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• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  it is you need a shoe horn to get their heads through the door) This ... , don't be surprised if the 2nd question is "How am I supposed to get to ... to the computer, bring up this page and walk away. WAIT, WAIT! DON'T GO

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  , when we saw this recipe, we knew we wanted to make it by subbing the beef ... were intrigued by this Bon Appetit recipe that seemed to be another take ... , so we boiled them to get them to the texture from the video. But our

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  around 6 but stopped by desk to pick up a package from Amazon (canned ... should take a shower and I take long showers so I'll get to bed at maybe 2 ... you to have a wholesome Ash Wednesday David S. '21 is only eating the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skullhouse CPW chicken waffles fire smores volcano steak shake

  

  them into the fire and have to start over. Sometimes we get creative ... CPW doesn't get boring, even for current students. Despite many of us having classes and tests during CPW, we still put in the effort to throw

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 13, 2017
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  've gone through Rush enough to get a bid, you probably already know ... heuristic get to you. MIT fraternities are very different from fraternities in ... finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They'

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Being Sick at the Institute the firth law of therbodydabics *sniff*

  

  smarter to sleep and get some efficiency back. I also got so inefficient ... --sometimes, it’s just getting through every week, every day, minute by minute. It ... where I am now. And, I've almost never had to do things completely by

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  in fear of getting belittled by my peers for repetitive word choice ... than Halley's Comet. Tomorrow, I will (1) wake up, (2) attempt to get a ... resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  to get a head-start on - in four of my five classes (the only class ... , ranging from ever-welcome three-day weekends to (most beloved of all) the ... any class. But on the other hand, most professors still expect us to put

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Coworker Shenanigans Summer friends

  

  straight face, I asked Jenn to go inside and get the sheet off the bed so ... them down to the appropriate receivers. My pulsar data is collected by ... head back to Charlottesville, assuming none of us have been eaten by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in addition to being a WWII vet, was also ordained as a nondenominational ... . You have the opportunity to go out and get a college education at a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  , 2003: Bryan boards flight 382 from Houston to Boston. So I get to my ... . college firsts: first shower: it'll take a lot of getting used to. first ... good idea to live in a quad because I'd get to meet three other people

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Yes, This Actually Happened wwydfcfa - what would you do for chick fil a

  

  eagerly got out of the car only to be struck by another "Holy shit we ... disheveled by this strange surrounding atmosphere that we almost even get run ... some pictures and was just utterly amazed by how everything seemed to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 20, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  —urged to attend by other people on my hall involved in the production ... introduced to it by the Ira Glass quote: Nobody tells this to people who are ... —that I missed it. I missed getting the chance to make art with other people

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  to get the attention of the representative. While maybe not as ... students update resumes, dry clean suits, get hair cuts, and start practicing their "talk to people not from MIT" routines. It's funny, MIT is in a

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  working all the time, I'm going to get back to reading your folders. Have a ... will be an exciting month. By now, I've read my first folders of the ... awesome. It is incredibly inspirational to read about you and see just how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where is my mind? In Northern California, Munich, a tent in New Hampshire, and an oreo-flavored soft serve machine.

  

  blogging and getting paid by MIT. Well, that's not too bad a deal. But ... wallet itself. So I might have to get my debit card replaced, at worst. But ... Song" was originally derived from the song "A Son of a Gambolier" by my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What Your Campus Wheels Say About You skrt skrt

  

  whopping 168 acres – which is 1.5x bigger than Vatican City! To get from one ... had to come up with some ways of getting around campus a bit faster ... because you refuse to get a scooter. Your entire schedule revolves around

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’d Like Your Help With My Letter to President Obama… What I'm up to in 21W.747 (Rhetoric) class these days.

  

  on an appeal to our logic (logos) by quoting statistics on shot blocks ... pursued by a company called TransCanada, that seeks to invest ~5.4 billion ... means of capitalism. According to a poll commissioned by the American

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • December 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an album a day the only new year's resolution i've ever completed

  

  and fell 100 albums behind by June? would I really be able to devote ... in 2022, I challenged myself to listen to an album every day. I ... listening to music: looking for new songs/albums, actually listening to them

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  interested to partake in social activities. Though to be fair, you get what you ... last year when I was remarkably overwhelmed by pressure to have an answer ... Coming back to campus has been unsettling for many reasons. My

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019