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• Blog / Challenges

  what’s the word for

  

  something’s ended, followed by the immediate urge to check your phone an old ... said, and piecing together the other half based on context, or visual ... was in your calendar the scent of rain the act of looking for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply ... entry on mitadmissions.org. That speaks for itself, I suppose. ... the long, introspective part for a later entry, once I've had a chance

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Tech profiled Lydia about resilience @ MIT "I’m building my vocabulary and I’m building my mind and I’m building myself as a…

  

  so on. There's The Tech for that. But sometimes, the true stories of ... hard time. I know it did for me; I read it as a first-semester graduate ... to tell their true stories, and, by doing so, to give prospective

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 17, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Goodbye, Hope to See You Again For those moving on today...

  

  This post is for those who are moving on from this blog today, May 1 ... , thank you for your friendship, and congratulations on making a great ... attached to you, and not just for what you'd bring to the MIT community, but

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  staring wide-eyed with smiles plastered on their face being carted from free ... for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of ... number of particularly impressive hacks throughout the weekend. For

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!

  

  Freshman orientation for the Class of 2018 officially begins in two weeks. Next week, however, some students will begin arriving on campus to ... filmed by (and starring) MIT students was produced at the 2011 FPOP, when

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  the inspiration was hard to come by. Dear Kuya's a song I was sitting on for a while before I wrote the post, which was triggered by events that ... &Ben – Branches From branches. I've been sitting on this post for so long that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  device that probes under water, looking for spots with plenty of catchable ... to catch them, though, it may help protect fish by enabling

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Semester (formerly MOSTEC)?

  MITES Semester (formerly known as MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community, MOSTEC) is a six-month hybrid learning STEM and college preparation experience, free of charge, for rising high school seniors. The
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  in my account for free (quick deposit online costs $1.50), but it ... Verde's, the small grocery store on campus, and I go for Anna's. On four hours of ... one of the people on shift with me for money, but I can't pay them back

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  moment for me, because this time last year Anthony was simply one of my ... Jojo and Diane, who rocked the reg desk next to us for many hours. After ... yourself?). Then Marilee spoke for awhile about how and why we chose you

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully this post will be helpful. How does the waitlist work? We are aiming for a class of about 1,120 students this year. Based on our estimates of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  I. Emergency Dinner Sunday afternoon catches me cooking for 30+ in a hot frantic kitchen where the concentrated afternoon heat fringes on ... -themed menu complemented by a spasm of last-minute surprises: stir, simmer

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Big Dreams, Small Mind The troubles of being in school and doing research for too long.

  

  I have almost always wanted to work on. For those of you that have ... can go and work on their own personal project in a lab funded by MIT ... (except for you... you know who you are...) For those of you who don’t know

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 24, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A word about the humanities It's sort of a long, multi-section word.

  

  On the Coming of Winter in Boston November peels away like buttery ... with the humanities, working on problem sets about the humanities, going ... that the humanities don't unfriend me on Facebook. In my endeavors, I am

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  Ok Early Action accepted students (AKA prefrosh), stay by your phones for the evening, because MIT is calling YOU! That's right, tonight is ... know, it doesn't seem fair, I'm sorry, but feel free to read and enjoy

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  On the other side of CPW Being an MIT undergrad during CPW is definitely an interesting experience

  

  I wrote a blog post about how excited I was for CPW last week.  Other posts include the ones by Lydia K. '14 and Anna H. '14.  One thing that I ... even sometimes sad being on the other side of CPW. I knew that it would

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  for free"]therapy[/annotation]and my therapist tells me to be nice to ... , many too many things. By several orders of magnitude,[annotation note="The Toast once said 'For the first time I genuinely comprehend that there is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  confirmation that EC is the next dorm on the list for renovations. the rest of ... passed on anymore. it makes me think about how fragile oral history is ... like much, but consider that turnover for a dorm is only four years long

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  different. On Friday night, the game was pretty quiet for the first three ... gunned down, most of them by a deep-cover CIA agent on a killing spree, and ... auction where old bicycles sell for very cheap prices. I also discovered

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005