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• Blog / Personal Projects

  Why Is There No Water? One of the most important things in your life is invisible to you until it…

  

  water get to my bathroom faucet in New House? I have no idea where it ... the complexity of getting water to places that don’t have it. I was inspired to write this post by a tumblr question I received while in Ethiopia

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... occasion when I get to a story that has special significance to me. I believe ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  a perfect long weekend in other words: i did no work and now am kind of a mess

  

  ’t want to fuck it up. also, my parents were coming from New Hampshire to ... by [annotation note= "my urban dance team’s annual performance. we had ... day went to setting up decorations, doing some last-minute rehearsal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Art Keeps Me Sane At MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] The beautiful irony is that the analytical, obsessive, and perfectionist mindset…

  

  [by Danbee Kim '09] My mother, like any other parent, likes to keep ... year knowing three new ways to juggle and talking about how I was being ... each muscle in your body, and understanding how to create something

  • by ARTalk
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.

  

  's the only way to keep from getting sad about some folks I really want ... 't get in it's likely an issue of space." Tomorrow's a new day. (Lunch ... reading your applications that most of you understand how it feels to really

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Summer With Tulip Interfaces, Inc guest post by Sharon L. '21

  

  day has been exciting and full of surprises. I usually get to the office ... *written by Sharon L. '21 as a part of the 8,726,500 Seconds of ... devices in between. Regardless of your role within the factory, whether it

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  house to buy in my new town, go on a big adventurous trip to Asia, and then (finally) get a dog. Everything was going according to plan. I was getting lots of responses to my applications, did several phone interviews

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  November Questions Omnibus 1 As usual, Q & A.

  

  HST, and they seem to think it's great. As for your second question, yes, it would be okay for you to submit your alternate response as an ... against me?" In regard to your first question: these things are an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  want to write today.  It started when we moved from Brooklyn, New York ... students who had just moved states, we were also the "new kids" trying to fit ... answer. Our fourth grade math curriculum in New York happened to almost

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  ! - Wenhao Sun As far as late Beethoven goes, I'd really like to get into him ... experience to say nothing else. Oh! I'm getting so excited about this concert ... quite nice when MIT rounds your GPA to one decimal place. In addition to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  71 More Things to Do Before You Graduate the 101 things expansion pack

  

  [/annotation] for at least one semester. Find something fun to do with your extra time ... typical) but as someone (maybe a child) who knows how to get places ... ="I stand by cutting through Briggs Field."]Discover a shortcut that gets you

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  I wasn’t about to let anything get in the way of my Acadia trip ... excuses, and this Thanksgiving trip was the catalyst I needed to get started ... having to carry my passport and risk losing it. I was going to live in New

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Odd Jobs How non-seniors can occupy their time before and during graduation

  

  25th reunion) to caps (’64, for their 50th reunion where they get the ... straight to evening rehearsals for We’ll Get It Right. We’ll Get It Right ... quickly to new scores and hundreds of single-note corrections which I, a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Goodnight Moon Or: The Senior Who Desperately Tries to Put Off Bedtime By Saying Goodnight to Every…

  

  my brain full of knowledge by 10:05am. Unfortunately, what I ought to ... getting my work done despite drooping eyelids and an intense desire to ... , to be comparing your school to a home. Cue eye-roll. I have been

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  at MIT, if you even think you're interested in something, you owe it to yourself to explore your options. Nine months ago, I was in the middle of a ... realized that maybe it was time to try sometime new. So when I saw a UROP

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  #scretious and bunnies!

  

  way to describe it is as the new cultural phenomenon. It is a word ... secretious (for a very negative scretious). Feel free to invent your own (and ... attention by Banti G. ‘17, who has tried to find out more about MIT bunnies

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  at your application essays, fretting over phrasing and wondering what to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a ... counselor to get real college essays and relevant advice. Through

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  too cool for this sort of thing. When you get to MIT for orientation ... going to march to Charlestown by land, or they were going to go via the ... skating rink in the winter. By the time we got to Frog Pond, it felt really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person to identify the source of this wisdom. Ruth, you're not allowed to play ... down in the parking lot with their head in oncoming traffic to get the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  by the freshman year, and what support do you give to help make that ... students get so excited "they sometimes forget to eat!" 10:05am: Prof ... were led to the CPW Festival by the MIT Marching Band. The festival

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007