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An Art UROP and an Animation Job
UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors participate in at least one UROP during their undergraduate years!” Coming into MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our...
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some warmth on a cold decisiony day
As I’m sure those of you to whom this post is relevant will not need to be reminded, it is that time of year: the time when tensions run high, decisions are coming soon, and everyone is hella stressed....
View ArticleOpen Thread: Not Admitted Early
There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Deferred Early
As you know, we had a very competitive applicant pool in Early Action, and unfortunately we could not accept all of them. If your decision was deferred, then we will reconsider your application anew...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Admitted Early
YOU GOT IN! Later today you’ll get more information about next steps for admitted students via email and MyMIT. But for now, go celebrate!
View ArticleMIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online
MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2023 are now available at > > > decisions.mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log...
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HERE LIES P/NR
The alarming rate at which the semester flew by shocked me, and I had to sit down and recap: August holds sad memories, saying goodbye, and the heady ecstasy of MIT materializing out of an abstract...
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How to Finals™
Winter is coming. Oh, and so are finals. It’s my 5th semester01 I didn't have any <a target='_blank' rel='noopener'...
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Paths
We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going to MIT was the only future we saw for ourselves. Looking...
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An Astrological Guide to the College App Process
Anyone in the admissions office knows that I have an unhealthy obsession with astrology. Scientifically speaking, there are tons of reasons why we shouldn’t believe in astrology (anyone in the EAPS...
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The Fringe that Stole Christmas
For the last few months, I’ve gone round campus compiling hair stories from anyone willing to share them. Cheers to everyone who collaborated to make this post a reality- hair’s to you! (ha, ha) Chris...
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I wrote a whole post on Halloween and forgot to publish it
Happy CROMMMMBUS season (like christmas but.. not) On Halloween night I wrote this post and forgot to click publish so I’m going to add a bunch of CROMBUS content and some other stuff to the end and...
View ArticleOn IAP
Hiiiii allll!!! It’s been far too long since my last post! Let me update you on my life since October! First, I’ve passed every class that I’ve finished! Yay! Seeing the P on my report card brought me...
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2.009
2.009 Product Engineering Processes. A senior capstone class option for mechanical engineering students (aka gotta take one of them to graduate). The premise of this class is to ideate, design, build,...
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5 / The final countdown
TO SET THE MOOD: Cologne by Haux The last few weeks of every semester is chaotic, nerve-wracking, and stressful. As I took my last midterms, handed in my last rounds of psets, and demoed my...
View ArticleThoughts for the New Year, part 2
The end of the semester has come and gone, and although I meant to make this post well before the new year actually came around, a short trip to India drained me of all motivation and I basically just...
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Subtle Black MIT Traits
So quite recently I made a post on Facebook about a few things I had experienced as a black person at MIT, and I put it in the form of the popular ‘Subtle Asian Traits’ page that has been making its...
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0.125
Well, I’m 45.6 smoots of the way across this bridge we call MIT. The end of this first semester aligned perfectly with the holiday break and the upcoming new year, a time when I’m even more reflective...
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The Room(s) Where It Happens
You’ve done it. You’ve hit submit. Now what? You might imagine that your application goes spiraling into a dark, anonymous vortex, and after 2.5 months of chewing, a faceless algorithm spits out a...
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6 / New Year, New Me
To set the mood: You and me – shallou Looking back 2018 was an incredible, incredible year. I learned to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, a foreigner in distant lands, comfortable with...
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