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• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  Dear MIT Protofrosh, If I had a time machine, I’d travel to my ... admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people who knew exactly what they want to do with life. I was terrified of the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  Last week I started classes at MIT. A simple 7-part sentence that ... prepare for my 4-year journey that will probably include a lot of late nights and interesting experiences, I want to reflect a little on my first

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  faith in the future

  

  a lot about (2) in particular. These past couple of days I've been wading in a sea of big thoughts and feelings, but I can't individually identify them. It feels a lot like trying to untangle jewelry; I try to undo

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 1, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin

  

  's attached herself to my mom. she's a bit of a picky eater and likes wet food the most so she goes crazy every time we open a can. also her purrs are ... Nicknames: pup, puppy Notes: She is a Havanese and weighs ten pounds. She is

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  problem was I didn’t get to do much of it. So armed with a greater ... job interview, and I made the HUGE mistake of not studying a campus map ... locate the Admissions Office. I finally arrived at my interview a little

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fantastic Course Numbers and Where to Find Them A List of Ways MIT is like Hogwarts

  

  was feeling a more light-hearted, nonsensical post to take my mind of things, which has manifested itself in... A List of Ways MIT is Like ... 't know who made that gif (which is the inside of a room in Simmons Dorm, by

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Am Excited a day in life of a student

  

  infinite. That is, it’s on a whole new level of infinity, and this makes ... reveals a side of Mathematics that is gorgeous in itself. No application is ... with a fervor of a child who has just learned to read. I am excited

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  opportunity to recognize and encourage a new generation of makers and ... will showcase things they've made. A tremendous number of individuals ... : Kickstarter, which is today launching a new funding category specifically for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  The last two years at MIT has been a large exercise in learning how I ... recitation and office hours. This is a compiled list of the resources that I've been using since Interphase to make my life a little bit easier

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  "I've always been a knowledge junkie; facts are my hit, and Wikipedia ... the above sentence of a college essay that thankfully never made it into ... travesty of a sentence last year.  I still make lame over-the-top metaphors

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Up The last of the post-finals, pre-internship adventures.

  

  On June 1 (where my last post left off) I hopped on a plane and left ... ? These people couldn't pick a better place for that? My friend Spencer ... best start for a "pack every minute of the weekend with something awesome

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  Last Saturday, when I should be working on a model of a performance space for my architecture studio, I got a call from my friend saying that ... impromptu but educational field trip, because c'mon, a real. life. performance

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  Scandinavian furniture from your favorite importer... (I got a new bookshelf! I have a massive summer reading list that I cooked up... although it is ... 've asked for old computers and furniture from a number of such entities

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  " (2010): India ink on Mylar®. I will admit upfront that I am a bit, if not a byte, more of a museum nerd than your typical MIT student, which ... Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I Never Went Home, is really one of the best

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Story of Tim Tebow My friend Steve '11 wrote a blog for the not admitted.

  

  I thought it was really a good story, and maybe some of you would ... kick in. Get off the blogs and let out a few tears. Then watch some awesome YouTube videos Or eat a Vermonster with your friends. ("editor

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To Defeat the Huns ...as Hamsika said, there's major business to get down to this semester.

  

  .013 – Introductory Biology (a GIR class) I’m ALWAYS excited to take biology, but that ... the course. I think this has something to do with the science education ... , some more in 7th grade, for a whole year in 9th (including some intense

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Honorable Mentions: First off, Josepher presents an excellent example of a ... approvingly. On a less-traveled path of the prefrosh journey through CPW ... contests that feature cheap foods with comedic potential is more or less a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I had a perfect view of Cambridge and Boston out my window. The plane was ... River and the bay glittered like uncut gems in the light. It took me but a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  ? I don't think you are!) we do legitimately make a difference - our ... - with MIT-EMS. MIT-EMS (Emergency Medical Service) is a student ... in Cambridge, as well as part of Boston, and runs 24/7 - which means a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Drinking from the Firehose By: Teresa, '11

  

  variety of activities that students do. All it takes to make a group is ... Dorms. Multistep retrosynthesis. A cappella music. Hacks. Everything ... education to a drink from a firehose? There is so much more than water at MIT

  • by Bryan
  • April 24, 2007