godel Escher Bach in my bookcase at home, right next to Marvin

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  deepfake specifically making the rounds in 2020. Given the opportunity to ... raise no shame."]to answering lots of questions,[/annotation] even in a ... ? Is there a way to view vector and matrix values at each point in a deep

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  last barrier between me and knowing whether or not I might be going to ... important things in life is to be at peace with where you are and what you ... 't qualified for MIT, or that your myriad achievements in high school weren

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  : the best experts in the world in their respective fields come to our ... and up-to-date yet intro-level overviews of topics in the field of ... get to critique scientific papers right in front of the authors! Every

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  person In other words, MIT wants to see from your application that you ... . Revision 1, as you write or immediately after. If it comes naturally, try to ... . Anything in the gap between the subject and the verb is less likely to have

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  school." To me at that point, it was like this castle in the sky. I didn ... or anything of the sort, but I did know that sometime in the spring, I ... college applications and thought to myself that I wasn't going to get in

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  .0. He would be a sure thing to land a lucrative job in business or science ... (!). He plans to play in Europe next year (maybe with Kobe Bryant?).   ... . Bartolotta is a double major in physics and management sciences and expects to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT announces new College of Computing coordinating the teaching, research, and ethics of AI across all programs of study

  

  consequences our society is not yet equipped to control or withstand. In ... , we are building on MIT’s established leadership in these fields to ... , research and innovation, and to prepare our students to lead in every domain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  appropriate if you're introducing yourself to a veterinarian or fellow dog lover ... you are going to be the "driver" or the "passenger." 9. Make a graceful ... held in a reception area. We had the opportunity to put our new knowledge

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006