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• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  ’re going to have a bad time.” I thank her for the advice and ask if she has ... scope out the lounge for fellow passengers to chat with, but it is mostly ... heading back to the restaurant for the most buttery pizza crust I’ve ever

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Community Projects

  MINECRAFT MIT!!! our most remarkable feat of engineering since...mit

  

  monsters and you don't have to look for resources to stay alive. survival ... . Nevertheless, the Minecraft server is always available to help support students ... the walls are difficult to mimic in Minecraft; people had to account for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 10, 2020
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  high schools, highway miles, and an MIT story waiting in rural ohio ft. Max B. '24

  

  , known for its natural caves and hiking trails. Anyways! I’ve been glad to ... . For most of my life the prospect of going to a “fancy” out ... calculation to determine an applicant's “score”, and instead looks for people

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 30, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  The View is Worth It but you have to make the climb yourself to find out

  

  , because the stars would really have to be aligned for both of these paths to be available to me. I think it's because for the first time in my life ... broke me and my will to live for 45 long minutes. As I struggled upwards

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 7, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  hello from seattle This blog post hopefully not brought to you with an NDA.

  

  looked at my to-do list and saw the item that had been sitting on there for ... to me, compared to parks in Boston – and delicious sushi for lunch, I ... , and proceeded to sit and wait calmly for fifteen minutes) and made it

  • by Cam T. '13
  • August 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  to-blog list, because it is truly special. But for the purposes of this ... did anything for it to look good on an application (and tried instead to ... like to think we do it effortlessly (or as effortless as it can be for

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 A Questions Omnibus is a post where I answer your lingering questions left in the…

  

  For those of you new to the blog: a Questions Omnibus is a post where ... recommended and which appears to be important for admissions. Would I, as a ... honors courses either. You do seem to be among those who are qualified for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  Bryan's blog soon! Read on for responses to comments. Lots of responses ... _ forget it. Not to mention it really _is_ the basis for the beginnings of ... searching google for pictures of ideas for something to wear to and anything

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  . I guess it makes more sense for people not familiar to MIT. But ... sure it's up to scratch. I was invited to attend a meeting for the ABET ... of pre-approved tracks available to choose from.) Still other students

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  On Trauma, and MIT I’m imagining my high school self, and what I would tell her before coming to…

  

  counseling to all MIT undergraduate students, available for virtual visits and ... .)) This has been one of the harder admissions posts for me to make, but one that I’ve been thinking about writing for a while. I listened to Silvana

  • by ana~
  • May 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  For Those About to Dew (Also eligible for salutations: those currently rocking, those about to rock)

  

  , studying, and socializing, you're forced to choose two. Well, they're almost right... Some weeks you only get to choose one. It's a lifestyle not for ... : For the sake of not scaring my parents too much, let's pretend that

  • by Cam T. '13
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  to get emails saying I helped your admissions process. Thanks again for ... 'm not dead yet :) It's definitely possible for a vegan to survive! It ... -Conner every suite has one. The only issue is finding time to cook for yourself

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  limited understanding of it, so I'll have to ask some Course 6-ers for help ... to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I'll explain why later) in a blog post. Some categories to think about

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  , exactly, is a phoneme? There's substance to this question. For example, when ... pairs to play with. For example, [annotation note="All song links go to ... to one's feelings. Even if I act boyishly My heart still beats for you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  we go! Right now I'm just waiting for it to start, people are all ... slides, etc) online for people to get a similar educational experience as ... to find a cure for cancer. MIT's motto is "Mens et Manus," Mind and

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  favorite teacher “thanks” for being such a great instructor. Take a friend to ... I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now. This year, I travelled to sunny Southern California. I visited high

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  was hard for me, because I like to shower after I run every day. Also ... . You've got to advocate for yourself, and, if you're like me and prefer ... overtime. It's helpful to set out your expectations for yourself every day

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  You Prep, I Prep, We All Prep How to prepare--or at least, how I did.

  

  ’ve been thrown into a pit of tigers to fend for myself with a toothpick ... to gal for SAT tests, they are my forte in the world of arbitrary ... month prior to the test if you really want to prepare well for a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  , who I also had for [annotation note="Intro to Public Policy"]17 ... ’ll probably stick with applications for the project, and just try to pick up ... this as another win for my ~research semester~. UROP I’ve wanted to blog

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art things #1 illustration, graphic design, ceramics, and photography

  

  ! There are a ton of resources on campus for making and enjoying artwork ... sad to me now that for the past year, I’ve been making very slow ... again in order for the glaze to melt and solidify into glass. I just got

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • December 1, 2023