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• Blog / About Decisions

  Selection? They're selecting the earlies...

  

  'd better get out of there once I had my picture so they could go home and think about anything but applications. :-) My application period for MIT was probably the most anxious period of my life. Everyone's probably

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

  PumpkiNerd Carving My dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original,…

  

  As I pasted in my previous entry, my dorm had a pumpkin carving contest, and categories were funniest, scariest, geekiest, most original, and best overall. Can anyone guess which category I entered my pumpkin

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  with them. I decided to take advantage of this, so after sending my ... her read my books. We have a symbiotic relationship.) In other news, I ... , just to wrap up a few loose ends from my last couple of entries: A lot

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On Tour Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand.

  

  We on Award Tour with Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with ... Muhammad my man Goin' each and every place with the mic in their hand Oaktown ... from the road in the days to come. Remember if you attend my session

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  It's been hectic for past few days; I had my first German vocabulary ... until the middle of the night--it makes me nostalgic for my own Freshman ... , check back in a few for some more a more impressive sketching of my life

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  of this, my newest blog entry. I hear the Harvard Book Store is even ... my trademark bunny hat. Don't worry, nobody dies in this entry ... Garbage concert. Well, first, you have to hear about my morning. I got to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  discovered this morning in my scanner. I never took it out after making copies ... a little apology note attached and crossed my fingers that it won ... NCAA Division III Form and bring them with me to my first meeting with my

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hot town In which I complain about the heat and expound wisdom about the bio department.

  

  logical degree system)! Days like this make me glad for two things: 1) my ... days, and 2) my beautiful air conditioner which keeps me cool at home ... my window is 15 stories up and falling out is not up there on my list

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the most of my time attending events and meeting prefrosh. Started with the ... . Went back to my office for the first time in 2 days; checked email. Akash

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 5 and a day off (kinda)

  

  Yesterday's tie was red, and my subcommittee was McGregor (also MIT ... fantastic applications, the highlight of the day (for me) was my making mango ... answer the questions that are piling up in my comments section =) Happy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Busy times

  

  of my favorite freshmen students dropped by together independently of each other, and both are taking one of my top-5 favorite classes at MIT ... (discussion of all five of my top-5 favorite classes in a future post). Even if

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First read

  

  summarizing my applications (each application takes about 30 minutes each), and ... , including wrapping up our fall travels, developing more content for the my ... inspired by super-huge mustard." Also, Chicago is one of my absolute favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything is cool tl;dr I want to study too many things

  

  The theme of my (very short) MIT experience so far has been that ... possible way. List-making is one of my [annotation note="haha get it... top ... convey my point, I present to you the not-at-all-exhaustive and not

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • September 11, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  I have so many things and so little space, but I'll try my best to ... Horseman quite literally changed my life. I was in a really dark place when I ... the time of my discovery) in about 3 weeks. It made me laugh, made me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  wished to somehow alleviate my IHTFP feelings (then negative) but couldn ... . Summer is a good time for planning and reflection. My nerdy corner of ... , analyzing and re-analyzing my personal behavior, and, as can happen anywhere

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  It's been a long time since my last Q&A post - sorry for the delay ... rest of your application is strong. I am taking my second time of SATs in October, and my SAT IIs in November, which would qualify me for early

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  some sort since Registration Day of my first term at MIT, and I'm glad ... the less money I had to beg from my parents, the better. They paid a lot of money for my education, and the least I could do was try to pay for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  my cave of despair to blog again! I've made this post two years in a ... year where I reflect about my life, and I think I need that :P Sidequest ... was, so I can't quite give myself 100% on this. Sidequest 2: Get my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  -brainstem activity, so instead, enjoy my weekend foray into lifestyle blogging ... laps. My whole body is physically pulsing with warmth afterwards, and my ... shepherd’s pie and an apple with peanut butter for lunch. Then I work on my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  ’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... . I’m a senior in college now, meaning I did my recruiting process between 2018 and 2021, so keep in mind that some of my experience may be

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025