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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  It’s funny how one month can entirely change your perspective on life. As I write this, it is one month to the day since I took my 7 ... it got to the point that, by reading the first sentence of a practice

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  memorial for a dorm goodbye east campus (for now)

  

  need to have some sort of memorial service to commemorate the death of ... years that this room has lived i've only been here to bear witness a small part, only trace a quarter of it i don't know your full history

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 6, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Rain is evil There's only one kind of good snow, and rain isn't it.

  

  misfortune to be around me the last few weeks. All I do is complain about the ... crazy lately. Plus, at home, I never have to walk 15 minutes to work ... electricity. It has no right being this cold out if it's not going to snow." And

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  perhaps it is an appeal to something which happened on a historically significant December 17th. I am going to continue to keep our reasons a deep ... according to Wikipedia: 546 – Gothic War: The Ostrogoths of King Totila

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  . (Definition of MIT, #129: The ability to Taylor expand your states of ... my Special Relativity test required me to add (and subtract!) numbers with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. Admissions decisions will be available

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... bought blinds the other day at your store and they're the wrong size.. is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second First Week Quick update at the start of term.

  

  and studios where you can screen foreign films to hone your language ... school or on your own? Do you hope to pursue any global interests when you ... :-) A couple of classes I'm paying special attention to: 21F.019

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cancel all operations Tell your friends to cool it, my cover's blown.

  

  appreciate your references to Chopin, Bowie, and Benatar, all of whom are ... Scottish band, beating even Franz Ferdinand. Now, you know I don't like to do just plain answer entries; I prefer to supplement them with at least some

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  , pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, other dishes liable to clog your arteries… and ... So I live in Burton Conner, like some other people, but I happen to ... exposure to Judaism prior to MIT. Consequently, it never even occurred to me

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Moving Across The Pond From One Cambridge to Another

  

  found a great community of folks who always manage to make me smile ... -essential employees I said my final goodbyes, hopped on a plane to Canada and shipped off to a land of free healthcare, fizzy lemonade and double decker buses

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 6, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  I have a billion things to say about this semester already and I ... ?                                               Before I go back to this summer, my life thus far has been a conglomoration of time speeding hazily by. I've been...  Trying to cook food more

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m leavin’ on a jet plane… and another plane...and another plane...

  

  to another nearby hotel, but cover the cost to make up for the ... stay in close touch with Matt to make sure we have a plan in place in ... due to the hurricane, I have a decision to make - do I stay or go? I now

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blending In (Guest Entry) Of singing, eating, and shopping (sorta)

  

  ended up not even making it to the COOP because I had planned to stock up ... had come to MIT CPW with excitement but also deeply rooted stereotypes ... fun to see all the random students and faculty pass by and stop to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  money to buy me diamonds. Draper Labs. Seriously, he makes more money ... -hi-uh" -- Adam always makes fun of my *nonexistent* accent after I've been at home for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Things That Aren’t Studying If you think about it, I get paid to procrastinate

  

  .) So last week, I decided to make up for it by...doing a 9.00 essay? How, uh, relaxing. And now, to punctuate the beginning of this week, I ... like such a big deal, but it's actually harder to make it through

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  lot about how to make the next half of MIT feel better, and concluded ... healthy habits, like going to the gym regularly and making balanced meals ...  before my food burns. I’m going to keep making mistakes for the rest of MIT, and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  course 6 class we wanted to take. Last semester, we finally took 6 ... semester, and while they did seem interesting, we felt like we wanted to learn things more closely aligned to our interests in our last semester

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2021–2022 application cycle as well

  

  I am writing to announce that, due to the ongoing pandemic, our ... /ACT, or who can find a forthcoming opportunity to do so safely are encouraged to submit their scores with the understanding that they [annotation

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 6, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: Sign up for SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test registration deadline is April 28.

  

  advice to the underclassmen! The SAT Subject Tests will be administered for ... registering is April 28th. We suggest that when you register, you list MIT to receive your scores. Our College Board Code is 3514. We don't require that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2006