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• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  sure I'd ever be able to get any work done. I went on a student-led tour ... -California, I had about 12 hours at home before getting on another plane to attend ... my travels over the last month, I just want to take a minute to thank

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  where to get black hair done to the availability of urban radio stations ... made the 12-hour round trip from Boston to Ithaca, NY. When I departed Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cake Concert, Wing Dinner, and Senior Ball An action packed 2 weekends: Cake, a wing dinner, and Senior Ball!

  

  find someone who lived nearby to stash it so that I'd be able to get in ... huge fan of either, but then CAKE came! We were able to get amazingly ... MIT tradition, complete with: - a performance by a top-notch band (it

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 7, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  : reflective, personal, and trying to get people to accept me for something ... resubmission to our journal. Getting to “Reviewer 2” Albert Einstein (in a nice ... to be Paper 2; in a few weeks when I get feedback, I’ll need to revise

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  teachers sufficient time to write on your behalf, they will get your letter ... At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... some face-to-face time alone with each teacher to ask them in person to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by ... WTP is a women-focused program aimed at empowering students from groups that are historically underrepresented in engineering by providing a
• Blog / MIT Life

  Food, glorious food In which I learn that Simmons Dining is not, in fact, the best that Boston's…

  

  from MIT's campus (we had to take two separate MBTA lines to get there ... the only place where it's socially acceptable for me to get food in my ... If you asked me before spring break where I like to eat around MIT, I

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life during IAP i dump my brain a little

  

  Japanese textbook for beginners. My goal is to finish Genki II by the end of ... a bus and spend an hour getting to Nashoba Valley Ski Area. You get a ... used everyone in the room as her instrument by instructing us to hum

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First day of school The first day of school

  

  to get involved with some new activities and continue some old ones ... involved with organic reactions. 9.01: Intro to Neuroscience Taught by ... 'd just be so excited to be a (fill in the blank here) grader. Things have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2 ... mechanics, is two hours long; reading those posts gets me through the rapid ... the psets, untangling each other’s equations when they get in snarls

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  others having similar reunions. My mom tried to get a sense of what life ... noodles until we get scurvy and staying up until 4AM day after day. (Actually, I’d still get a full(ish) night of sleep every night even if I did

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  still get death threats often So their meaning starts to soften and on the ... getting to hang out with them. in that respect, it is less fun, but more ... posting. i just needed to get these thoughts in writing. maybe i'll actually

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  figure, dozing against one of the sandstone pillars with what appears to be ... . "For goodness' sakes! Are you going to come see me play tonight ... him fervently. "Ay, Luciana! Va bene! I'm getting up now..." Yawning

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Travel

  Rejection Therapy and my insatiable urge to collect trading cards

  

  Today I flew back to campus! I returned earlier that most students because I am an Orientation Captain. I have to come early for training and to help prepare everything for the [annotation note="underclassmen have

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  own room. I also get access to a kitchen, which I share with my suite ... awesome to get to know the MacG upperclassmen – and Boston – a bit better ... helped me lug everything up to that room. I’ll end this post by saying

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime Happenings A summer of research and relaxation in Boston

  

  monster (not including travel time) and by the time I got back to the apartment, all I wanted to do was eat nectarines (which, by the way, are ... ’m going out more and really getting to see the city just across the river

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  things as seemingly objective as motion or time are influenced by how one ... by looking out the window. As long as you're sitting, you're stationary with respect to the plane. But it goes without saying that, relative

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  throwing a blog entry opening party, where you can get you picture taken with Sam imitators and giant turkeys and enter a raffle to win a replica of ... down in her hometown of Covington GA to see a football game and a free

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  pretending to work there and get on with the show, which I did, but I ... appointments, but we did get to check out the giant Star Wars and Indiana Jones ... owners and inventors trying to get their products marketed. Hasbro has the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a few new things is it too late to talk about the spring semester?

  

  easiest way to get me to do something is to convince me that I am either ... plan an achievable timeline for what needed to be done when, and by whom ... when I ask a question, it is not greeted by silence? I'd like to be able

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • August 25, 2022