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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A Even yet still more answers to your questions.

  

  limit by too much. Don't feel that you need to fill up white space; word ... . ------------------------------------- Edward wrote: "I wanted to send an additional recommendation by a close pal ... would just make sure to explain the levels at which you participated

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  makes calling people back at home hard to schedule. i have memories of ... , for older sister. kuya can also refer to any older male person. back in ... , daily highs are 35 degrees. during the rainy season, from june to october

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  by friends, singing loudly for the night sky to hear. [caption id ... people each time. We never managed to make it past fourth place in all ... , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  decisions. We hope to finish by 3:14PM today, at which point we plan to break ... a high school senior, I applied to ten schools. I was denied by seven ... It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the Scenes of MIT Gala liveblog - how a fashion show is made!

  

  will be walking the runway today. I stop by to say hi and snap a couple pics. All the models are dressed in all black, learning how to walk on ... the scenes to see how a fashion show is made. [caption id

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • April 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  the O'Connor Lab, guaranteeing me the shortest commute to work I'll ever have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less ... needed to be posted on the blogs. Expect a real post from me this weekend

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Saves The Pact God bless Stu's hairy face.

  

  Just when I thought I couldn't make it through another minute of the agony of yesterday's events, I walked into our weekly staff meeting to ... hero. We'll give him a few days to grow and then we'll get some pics up

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  . You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not you go to MIT. It's the truth. -B ... compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  my email to find that the due date for the algorithms pset, by a ... to finish my algorithms pset by Friday. Also, I have to listen to some ... obvious drawbacks of being sick, it's impossible to catch up during the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  a harsh mistress. But I'd like to use this post to get back into the ... . After my abysmal performance in ICE back in the fall, I decided to put my ... grade hasn't posted to WebSIS yet, but I'm pretty sure it's an A. I can

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 3 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Today was dominated by the Meet The Bloggers Party - it was SO great to meet all of you! But before we get to that, the rest of the day... Got to MIT early, worked the help desk for a couple of hours. Headed

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  , unbelievably, half-over, zooming by in a way that it didn't seem to do last year ... my hall and making new friends with hallmates. I no longer tool alone ... /Build/Fly team, training all our delightful new members and gearing up to fly (and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  20 euro per night price tag. The second thing we did in Nice was go to ... entire room full of severed mannequin parts, to symbolize man's timeless ... destroyed by a crane while he stood inside. Then he took the pieces, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Filling an Empty Nest my parents tried to replace me with literal birds

  

  In April of 2018, I left home for a few days to attend [annotation ... weekend. My parents and my [annotation note="She's now about to be a first ... Long Island while I took the train to Boston with a friend from my high

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  i don’t know how to comfort people

  

  enough to them to comfort them just by being there. i mean, i’m not saying ... leave or i stay long enough to mirror what they do, sitting side by ... academic environment, you most often turn to the people around you for

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 22, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with ... DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only ... among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually does not allow me to take

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The Coin Is Found! The Mystery Hunt ends after 36 hours.

  

  captained by my friend Dan '03. Way to go! Dan '03 of The Evil Midnight ... Sunday, 12:31 AM: The coin was found by The Evil Midnight Bombers ... entry. Thanks to Random / S.P.I.E.S. for running another terrific Mystery

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 15, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Planned Mail Date: March 11

  

  In case you missed it: We plan to send freshman admissions decision letters on Friday, March 11, 2005 by regular mail. We know how nerve-wracking it can be to wait, but please give the mail a chance! If you don't get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview deadline?

  their application by November 1 for Early Action or January 6 for Regular Action. After you submit your application, you may be contacted by an ... email address you provided on your application to contact you, so please
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  long day of classes, you turn around and see this: A photo posted by ... ) Because sometimes it’s Christmas in April: A photo posted by Michael ... you’re ever disoriented, the Green Building makes a pretty good landmark

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016