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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  This IAP I took Italian I, and it was basically awesome. You might be wondering about MIT's language department, considering that....it ... reassure you that MIT does have humanities classes, and a lot of them are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my test scores?

  MIT uses a holistic admissions process, so test scores are just one factor among many for evaluating your preparedness for MIT. Test scores are evaluated alongside other components of the…
• Blog / IAP

  I walked on water* IAP? no...you're AP.

  

  . The really great thing about MITOC is how open and accessible it is ... .  It's a week-long "boot camp" during IAP where you do a lot of workshops ... you appreciate it. True for food, true for MIT. Because as good as it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Mirrors Because reflection is not just that image you see of yourself in the morning, or…

  

  of grief in the long run from repeating the same mistakes. It might not ... ’re on to something important?” Yes, yes it does. I am scared for the next ... like GEL, you’ll do reflections a lot, and it might take a while to

  • by Stanley G.
  • January 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  It's time for more questions and answers! sailmaker asked, "How many ... , how long do they have to notify you that they will be attending?" I don ... . Check it out! Ann also wrote, "Matt, you said that MIT does pay for some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  name like: "Dr. Anna Ho" or "Anna Ho, Ph.D." Pretty sweet. How long do ... about going for a run, because you can think of it as a long ... , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  it into its original form. And the idea of that...terrified me. How did ... room looks like a mess, but in reality it is my organized mess. I know exactly where I've put things even if it's messy and out in the open and not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [joint post] unsubscribe a post about fortune cookies

  

  called the fortune cookie place to ask how long it would take to make all ... post.)"]here we go again.[/annotation] CJ: Why does it have to be "oh ... , wondering how it was going. Alas. CJ: Jason and I opened the box. And wow

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 7, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  can we base our stories on real-life experiences, and how does this ... in South Dakota. It is interesting to see how similar some of our ... makes sense.[/caption] —and we follow it all the way down. It is a long

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  chris and tiramisu for a hall birthday. it's the first day of the long ... 'm in a whole other world. it's just that the labs take a really long time ... their approach to teaching -- because it does feel like i'm actually

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  wanted to know was, how does it make me feel? I think I'll have to do ... what I expected, but it's so hard to tell how much of that is due to this ... -- it's a pupal stage. This is probably the weirdest summer I've ever

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Blog Projects

  How I Write My Data Analysis Blogs just in case you were wondering

  

  asking myself the following: What story do I want to tell? How does ... does it mean for the data to not be ready to analyze? Maybe there's a lot ... extracting the relevant subset of the data, organizing it, and changing how it

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

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  Summer guest post series*   Have you ever considered how everyday objects like sneakers and computer monitors are manufactured? As it turns out, it’s a pretty involved process that involves passing components

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Does the transcript submitted on my QuestBridge application count as official?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  long enough to make lasting connections/it wouldn't be too cold to go ... ’s doing it just for college admissions, who’s for real, and does it even ... month in response to my choice of dorm has been astounding: “What does

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Weekend Trip to Salem, MA romance, adventure, and no witchcraft

  

  person’s life while at MIT. MIT does have long weekends, and fun people. It’s ... commuter train, we braced for the remaining two long-weekend days. It was ... ’s go on a trip. To Salem,” I asked my partner a week ahead of a long

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 7, 2016
• Blog / Summer

  “How was your day?” asked and answered

  

  - khaki shorts and a lion-face-print top, since it’s a warm spring day and I’m in high spirits. It's my first post-finals day- my semester officially ... her all the best and I really do mean it. She was taking some tough

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 2, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Engineering Digital Communities reflecting on the start of the zoomester and the months prior

  

  physically. But, I got to say, it does feel awfully nice to be a part of a ... exhilarating and utterly terrifying days I’ve had in a long time. Especially ... in a new milestone for me. It was the first day of[annotation note

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  very least, it will make you question how the world around you works. In ... is and how fast it's moving immediately after AND immediately before. How does a theory that says we can't say anything about where a particle

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  how MIT can play a further role in your story. For others, it will be an ... about your lives and how your individual stories have brought you to this ... measurement of your worth. A decision does not validate or invalidate your life

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018