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• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  from the archives related to this decision, the one you're nominally in ... 't even think to think about. things like the one class i took on a whim ... by it: follow your heart, as cheesy as it sounds. When it comes to some

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Long-Overdue Responses Questions answered.

  

  . Thanks for doing your part to keep these threads on the right path. As you ... sacrifice your true passions to get that A in French, but at what cost? Let ... - on both sides of the equation. I apologize to those of you who think

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 20, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  fun. the band, but also the form

  

  classroom on Tuesday morning and had to run to get there. I went to an extra ... to work on them. And then I was out the whole weekend, from Friday ... spent. That after this streak of work, I’m going to crash. You hate your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mormons and video gamers Bonding with strangers

  

  On New Year's Eve, my family went out to see Book of Mormon. When ... costume, then searched my room for a fridge, with grand plans to get Thai ... 's very time-consuming, because if you're going to dress up like your

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  picture the world my phone's storage space hates me

  

  to MIT. my photo album conveniently lists them in chronological order ... on campus. but i’ve found, increasingly, that memories don’t work that ... place on campus and in boston — classrooms, dining halls, dorms, street

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  why do you do what you do do androids dream of electric self-awareness

  

  changed her profile photo on social media? Was there any real purpose to ... virtue, however, is a contradiction: you're selfishly claiming to be ... takes a long time before I get to the bottom of why I’m so upset. When I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 23, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  "mcgregor" get it tell your local prefrosh to go tomorrow/today (8/26) at 9 pm ... time to provide SFS with feedback on our new award letter for first year ... us when we were trying to install it on the balcony of E entry, because

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  The sun always seems to hover near eye level. It gets a bit ... , get about 8-9 hours of sleep every night, even at MIT. But you're ... . Depending on your subject and which year you're in, you can have anywhere from

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  time to leave. The next week (last week) I was in New Mexico (more on ... . Knowing that I needed to get in touch with someone named "Ricky" (I didn ... kid who's into science; most don't get the chance to spend time with

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  get pushed to the back of my mind during the school year. All my ... similarly fun things! The things I'm doing that are new to IAP: I’m taking ... ! But you’re allowed to retake a PE class and I’d definitely benefit from

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  New Hampshire this weekend, but I wanted to take this brief moment of ... excerpted on the entry announcing new bloggers: The smell of decomposing ... , cranking up every dial. I put on my headphones, ready to unleash percussive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  perfect time to catch up on schoolwork and then get ahead in classes, if you're ... 'll spare the gory details. Suffice to say, the warm and copious food on the ... years ago I wanted to get into photography. Digital cameras at the time

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  a stunned daze, that this would be the closest I would get to a one-on ... Physics degree. Please do stop by and see your advisor on registration day ... new universe" - and I'm going to ask him to take the time to explore

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  the world is blooming! and so am i?

  

  ="Undergraduate Research Opportunity, where students get to contribute to real research on ... easier to notice the little bursts of green appearing on the blank canvas ... scores of new people met and new friends made, I’ve learned how to make

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  : some of us became dependent on those to feel good about ourselves. One ... put into it. And now I'm probably not going to get that. And last night ... EVER TRY EVER WHEN I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GET EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF MY

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your ... transcript and no further action is needed on your part. If you did not submit ... official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  bed. I have to get on the T tomorrow morning when it opens at 6 AM. ... , which will take a lot more thought and I will get to at a later date ... wish on your card. I usually eat breakfast bought from one of the grocery

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  sunshine and warmth to the other coast, especially on cold, icy New England ... get some downtime to fully reflect on the halfway mark of my undergrad ... to go on the last day of classes, a week early. And after my last class

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  succession, her Facebook status was updated, Google-stalking was initiated, and ... yesterday, Jeanne's phone rang and we went to meet our overnight guest (who ... my floor after an effort to microwave a bagel pizza went terribly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice Singing in the shower, taken to a whole new level.

  

  downstairs with your dirty linens, or the emergency pizza button on (I believe ... enough to get Jeremy '09 in our suite this year, who idolizes Mike Short ... so hot that Mike '09, looking on, had to break out the Ben & Jerry

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 30, 2005