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• Blog / MIT Life

  Updates, Previews, and My Successor

  

  , Paul and Karen, are among the authors. Here's a picture of the cover so ... series. Next, keep your eyes peeled for profiles of the one and only Melis ... , Ecuador, support their water system through the sale of their jewelry and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding Inspiration encouraging motivational inspiration

  

  many of you, I’ve watched motivation jump off of a building, and with it ... quotes from the lovely captain of the lightweight women’s crew team, Sharon. I’ve compiled the corniest collection of these quotes into power

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  Ori and the Will of the Wisps to evaluate. CMS.616 For CMS.616, we ... study the evolution of spectatorship in the videogames space and looking ... focus our video on the history of the tamale and its indigenous roots

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Keg of worms and phytoplankton

  

  I'm at home now in Hampton Bays getting ready for the first of my ... using the wrong lures and jigs. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. It made ... only recall one fisherman (fisherperson?) from the thousands of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 7, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  of Music The Sound of Music went up against a bye in the first round of the bracket and unanimously lost to it. Sorry, Julie Andrews fans ... of us there and each of us preferred a different movie. So, we each

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  take it as a treat, and I’ve been having a lot of fun. The first few ... dread about the passing of time and a lurking fear that I am wasting my ... of the week based on how you plan to spend them. Athena and Leo have

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  what we mean when we say the people why we like “the people”

  

  "the people" of mit, they are only referring to undergrad students, and ... individuals when they are asked the question of what they like about MIT and ... this one already existed, and now i'm part of it. probably similar to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  imagine why. So I couldn't upload any of my photos. Which was the whole ... out about the Croque McDo and everything, but I was kind of bummed. So ... the form of a McDonald's in Marseille, France. Seriously. As Samuel L

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of ... 'd expect, hacking is one of MIT's most celebrated traditions, and the actual ... talking about in the morning, and I managed to catch a glimpse of it on my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  ; This is my first post of the academic year, so I’ll treat it as a bit of ... year, at the start of my admissions blogging in the spring and throughout ... better, and on and on. To answer these kinds of questions, you first have

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  state college the next. And I got lots of work here now, but at least I ... Applicant for the Class of 2021, and see how you’re doing. If you ... looked over all the other parts of my application and everything college

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  first drafts of just such a book. Now that the admissions season is fully ... , and open as possible. That's why I tend to believe that most of the so ... the whole history of each school you apply to, I think it helps to at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  and the same triumphs - both of which can be found in abundance at MIT ... more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I ... doubt, the most important and most significant decision I made as a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  of my flight, I had already packed. My family and I got to the airport ... seven hours of flight I was anticipating. I got the first notification in ... updated Ruth the first one or the one out of detroit? First one I might see

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  volleyball, and just goofing around with the team with 30 of us packed into one ... ’s grandma on the speaker. Her grandma sounded so proud of our coach and so ... important to communicate with them and make sure that we were on the same page

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  semester 4, take 2 positivity edition!

  

  changed. On a bad day, this loss of my previous selves (and therefore, the ... : nope. can someone explain to me the passage of time? how to avoid ... know how fast you can lose everything you counted on and have your whole

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 23, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  ’ve always dreamed of (and, no doubt, the one everyone *expects* you to have ... " because of the unique opportunity to gain purpose and personal enrichment ... (Come to the 3rd floor of the Student Center at 12 noon on Friday of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  foot in the door like that takes a little bit of creativity and a whole ... . Some examples include the importance of visioning and interpersonal ... “use all parts of the buffalo” to remind themselves to avoid waste and

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  be fun, and you'll get to meet all of the students you've been reading ... Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you ... not writing a whole lot this evening -- I'm still on Stockholm time, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  One Day at a Time or, springing into junior year, part 2: electric boogaloo

  

  to be one of the most stressful movies I’ve ever seen, and the first ... of normalcy and keep up my routine of waking up at the same time every ... Updates page. I will not read and reread the Wikipedia pages. I will not

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020