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• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  pushing the boundaries. If that gets you going, you’re applying to the right ... .” He went on to explain that I was one of less than a dozen children ever ... Silence. Stillness. As I lay on my side, feet curled into my chest

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  patience, and check out this post for some answers to your frequently asked ... looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience - feel free to post comments here if you encounter further issues

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  this. If you don't believe me, the lowest score you can possibly get on the SATs (just by putting your name on it) is a 600, combined. My point is, don't take this seriously. Read it with a sense of humor. Call your

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!

  

  , you have my permission to put down your AP study books and take a look ... . They [had] decided to forgo a trip to Toscanini's so they could get home ... 's "Under the Dome" Open House. To put that into perspective, hosting this

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  general things to chew on to keep me going for a good long while. I even ... long night ahead of you." Great. The thing is, I know how to handle these ... to be an admissions blogger read, Once, years ago, there was a Great

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  applicant pool we were unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some ... This year well over 18,000 students applied to MIT, the most in our

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would love to have on campus. However, we did place some students on our ... This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester ... . 2.ThA - Undergraduate Thesis How to write your thesis 101 2.A35

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  degree. Please do stop by and see your advisor on registration day." and I ... course, live in the Milky Way, although it's hopeless to try and see that ... , there's Big Science News: we're a huge leap closer to understanding

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  . I guess you'll have to come and see for yourself! (or get 5's on ... seeing the decision reflecting on your journey to where you are. After that ... blog on this! So check that out. The other thing I forgot to mention in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus visit, revisited In which I dissect the campus tour/ info session and forget to clean up afterward

  

  that night, the lights in the building would be turned on to spell SOX ... of my day goes on to include a lavish, adjective-laden description of a ... going to be the new trend in blogging. Thursday: Woke up at 8:30 AM to the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  Today was moving day. My role in life on May 25th, was to move all of ... should take very long (oops, gave it away). Now all that's left is to get ... TOTALLY Susan Hockfield." *looks over her shoulder* "You're right! I need to

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  through teaching, organizing events, or just listening to a friend on a hard ... deciding whether to hire me based on supposedly being an “ESFJ”. This is ... personality that exist on a spectrum: Openness to experience, Conscientiousness

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  ’s helped to ground me, I think, and give me perspective on who I am and who I ... , and that’s good. I’m pleased to have been able to fill 2020 with new ... course, in all the things that we’d like to be able to leave behind. But at

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Boston’s 3rd of July It's almost a holiday, but not quite.

  

  week and then get off early on Friday. That changed a bit this week ... , unfortunately, did not take my camera, so you'll have to rely solely on my ... tunnel near the esplanade." Nice. Clearly a plot by security trying to get

  • by Snively '11
  • July 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach ... /early/contriving enough to claim their own bedroom. I slept on an ottoman, but it was only ... . Provincetown in the dark was a stunning approximation to the iconical New England

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Weather Sensitive I know you think that I don't care, but I really do.

  

  , it gets cold in that wet, drippy way that makes you feel like you're ... said, I present to you three pictures of the view from my window. Early September: Mid-October: Last week: ...I don't get it. (No, it does not

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  year, it has to be the volume of hair on my head. Although I always ... what's been going on in my life so I thought I'd throw together a giant life update to catch you all up to speed.   Hair   If I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  only being exposed to new movies when one reasonably good one comes out ... or three more times on Max, and I will continue to have this as the ... (more details to come) and read it on and off throughout the spring. It is

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  everyone else's blogs. I would be happy to get feedback from my readers on ... on what it would be like to be a hacker at MIT, the actual accounts of ... essays on subjects that I had been thinking about for a long time, and had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006