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• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  and great, Neha had gotten in! But what about the two of us? What was ... here. (We were all accepted, by the way, and now the three of us are here ... - they've been gone a week), and my stepdad keeps the mailbox key on his

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  of judgement, and I have taken advantage of that trust. While I can ... and that one video of the goat singing Taylor Swift ever existed (I know ... bioengineering as an undergrad.) And what I learned was just how magnificent of a

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A *Major* Dilemma Will you forgive the pun if I tell you that I just declared my major?

  

  has one), and checked the box next to “Course 8” (Physics) on a piece of ... the major I ended up declaring. And, on that note, I should probably ... Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene. I read it in eighth grade, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest Post: Rush & Recruitment 2012 Evan and Denzil weigh in on this hectic week

  

  Fraternity rush and sororiety recruitment, cornerstones of the ... , the President of Panhel and Evan Wang, the Programming and Recruitment ... from the stress of life and academics, the chance to have unforgettable

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  students give presentations on their research and the chair of the admissions ... biology, and eat lots of free food and stay in free hotels and fly using free plane tickets, but I am so tired of being alert and awake. I am also

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  embarking again on a cruise to the Carribbean next week). I go home for dinner and have most of the day (except class hours) to have fun in Tokyo! It ... /4 of it already =p) (and, after all, since this blog is to introduce to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Teacher of the Year MIT's notable alumni include amazing teachers.

  

  I've discussed a number of famous and notable MIT alums here, but I haven't talked about any MIT alumni K-12 teachers. A number of my friends and acquaintances are teachers, and they are fantastic. One of these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to a Package of Dial Soap Substantial entries will come soon!

  

  digress, you must pardon me - see I came here to talk not of life and dreams But of soap, and its importance to me There's much more to soap than it ... be something that will be quite interesting for most of you :D (and I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  sort of felt like I just ran into people as I went about my life, and some of them happened to be people I really “clicked with”, and we became ... , and actually didn’t know anyone in House 4 of New House. I became

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  -contained and you can get full meals from any single station, there's nothing ... first and think about what might go well together instead of immediately ... on the Cinnamon Toast Crunch on top. Layer on the rest of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  will be in Japan next (and it's only open two months out of the year ... never met before and he had met on Sunday, and they were hard. core. Oh ... halfway up the mountain, legs and throat on fire, clothes soaked through to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  education and the future of this country. Of course, I have some minor and ... ] speaks of the importance of being able to be "on the failure track for a ... reading the newspaper of record daily during my subway ride to MIT and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  profession? Sorry to those of you who have actual careers like car-washing and ... of college life, self-deprecation, making fun of Harvard, and (best of ... of joy and frustration. The two are inseparable, like most differential

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  is an amazing mural on the wall of Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction ... weekend. First and most importantly, I got nine hours of sleep last night ... me, and I have to work hard to make sure I get enough of it. Burgers

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  is the anger and grief of recent events, that i just don’t have any ... and singing on i feel this version of the fear of missing out. like, we ... problems i’ll screech about on and on, parang sirang plaka. like one of those

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  see hundreds of booths, exhibits, demonstrations, and installations ... their steampunk bicycles or home-fired ceramics. So Greg and I went to ... this JEEP...made of LEGOS And, nearby, a seesaw water-pump was running

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Champagne, pistols, and my new UROP blogging in a power outage. that's hardcore. though anna beat me to it.

  

  stay home, but most people take advantage of the awesome fun classes and ... dudes kicked lots of people into wells. And then there's this guy: As ... working.  And if there ever comes a time when there are no lights on in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 29, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  Organizing Fellow and, later on, Data Analyst for my home state of Nevada. I ... on one end of the store and have it transported to the other ... . This morning, we checked out at 11am and headed on our route home. Our

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  feet on the ice. Now hockey may not seem that foreign to many of you ... holidays were a good time to return home and recharge before Regular Action ... drive home to New Hampshire for a hockey game. My brother and I were part

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  got into an early habit of ignoring it. After I turned 7 on 07/07, it ... was 07/07/07. And if you aren't celebrating the day of the century with ... worked out. Unluckily, we asked us for one slice and they gave us two. On

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007