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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  You don’t need me to tell you that the college application process is ... of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you will divulge your greatest disappointments and accomplishments to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  or sipb? i used to care about them more. i wanted to fight for their existence, to make sure they kept going another year, and for more years after that, because i wanted other people to experience the joys that i did. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  in remembrance of the body affirming the mind–body connection

  

  downstairs and took a walk, and the sun was setting. so i tried to find as high a point i could stand on to watch the sunset. i ended up walking to, i ... . in days like these the body feels like an inconvenience. i have to tend

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  would reply to the prompt "Tell me about yourself." The title and subtitle ... right now."]But I couldn't bring myself to write that post today ... . I woke up to a video of a black CNN reporter and his team being

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  named after Nike, the god of victory. So, according to the German work ... nobody came into work on Friday, because there's WORLD CUP SOCCER to be ... ! Unbelievable! And we could still be in it if we manage to beat Ghana. My

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  So dear readers, I have finally made it to MIT. I���m writing this from my own room in Burton-Conner on my new (to me) laptop and will soon be posting it to my blog thanks to my wireless Internet connection. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  Pretty much every day, I remind my friends that "if you come up to Boston, I'll find you a place to stay and show you around and we'll all ... really expect to happen. So, I was sitting at work on Friday afternoon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  , you can hit snooze on. you can keep hitting snooze until you need to ... hitting ignore and ignore and ignore until i actually need to deal with it. similarly, looking at my grades is a choice i can make. i don't have to look

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the portal and visit your Application Status page. There, you will be able to ... , so you should be sure you are prepared to receive your decision before

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  post is brought to you by two trans MIT students, with quotes from our peers. We wanted to share a snippet of our experiences and reach out to ... the one that was assigned to you at birth.) So we know highschool can

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  I realize that some of you have been counting down to this day since ... access to a computer. A friend of mine had promised to let me use her Blackberry to check my decision, but just as the pivotal moment arrived, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a career would be to forget all the stuff they tell you in the textbooks about the answers. My advice to a high school sophomore or junior

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like what...October 2? o_____O One of my favorite stanzas to the Engineer ... through Hell already; you went to MIT!" So I was going to write an entry

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  Waaaaaaaah! You've moved on to '13 already!? I don't feel loved ... , it's time to accept the fact that another class is about to start applying. I know it's fun to complain on the internet, I do it all the time

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Neglect Your Creative Side And I don't mean the side of you that thinks up math problems while you…

  

  First off, congratulations to the Class of 2012! From what I hear you guys are amazing. I can't wait to meet you. And to those of you who weren't offered admission, you're just as amazing. I regret that we won't be able to

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  use for the photography class I'll get to take next term because I'm not a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first ... it to last a second in a department where everyone seems to be premed

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  (The Summer Update Edition!) Greetings to all! Can you feel that ... 106 degrees last week.) As we get closer to September the class of 2010 prepares to take their place as matriculated students at MIT, and future

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Online Decisions = YES Some great news.

  

  We are pleased to announce that MIT admissions decisions will be made available online in addition to the standard postal mailing. We expect to ... MyMIT. Decisions will be available to those who meet all of the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Symphony 9, Op. 95 “From the New Blog” I'll to pay you to hang out with me and watch me type.

  

  that Gwen Stefani, in addition to designing a bizarre new line of clothing, has now taken to paying an entourage of four Japanese girls to ... district of Japan and wear funky punk-rocker clothing. It occurred to me that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 26, 2005