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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  's couched underneath a few other stores in the area, it's hard to find, but ... procedure that I internalized after waiting in line behind 5 or 6 students ... coolness - not all of which I completely understand - to render images in

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Student holiday! lots going on!

  

  years, we get two student holidays in the fall, in accordance to Rules and ... additional vacation periods: — A Friday in September on or after the 15th (except when Labor Day is September 6th or 7th) to be determined annually by

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  career decision, or any one email. Try to be present in your current life ... – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or ... pressures to comMIT. It may not feel like it if you get deferred or rejected

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• 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

  My Major, Course 6-9 computation and cognition

  

  I get a lot of questions about it's like to major in "Computation and ... university's general approach to accommodating students who were undecided or ... students to switch into any major or double major across any fields. I was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  burning of the flame itself that spoke to Shadow in the dark place under the ... untamed, moving too quickly. Gods struggle to survive in such conditions ... 's progressed to the point where people send in applications, and dozens of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  makes MIT...well, MIT. In this entry, I wanted to not only tell you a ... crazy, fun, and/or ridiculous things I've been up to this past week. To ... destroyed in a game of Stratego. (I should take this opportunity to note that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  , MIT gives you a sink-or-swim style remedial course on study skills. In actuality, not everyone has to study intensely through high school in order to ... year will likely be in a course you might not like or care much about

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  , or 20, or maybe 10.  And the best way to know if you're interested in a ... OCW or edX or hacking - and I really liked that. In the op-ed "A love ... in terms of credits (one credit roughly corresponds to one hour per

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013