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• Blog / Admissions

  Battle of the Bands "Rock on and come to CPW!" ~ Thomas Jefferson"Chris, you made up that quote from…

  

  ). Plus, I heard a certain Tim Beaver is planning on being there to get his rock on. He's been known to get a little crazy. See you there ... , and their soldering irons to strum their guitars; beat on their drums

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  from Chris P.) for a few minutes to welcome all the new pre-frosh to MIT. Congratulations on your final decision. You are about to enter an intensely wonderful (but extremely intense) four years of your life. I was talking to a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  Things I did instead of thinking (about decisions)

  

  teeth that need to chew on something or you’ll grow wild and mad, and so you turn to chewing on college applications. Perhaps you’re like how I ... with modular origami, folding [annotation note="great way to get started

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 27, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  did last week and was on the 83rd percentile for new artists listened to, 2. i listened to 46% more new albums than i did last week and was on ... new music tracking software to complement my spotify experience. in the

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  getting used to, four years on the job. For every publication I design that gets sent to press and mailed to thousands of prospective students, there ... ."]The New Yorker,[/annotation]I still would have loved the opportunity to rep

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Updates exciting, exciting!

  

  turns out, it's not a good idea to accidentally push down on your laptop ... , preparing for Sunday’s competition. The pressure is on to get MIT’s car ready ... 't the smartest idea; in fact, the professor might even ask you to get up

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Free Lunch Who says there is no such thing?

  

  One of the first things I did when I came to MIT was get myself on a ... to enhance MIT’s role in contributing to the broader discourse on ... purchased fresh? 4) Are you able to provide dietary information on the menu

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  between schools to get top ranking on national lists such as the annual US ... Sorry for the blog vacation guys. We're scrambling to get ahead in our work before we retreat to selection committee tomorrow. (Don't get

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2015! Happy New Year

  

  was finally able to read over the past week, and propped on my legs is ... getting myself to write a novel than read one. Which brings me to the next ... Maseeh Dining Hall. There was definitely more coleslaw on my tray, next to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I may have been accepted to MIT, but I'm getting darned good at failing at other things!

  

  lord, applying to jobs SUCKS. If you're not getting a referral or an "in ... 't think for a second that you're guaranteed to get in or stand a better ... from our floor lounge to the homepage of the admissions website and got

  • by Snively '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Overdue Q&A Post Sorry for the delay!

  

  needed to. On collegeboard.com's website, there is an option to send scores ... have him/her submit a letter on your behalf. It does not need to be ... 't matter to us as long as we see it somewhere on your self

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.

  

  Oftentimes the best way to learn something is to teach it. I've decided to try this approach to study for my 2.003 test coming up. WARNING WARNING WARNING!!! Physics content ahead! If you're afraid of physics, well

  • by Snively '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Week 1 ...of Year 2.

  

  are “Man, I need to fight the power, but I need that new Ferrari” “My feelings told me love is real, but feelings known to get you killed ... to make myself stronger, to get better at thinking and smiling and

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 14, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Post-engagement, pre-Bahamas An exciting week!

  

  of! Going on vaca Adam and I are going to the Bahamas tomorrow and ... Jamaica with Rose '05 and Swapna '05), and I can't wait to lie on the beach ... 'll be able to find more people to join your pset group. Comparatively

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  am nowhere closer to having an answer. This Monday I put on a nice ... , focusing on how organisms relate to each other and their environment instead ... longer my cup of tea. Also we get to grow microorganisms in mud and water

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  that I want to donate. While I work on that, go take a look at your ... , you have them now and you still look everything up on Google. Recycling bin. What if, in ten years, getting a job hinges on having my notes from

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  , I decided to write this one based on the song "MTA", where a man named Charlie gets stuck on the MTA (now MBTA) because he can't afford to pay the ... through different lenses, or to implement a new feature in Curveship. I

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Thoughts on coming home With guest appearances by MIT's Dean for Student Life, the communist dracula, Roman lasagna, and…

  

  knuckle pool because nobody really wanted to walk 5 feet to get the sticks ... to support my thesis of inherent DDR-incompetence by jumping on ... way to the wastelands of bygone travels. I landed in St. Louis on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 29, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Get Home from the Airport for Free For prefrosh who are like me and terrified of entering dank underground tunnels they haven’t…

  

  Hall. We seem to be going the right way. Follow the stairs on your right to the inbound trains. On your right will be another neon sign, now ... ’t.   On your left will be more of the same and, eventually, a train. Get on

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 18, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  confused taking initiative for being alone. You have to act on your problems ... pay for it directly instead of using a credit card. One reason to get a credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023