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• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  phone again. My head seemed eerily quiet, but not empty. It was as if my ... thought to speak. I checked my phone. 2 minutes left. Not yet. I was ... idea how, I am not a bed scientist. My bed had been with me for 15 years

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016
• Discover / About MIT

  Inventions & innovations

  oxygen 2014—Designing a new paper strip diagnostic test to rapidly ... discoveries of basic research to products and infrastructure used by ordinary ...  associated with MIT, including everything from the World Wide Web to Technicolor
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  From the other side of grad school Trust me, I'm a doctor

  

  works for you, not just what works for your advisor. You learn how to ... exit from and how to take appropriate precautions. For my next step I ... the first time, and in academia no one teaches you how to do that; she

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  children are not sent to fetch water from wells) During the rainy season ... (contractors and workers) who were familiar with how to construct this system ... this project was to try and see how long the water source would last

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  in transit where do i go from here?

  

  and buries me underneath it. How I struggle to find oxygen in this ... wick has ran out? I'm not sure what to do. I ask my friends, "What can I ... feel human again? To not exist, but really live? To not drift, but to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 6, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  learning and reading. my calendar jumped from empty to full, and i feel full ...  thinking about how i would go to college in a place like this, and now i’m here ...  jaded—i don’t think that’s how i’ll describe myself right now. it’s not

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  AOs write the “What do you do for fun?” essay Ever wondered what admissions officers do when they're not reading applications?

  

  person. But this isn’t a blog about how to write a college essay. If you ... . Rereading the book has become a means to measure how I’ve grown as a person—similar to how I marked my height in pencil on my doorframe each year as a kid

  • by Jeremy W.
  • July 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  to speed (not literally, Mom - I promise) over to the nearest Au Bon ... stores all day trying to find something that looked nice and fit me (not an ... a nice healthy dose of green and life and oxygen to my room. It's 1

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  're walking through forty degrees of nitrogen, oxygen, and ice cubes, but that ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early September: Mid-October: Last week: ...I don't get it. (No, it does not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Clinging to the Coattails of Identity Who am I now?

  

  -Orientation Programs–totally not required to apply, but they're super fun ... Donald’s tells me to my face that I’m not actually from here. It’s hard to proudly ... ’m not proud of. To be honest, my solution in high school was just… not to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  ideas are as fluid as electrons in an E-­field, motivating me to learn how ... are my friends, mentors, and family who constantly encourage me to not ... isn't the piece of paper, but the lifelong ties to the people who I grew

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  on, so I'm not sure how reliable of a spot it is anymore. last year, it ... far Empty Classrooms Pros having a whole room to yourself is great ... since it's my last semester, I've been trying to spend more time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  actually better for the environmeny. Why, you ask? Well, you need oxygen to ... you're not depleting the worldwide supply of oxygen when you combust ... to incompetent peer reviewers. And that is how science works. To take a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  to handle their newfound "empty nest syndrome" was to get literal pet ... , they were too cute not to love. The chicks hopped around, made little ... would it take for the egg to hatch?" or "how do you know there's no baby

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Apply / Parents and educators

  How to write good letters of recommendation

  MIT, what leads you to believe MIT is a good match for this person? How ... refuse any assignment that she has been given. It is not adequate to say ... not really know Mike very well. He has come to me for routine matters
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  silly hats not on Halloween. Wear silly hats to your lab section. Get ... empty hallways looking for people to shoot. Mull over your life decisions ... 't stay in MIT forever. Talk to all your friends about how you can't stay in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Apply / First-year applicants

  QuestBridge

  . Please see the Student Financial Services website for details on how to ... directions on how to submit their letter. Portfolios: You are also eligible ... how to apply. Recommendations: If neither of your Quest
• Afford / Cost & affordability

  How much it costs

  income is less than $100,000 (with typical assets) are not expected to ... [intro]We are committed to helping our students pay for their MIT ... -free. Those who do borrow tend to have debt at graduation lower than the
• Apply / First-year applicants

  International applicants

  colleges, including MIT. This is a quick overview to help you understand how ... note='We recognize that this designation may not correspond to the lived ... how to apply to MIT. When to apply Most U.S. students apply to MIT at
• Apply / First-year applicants

  Essays, activities & academics

  get to know you. Remember that this is not a writing test. Be honest, be ... , or contribute to your community together. How did you manage a ... know. Activities Please use our form, not a resume, to list your