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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  , it is now I make my triumphant return to these blogs.The timing is ... broomsticks (left to your imagination). We've even started a political movement ... what it's like to worry that you're not going to belong, or you'll have

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Mussels and Brussels Lessons in engineering and culture from a nation of kindness

  

  : Carmeuse   Since my freshman year, I have seriously wanted to ... plane taking off from JFK when it finally hits me: I’m going to a country I’ve never been to before that speaks a language I kind of

  • by MISTI Program
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Giving Back (Guest Entry) Guest Entry by Kenny '13

  

  leaders, I am part of Camp Kesem with Hamsika, working to make the most ... So it's pretty interesting if you take a step back and look at your life for a second. Whether you're a current senior and getting excited

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 5, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  My life in the bush of ghosts The long-awaited chronicles of my life as a vegetarian.

  

  the fridge. If you make her recipe, though, I think you need to add a ... woman. Seriously! Just look at the Special K website as compared to, say ... Heya! So, from 7:00 PM on 7/11/05 to 7:30 PM on 8/8/05, a total of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  : Provide a link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. If ... all. Do not feel that you need to "clean up" your existing blog for us ... intend to use it on the admissions site. (If we can trust Laura to make the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on ... email: "Every year, the Laboratory for Chocolate Science makes truffles to ... hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  ’ll do my best. Shortly after we were told to pack up, I had to make a ... to rush into “making the best of a bad situation”. Personally, I ... the world and the people in it would make sense when I needed them to

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  makes no sense to me. It took me an entire semester to figure out that DNA ... to see your ID. "Uh...." "You need to be over 18 to buy Tylenol." "So ... does that make me? I grew up in Taiwan but I went to an American school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  important to hold on to your dreams. Here’s my anectodal addendum: It was ... , my studio professor from last semester: “If you’re going to spend that much time on something, commit to it” (He was trying to make me explain

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  highlighter for, circle in big red pen, make it the focus of your case. In fact ... absolute best to read your application. What you and I are missing tonight ... right now, but I thought I'd take a quick break to tell you a little about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Problems – EA Deadline Now 11/4 EA deadline extended to 11/4 - details inside.

  

  decided to make life interesting for us. Fortunately the primary tech folks are still in Cambridge, but needless to say, trying to coordinate all of ... 've extended the EA deadline to November 4 to compensate you for your trouble. If

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  influences your relationships with print material. Is a viewbook as useful to ... from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the ... on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  of recommendation and proceed to your personal statement, where you will divulge your greatest disappointments and accomplishments to ... “crusty’ seniors, my classmates and I are at a point where we have to make a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  floor (5-10) want to make an order because delivery is really small when ... 10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say "I really need to eat and I also really need to do 2.005 but I only have time to do one, which

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  Mechanics, and said "hey, wait - I love to make things, but I could be an ... - why we were traveling to the mountain midwest. Because we want to make ... , and New Mexico. When we return from such travels, we have to write up a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  blur, and within an hour I got an email congratulating me on making it to ... important items that engineers should add to their personal wish list. Now it's time to blog about something I feel particularly passionate about: public

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A Q&A for Deferred Students

  

  provide (new awards, changes to your activities, etc.). We will accept ... Committee will primarily look to the Midyear Report for your updates. What ... to "improve" your application, or redo/edit/modify part or

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 17, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery Potato martinis at the courthouse

  

  courthouse. Not very impressive, is it? Every guest had to pass through a ... the pictures from the night, check out 2007 Ring Committee's website.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  homepage. I’d encourage you all to watch it if you’re interested--it’s pretty ... daily)   1. Introduce a General Concept. If you’re supposed to be ... . Expectations are higher at MIT. You are expected to do a lot on your own. If you

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  . Ask yourself questions -- enough to make yourself see your own personal ... your dorm/FSILG make you feel at home? While these are all extremely ... central part of your college life, wherever you choose to pursue it. My

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008