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• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  this kind of breaks down once it gets below 0, because I kind of like to ... bad), we managed to get the chunks into the moat, grabbed a few branches ... ’m from Michigan, so Boston cold is still no big deal. To be honest, if it

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  colleges, you are welcome to apply to MIT using your QuestBridge application ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... Bridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT
• Blog / Challenges

  My Funny Valentine No kissing on Valentine's Day.

  

  to my Valentine who will get her Valentine's day kiss when I'm no ... that on your TI-89. First off, yes, I am a blogging delinquent. Ben ... infection rendering my voiceless and without a desire to eat. So I think my

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Sunday Everyone Go read Marilee's post... NOW.

  

  desperately to get my kids to remember who I am, I logged in to publish an "I'm excited for everyone to get their mail this week!" post. In my in-box was ... really should all go read hers instead. Good luck to everyone who gets

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to ... 't get the movie back on and he was just going to drive to Portland. So, I don't know what prompted that, but we ended up getting to the city about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  my decision was. My dad didn't force me to go to MIT, don't get me ... school. Nothing to get depressed over, really. I guess it's clear that ... to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  If you’re applying to MIT through QuestBridge College Match, simply ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... Bridge Finalist, you will be able to add the recommender information to your MIT
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  . Your score, which you aim to maximize, is calculated as (the number of ... player has access to the decision made by any other player! Moreover, there ... be influenced similarly to mine by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  noting on a blog read by students aspiring to study at a school fascinated by numbers and puzzles. When I think about palindromes, I think about ... of a week-and-a-half of them, running from 9/10/19 to 9/19/19. While

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  measure the accuracy of the midpoint measurement by comparing it to existing ... UROPers hung up their lab coats to head home, Shaye and two other undergrads would meet at the lab and if the sky was clear, they would drive up to MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  don't have a chance to read this anyway, but just in case- stop by and ... consumed at the Burton Conner Ice Cream Event today. Check your CPW booklet ... . But I have to say, last night's trip to Shaw's was my absolute favorite

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  impossible. So now, I get to start of my days writing in bed as opposed to ... high school, getting into MIT, moving to campus, etc. I haven't gotten ... because I like taking my time to get out of bed. I've moved floors so I stop

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  the programs will allow your child to learn some things about MIT and ... efforts to position your child for success in the admission process, at MIT ... , and the positive developments attributed to “getting out of the way

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  20 Things I Learned In 2020 from a course 20 who is in her 20s

  

  someone I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to :( Oftentimes, there is a ... are so freaking capable of adapting to drastic life changes. It might ... . The people in your life should make your world bigger, not smaller

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 1, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now (Actually) Available Online

  

  . Working to restore flux capacitors...please stand by.  Update 2: rotors rotating, spanners spanning, you should be able to check your ... that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  phones of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center by 0615; just in time to catch ... [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP ... I'm sure they all fell back to sleep. After a quick shave and a few

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  through until 9 AM Monday, when I have to get up to get ready for my first ... it snowed. So of course I had to get up and open the shade above my ... '07 all came by to ask for my signature on their nomination forms. (They

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  Last year, I spent the entire summer working at ETS in Princeton, New Jersey, which is very close to home. Planning for summer 2011, I knew I ... , I have friends going to India, Japan, China, France, and Spain. As

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  : Because Your Embarrassment Should be Accessible to Everyone.”) These details ... found myself a new neck and decided to consume a mango from the MIT Farmer ... Polaroid donating the portrait to MIT along with a 9000-piece collection of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to ... for twelve weeks and I didn't get to touch a kitchen this summer, I ran ... top priorities of the moment keep getting supplanted as more and more

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011