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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For ... focus of attempting to gain admission to a specific institution or type of ... admitted to the class. Even though they are certainly right, I am quick to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  for those who were just curious as to what a decent college application ... , that you’re applying to M.I.T. and yet you can’t fill out a form…” I don ... a good day. Most of their parents are middle to upper class, working

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  of him. This semester, I was fortunate enough to take a class at MIT ... ="attachment_86574" align="aligncenter" width="768"] (The cat to the right is a random ... measure material properties down to the nanometer – that’s a billionth of a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  to give advice and out of frustration with prefrosh who posted a bunch ... was a middle-school cross country and road runner, I used to get ... were they talking to me instead of the girls who were a little faster and

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Future Is Grim check it out

  

  what it's like to be a student here (he got his PhD in Mathematics here ... . I'd be tempted to say I'm a bit biased, as he was my 6.01 professor ... as a project was due to be turned in that day, as well as the lab work

  • by Chris M. '12
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis ... , and I built a bookshelf with Cory to hold our disassembled Legos. After ... heart, even if it wasn't a good idea, and it's hard to transition to the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  As a recent college admit, you’re about to make a lot of big ... classes, and thanks to AP credits I could graduate in two and a half years ... and a better scientist. It gives you opportunities to explore and

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  a nice way to get outside, get some exercise, and get to places, but I ... rusty to boot, I quickly fell in love with biking as a means of ... commuting bike. It set me back a few hundred dollars, but I like to think of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Random Random Projects/Moving Out of Random Randomly zigzagging about until I find myself in the future, somehow no longer in Random.

  

  :)   Rose R. ‘17 Mural-ish thing :) In order to brighten up my room a bit, I'm creating a shattered glass looking thing on all of my walls (1 down, 3 to go ... it makes perfect sense to build a laser into a lip balm tube. It has a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • June 13, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  like before, I'm gonna continue to give y'all a glimpse of whatever just ... following 1 month January term as a way to get your calc requirement out of ... .111 (Chemistry) and 14.01 (Intro to Microeconomics) Thursday: 18.02A (Calc II

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  ) – was not the fear of being unable to succeed without MIT, but rather a ... to unique resources and unique opportunities. A close friend of mine ... is the only path to success, which is a topic for another post.) I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  who's a better writer, and I just took the opportunity to razz him about ... Fair. The fair is held every year at MIT, and Adam's award (a trip to a ... According to my hit counter as well as by raw comment count, my entry

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  which you are used to seeing in print. (ii) Never use a long word where a short one will do. (iii) If it is possible to cut a word out ... once upon a time, I wrote a blog comparing the college essay to froyo

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Events

  This Blog Post is a Bad Idea Not blogging for several months... that was also a Bad Idea.

  

  I knew there was going to be a problem when I was one of only two girls sitting at the table. Sarah R., '14, and I sat next to each other in ... first-floor hallway, to make a linear, multicolored, psychedelic display

  • by Kate R. '14
  • January 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science Out Loud! On teaching/making/producing educational videos and why it's so much fun

  

  I think I've accidentally begun a quest to be involved with ALL THE ... course to becoming a Educational Media/Multimedia Fellow for the MIT+K12 Videos Program. That last one might sound a little familiar to the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 1, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  back to Macgregor from the library? MITPD was always there to offer me a ... Officer Sean, wrote a note yesterday on Facebook that moved me to tears. It ... to a video of students who celebrated the capture in the streets of

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  What I wish I’d known, and what I’m glad I knew Before coming to MIT.

  

  "make sure I had a solid foundation" before moving on. It's obvious to me ... turned out to be a decision to not take two additional classes. I wish I ... to understand that it takes physical presence to build a home away from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  to take a math assessment. This essentially assess your skills and ... on 18.01 before getting to 18.02."]18.01a/18.02a[/annotation], and ... in IAP]. I got recommended 18.01 and 8.01L, but that had to be a

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I put on my robe and graduation hat It's sortof hard to believe it's time for this already.

  

  (through the MEng/VI-A programs). Since I am going to around for another ... was finished I realized that it was also a nice nod to Course 6. Tiffany ... ! After the ceremony, I met up with my family and we went to a couple of

  • by Kim D. '09
  • June 7, 2009
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  to pack my whole life there into 4 suitcases, attend a May ball and say ... geeky, but it’s truly a fantastic feeling to understand the biological ... most beautiful places to visit in England for a reason! The charming town

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012