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• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  + years ago (12/13/14, actually, which is a cool date) about my MIT decision ... , especially when so many of my friends ended up going. A particular quote of ... , surreal moment for me, and that quote was the first thing to pop into my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Thursday, 12/14/17, at 6:28PM ET

  

  MyMIT username and password. In order to verify that you will receive ... with your MyMIT username and password. I recommend you do this now to ... ; If you've forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 7, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Walkin’ Enjoy my expository, mediocre investigative photojournalism!

  

  On Monday, the first thing on my to-do list, after an exceptionally ... : I needed to either buy groceries or start working on my problem sets ... existence. My cereal had become unpleasantly dry and decidedly less palatable

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  or a new UROP, and pre-semester cleaning of my new home, the DPhiE house (it looks wayyyyy better now!) I was struck by how different my first day was, but also by how similar it felt to my first day as a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  places at mit (favorite) places (to work/study)

  

  the MIT experience unique. I've finally decided to get out my DSLR that has been sitting largely in its tote bag on my shelf because I wanted to share my favorite places at MIT with you. Whether it be fairly common

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 27, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  . One of my HASS classes is in French IV, which I was frightened into taking after realizing how bad my French was while studying in Europe this IAP. (My French is still pretty bad, but it's getting better!) My other

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  here in Central Standard Time except for the classy new decorations my ... is a dark soda. My personal favorite. Fun opinion: It tastes like ... : This one was added to the list because my third and final sister wanted

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  stuffy nose) is a real mystery to me, because I haven’t really gotten my ... happened to people at MIT. At some point during the worst of my fever, I was ... to catch up. I’ve never been this sick while at MIT, but during my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  magazine listing all the companies that are coming. This is my homework for ... someone will want to hire you! This is my friend Angela. She worked at EA ... ; I was so jealous of my friend Helen--she was working at the ed

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer’s end

  

  campus. i'm ready to sing with my a cappella group again (shameless plug ... with the professor of my favorite technical class from last semester to spin up a 16.62x senior capstone project. i've preregistered for my first

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 5, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  The Stars Look Very Different Today Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing we can do

  

  described as "too goddamn independent" and my mother, much as I love her, was ... me in a rigorous academic environment and my need to be really, really ... sing along with everyone else straight through. On Monday morning, my

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Taking at MIT The beauty of The Cheat Sheet

  

  These are cheat sheets. I found them in my backpack this last week ... between the size of my handwriting and my grade point average, a fact that ... format, but are usually necessary. My first approach is to comb through

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working with my admissions colleagues and the incredible alumni who interview our ... think about all the things I would miss about my old job but now those

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  Unified Engineering mean my afternoons are very free. Since I'm also living ... my hall and making new friends with hallmates. I no longer tool alone ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Staying Organized In which I look exhausted and talk about my notebooks

  

  Apologies for the video length/quality this week. MIT has me sufficiently hosed this weekend, following an already-stressful week. Such is life. Hopefully you're able to decipher my rambling in this video! If

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  ’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first ... expected them to. Have a few anecdotes!! Expectation: I start using my dorm ... happened. I have not made the effort to lift my precious little legs off my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What it’s like to work at NASA and a few other things

  

  near Camp 4, one of them spotted the MIT Outing Club patch on my backpack ... the numerous occasions that someone has recognized the brass rat on my ... Promenade, or even in the elevator of my parents' condominium. Networking

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 1, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to ... the results. Oh well. Next, I spent a week in California at my first astronomy conference, then flew back to Boston (I got the results of my x

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  Because my summer plans are about as fluid as one of those squishy ... Materials for Biology, which hopefully will be a blend of my interests in ... iconic red jackets). One of my favorite gifts to give out is a tire

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014