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• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  1. So my sister bought me a bike. It's a used bike, but it's still ... locked it up for me, after which we took the bus to Harvard to see a comedy show. We spent quality sister time together for a bit before I rode the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  [embed]https://open.spotify.com/track/5MsZIaCYY6Tsdph0LiB0hE?si=a10ec ... just a semester of my undergraduate career left, it's hard not to. Every ... you something about graduating with a biomedical engineering degree from

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  corona-exodus, which left us with a big question: how do we run science ... , my middle school science teacher started a team at my school, and I loved it. Science bowl, for those of you who haven’t heard of it, is a

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  's Media Fabrics group. "I am a media junkie," Glorianna announced in her own ... personalize and share; and advancing media as a process of discovery ... was a golden era when faculty "didn't have to answer to anybody." She

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these ...  thrive, wherever you go; whatever you do. Stove-cook your oatmeal, do things that make you happy, and keep taking one step at a time. https://youtu.be/-3U3Sby4zko

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  For the next two weeks we will all use fewer words here

  

  It is a New Year now and I hope it is good for you. Ten years ago this time we had a thing where the students who write for us, and also ... every day. People thought this was very good. We now do this again, but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 15, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Decisions 2011 MIT Class of 2015 waitlist decisions will be released today, via email, at approximately 3pm…

  

  waitlist. This year, a high number of admitted students have chosen to enroll, but we do plan to admit 26 students from the waitlist. Today, around 3pm ... other school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread talk amongst yourselves

  

  Decisions come out in 36 hours, and I know a lot of you may be ... about admissions. this is a safe haven from that. you should not be ... can talk about stuff you do that you might have included in your

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

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  bloggers are doing an amazing job of keeping the MIT Admissions page updated ... else seems to be posting screenshots of their calendars, I'm going to do it too. Here's mine for the week: Andd a second shot, with stuff you

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  for a class of about 1,075 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... -- approximately 4.3% of applicants -- a spot on the waitlist. Not all of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  -Drive-side entrance sunny view of the river I don't have a bike, but many dorm residents do In-house library Here's the Porter Room, a common space large ... with a computer (the wave of the future!) Laundry room In the suites

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing to do except homework. This is especially useful since almost all of my ... looking for a challenge. So, anyway, I'm working desk from 12-2 AM tonight

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  well on the fly, and will hopefully inspire you to do a little kitchen ... school students will be leaving home to go to a university knowing little ... your room to how to decide whether you should go to class can be a

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  note taker and button pusher. I am a desk worker, which means I do ... of third grade, when after a few minutes of reading from a picture book ... classroom had a preliminary spelling test. The first biochemistry recitation

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  it a second thought, because it's just not something I imagined doing ... is a LOT of work to be done. But how could this be! It's Christmas! Well, let's back up a little bit… For one reason or other that I cannot

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• 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 ... 've got a 5.12 p-set, an 8.02 p-set, and a 9.00 test - all to be taken or to ... 's because my brain can't do the think now because it thunk too hard and wants

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

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  doing 18.03 (diff eq) together; a smaller group gathers to do 8 ... than your high school in ways you can't even begin to imagine. A thousand ... a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  know what a few of them do. [caption id="attachment_66127" align ... chemistry or engineering could do for me five years from now. A researcher ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  wrists, back off, spin 360 degrees, do a front flip, and then pull while ... are!  How to skydive: just go do it!  A bunch of prefrosh on the MIT ... and the freedom to do whatever you want on a whim is a freedom you

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  talk to people! from the person least qualified to give this advice

  

  classmate, "pissed off." When I do talk, it's in a monotone that's deeper than ... I could be a normal person. Some people do actually have this ... doing?" but with heart behind it. You never know who needs a shoulder to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 11, 2018