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• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  This is a guest blog post by my dear friend (and first person I ever ... across the country. [carousel image1="87194" image2="87195" /] I ... Mississippi. Among all the Amtrak trains I’ve experienced, three stand out to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  thoughts i’ve gathered about walking faster. (if you’re disabled or injured in ways that impair walking, i’m sorry and i have no idea what it ... all enjoyable - the world is really lovely, and i think walking is

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  forthcoming cycle, so I'm posting them. I want to be clear that there's no ... planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most ... short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the philosophy behind

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  It’s been two weeks since I’ve been on campus. Two weeks since I left ... I’ve already been on three flights. And as I attempt to make sense of ... conversations and “light reading”), I can’t help but draw a parallel. The past two

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  have been a lot more awkward had I not met friendly Central Ohio people ... Admitted Meeting, I heard about one student’s sorority experience, which ... group of people and free food! I can attest from experience that the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  I don’t have to do work yet (although this is work; also ... your questions that I could know, some generalized for the public. If you’re not an applicant this year, but emailed me already, I’ll get to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  ) As part of my weekly Boston Enrichment Trip, I ventured today to the ... remains a mystery to me (though I did try to find a pattern in the prices ... a $1 thrift shop copy of Isaac Azimov’s I, Robot has little value

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  impossible. What also is impossible is the challenge I gave you - there isn’t a single set in the whole board - though I hope you had a merry chase ... , 20 is the mathematical limit. I know this because I spent two hours

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  latter of these changes is always accompanied by questions, so I wanted to ... , unless you want me to look like this: (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ while I open all of the ... stress for you or your advocates. How can I check that you have the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  and I are fairly proud of, having mounted the whiteboard before we had access to a level). Which brings us back to balance. "I know you are ... slacklining went something like this: Me: "Whoa, this is really cool! I'm gonna

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  climbing, and winter and spring mean skiing. But I've become more and more interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... definition of ice climbing, I don't know it. But a layman's definition might be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT On Rambax, MIT's one and only Senegalese drumming ensemble. Also known as MIT's best Senegalese…

  

  -y - maybe it's that I keep listening to Christmas songs, maybe it's that we never take down our tree until about July - today I bring you photos and ... your hand. Now combine it. See how much imaginary fun you're having? I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Going Social Thinking about MIT Admissions and social media.

  

  I remember the first time I ever heard of Facebook. I was donning my ... personal hero of mine) so I figured it was some sort of creepy cultish ... would inevitably meet our untimely, grisly demise. I was wrong - that was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  your interview. I say that NOT because I have provided them with a test that I want each of them to give when they do an interview. I just don ... something like a teacher when you talk to them. And this is how... I know

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my ... game with my friend Cody '11. As I was passing by the grassy "Dot ... Earth, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences Department - I noticed a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Paris Hilton comes to MIT Just kidding, but I bet that got your attention

  

  so I still had class on Tuesday afternoon.) I think every MIT student ... a senior, I thought I had learned my lesson, and so I worked on Sunday ... , somehow, I spent all of Tuesday night trying to write a chemistry lab report

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  stay out of this room. Another sign I've seen around is this one. Mmmmmmmmmm, you can practically smell the radiation. I think what really drives ... it]!!!!!" Another 20 feet down the hall you run into one of these I

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Difference Written at 36,781 feet over Des Moines.

  

  're me. You charge your iPod and your computer and pack extra underwear and ... you checked your iPod, and you can't find your boarding pass. Ordinarily ... and the Pythagorean Theorem. And I wish I could tell you that you will

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part One Photos and commentary of a sample floor of the East Campus dormitory.

  

  to fulfill that request. I will try to add some personal perspective on ... is similar in architecture, layout, and structure. I haven't counted ... , and I'm sure some will disagree. That's why there are numerous bloggers

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International ... when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006