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• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

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

  

  admissions today on MIT FB, and it reminds me of the time when I applied to MIT ... undergraduate admission in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions ... I did here and here, as proof of what I usually say on Pi Day: If you

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

  New Server As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server.

  

  Hi folks, As of this afternoon, mitadmissions.org is living on a new (and much faster) server. You'll probably notice better performance in page rendering right away; commenting is still slower than I'd like, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 30, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Reuse Poetry Giving things away

  

  was mispronouncing the name of a continent, or the way I refused to call ... portion of my clothing comes from or goes to pika reuse. I have also ... Appearing shortly on the bench outside of the first floor nautical museum is a

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  you may feel happy to be deferred. Some of you may feel sad. Some of you ... know Weekends, get it poppin' on the low Better days comin' for sure ... may have some questions, so we’ve assembled some answers to FAQs. Many

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  danger!awesome firin' mah lazers...at basically any(every)thing

  

  , metal, and wood. Of course, it is not necessarily limited to these ... working on his own project, which appeared to be some elaborate three ... went to danger!awesome. danger!awesome is a laser engraving and cutting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  on others that that strips me of my merit as a student and I begin to ... don't have any words of affirmation or something positive to brighten ... learning that's been weighing on me a lot since I came to MIT. I often times

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Operabots with Personality Ahhhhh.....music to my ears

  

  ……errrr uhhhhh……you know what I’m trying to say. MIT is cool. One of the things ... piece of software that will allow anyone to compose music. Tod is a ... The fact of the matter is that MIT is just plain cool. This is not an

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  is to continue working on it when your pen has already started moving ... burnout, as is the answer to most of my “why is this happening to me ... it anyways. Many hold the mindset of “there is nothing else I can do to

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  understood eigenvalues, or the time we made it to the third round of NCAAs with ... was explaining why, because the human eye is innately attracted to ... the inky blackness of words on a page because honestly, when we have 198

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  selecting for obsession

  

  success, but we certainly weren’t trying to appear on magazine covers or ... This morning, I was Googling Chris to find a photo of him, and was ... Olympiad the summer after ninth grade. It’s easy to forget how smart he is

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  "abogado," or "lawyer." This is because the Spaniards who came to the New ... day--I was usually home by 3:15 on Mondays, having finished up most of ... going to go out to dinner or something to celebrate, but we had already

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  hill you want to die on. On a similar note, every word out of my mouth ... and empathy. When my mind is foggy, workout, write, or go to sleep. I ... ’ve acquired on the way to becoming a full-fledged adult (in no particular order

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  is completely optional): "On a separate sheet, show us and/or tell us ... .253.3400) and we can tell you who that person is. Also, you need to contact that ... . If you're applying for regular action, now is also a good time to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the many murals on campus. :) I'd also like to give a quick shout out to ... with one stone. I'm a member of the MIT Assassins' Guild, which was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students, either through their schools or on their own, have taken advanced ... soups of advanced academic programs. We like to see that students have
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... of MIT students, and I'm looking forward to watching many of the ... Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  to be scanned in and then submitted; there is no electronic version of ... ***UPDATE*** If you're taking the SAT on the makeup date of 11 ... materials to show up on the tracking system (even for electronic documents). I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  of genius at age three or four. After returning from visits to the ... dream of becoming a rocket scientist. "That is my dream -- to become a ... Heroes," based on local, hometown news articles about students goign off to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm ... on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  beard trimmer (to reap the benefits of free super saver shipping) or to ... Wikipedia. I couldn't think of anything to blog about in recent memory, but I ... look at them. Sorry, what was I supposed to do? Pull out of my webspace

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006