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• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  , trying again and again to master the tire swing (which, mind you, is no ... had literally no idea where to begin. As I'm writing this, the results ... understand why Pass/No Record exists for first semester. Transitioning is hard

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  that is no longer accessible. When I think of this place in space and ... fail spectacularly (bless you, Pass/No Record), and take it as a learning ... reminder that every single person you meet, no matter how you may

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  new essays? No. You do not need to "improve" your ... no fault of your own, your school forms (e.g. teacher recommendations ... interviews have been waived are at no disadvantage). You are welcome to request

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , coursework details, research experience details (there's no "common app", so ... Research fellowship...of the ring? No. Cornell has a nice description: "A ... LIFE!" or "NO MORE COOKIES, EVER!") but this semester I've developed a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  my house keys, hugged my housemates goodbye - and suddenly I was no ... glanced over. "What did you forget?" "Guess." "No idea - what?" "My bike ... . Where am I going to be next year? I have no idea. Oh. My. Goodness. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  charcoal from; I had no answer. Turns out that the UA was delivering a bit of ... returned, there was no more left to carry in; some volunteers didn't actually ... ) security was so tight no one was allowed to walk around without an MIT ID

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  famed statistician Nate Silver is one of them. Nate Silver needs no ... only a median and a mode; because no number would be mean to Nate Silver ... in what happens if you have no long term consistency at all in your

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  For Newtown

  

  of the compassion that connects friends and strangers alike. No amount ... distressingly small in quantity, but glowingly large in quality. And no greater tribute can be paid to you as parents, and no greater epitaph can come to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  's accurate, maybe not broad." And with that, he disappeared (I actually have no ... "no time" thing was increasingly stressful. Very quickly, it was Tuesday night, I had well over 2000 words written, and still no coherent

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m sitting on my bed right now so sleepy

  

  away in the back; he very wearily said no. Maybe he gets that question a ... to perform various kinds of statistical analyses on our data. No fun ... baking bread in every variety. I have no objections to this WHATsoever

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  , no matter how smoothly you try to form your sentences, they invariably ... been made more clearly. While (hopefully) no lives are riding on your ... -congratulation that it should be no surprise the essays themselves stink like bad

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You’re Not That Old [by Elise '14] Not having done it before should be a reason to try, as…

  

  than me. I might as well not even try. I know, six is by no means old. It ... no experience, but have gained not only a new skill, but also something ... anything you want. It’s never too late to start, but there’s no

  • by ARTalk
  • June 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bubble Bath Disastrophe (and Other Adventures) Spring break: adventures and misadventures, coming home, and MIT on the Colbert Report—twice!

  

  in the trunk and the boy would ride with our luggage. But no! Out came ... blue dot come November. There is almost no crime, everything is 15 ... the concentration of soap until there were no more bubbles. Meanwhile I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 3, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  academic objectives. Grades started to no longer matter. I stopped going ... that I must be insane to keep wanting to stay here. There are no bars or ... . There are no unicorns, unless they are part of a hack. The only dragon is

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  against the bus stop, dreadlocks, staring straight at me. There was no doubt ... simply plug them into each other. But no: the Ethernet cable was securely ... ’t find the check scanner no matter what I tried. I even tried reversing the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  physics (or whether I'm not sure yet/have no strong preference) 2) Whether ... physics, and/or plasma physics, and/or "other", or am not sure yet/have no ... about something!" Affirmative. I spewed exclamations (no idea if they

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  of 5ths. Again, based off math. No wonder they say there’s a strong ... rate, we are no longer alive. If our blood pressure is at a certain level ... circle. And a circle….is one everlasting line, with no corners or other

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  , you already had your college days. No applying to MIT!), and some of you ... professor, not to be a researcher. No – I want to be able to wake up everyday ... – no matter what school we go to, we have the incredible privilege of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  of our nation, inescapable no matter where we travel to. In any case, I ... suddenly fourth place was called and no MIT. So third it was! The entire ... shopping. (what? there's no Nordstrom in the city!) The guys went on the

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  's Munchkin traveling. Something about clearing security (no small feat ... ". After practically no deliberation, I booked my tickets and flew out of ... fall. Dawn showed up eventually and no one was dead, which in my mind

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010