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• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  to step on your camera if you leave it there." "Okay, I'll put it on ... 'm so tired." "Guys! We can get a great picture with the pyramid. Get in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  “Take care of yourself.” "Can you post something positive please?" - my mom

  

  I'm kind of iffy on, seeing as it's really hard for me to pick up new ... messages checking in. ("Don't forget to take your Vitamin D, Camille, it ... to do a post on my skincare routine, but unsure if there's interest. Hm

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  alarms of any dorm on the MIT campus. Because just because you go to MIT ... needs to evacuate. If something's on fire, cover it or throw it out the ... . People usually take the minute before the fire department gets there to put

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  , please be sure to include your name, date of birth, your instrument, and ... Application Materials" on the envelope. Send submissions to: Jan Wampler ... 's coaches. Your athletic talents are something unique that you bring to this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  of where you are on your spiritual journey, come and pose your hard ... 's just so hard to get through a whole book in a non-native language. It ... at asklaura at mit dot edu. I will reply to your email, but I can make

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  're required to make every call, I gave the new third rider tips on how to hold ... .S. When I first read the title of your post, I thought you were going to ... on Thursday I made my way from 2.007 lecture to the second floor of the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  closing in on me as they laughed and pointed. My initial instinct was to ... I just kept moving, and each time a new crowd started to gather I would walk to a new place. I repeated this sequence over and over, even

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  entrance to the new Central Square Theater. (Photo by CST) I had the chance to take a hardhat tour of the new Central Square Theater less than two ... forward to seeing how this new model works out. One thing I do know is that

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  . Expectations are higher at MIT. You are expected to do a lot on your own. If you want more examples, you have to read them on your own time. In class, we ... (family, social drama, getting sick, etc.) take a greater toll on your time

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Personal Travel

  what I did this summer unoriginal title, original experiences!

  

  , getting permission to be or do something new. [carousel image1 ... instead of drowning in it. On not being afraid to make mistakes and get ... another one in actually seeing those places. I did try to get out when I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  resident woke up to find a personalized sticky note on his or her door. I ... something like "Dear Anna, Good luck on your J-Lab presentation tomorrow! I ... of chocolate chips while at Shaw's, and invited me over to New House 3

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  was to write a letter reflecting on what we had learned, and I decided ... 'd like to go out on submission this fall." Essentially, I was supposed to ... wasted my entire sophomore year on a project that was never going to sit on

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  It’s all right. It’s just a small pebble in your path. Just a tiny pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it’s ok…you can get up and immediately continue on…” - Guts (actually

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  satisfied with your sentences. Then move on to Step 6. I actually did ... writing process was like for me since I get a lot of questions as to how to ... have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  ; those things—they’re words on your laptop monitor, or on your phone. us EC ... teammates. inevitably, we get to know each other (a bit), because, well, we ... about him to add anything new to everyone else’s descriptions of him

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  ’s a myriad of expressions on their different faces that I’m trying to ... out supplies, building bathrooms, and helping to treat people on this ... 9-to-5 that I couldn’t quite put a finger on until my first day

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  welcome to MIT! I hope to see you on campus during CPW. To those of you who ... , you often have to interview at your school and compete for one of your ... that but sometimes i need to remind her that failing just made me get up

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  Breathe… If you have submitted your application, go to 1. If you are planning to submit your application, go to 2. If you’re writing your college essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  don’t throw up. If you keep doing that you’re going to throw up. Don ... you don’t throw up. “No,” another friend said before I could get to it ... books belonged to whom, and they’d get all mixed. When they inevitably did

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  us. And so, MIT tries to get as many researchers as possible to come to ... turns, but managed to get back in time within the last hour. At the end ... (Daniel and Ben) getting worked like hounds to finish an IC (integrated

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025