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• Blog / Admissions

  The Number Game A few words of advice before applying to college.

  

  So I had a little free time this morning so I paid a little visit to College Confidential. Now 4 years ago, I didn't know something like CC existed, and I'm kind of glad I didn't because I think I would have gone

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  Yikes. It seems like I may have gotten Wenhao into a bit more trouble ... I'm sure that that's true. However, the disparity between those numbers is a little odd [27% acceptance rate females, 12% males], and I find

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On my way…

  

  Turns out that Anthony isn't the only one who loves Amtrak. I called ... change my reservations because I found out that my bio recitation had been cancelled. I will now be getting home almost 4 full hours earlier than I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  Farai asked "I was wondering how you get by day by day with the ... a freshman. I was also wondering what sporting activities are really popular at MIT." Hi Farai, So to respond to your first question, I think I

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 7: Philly Part 4 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  At the end of my last entry, I was sitting in the Tampa airport waiting to board my flight to Philly. The flight was uneventful, and I landed in Philly around 10PM. After getting my luggage, I took the shuttle

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining us on this blog. Marilee, Stu, I, and the other guests hope to each

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  I've mentioned in the past that I'm taking CMS.335 Short Attention ... I figured I would talk a little bit more about this class. I'll start off with the same things as Abby said: I've always wanted to make cool

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  out of my way to do, see and experience things that I’ve never done, seen, or experienced before. I got a new job, worked part time in a ... restaurants that I had never eaten at before. Beyond the statement of the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Ten Years (On Dreams) Ten years ago, I was exactly where I wanted to be.

  

  your occupation or field that you work in? I am a computational biologist. I study infectious disease and disease outbreaks. I also draw space ... , achievements, etc.) I got my SB and MEng and am currently working on my PhD. My

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  prelude. I used to be a (slightly) strange child. I once failed a hearing test because I named the pitch of the note being played instead of the ear in which it was played. I couldn’t have told you where “left

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  i will miss learning and dressing up everyday happy last first week of classes to me and seniors of the world

  

  On the morning of the second day of classes, I got a newsletter email ... interests, combining fashion with technology, cultural studies with art. I wanted nothing more than to go back in time and take those classes. I spent

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where are you going, where have you been? (Part I) Academics.

  

  Part I: Academics   "You do know that MIT is unlike almost any other college in the country, right?".   A few months ago I was ... movie, I said. Yeah, he thought so too, but then she said something

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 27, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green ... cultures I'd started incubating yesterday. Not ten minutes later, I left the lab to walk home. Either I'm not very observant, or someone acted

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. I am finished with my undergraduate career.

  

  I am finished with my undergraduate career. What's left? I officially stop being a student blogger on... *checks watch* May 31. So, I think it's time we talked about things and I fill you in! But for now

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors ... Pika (69 Chestnut Street) I don't know how many of you had the luxury of ... , but I did =) Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it to the event, BUT

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  rearview reflections newly-minted cruft rambles on post-mit life

  

  Somedays, I check to make sure my diploma is real and I didn’t just dream the whole thing. I get a little bit jumpscared when I get an alumni ... . I’ve been getting MIT emails saying “please donate 👉🏿🥺👈🏿” which I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 28, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  one So I left, that is it That's my life, nothing is sacred I don't keep friends, I keep acquainted I'm not a prophet, but I'm here to profit people graduated a couple weeks ago and i didn’t feel as sad i was supposed

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  difficult difficult lemon difficult the end of senior fall

  

  When I started senior fall, I was taking a course load of 6 [annotation note='I am writing this down in class-equivalents; MIT has a ... average student takes while at MIT, it was a number I felt comfortable with

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  I’m sitting on the floor of my dorm [annotation note = "I am actually ... , because I got too hosed to finish it in March."]room.[/annotation] It’s late. I’m surrounded by pamphlets, business cards, cute bookmarks and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  me and asked if I was okay.  “You’re always so bubbly but you’re quiet ... school, they would not match it to me. For the most part, I didn’t really talk to anyone outside of the people I knew from different

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019