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• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with ... judgmental about trivializing worries about what to make of your life, how to ... you hold on to the light, to the dreams you’re proud to have, and the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  didn't get to go last year but I really wanted to go this year. But the ... to Boston, I've been able to get a handle on things. Kind of. My mental ... /NR (meaning if you get lower than a C, it doesn't show up on your transcript

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  to the idea of carpe diem, seize the day, chase your dreams, and other ... you’ve always wanted to try, to experiment with your likes, dislikes ... career path. You’re supposed to be “finding yourself” (congrats if you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a semester in glass! i made a lot of things :D

  

  learning about safety in the lab, since you're going to be working with glass ... long sticks that you put glass on the end of, but we'll get to the ... learned how to take the glass back off the end of the pipe when you're done

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 28, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Ina Garten Da Vida, Baby Can't you tell that I love you?

  

  well in advance and just toss it together when your guests get there. Sometimes she has to go get some flowers or something from her friends, so she ... just testing to make sure that your camera still works?" "Oh, I just want

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  writing process was like for me since I get a lot of questions as to how to ... have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom ... satisfied with your sentences. Then move on to Step 6. I actually did

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• 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 / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  getting to the drive-in window where the lady says, "Here's your Big Mac ... in the blogs about how important your living group is to your MIT ... .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  answers to some of the more general ones that might get asked again: Kate ... technically you have to wait until you're an admitted student to do that. It ... it's warmer, your host will be more likely to take you out into Boston

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  should aim to keep your grades at or near the level they were when you were ... wouldn't unless I get into USAMO? And if it does help, to what extent and ... internal hoops. In an effort to get the blogs up and running as quickly as

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  personalities. When I say that, I'm not just referring to undergraduates, but also to grad students, post-doctorates, and even professors - and in my ... here, right now I want to focus on an aspect of diversity I never fully

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Robo-CJ writes a college app do neural nets dream of electric essays?

  

  attempts to answer each prompt. (So no, you can’t get a robot to write your ... just want to get my life together. I don't know what I'm looking for ... applied to [redacted]. And I didn't get a single rejection. Robo-CJ wrote

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 28, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  gets in Arizona in summer. I expected the wet towel in my room to dry ... to run in. But it’s getting closer, and each uptick in temperature is ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Events

  beautiful moments i think too much

  

  check in, watching older students smiling widely when they get to put ... 's been harder to notice the nice and pretty things in life: sailing on the ... tension of not-quite-capsizing, square dancing, the joy i get when working

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 21, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  information...let’s get to the most important part of REX -- our events!!! We ... art and make door decorations to liven up your new dorm rooms! While ... could have by living here. We’d like to make this blog corny and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  EAPS Field Trip In which I pretend to be Course 12 for a weekend

  

  other homework and trying to get this up before midnight, which prevented ... also get cold and rainy and cause n00bish vloggers to wince at the camera ... bloggers, your posts are wonderful and I can't wait to continue reading them

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  . Dupont Gymnastics Room Today, I went to get a drop form signed and fell ... these parts. Anyways, the point was to visit the Writing Center, and get ... My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• 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 / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Molly Pounds Chicagoland's Molly Pounds '10.

  

  Pounds, 17. "I'm so ecstatic to get into college life." What drove her to ... CL South junior goes to MIT a year early Date March 27, 2006 By KAREN ... prompted her to study hard and earn good grades. That hard work paid off in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  a blogger outing to go get ice cream! Best day ever! Argh, now I have ... of the day is that I got to eat lunch with MIT President Hockfield today. Apparently she asks five or six students to eat lunch with her

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005