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• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  in the garage and I use it to get to A to B. My car at college rests in ... anything to happen to us, but keeping us near by just because it appears to ... learning, and if an education is what you want your daughter or son to get

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  shirts. I started by sorting shirts into ones that I actually wanted to ... had used (who I highly recommend if you also want to get a memory quilt ... getting to volunteer for the day and see how it all worked was pretty cool

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  so I'd be able to get it! My team's analysis ended up being seven pages ... Before college, I was by no means a hardcore Beatles fan. When I was ... discography whatsoever. When I got to MIT, my music taste evolved to include

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  When I was in preschool, we had to make a crayon drawing of what we wanted to be when we grew up. My classmates drew astronauts and firemen. I ... 't remember why I wanted to be a mailman, but I guess it just seemed like a fun

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  -register online at web.mit.edu/womensweek/. Brought to You By: Panhellenic ... , other MIT offices, and various corporations to organize and fund this year ... 's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  *THE* double a room tour from an (only slightly) obnoxious duo

  

  — our return expedited by promises to help our floor (Burton One!) run ... IKEA, resolved to finish The Double by the next day. [caption id ... ="105765" /] I'm not quite sure when it happened, but if I had to guess it was

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  excuse to drink ungodly amounts of hot chocolate. Nothing beats sitting by ... warmest gloves, and the most durable boots. Get ready, it's going to be ... me and another one of my best friends who goes to MIT. We were walking

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Free-est post! un-free schedule

  

  frequencies outside that range I keep getting distracted by curiosity about ... problem sets, and while 6.864 was fun, I didn't get to actually implement ... In the hassle of getting my life and graduation requirements together

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  some variation of “What did you do in high school to get into MIT ... relied on finger memory, and never learned to sight read or play by ear ... students to get the best and hardest parts and a lot of unnecessary pressure

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  managed to get him hopelessly lost within like 20 minutes of my house. Also ... changed my name to Samsam Siam. No no, I've actually just taken all the spare pictures from last month that I had meant to blog and assembled them

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  resilience just by applying. To all the folks who are working full ... The fall transfer application deadline is coming up. I tried to ... -time, so I had to budget my time carefully. I made the plan to do most of my

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  weeks pass I'll get a better feel for this place. Maybe even start to fit in, in a way that feels most true to me.  - By the way, just make ... Stepping between closing elevator doors, it doesn't even occur to you

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2020 Ring Delivery we got our brass rats!..time to drop out? (also many photos)

  

  photo cred: Nick P. '20 Written by Danny Getting a Brass Rat marks the ... event was so much fun! First everyone got in line to get their rings to ... to coordinate with our different friend groups to get pictures together

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  it quits. Accompanied by two friends, I made my way back to Mc ... desperately to curl up in a hole and wait for time to just pass me by. When Camp ... Last night, I went to bed at 5 am. This morning, I woke up at 9 am

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  passed time by throwing out logic puzzles for each other to solve, and math ... would do tomorrow. We agreed upon getting up around 8:15 (blasphemy!) to ... 2 AM, and I headed back to McCormick to get some sleep. The next day

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  academia. I am actually surprised at the degree to which I am surrounded by ... understand these things: there's so much more math I want to learn, or get ... might want to get involved with. I have found a road to follow, and I will

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  to me to risk judgment by other people. The fact that there are things ... able to enjoy things without getting obsessed the way I used to felt like ... video game. To reject that younger version of myself by consuming media at

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  the art of trying new things exploring new clubs, making new friends, and doing the things i was afraid to do

  

  backgrounds. I was a little intimidated by them, but after getting to know them ... low self-esteem and little to no experience in the content covered by ... rejected by them, teehee. Essentially, I wanted to join a business club

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  the mortifying ordeal of being known embrace the care that lies within you (my attempt to soothe pre-decisions anxiety)

  

  ."]PhD[/annotation] programs.  Well, I don’t really have to make a decision until if I get in ... voice, stories, and dreams are going to be perceived by the committee of ... out by the mortifying ordeal of being known. Being vulnerable to a bunch

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Great Gatsby In all its pixelated glory

  

  , you should go out to the library and get a copy now! It's a great read ... by the Book, which can be found on the second floor of Hayden library. If you're a little sad that you can't actually be on campus to enjoy

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 17, 2012