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• Blog / Admissions

  October potpourri rambling about college admissions, stress, fun, etc.

  

  , college applications were at the forefront of my mind. I scrapped essays ... with you, the fact that Allan was also in Toons and running the booth at ... with all the members of Toons at that callback, I really enjoyed it. It

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  or whether you’re just listening to keep the silence at bay. Whether it ... . Walking up the steps after getting off at Harvard Square and being greeted ... that music at ear-splintering levels like there’s no tomorrow (and when

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  November summary: books, playlist, gratitude

  

  constraints imposed by the rest of my life. Welp.) Sappho At some point in ... , walking around Boston aimlessly with friends, dying my hair pink, dancing at ... 's much easier for me to justify skipping a workout when all that's at stake

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 25, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  them. From sudden cold rushes at the thought that I’d only taken X number ... ’t get freaked out about classwork. I’d have class at 9 am and I’d have to ... days at MIT. Ultimately, they average out into happiness. And that would

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  This Particular [T-] REX Tuesday (No actual tyrant lizards in this blog post.) Frosh come chill with me!

  

  few days ago I had a lot of fun chilling with a few of you at Giant Stuff at Simmons (along with some torso-sized bowling pins and a handful ... comes to me, I probably would have spent my Saturday afternoon at Next

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  /14/15 at 9:26AM: So now, a few weeks and a lot of press coverage later, I ... can carry anything at all, seriously carrier pigeons are The Worst ...  Elizabeth Choe and current sophomore Loren Sherman to figure out how to do it. At

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  walk to Simmons was regular. I marvelled at the West Campus landscape ... feeling pretty fancy then. At last, I reached the Simmons sponge. I leaned ... I cringe at the recollection) I’m going to go graphic on you here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  bloggers.addAll( newBloggers); System.out.println("Hello, World!");

  

  senior thesis. In a past life, she was my roommate at Random. Chel has ... invaluable tool for procrastination planning your future at MIT. Danny wants ... the skills necessary to truly apply what she is learning at MIT and take

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Credit for Reddit i am internet and so can you

  

  seemed to pay me any attention at all (this was a recurring theme of my ... think about/with/through it. For more than ten years I've taught at the ... undergraduate too, for that matter) I studied social media. I worked at the MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  become a doctor. I was going to rock out at my classes and a bazillion ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in ... one could be a coder and someone interesting for me to talk to at the

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  started writing this post, I wrangled Elasticsearch at work and made dinner ... , and running as fast as possible down the hallway while screaming at the top of our lungs at the stroke of midnight to keep ourselves awake for

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  most common group pose found at Ring Premiere, in which several people ... contact between their rings, at which point Zan (the male) would be able to ... of this metaphor. Perhaps it is an acknowledgement that life at MIT is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Seven Supervisors A Buzzfeed Style Look At Supervisors

  

  future blog) and are where a significant portion of learning happens at Cambridge. Here's a handy chart I threw together to show contact time at MIT ... concept of Office Hours But the difference doesn't end at class size or

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  ? We will look at your application again and consider it in the context ... deferred. In fact, there will likely be nothing at all missing or needing ... interviews have been waived are at no disadvantage). You are welcome to request

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  dream life. Well, no! No! It’s not fine at all! The first few weeks of ... at home, doing nothing, being nothing. Eternal nothingness. I did ... occasionally at my high school, which was a walking distance from where I lived

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  week. -Twelve jars of tuna canned at home by loving mom and sister. They ... confused at high speed than standing still for weeks on end. My 5 ... love my classes--but that doesn't mean I'm not completely wiped out at

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... years out from a company start date. At MIT’s spring career fair at the ... the “other side” of hiring at the MIT career fairs. Both of them agreed

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  actually smart enough to perform at this fabulous school with you amazing ... after they learned more about their fellow admits. Online, at CPW, and ... admission and high achievers, and especially at graduate school (one grad

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  else) You're free to eat at any dining hall: the meal plans are not dorm-specific. If, for example, you lived at Simmons, you could eat breakfast there ... eat dinner at Next House. Even if you're not on a meal plan, you can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at ... ANY NOISE! Matt stared at me. He stared at the flugelhorn. He reached

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011