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• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  Counselor - or, as we call him or her in the admissions business - the GC. In ... fact, if you are able to get his or her email address, why not drop a ... may include: public schools vs. private schools; or reach vs. middle vs

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  , or MIT? Voting was brisk. Wait, let us rephrase that: Voting was insane ... MIT blogger, "I've voted 3 or 4 thousand times!" Fortunately the ... Rennselaer had also stepped up to the plate -- or rather made their own attempt

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  working or only work part-time once they have children, or at least until ... either choose a career or a family and failing to choose will only lead to ... to cut back or stop working once they have children. This staggering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  i could get x to like me or life would be much better if i were dating y or any of the numerous other sentiments that focus on the status of ... withdrawal or something along those lines. so i asked if the experience caused

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  , or a way to sink free time, to pursue things i find interesting like doing history research or whatever. but right now blogging isn't doing ... wake up at reasonable hours. i enjoy things like playing spirit island or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  access to advanced coursework or other enrichment opportunities that would ... highlighted in transparent red, you can hover over it on desktop (or tap, on mobile) to see a related annotation on the right hand side of the post (or

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  resources, like energy or life points. being a card game, cards are the most ... , i'm gonna use the time for personal projects or whatever. none of that ... 'll probably end up feeling the same anyway, or at least very similar. i think i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you see now? they say genius likes to alternate between the soil and the sky

  

  the way people practice everything from philosophy to ai or even math ... mindset by punishing or rewarding us based on our work and how good it is ... . This is hard, and might seem grossly unintuitive or incomprehensible. I

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • May 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  note about course 12 is that it’s really good for a double major or a ... "]FPOPs[/annotation] that I participated in or TA-ed, like my trips to Yellowstone. While not ... Opportunities Program - a way to do research for pay, credit, or as a volunteer

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  applications! Being a senior, whether in high school or college, is just really ... are trying to destress, whether it's cooking, or taking walks, or working out, or playing tennis, or watching Netflix stand-up comedy specials

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  were labeled one thing or another. It was very, very fun to write. The ... fourth or fifth grade, I felt like I’d been constricted by gender norms, by ... beautiful phrase or vivid image, that’s often a sign of ego—and it’s necessary

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  running out of time the woes of every single graduating student

  

  friends, or if I don't have weekend plans, or if I have to miss an event I ... final projects, or cram for finals in classes I haven't attended in weeks ... student in a month, give or take? what do you mean I have to say goodbye to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  sharp and soft featuring: my favorite naruto moment

  

  , and it is only through constant commitment to some kind of value or ... me: do you think you’re a spiky person or a soft person? they clarified ... easy to classify someone as spiky or soft but they were having trouble

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 21, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures at Trader Joe’s i think i might have joined a cult

  

  option. Or at least that's what me and my podmates discovered this past ... three weeks or so.  We'd go late in the evenings when the crowd wasn ... else does or Trader Joe's fans are part of this unspoken cult that

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  called my name. And pronounced it correctly. And we may or may not have ... , and you can always turn to the internet for the soundtrack or a plot ... explore sound or stage lighting cues, an artistic hankering for set painting

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  myself, or (at the minimum) seeming like a creep watching someone else ... -hour access to the studio but no one telling you what to make or when ... make something, do it--or decide to do it--right then. That's my advice

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  To the Class of 2016 General life advice

  

  true meaning of IHTFP. MIT can be a wonderful or awful place depending on ... you're sick, don't be afraid to head over to MIT Medical or your floor's MedLink. If you're feeling stressed, take a walk along the Charles or

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  , seeming strange or feeling too uncomfortable? For example, like this. Or like this, or even this.* Last semester, I found the remedy to most ... Radio way back when? For you prefrosh who've signed up for Terrascope or

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  , participating in competitions like MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition or IDEAS/Global Challenge, or even dropping out of MIT to accept a Thiel ... population that strives to make the world better in some small (or big!) way

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Good Advice On Advisors

  

  Summer's sunlit streams of serendipitous socializing (or solitude ... (but don't lick them. That's weird). From extremely hands-on to more-or ... , thought I had more or less a game plan, and didn't need to have a lot of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • August 19, 2011