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• Blog / Admissions

  Tales from the application process Results from the 'mini-contest.'

  

  me with open arms for a hug. He began to sob, telling me how he had ... known for more than four years used a rope to end his life, and I ... office for 5 minutes waiting for my electricity to come back on, but it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  And it’s all beginning…

  

  intending to stay there. What value is there for me in looking at different ... views for granted. I had to learn about both sides, understand the ... majority of MIT students are smart enough not to fall for the "politics" part

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  in my head for the last few days. I wonder why. Last night I did some things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... me. First, I went to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  are many other ambitions - for instance, to be the best possible ... be helpful for me to do some brainstorming in public proposal: i want ... is: you should be smarter. You really should get around to reading all

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Done (this summer) or Why I Haven't Blogged in a Month

  

  Working for Veterans Affairs It’s 7am on a Tuesday, and I need to get ... “punky,” and I felt welcomed. I never expected to work for the U.S. military. The VA didn’t expect me to work for them either. One of my mentor

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  poem snippets searching for hope amidst darkness

  

  ="113867" /] the days walk by and i wait and i wait, i wait and i wait for you to ... something silly, something weightless, i want my laugh to echo and ... consolation, so here are some poems that i like to go back to every now and then

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  [/annotation] , and got to the office on the fourth floor of building 4 for the ... . But I knew that this was literally too much for me to take. I packed up ... surrender … And I will make room for You To do whatever You want to To do

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  today is my birthday & i still don’t know who to become

  

  . I’m considering staying for a master’s degree. To decide is to walk ... abstract algebra; to choose a different dorm; to ask for academic help. But ... 2021 is two-thirds over. To celebrate the newly abandoned month, I play

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 6, 2021
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at the Media Lab

  

  elsewhere, and who write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for ... message. I want to share my story with you and thank you for all the amazing ... inspiration for prospective students whose path to/through MIT may take some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 24, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  everything i know about friendship, i learned from the wellesley-mit toons twenty two notes to myself

  

  applies to watching a terrible movie for my film class. tell my friends ... friends for advice. they are smart people and often know what to do ... schedule regular times to see my friends, weekly or biweekly. put it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  derp-project for anyone who still would like to see. Failed blog post ... candy) happened yesterday afternoon, people flocked to Save TFP’s Spooky ... (wonderfully blogged last year by Michael) is tonight. ‘Tis the season for

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  for a while. I bike year-round, but today was the first time since fall that I went on a bike ride for fun, instead of just to get to class ... you know that the original Uncle Sam was born near Boston?) I headed to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  going to be challenging for me, because we're already dealing with things ... , so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately related to what I'm writing about. That particular one comes from Gilbert K

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor accessibility Mentor, n. A trusted counselor or guide. Or perhaps a really famous biologist who lets…

  

  People often seem to think that going to an elite school ... undergrads are destined to get short shrift. Apparently undergrads are less fun ... as the grad students in my lab for probably a tenth of the salary

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving My deep thoughts on surviving and thriving at MIT, straight from three years ago.

  

  : they're not just for kindergarteners! I never used to take short naps ... a week, too. Wuss. 16. Being afraid to ask for help is a very major ... school backgrounds, and freshman year was pretty hard for me. So the fact

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  (2007). Since then, that lawn area got demolished to make way for the new ... THE UES (or the Upper East Side, for you unenlightened folks ... "gerrymandering" means*. (okay, I also wanted to live in the most Democratic

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  made some art about the iberian peninsula featuring a long winded unedited rundown of the month of january +/- a week

  

  to be ready to depart and sometimes while waiting for my parents to be ... Madrid airport (beautiful delicious architecture) trying to figure out what to do, and eventually we got to our hotel. It was Christmas Eve, and we

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • February 22, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  just do it don’t say you’re gonna do it!

  

  in 2.008, a meche class known for its final project: to manufacture 50 ... for, uh, weeks. I eventually got one in, but by then I was too hosed to ... useful for cutting shapes into metal. In this case, we’re talking about

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  , but for the first time, I truly was scared I was going to royally mess ... pushing myself to spend countless hours studying for a test that truth be ... , all that in the upcoming weeks. For now, I have to play an April Fool

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  kitchen to make some food before hopping on the computer for what little ... for free so I figured  that was the perfect path to my cubicle. It was junior year of highschool when an opportunity arose for me to achieve my

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013