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• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours ... asked if I could wait for them, so I kept watch on our tour as it quickly made its way down the hall. The group quickly became a meandering blob

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  First of all, can anybody out there think of a new blog tagline? I ... Wednesday and I've had each of them once by now, so I'll give a quick rundown ... concepts pretty quickly. I'm most excited for the mandatory piano lab and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist and transfer: quick update No decisions yet, but some notes & reminders.

  

  I know that with all the hubbub for admitted students, some of the waitlisted students and transfer applicants are feeling a little left out. So here's a quick update. Waitlist It's still too early to know whether or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Tips for the EA deferred send us your FUN form by February 15th

  

  (RA). Many of you may still have questions so I'm posting a quick entry with some frequently asked questions and answers. What new stuff should I send? The only "new" thing you need to send in is the February

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  travel to New York, wander around the city, meet up with friends from high ... Matilda, and go to New York Comic Con. One of the greatest parts about ... create a Vlogbrothers-esque “Thoughts from Places” video about New York

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  official website) is “reducing stress and facilitating student social ... website for MIT’s Computational Biology group. I’m really enjoying the chance to experiment with website design and gain more experience with

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Paradiso A selection of dishes that define my MIT dining experience, part 4

  

  gave me new insights about food and led me to appreciate the culinary ... entity. The process of formulating new recipes is also the process of ... scallion aspic. The full recipe can be found on the MINCE website. I cook

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 28, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  It’s cool to care but maybe care a little less

  

  door quickly. I faltered. He grasped both of my shoulders. We walked out ... lives. Caring about something new does not look like this: It looks like this: To care about something new, or to care more about something, we

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 26, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  nice to leave MIT vaguely knowing". The quick rationales for classes that ... a wee frosh and finding everything so new and exciting and now i am an ... blogging style: still in the works. I'm relatively new to blogging; I've been

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice for the Incoming Froshies You've accepted your offer to MIT! Now what?

  

  !! There is an awesome Mark Twain quote on the FPOP website: "Twenty Years ... introduced me to MIT, Cambridge, Boston, and a new group of awesome friends ... more quickly than you know, and you will have to take graded classes

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  from other departments to launch a new product/service and change the ... Krugman - professor and columnist, New York Times And I'm copying these names from the admissions website's Notable Alumni page * John Thain '77

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  William Penn (New Castle. Delaware) College, year, major: Norfolk State ... about a move, I suggest the following website: The Internet Movie Database ... knowledge) I am the only person elected Governor of two states, New York and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  new favorite restaurants. I don't go there that often, because the food ... then fly back to Boston on Tuesday night. I quickly repack my bags, catch ... the shower. I quickly iron my clothes, get ready, and head out the door

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  . Bummer. Musical suggestions that I dug out of my old/new Spotify playlists ... Facts website, 88 percent of the student population will have participated ... and emailed a graduate student directly. On some lab websites, they

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  novelty the closest thing to time travel

  

  camps, every semester of college, group houses in new mexico and alaska ... out. in his post, sam wrote: Do new things often. This seems to be really important. Not only does doing new things seem to slow down the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • August 5, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  ), but it does get frustrating very quickly in new settings. When I took my ... 're in college. Fresh start, right? You'll make TONS of new friends. You're a brand new man, and the brand new you is confident, composed, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  getting places quickly, maybe, but not so useful for getting places looking ... say it was kind of a weird time in my life - I'd just moved to a new room with a new roommate who I didn't know all that well, to a new floor

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  be. New York tells you, above all: you should make more money. There ... learning new things and meeting new people. but the word ambition in its most ... it is like to live without an ambition - to constantly suggest new

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  things i’ve made and/or consumed art, movies, shows, and more

  

  taught me many things that I’ve tried to apply to achieve my new year ... ’ve learned as I write to my heart’s content.     Vocabulary  Another new year ... learning new words that are synonyms of those words that I already knew. I

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  [annotation note="A goal that was quickly cut short because I got sick :("]by ... comparatively easy it is to visit new places or even new states! So far, I've been able to explore a little more of Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023