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• Blog / About Decisions

  Spring Break post

  

  for undergrad. You'll have the chance to succeed wherever you end up. It ... Hi, readers. Congrats to those of you who got in. I remember when I ... the end in itself. Take advantage of what MIT has to offer you, because

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 29, 2007
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  forwarded to us for review, and we will contact you about filling out our ... science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest ... If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Lost in other people’s stories My brand of escapism

  

  experiences, though. It means you get to be that person for a little bit. You ... . You get to be that person with a genius idea for every predicament. You ... tried to stop listening to audiobooks for periods of time. A cleanse, you

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 28, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  I am treating myself to this class as a present for my recent 21st birthday! FormLabs I'M GOING TO BE WORKING FOR A REALLY COOL 3D PRINTING ... have to keep reading these blogs and looking out for my blog post about

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Nobel Connection 2 MIT alums have won Nobel prizes this week!

  

  for Cancer Research also just so happens to be home to Phillip Sharp ... prize in Physics for using cosmic radiation data to support the Big Bang ... Pederson won the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1987 for figuring out how to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... able to get a copy of the book. For entertainment, the party had a "Make ... guy came through and passed out our numbers to wait in line for tickets

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Admissions Released Next Wednesday, 12/21

  

  I wanted to post a quick update for our transfer applicants. We will be releasing decisions for transfer students next Wednesday, 12/21. Emily Sheldon, who coordinates transfer admissions for our office, will be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends ... to go to or from MIT...so I would, almost inevitably, forget one vital ... friend Waseem '07 introduced me to this little site he made, which has

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  . Here I am, preparing to do an info session for the people on the beach: I even made my wife do some recruiting: To make it seem as though ... utterly ridiculous entries for you all to enjoy: The LiveJournal Survey The

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... easy for me to recognize why I tend to overthink a lot - and it’s because ... and unpredictable, there are always opportunities for us to find ways to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting in Connecticut Tales of my trip to a figure skating competition

  

  in time and take an Uber to the rink for my 20-minute on-ice warmup at ... Senior level, and hoping to qualify for Nationals as well. As it turns out ... hotel, and we head to the rink. It’s again time for my 20-minute on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 29, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  but her emails how to assert?

  

  , waiting for me to unpack it again in August. One of the many things Stress ... some reflection, I've come up with three reasons why it is hard for me to ... mankind should strive for. But I want to be a woman whose opinions and

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 5, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  well – see for yourself: Now, as awesome as that was (he used to read ... . When they say “we look for a good fit,” they really mean “we try to ... learning/working hard starts to suck. And remember that for most of us lucky

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  leadership to high schoolers). Like CodeIt, students who serve as mentors for ... for two half-semester courses, 6.0001 (Introduction to Computer Science ... Standing Exam to receive credit for 6.0001 and then actually took 6.0002 in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  free to skip it. For everything that you do respond to, we really prefer ... information for us to assess preparation, match, and the specific ways that ... You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  internships for next summer, and to be honest, I would love to do something cool ... experience at a company that claimed to use AI for drug discovery, but seemed ... a lot of tasks that are currently tedious and unpleasant for humans to

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  this, I failed to account for the fact that I am now in the most ... bad to just slow down for a while, to focus more on taking in the world ... be able to access so much reality. For two weeks in a row now, I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i feel completely fine and maybe that's okay

  

  sparing a thought for all the woes which continue to sit in the back of my ... August, meaning that, in just two short weeks, I will be back to campus for ... for myself was that I had to "choose to say yes to things I would

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 12, 2022