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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests @ MIT The class average is your friend.

  

  So I know you're all sitting at home, wondering, "Hey, what's up with ... Wednesday already?!" I know, I know, it's all I can keep thinking about too ... , considering that this show is always in danger of cancellation, I bet it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A waffle house is not a waffle home This is actually an entry about modern Chinese cinema.

  

  Okay, so tonight we were at Allison's house and I didn't take any pictures but I'll steal some later from Allison's xanga. Stealing is wrong ... made our choices and organized them into a bracket: Allison: I Heart

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Classy celebration, 5E-style

  

  Today - or I guess, now yesterday - was a special day on 5th East ... , I didn't have any "formal" clothes, especially not for warm weather. I hadn't worn a skirt or dress since I was junior in high school. I doubt

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the ... you think there might be a storm. I was nailed hard with pounding rain and a strong breeze while waiting in line -- luckily I was under a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 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…

  

  Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop ... (and most expensive) movie theater. When I walked in, I saw a big crowd ... course, I was one of the many folks who didn't get tickets. Instead, I

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

  Blog Links If you have a blog, share the URL in this thread!

  

  I haven't disappeared, really! Just haven't had a ton of things to post about this week. That will change next week when I post pictures ... year MIT students. 3) I've been thinking for awhile that it would be

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2005
• 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 discover that Stu is HAIRY! Yes, friends, Stu Schmill '86, Admissions

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike

  

  I was just downstairs in the records office, where the mail continues to come in heavily. I decided I'd help with the buckets and buckets of ... ? Dr. Lester: Damn, you're good. I was trying to trick you. Luckily, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  : selection of the Class of 2009 begins today at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. I've even worn a tie (*gasp*) for the occasion! I'm excited but also nervous, knowing that we can only take fewer than 400 people during Early Action. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for ... —eat rejection for breakfast, I'm sure. For many, rejection can be debilitating ... desensitizing force, for me. Ultimately I remember only a few subsequent

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Autumn Questions Omnibus Answers to questions asked in my blog's comments. And there have been a lot of…

  

  It's time for another Questions Omnibus, where I answer the questions ... to the new site, and my travels around the country for the office, I ... , I apologize! You've asked many questions, I'll do my best to answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Boston, through the lens of my children Visiting Boston at 37 years of age was ...

  

  Yesterday (October 14, 2025) I returned home from Boston after 28 ... things I thought I understood well. I attended MIT from 2007 through 2011. For those counting at home, that means I was admitted to MIT nearly 20

  • by Snively '11
  • October 19, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  You construct intricate rituals function loses form and form loses function

  

  into math, but we have a hard rule of "no math during tea time".) I ... about abstract concepts like "fit" and "where I really want to go". In ... company-of-the-week's mission. I made my way through three interviews for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 3, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Common Misconceptions and Un-Expectations a list of things i've noticed

  

  servers I'm a part of, I've realized that there are certain things about MIT that I've picked up on that I realize are not quite the norm. Being home ... . So, I decided to make a blogpost of things-I've

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 5, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Rise and Grind and Build *dolly parton voice* workin' 9 to 5

  

  During my hiatus, I spent a lot of time working and [annotation note="going to therapy"]soul searching.[/annotation] I ate toast with peanut butter ... for work, and made dinner with my roommates almost daily. I burnt the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  the best thing i did for myself as a pre-frosh the one where i gush about burton one

  

  resemble the campus I fell in love with, the one I encountered in this same state as a pre-frosh at Campus Preview Weekend. I was one of those admits ... unassuming moments of the weekend that stuck with me the most. I was alone

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • April 7, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  carly SLAY jepsen concerts > psets

  

  afterwards, I went home, logged onto my dad's PC and looked up the music video. I firmly believe that Carly Rae Jepsen changed the trajectory of the gay rights movement forever with that video. (And also, whenever I

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 28, 2022
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  of the covid restrictions at the time (not that I would've wanted to travel very far then); so this year, I knew I wanted to make the most of my ✨first college spring break✨. Like many MIT students, I decided to travel

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  A Week in the Life of My MIT Junior Fall we're back in person baybee

  

  the Spanish grind, baby!! I am very excited for this class, especially because I have friends in this class and my professor is very helpful ... just needed to take a CS class this year and I heard very good things

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 20, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  sunset/sunrise swiftly flow the days

  

  I've been very busy this semester; this is entirely of my own accord, and, for the most part, I have been[annotation note='I promise that a post about how I’ve been managing is coming at some point, but that point

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 18, 2020