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• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  reflecting on what has inherent value to you, relative to your own aspirations ... Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from a cherry pie that someone had brought into the office to share. As one

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  to people all the time who get burned out in classes because it just ... I've been crossing things off my master to-do list (nerd alert) and ... or inspiration to have anything to say. But ah well, so it goes

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Heads To M.I.T By Fraendy Clervaud WJBF News Channel 6 Reporter June 4, 2009 It’s very parents dream... for their child to graduate high school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  participates in the concert choir. Finally, in the future, Emily plans to get a ... impressive) bearing my name. I frequently exploit this factoid to arouse ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the

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

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  of my favorite parts of events like this is getting to meet some ... people showed up that I didn't get to talk with everyone. I hope that if I didn't get to talk with you that maybe you got to chat with one of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  This semester I’m taking Intro to Photography. For the first half of ... techniques to make what I see in my head manifest on paper. It’s emotions-consuming -- when multiple test strips fail to produce what I want, I cry, if only

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Dilemma Free (food) for all.

  

  ://web.mit.edu/hillel/www/latke-hamentashen-debate.html Option 2: Tired of Ramen for dinner? Wish you could do something to make your nightly pasta taste better? Well, tomorrow is your lucky day! Julie ... how to eat better when you have to cook for yourself, but actually

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the regular deadline to ... for U.S. students to sign up. Remember that we require, in addition to ... II of your choosing. For you juniors and sophomores, I highly recommend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  getting, we had one picked out and ready to order. The first day was a huge ... that this was going to get done. People’s level of interest was a truly ... that we had the puzzle out. Josh ordered some Insomnia Cookies to get

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  friends, but also as a chance to get poke bowls at the mall, try out a new ... awkwardness get in the way of getting to know people. Asking people to eat lunch ... and get back to a healthier weight. I walk to work, take full advantage

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visualize this! My new UROP We've got some really cool stuff going on this semester

  

  important deadlines approach, everyone hops in to get the task done. Also ... , it’s a really good fit. I think the best way to get a sense of what ... chocolate, but once you start getting to really vague concepts like "benefit

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 2, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  integrate the freshmen girls onto the floor is getting dressed up and going to ... of bed at 8:45 am, briefly consider shirking my duties to get more sleep, and then reluctantly clamber out of my bed to start getting ready

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2021 Reflections & 2022 Resolutions

  

  haven't been able to build up strength, but I feel I'll get it by mid next ... resolutions I couldn't accomplish due to the pandemic, but since the world has adapted since then, I was able to do them! I'll be including the 2020

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  they feel the need to work on impactful research, and after a while they said something along the lines of:  look at the sandwich you’re eating ... ingredients to the restaurant, and you didn’t cook any of them yourself. you

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  during the past three years. That means getting lost (I guess I’ll have to ... Celtic’s game. It means inviting my professors to lunch and getting to know ... (except for “How do I get into MIT?” I still don’t know what to say to that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That Lovely Pre-Finals Period

  

  the GIRs your first year. If it suits you, it's certainly beneficial to ... Friday by 11:59:59 PM. I love assignments due by email. :-) I still need to ... !) French exam, but that doesn't mean I need to wake up any earlier than 11

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  of times, when you're not frantically trying to say a too-early goodbye to your friends and pick up the pieces of your cancelled events, moving ... will not be allowed to return to campus after Spring Break. Classes are

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  , but you should also be prepared to survive on your own if and when they ... within your control that you can take to preserve your well-being. this is ... and it’s something i struggle to understand. the claim is something like

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  compelling case for your inclusion among them, please feel free to submit an ... remember that I need to hire new bloggers 2) I frantically Google for the old application posts to remember how to hire bloggers 3) oh right

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Decisions 2013 Is it supposed to be waitlist, wait list, or wait-list? Oh never mind...

  

  students to submit their final decisions so we could figure out whether or not we could go to our wait list this year. Every year, we always plan ... unprecedented, record-breaking percentage of admitted students choosing to enroll

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 13, 2013