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• Blog / How to Human

  Is this the real life? Guest writer for Sam's Blog, Ruth '07 goes home to Georgia, gets ditched by most…

  

  't throw diesel fuel on a fire 5) Don't invite someone to something, even if ... advised to bolster your courage and read on. Much more interestingly, the ... we lost, and then Coop (EHS) '06, who had insisted on meeting up in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  winning science fairs, some spent them cow-tipping. Some like to sit on the ... . Moving on...

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  returned each email and assured the authors that we were on the same side ... surprised. On a related note, I've been meeting with the environmental

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A New MIT “Alum” Many fictional characters are MIT alumni; the newest is Jessica Alba's Sue Storm in "Fantastic…

  

  On Friday morning, I was reading the New York Times review of the film "Fantastic Four" (it got a "thumbs down"), and one plot point caught my eye: When Jessica Alba first appears on screen, introduced as Sue

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  black leather (see above). The vampires, who live on quaint country manors ... who only grows more invincible the more time he spends on Earth, but I ... nation's hottest emo bands on the soundtrack. Last night, Shawna and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  recommendations, browse on over to Mitra's blog (this week: Thai food at Chili Duck ... should read the Nick Hornby novel on which this movie is very loosely based

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  reception, so I got on my mobile phone and called Nightline, MIT's peer ... on serious issues like stress, depression, sexuality, etc, but to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the office. Mostly, we're catching up on work, answering individual questions ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  they will meet you when you arrive on campus. A note on your host: We did

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  to "proove" to you that it's not a reflection on you, rather it's an ... come to that conclusion on your own. As you know from some of my

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  from the waitlist in the past few years? Should I even bother staying on ... have some waitlist admits. Whether you stay on the list or not is a

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  know that there are four different states your interview can take on the ... 'll focus super-hard on all the other pieces of your application. No worries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me? That's right -- the first completed folders of the year. The brown ... case on that summary card. Then, in a month, we'll bring all of the cases

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  wait until after Eid, so you can have your interview on a full, nourished ... is completely optional): "On a separate sheet, show us and/or tell us

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  What We Did In High School pls don't be as stressed as we were

  

  on campus, and towards the end of this past semester, she invited us to ... . She describes the gap between what you write on your application and ... we did in high school. Everything we wrote on our applications came

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • July 11, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  , organizing logistics for MIT Science Olympiad, sailing on the Charles, and even ... -tripping to Vermont for a [annotation note="The Great North American Eclipse on ... with it. I started off mindlessly scrolling on my phone then decided I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  the resources we wish we’d had when applying to college and deciding on ... went on campus tours, interacted with student ambassadors during Q ... knew about them came from movies or TV shows. But unlike what I saw on

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  heavy and silver with fish. The air is warmer, though not warm, and on ... essays my neighbor gave me as a graduation present. I went on long morning walks and ate many large meals every day, and on most days, found time to

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  deciding on a course of action, which is very useful for student government ... everybody on a team is happy and healthy and working together, and who has the ... person who takes on these sort of soft skills, while I do more of the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  )! And don’t even get me started on other things like displays, memory, and ... hitting your eyeballs right now. With the 2023 Nobel Prizes still fresh on ... you can buy on Amazon for 7 cents each. You can find blue LEDs in any

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023