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• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  directly corresponds to a nearly 1:1 ratio in the admitted pool. I'll admit ... numbers is a little odd [27% acceptance rate females, 12% males], and I find ... thing to note might be the trend in female applicants over the years

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  a lot. My truths are bound to change. But in the end, understanding ... about. To fix. To find inspiration in. Identity is Worth Fighting For ... butter to any meal qualifies it as a meal of substance. Sure, it might not

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  memory. Sorry it's been a while since I've had anything substantial to say ... two weeks hooked up to a machine with my tongue hanging out of my mouth ... decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  : learn how to cook For someone living in a [annotation note ... manage to consume in a single sitting"]Haribo gummy bears,[/annotation] and ... next time I need to get from a meeting in the Welcome Center to Simmons

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Senior Survey (Says?) (For the record, I think that being on Family Feud would be totally awesome)

  

  where I'm racing to finish up an incomplete in a class from last term by ... much time is left on my conversion to a movie in Final Cut Pro. (Two ... more of a certainty each day. Sometimes I want to find the living

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First UROP Initiating a Life of Research

  

  but support my dream to always stay in academia. I know doing a UROP as ... was easy to pick MIT. I knew I wanted to attend a school that would not ... will stay in academia and become a professor someday, so I suppose I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  When it Rains It Pours

  

  like: STRESSFUL! Just like in high school, a favorite strategy of ... for Hasbro so I need to find time for that. Oh, and did I mention that ... worked it out such that I'll get a new hard drive mailed to me, completely

  • by Snively '11
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  So, What Exactly Happens? y'know, over IAP?

  

  was able to write autobiographically in a completely different ways, and ... was back on a plane to Massachusetts for the beginning of IAP. People ... could try (and likely be unsuccessful in) compiling a list of activities

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  have to live in a dorm for a year, you might as well find one that you ... assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waiting Game hit submit time to quit

  

  define myself in a world where it grows increasingly harder to figure ... 's kind of assuring to think of it like this. It's a yes or a no. And I ... 're relatively simple to find."]All my hard work,[/annotation] from early

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 1, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Culture, not the bacterial kind Some questions you should be asking about all the schools to which you're applying.

  

  need to figure out in order to decide on a program, therefore, is which ... at UCLA's interview weekend, I was lucky to have a faculty member tell ... information I can ask students and faculty in the graduate programs to which I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 4, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  ), many students will be in a frenzy trying to find summer internships, and ... the initiative to make a change in the community. The MIT Public ... -identity in leadership roles. It’s a great way to mentor and impact students in

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  a semester i’m excited for to the tune of "a girl worth fighting for"

  

  in edtech, so I think that this will be a cool thing to work on. This ... that's a skill that I'd like to develop this semester, both in classes ... .013 lecture, I'm honestly kind of excited to be back in a biology class. I

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 7, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be news ... time, in between doing homework and writing papers and trying to stay

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  here writing this entry. Summers are a great time to focus your energies ... . The summer before I applied to college, though, I did a residential ... immersed myself in a truly diverse environment. It was a truly life

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Majors

  

  exploration at MIT and if MIT has its way to help people find interests and in ... their schedule to take a couple introductory/exploratory classes in the ... a major? There are many ways MIT will help to expose you to your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot ... , has had a UROP in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences department since ... ;Introduction to Research Topics in Neuroscience.” Emilienne says that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts ... , another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in ... , I'll also be doing a little research in MIT's Early Childhood

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Charmed, I’m Sure What I did my 2nd IAP

  

  't write much here. On Friday, I went to Charm School. I had a hard time finding someone to go with, since people tend to get offended when you ... that two people sat on every step in the aisles. Props to Kevin, whose

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  “What Should I Bring To College?” (partly) answered my everyday carry

  

  working to optimize what I carry, so this is a work-in-progress and (2) that ... being said, in some contexts a tablet can be a useful supplement to a ... once in a while I get questions about what you should pack before heading

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 23, 2013