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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Then and Now The two are remarkably similar.

  

  ) and a stack of paper that is the approximate size and weight of a baby ... few remnants of said soul by the end of your first semester... Five months ago, I began my first term at the Massachusetts Institute of

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  'm far too lazy to go to the basement of the student center and put money ... the basement of the student center, and use it to buy food at dining ... , and it doesn't run out at the end of the semester, either - it just

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Did you know about this? This is big.

  

  that day which began 4 more years of the Bush presidency, and I remember opening up the backs of the machines and counting up the votes at the end of ... pretty awesome. First of all, I'm against the electoral college system. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick updates Just a few notes -- that's all we have time for right now!

  

  the news on the official and unofficial pages. Debate fans: The MIT Debate Team of Adam Goldstein ’10 and Bill Magnuson ’09 won the ... email address) and I'll get the information to you. It should be fun and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 2, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  and/or abilities in the realm of computer science. There are certain ... of the presentation!" And Euong wrote, "Sorry but does MIT come to ... international meetings: one in Mexico, and one in Canada. Hopefully, the website

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  do think Hawai'i changed that and made me a bit more fond of the whole ... interesting having to balance work with being in one of the most beautiful and ... fanfic (and i've read a lot of great fanfic so i think thats why the bar

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  , and could only admit ~1600 students. But most of the students to whom we ... and reputation, it is often discounted. So, at the end of each of my entries between now and the end of the early action process, I plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  chris and tiramisu for a hall birthday. it's the first day of the long ... don't know, i kind of like organic chemistry, and i like the professor ... , and i've developed a bad habit of starting them a little too late in the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Not in my own words. 90% of this entry = not written by me.

  

  coaster of editing, getting feedback, and editing some more. In the midst of ... and Literature University of Northern Iowa January 2006 The Statement ... all grad-school applicants, when they write their first draft of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  length of the Infinite Corridor, admiring the cracked Terazzo floor and the ... honed amid the mellow brick and expansive green lawns of my and William ... schedule of events was 87 pages long! The aesthetics of MIT do grow on you

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2026 is now live

  

  have completed the processing of all received documents If and when you ... , and remember there's lots of humans on the other end for whom this is ... with the mindset that they are in service of the rest of your life, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2021
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front ... and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles ... , approximately in front of the Sailing Pavilion and Walker Memorial. Over the years

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  knocks my glasses off my face. i put on the hood of my sweatshirt and ... of being a prefrosh. the confusion, deliberation, and anxiety ... past several months, and the chance to hang out with them and dozens of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  employer for the same job since my first year of high school, does it affect ... , including an int'l olympiad medal)." Don't worry about the writing, and your ... any way of knowing what the admission decision is online or through e

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  appropriate section of the textbook and quickly review the information I had ... . 50 of your text and write down the third word in the fourth line"; what ... 'est la MIT vie. And now, I present the piece de resistance of my entry: my

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIVE-BROADCAST: With the Void, Full of Powers [by Mei Zuo '13]

  

  [by Mei Zuo '13] "With the Void, full of Powers"     ... Sky Sculptures. Helium explores the “spatialisation of sensibility.” Return to this page at 5pm ~ this Saturday The liftoff will be

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  separated by an inch. The amount of area you cover will vary, and should ... . Your goal is to make an even coat of WD-40 across the whole board.  WD-40 ... of solving math problems, the reasoning and thought processes behind

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  ; how to navigate the cycles of work and rest? I am supposed to be ... I work on, and I love my grit, my capacity to suffer, the feeling of ... get back. I’m so normal now and when I am alone I dream of walking the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  My Freshman Backpack Or: How to bend the fabric of spacetime to your will

  

  in my room, with pages of notes strewn on my bed and my person, where I ... travel, this might be the next best thing to help keep yourself abreast of ... , and possibly three. What's worse, one of those exams in your freshman

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  House, and the thought of having to feed all of them, plus visitors from ... much, volume-wise. By the time four of us had gone out to the truck and ... , and put the food away. Next step: delivery of utensils, napkins, buns

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013