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• Blog / Athletics

  Start shaping up in January! I like.

  

  ’m in love with IAP. The recurring theme seems to be: Things get thrown ... tomorrow! OK – not really true. But the sense of freedom and spontaneity, the ... entire MIT community. Presented by MIT Medical, the MIT Health Plans, and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s going on inside my head It might not have been so very important.

  

  Ryan Ist Ein Schrecklich Kellner," based quite loosely on the life and ... hire me based on that, can they? You should have seen the runner ... conversation. I discovered that spinach, which I previously considered to be the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  , like I’m in the middle of a field and there used to be a road I was ... particularly new or unexpected, and anyone who knows me will be the first to roll ... “the real world,” in as much as the privileged environment of MIT can be

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  , and Lithuanian mythology. The word woven takes on many different roles ... This is my third year doing this; see the 2019 post and the 2020 post ... Writing and Reading the Short Story, and 24.903 Introduction to Semantics

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  what it's like to be an admissions officer on the road. Tuesday ... Central Meeting to survey the venue, talk to the tech on hand, and make sure ... on a joke. I know I'm really in the zone when I can simultaneously talk

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  students. While I could survive on Anna's Taqueria and get all the major food ... put the nuts on the dough... the nuts... and then you feel better. It ... of a pyramid--larger blocks at the bottom, smaller ones on top. Try to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  rush wilg bunnies inside this blog post

  

  institutional authority, and on eating yummy food. I've met a lot of the most ... year and thus couldn't get on-campus housing anymore. I used to live in McCormick, and being in a community full of other marginalized genders

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Before You Arrive On Campus: Packing Edition for the pre-frosh we're excited to meet

  

  clothing and mementos on the floor... But what should you pack, really ... from on-campus theft. -- snacks for the trip, arrival, and the first ... . No need to bring the stock of a lifetime on the plane. And once you

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 5, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  Solutions Initiative (ESI) on campus and one of the judges, then took the ... were awesome, and the designers worked super hard all semester, and the ... .” -a sophomore on the Trashion committee “It was all trash! Beautiful

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  contacting your EC at the last minute and asking to be quickly accommodated ... interviews has changed (though Kim's observations on the interview and our ... enough to be back on campus it immediately feels like home, and I remember

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Results of My Summer cookies, web usability, and painting

  

  wording of labels and instructions are lost. An emphasis is put on the ... term impact on my well being? Did I do anything meaningful other than bake dozens and dozens of cookies? The scintillating answer to those

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 10, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Ultimate Showdown Making important college purchase #1

  

  which can be interpreted as both good and bad. The good: I was limited in ... , I'll share my thoughts on what's hot and what's not. So I'll make the ... tools you'll need for classes, but the hike in the snow can be a

  • by Bryan
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  nothingness"]and I'd be counting down the days until September.[/annotation] As ... dinosaurs. It's very easy to start on a Wikipedia page about The Solar System ... For the past year and a half I lived in Cambridge, worked full

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  can be written on the gravitational sacrifices." I didn't participate ... a novel and I decided a list would be the best way. I keep lists of ... on fire on the way there and I got in a car with a stranger just so I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  out on. I was skipping all of the hard work. Yes, it sucks. And it ... through Boston and tried to run to the airport [ [annotation note ... get back into running. I’ve been on break for too long, and it’s time to

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.

  

  . Can you differentiate the d's and t's? So when speakers talk quickly ... awesome. In content, anyway. The author tends to ramble on a bit, and seems ... auxiliary verb in the first example. We can substitute another auxiliary verb

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  heartfelt and personal if you revise it to death. Be yourself (the toaster ... So on the MyMIT Admissions site, the 2005-2006 undergraduate ... ] You can't put on your resume things that you don't [do] Here in 3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  explanation. Knowing and understanding this can be much less satisfying, but ... procure it. You can buy fancy clothes and blue steel at the mirror in the ... the difference. You can pick your friends. And you can pick your nose

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  Faye '10, Sukrit '10, and Ian '10 address the crowd. On Wednesday night ... This past week, I went to the Intel International Science ... . The table at dinner. In the first picture, Ethan, Desh, Matt, Maggie and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Fighting Indifference MIT and MLK day

  

  “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”, the same song that I’m sure would be belted ... day, some were gracious and cheered me on, while others did rather the ... indifferent. Wouldn’t it be easy to just believe the people, people on all sides

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 16, 2017