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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  room in Baker ready to begin my college experience. My mom always tried ... to look back in my journals and see the days when all I wanted to do ... mental leap was a much longer one to make. Inherent in the word, research

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  This is a long one. Apologies in advance! First, a quick response to this... I'd just like to remind folks that blogging is not in my job ... together in the wake of that experience - cliques ceased to exist, people

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello world!

  

  - can anyone name the book and/or the author? A little bit about me, in ... something more official like minors, or may remain dabblings) in 7 (Biology ... 'd like to go to grad school, but right now I'm not sure in exactly what

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  it is okay to not know a note for hs seniors (and others, too <3)

  

  "how do i want to change as a person in college" or "what are my goals of ... an “uncommon piece of advice that I had heard or given”. And in that ... to get into MIT”; I could tell you the things that I did in high school

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

   dreams? Passions? Fears? Oddities? Everyday, I try to meet someone new or find out ... with which I'm involved center on politics in one way or another. I ... Humanitarian Blog. I wanted mitadmissions.org to have an area devoted to the many

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  science. Mine was the type of school in which women were encouraged to take ... surprised to see Elizabeth named GEL ‘11 class leader for next semester! In ... answer, unfortunately, in 2010. While in a cab going to the airport from

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Boys like cars and money $1 billion is not enough for thefacebook, but $9 an hour is good enough for…

  

  't usually work on weekday afternoons: packages come in! And then you have to ... knock on the glass--you don't have to open the door for them in this case ... 're here to visit, and log their name in the visitor guide. I have to admit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  staff (who works in admissions, maybe, or in the Office of Undergraduate ... student perspective on things like class choices, deciding whether or not to ... is similar to the Associate Advising program, in the sense that it's a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  ’ve seen enough smart people dedicate their lives to (in my opinion ... engineer or artist or mentor or parent. these are all appealing in different ... ’t think your ambition needs to be particularly challenging or impressive

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  't really know what I'm supposed to be doing at points in time or where I ... life. And she cut me off in the middle to say "Cam, those are things ... people drunk or high off their asses, dressed up in these elaborate

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if I don’t have a school counselor?

  required for entrance to universities in your country. We understand that ... admitted students. You may fax materials to 617.687.9184 or mail to ... 's only for those who have a school counselor. A principal, headmaster, or
• Blog / How to Human

  how to become a morning person a matter of willpower

  

  me whether I was a morning person or a night owl in high school, I ... to process STEM-related content in the mornings than at night. Doing ... shower. Wait for it to warm up. Get in the shower. Shower. Get out

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  ’s perhaps my favorite aspect of the Institute—the chance to grow in a tight ... -being. But this is something that you learn to deal with in any dorm, and also ... stuff, impostor syndrome is fairly likely to cross your mind in East

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  big, in fact, that the following email was sent out to the MIT community from Chancellor Clay last week: Dear MIT Community, In response to ... allowing employees to use their lunch breaks to watch the inaugural swearing-in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  , and how hard I worked to get an A in it, coming in every lunch to work ... environments. To be clear, this isn't a specific pairing or set of narratives we ... common app so they got the notification. She also got to me really far in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  value). My team's plan is to use the money to promote FIRST Robotics in ... capitalization rules can be manipulated in order to force acronyms to spell words ... Associate Advising meeting, hopped in a cab to Logan Airport, stood in line at

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All I Ever Will Be? on friendships

  

  person I met in my freshman year to the person that sits with me now ... !" I excitedly exclaimed to no one in particular. "They don't make gay ... 't have feelings for them or that this is not going to go anywhere, but I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 20, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  hard to do safely in the dark), or hiking 20 minutes to a pitted gravel road, and then driving or walking (also slow and hard to do safely in the ... in Boston and driving it to our venue."][/annotation] I knew I was

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An OME Welcome to the Institute I took Tsegball, and I have no regrets.

  

  into Maseeh Hall, where I awkwardly approached the wrong desk to check-in ... my mom in the beginning saying, “well y’know, I mean, I kinda talked to ... my friends and I played, or trips to Boston Burger Company I went on

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  to get in and got in or had all the passion in the world for MIT and ... are right – or wrong. The early setback is really an extra impetus to ... definition of the word, you failed to get in MIT – but you can never believe in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009