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• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline-time Questions Omnibus Answering all of your questions. See you in 2007!

  

  Before I go off on vacation today, I wanted to answer as many questions as I can. It's a long entry! Before we get to that, though, I have ... ... ------------------------------------- ola wrote, "I was wondering whether the 'creation' for the optional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  [Joint Post] Chatting with Hank Green, the MIT Commencement Speaker interviewing Hank + sharing student stories!

  

  When I found out Hank Green would be our commencement speaker, my ... profits to charity, posting thoughtful weekly vlogs — the list goes on. I ... conscious life. I stumbled into the Green brothers’ corner of the internet

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 24, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time ... vice versa). I am, however, going to co-op the term to also apply to the ... get a start on the college exploration process. For that later group I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

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

  

  "the people". What do we mean by this? I ask around. who who are "the people at mit"? i think it's mostly undergrads, people in related friend ... students / workers / etc i promise you that if an undergrad student uses

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 25, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Stitch n Bitch: Quarantine Edition a tight-knit community scattered across the globe

  

  This blog post unfolds in three parts: (1) a story about how I got ... in 2019, I met someone very special. Her name is Kidist. You might have ... , in our freshman year at MIT, but I think our story really starts on a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 21, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  Last Thursday morning, I met with my therapist and told him about ... in when there’s breaking news every few hours), but I went on anyway, telling him how I felt a mixture of calm and anxiety, and I couldn’t quite

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  9 / Headache 68 days to go

  

  To set the mood: i'm so tired... by lauv & troye sivan   ... the semester already. I envisioned my final semester to be ~ c h i l l ~ but it didn't start out that way. I spent the first few weeks trying to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 31, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  ="attachment_40419" align="alignleft" width="175"] coming home[/caption] I visited ... some things that New York just does better. I had forgotten how impressive the New York skyline was until I was looking at it again. The pizza

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  A Monday in the Life So many to-do’s, so little time.

  

  Hello, world. It’s been awhile. Mostly because I’ve been swamped. It ... writing about my life, I'll do a little show-and-tell.   Half of getting anything done is really just remembering to actually do it, and I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  Earlier today I realized I haven't blogged since my hack ... -considered posts I've been meaning to write, but, like Phoebe, I'm a bit hosed right now, and I don't have the time or headspace to write them. But, like I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  . Last week, I mentioned I had been a transfer student. Well, I also was a wait list student, so I've been there too. I ended up deciding to matriculate to the school that admitted me off the wait list, but I could have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to ... most of these t-shirt bearing tech companies in this reality. Instead, I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Independence Day Fireworks in Boston Hobbits watch beautiful fireworks from comfort of dorm lounge.

  

    Yesterday for Independence Day I was a hobbit. Cory R. ‘14 and I ... enough adventure for the day. I wanted to photograph the Charles River for ... dancing on roof decks of frat houses. Last summer I watched the fireworks

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  Hi Everyone, Early action committee is almost over! I never knew I could read so many pages. I never knew I could drink so much coffee. I never knew I could eat so many sugary snacks. Some ambitious admissions

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Remnants of Four Years What happens when you have to start packing

  

  have to pack up your life from the past four years.  No more of this, "I ... a member of the rowing team, I have had the same locker at the Pierce ... .  I tended to wear three different sets of rowing clothes, throw them on

  • by Becca H. '12
  • June 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I found quite intriguing (and think you might, too). I especially agree with Folkers' paragraph that begins "I started to paint again." Without further

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TELETHONNNNN brought to you by Domino's

  

  After my kickboxing class today I ran to the Bush Room and just ... balmy January evening? "HimynameisConnieandI'mafreshmanatMIT... and ... person I called, but I understand if we caught you off guard or in the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  , I’ve walked through this lobby nearly every weekday to get to my office just a few feet down the infinite corridor. I enter with my morning coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After MIT what i'm doing...etc.

  

  So I have (somewhat) settled into my life post-grad. This is, however, NOT my last blog. That is coming, and (I promise!) it will be still MIT-relevant. Once things stop becoming MIT-relevant, then I'll stop

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... me a curveball: what do I do for fun. MIT may be known for its academic

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010