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• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  to get our final events together before I had to leave on Saturday ... time as possible together.  And damn, did we manage to do it. On ... hurt like hell.  So I proceeded to get a tattoo and then party until 3

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  I wanted to offer a few more comments on the interview. While we have ... something else of interest to your interview. This is not a requirement or an ... counselors). If you love to play the violin, play the violin - even if your

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  worth trying anyway: best to get comfortable on campus before the ... , but he was too late. On my first day at MIT, I talked to my roommate ... me to pass the 100-yard (~91 m) test. I gave up midway on the first two

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of ... unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on ... Samuel Jay Keyser gave a talk on the history of hacks. In Where the Sun

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  advised to bolster your courage and read on. Much more interestingly, the ... , coming to you blogged from the Athena cluster in Building 12. While your usual author is at home in H-burg, I get to tell you about my recent

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Adventure’s Out There….. in Boston! Summer shenanigans at MIT

  

  little... hypocritical, I know. But it happens. It's very easy to get ... from UROPing this summer, I've been trying to get out and explore Boston ... on the full 19 meal plan last semester, I didn't really get out very

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • July 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 1 My name is Anna Ho, and I'm here representing the American Astronomical Society.

  

  15 AAS members to lobby on Capitol Hill. This Monday afternoon, his ... . The talk is titled: “Delivering Your Message on Capitol Hill” and I take ... . That’s part of why you were able to get this precious meeting time. So

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Antietam? I hardly knew him. A Fourth of July fable, while I'm stuck in Germany.

  

  have stuff to do at work. Unless you're working 16 hours a day plus weekends for some crazy consulting company, you're probably going to end up ... new work arises, and you're actually learning something in the process

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... 's hard to accept brilliance at face value when, well, sub-A level grades on ... comes to curiosity and the receptiveness of kids to new ideas and the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  get more green-blue clothes but i somehow never find the time to go ... that you're not committed enough to changing yourself. i don't think that's true. you're really earnest about wanting to be better, whatever "better

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  There is no solving for x thoughts on moving to and away from Maine

  

  to East Campus, and became an entirely new person. One that was happy ... this have to do with you leaving Maine and moving home?” Well, on about ... ' values on the events side to try and make it add up, but it doesn't matter

  • by Powers '23
  • June 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  progressing Mandarin studies, and he pointed me to his new OpenCourseWare 21F ... on serious issues like stress, depression, sexuality, etc, but to encourage students to get used to talking with them, they'll take any kind of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  This… is… Jeopardy! [UPDATE] Jean '09 knocks off a 6-time champion; watch her defend her winning streak tonight on…

  

  auditioning, and get interviewed.  If you are selected to be on Jeopardy!, you ... earlier this week: Computer Program to Take On 'Jeopardy!' YORKTOWN HEIGHTS ... call from an MIT senior who is going to be on Jeopardy! tonight. Pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  possible to get through. Documents can take up to 3 weeks to appear on your ... moment! To submit Parts 1 and 2, log in to your account on MyMIT. You can ... application materials, and are waiting for it to appear on your My

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  recorded as a P on your transcript, and a fail is sent to the backrooms ... collecting every block in the game and getting killed by every possible mob, to ... absurd amount of people using it (as Vincent H. '23 can attest to), I’m on

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.

  

  must find a way to get to Ogana Major on your own. He is waiting for you ... want to fabricate really bad, fake narratives loosely based on the ... year (Burton-Conner has a free rental movie collection) to brush up on

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Standing out But what if you come to MIT and you're not the best in the class…

  

  First, an aside Today, Adam and I were on the subway heading to the ... nervewracking to realize that you're no longer the class brain, and that you can't sleepwalk your way to perfect grades anymore. My first semester at MIT, I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  before because i was so focused on just getting work done. i’m so profoundly grateful that this field of study even exists, that i get to do work ... that i get to be here, doing the things i’m doing. sometimes there are

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  try and get things done to graduate in June (eeep! real world! yikes ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is invigorating. The hush, the electric cold tingling your lungs with every breath

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport ... that packet of information on Saturday, and, if so, where do I go to get ... ! Anonymous asked, "Hi, Mollie! How did you and Adam get matched up with your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006