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• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  already here on the site -- for example, about standardized test ... Choice for the November test, we will likely not receive it in time for EA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  studied. And studied some more. Practice test, old pset, old pset. Practice test. Brief dinner, delivered to my room by my very kind boyfriend. More

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  site -- for example, about standardized test requirements or statistics ... use Score Choice for the November test, we will likely not receive it in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Trip to AfroTech My Recap of the AfroTech Conference in Houston

  

  's world, I figured I'd share my experience here on the blog! For reference ... as we waited for our flight. [caption id="attachment_120353" align ... take a picture with. [caption id="attachment_120487" align

  • by Richard O. '28
  • November 30, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  gently down the stream whitewater rafting might be easier than driving on mass ave

  

  flash a low tire pressure warning. [caption id="attachment_119541" align ... .  [caption id="attachment_119544" align="alignnone" width="300"] the battle bus ... would get stuck on rocks like beached whales. Throughout the whole trip, I’d

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • October 16, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  Golang. [caption id="attachment_115117" align="aligncenter" width="500 ... wonder how something like this: [caption id="attachment_115109" align ... . [caption id="attachment_115132" align="aligncenter" width="500"] the entire

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  pastries I’d ever had: croissants, a baguette, a squishy thing, a glazed ... behind granite, so much taller and darker than I ever imagined I’d see it. Later I’d go up close on a sunny day, note the trusses (more bronze than

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  can’t stop smiling a time capsule for freshman fall

  

  couldn’t stop smiling. I couldn’t stop smiling as I tapped my ID at the ... them. But if that’s the case, then what’s the cake? Well, as much as I’d ... introverted. I’d do something social, and I’d definitely have fun, but then I’d

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  it a listen! Day 4 [caption id="attachment_88593" align="alignright" width="225"] A top-down shot of the rainforest. I'd never held onto my ... ourselves from the sun. [caption id="attachment_88592" align

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  pole dancing and punching things trying out new classes in Copenhagen

  

  . Super fun! I worked on a combo  that I’d seen on YouTube and learned ... pounds of me, were to get in a fight, the last thing I’d want is for it to ... look,” the instructor told me, after I’d been beaten up like four times

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 16, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  the last time in almost two years to pick up the paperweight I'd made ... tiniest bit, I can take it with me. [caption id="attachment_74367" align ... ."]frit.[/annotation] My mentor advises me that if I want the color to be solid throughout, I'd

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  the knowledge that if I horribly messed up, at least I'd be able to no ... that this time around, the problems I'd have to solve would involve ... which I thought I'd need my brown trousers, then 5.13 was the class for

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  I’d be jumping from somewhere relatively dry, bit my lip, and went for ... the sail in and—ran into problems. See, before, whenever I’d done tack turns, I’d done them with Webb, so I’d been either crew or skipper, but

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  Little by DBC Pierre. In this entry, I thought I'd prove to you that MIT ... excellent writer, but I'd only recommend his Miss Lonelyhearts, about a ... because West only wrote four novellas and I'd read the other three. A guy

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  year. I’d been warned about this: at Campus Preview Weekend (MIT ... I had individual friends in Maseeh, I’d figured, dorm culture wasn ... id="attachment_115631" align="alignnone" width="300"] the M3ers, or

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  . [caption id="attachment_115158" align="aligncenter" width="400"] voosh ... the flame itself. [caption id="attachment_115159" align

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Scootah Hockey a sport of tradition, friendship, and raw athleticism

  

  annals of Simmons Hall. [caption id="attachment_115066" align="aligncenter" width="768"] making our uniforms[/caption] [caption id="attachment_115067

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 13, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  introducing our roles at Shoqan. [caption id="attachment_112121" align ... amusement, not maliciousness"][/annotation] [caption id="attachment_112123 ... ![/caption] [caption id="attachment_112120" align="aligncenter" width="768"] the cafe at

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  That rings a bell Made of brass?

  

  time there. [caption id="attachment_110101" align="aligncenter" width ... was identifiable. [caption id="attachment_110108" align

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  deleted every piece of media I'd ever uploaded to the blogs. The big wheel ... , and all that nonsense. If you'll indulge me, though, I thought I'd type ... Chris Peterson's fault. Well, by 2023 I'd run four marathons and was

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025