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• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  don't know. Me:  Once you decide on the most important thing, you ... essay is really an opportunity to focus on who you are and the ways in ... your choice, taking my advice may not necessarily help you to get into

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... on my immediate surroundings. My mind couldn’t wrap itself around ... extrañar.” As I reassured my mother, I couldn’t help but feel pangs of

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answering questions for those who were deferred to Regular Action.

  

  Midyear Report, which will be available on MyMIT in about a month. On the ... feel would be helpful to the committee. We do not expect or require any ... helpful! Best wishes to everyone.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students Answers to some FAQs.

  

  the Midyear Report, which will be available on MyMIT in February. On the ... feel would be helpful to the committee. We do not expect or require any ... helpful! Best wishes to everyone.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 14, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  Mass. Ave on Saturday against oncoming traffic as the clock struck ... : Nothing too helpful here immediately, but the title might make more sense ... items might help you as well. Fourth in Malibu Sands Summer Sixth in

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  the info on the slides (but not all of it?). Already, I don't know if I should take my own notes, write on the slides, or write on the notes handout. Then the professor writes on the blackboard during class, none of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  . from everything goes on: But if I was gone tomorrow, would the waves crash on? Is it selfish that I’m happy as we pass the setting sun? from goodbye: So long, goodbye Hey, here's a fun idea How 'bout I sit on the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  inconsistent on both sides of the ball. Earlier this season, when the Patriots ... being scored on; the Patriots barely squeaked out with shootouts in games ... something awesome or horrific on any given play (it's a loaded die) (and it

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  events. Guess what they are based on this picture of my bookshelf. Since I somehow forgot to submit the event on the left on time, it's not on the ... bit and plug it here. The other event is running on Friday and Saturday

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of ... , hang on...what's that on the cover of WIRED? From Makezine: Engineer ... hardware pioneer Limor 'Ladyada' Fried is on April’s WIRED cover. This is the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  teacher is on the ball and sends in your recommendation in September, we'll hold on to it until the rest of your application comes in. The same goes ... ? What should I write on my application under test scores? This is actually

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  . So having a 700 or an 800 on any test doesn't really help you per se ... Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01 ... on the SAT writing section debate, if there really is a debate, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #1-5 Concerning the half I spent at home

  

  1. Go home My last final ended at 12pm on a particularly ominous ... was on a plane headed back to sunny southern California. My parents and ... included). Even though winter break itself ended on the 4th of January, I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Lyrics to my MIT experience i definitely never, ever wrote songfics when i was in middle school

  

  lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On holiday [annotation ... onto fictional worlds to motivate me to soldier on. MIT surprised me by ... my last dance with the few friends left on campus this fall. But the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  simultaneously commented "ew." So if you choose to keep the live hawk-cam open on ... was attending a seminar on podcasting a few weeks ago when they ... had to laugh out loud when the presenter hit the button and put the live

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  -like-a-post-finals-limp-noodle lethargy aside with a song. Not just any song - a chemistry song. On the last ... chemically and lyrically acceptable to say 'get your H on' or 'get your benzene on' (and a little editing on my part) Javi finally wrote his hit single

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [guest post] crumbly fruit and the importance of keeping at it by Caleb M. '27

  

  /22/2024] Today, sorbet made me think about how important it is to keep going. Fruit ... in the food processor, the moment you turn on the food processor, the ... for a while. You keep turning the food processor on, and then the fruit

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 13, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Experiment in Independence all by myself for IAP

  

  meal plan program back on campus got canceled. We share the same ... . After orienting ourselves and collecting my luggage, we hopped on a ... had recently acquired and was proudly wearing on its windshield

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 5, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop ... 40 teams will depart Darwin, Australia on October 16, 2011, and will ... , preparing for Sunday’s competition. The pressure is on to get MIT’s car ready

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  avoiding responsibility writing this blog to procrastinate on stuff

  

  like that. And since I’ve gotten absolutely nothing done today, instead ... , and it’s gone now. It feels like my brain is constantly on pause, like ... long. Where did the actors go? So I go on eating through the bottom of my

  • by Anika H. '26
  • April 6, 2023