8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me)
*written by Rukia H. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Theory: If we were to use the World Cup as an analogy for my life right now, I just lost a group stage match,...
View ArticleIn Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care
Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn't even occur to you that the doors might not stop. Suddenly a very heavy, unpleasant pressure jolts you from both sides and you realize again, that...
View ArticleSummer Reading
(Preface: This post is essentially a tribute/continuation of Selam’s posts from past summers - as she wrote, “sometimes MIT students like to do things other than science, technology, or engineering”,...
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8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words
*written by Mariam D. '20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* A few dozen children stand fidgeting in lines before us, their eyes squinting in the glare of the merciless...
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PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!
This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new mit.edu. It was designed and built by the same agency, Upstatement, that is redesigning admissions and SFS. Elizabeth and I were both...
View Articlean essay writing journey
To the rising seniors beginning to think about their college essays - hello, fellow kids. Are you as stuck on what to write your college essays about as I was exactly two years ago? Some of you...
View ArticleOur 2018-19 Application Essay Questions
We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear that there's no reason to start on them now, but some people like to begin...
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8,726,400 SOS: When in South Africa
*written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* For as long as I can remember I have wanted to travel the world. I remember the days when my mom would ask 7-year-old...
View ArticleCollege Admissions in the Public Interest
In 1966, B. Alden Thresher, an economist and the first ever Director of Admissions at MIT, wrote a short book called College Admissions in the Public Interest. It's a longstanding handbook of the...
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8,726,400 SOS: Got Solar?
*written by Peter C'20 and Ashisha P'20 (members of MIT SEVT) as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* We did it! Over the past three weeks, the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team...
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an unnecessarily long post on how much i like spotify
This summer, I've come to realize my love for a certain being that has brought a lot of joy and happiness into my life. If you've read the title of this post, you'll know that this being is no other...
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The Making of Embrace
A few weeks ago, Ayomide F. 18, better known to longtime blogreaders as our own personal Riri Williams, sent me a copy of a new video she had helped choreograph, perform, and produce. It was (and is)...
View Article8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious
*written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* After finishing my freshmen year, I followed the common path of UROPing on campus this summer. I lived at home (about...
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We Saw a Sea Turtle
This summer, we saw (and observed for two hours!) a real live SEA TURTLE!!!! AHHHHHH The summer before our freshman year, we were walking with our mom near the shore at night. We saw a dark moving...
View ArticleAll the Blogs I Didn’t Blog
Hello, my name is Taylor. I’m still alive, although my lack of communication may have indicated otherwise. It’s been a couple of months now since I moved to Michigan for an internship, but I swear it...
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H I C C U P S
A few Fridays ago, I sat down (as I normally do at the end of a long and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for was a good-old three hours of minimal brain activity and...
View ArticleSneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites
As I've mentioned here, here, and here, I've been spending my summer leading a project to redesign the new sfs.mit.edu and mitadmissions.org. Although we are two separate offices, we report to the...
View ArticleEast Campus REX Events!
To all the prefrosh who are about to arrive / on their way here / already here: Welcome to MIT! All of us, no matter our class year or living group, are excited to have you here :) We at East Campus...
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Applying to Grad School
One of this year’s admits asked me how MIT sets you up for grad school admissions. Now, you do NOT need to be worrying about grad school as a teenager. But since it’s been a while since anyone’s...
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8,726,400 SOS: What do those ROTC kids do during summer…?
...Don't they have bootcamp or something? *written by Karen C. '20 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest post series* Everyone knows the deal - MIT is a constant whirlwind of PSETs,...
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