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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then ... second floor of the East Parallel of East Campus. Today I want to tell you about the bathroom closest to my room. The 2E Bemis bathroom has two

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  IHTFParadise – A Journey of Depression at MIT Guest entry by Angelina G.

  

  were suddenly gone. I used to feel guilty sacrificing work time to have ... . Many thanks to Lauren and Drago who have cared for me in my lowest times ... 1 am to 5 am every night to work on it. I couldn’t find any other time

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  Some of you have to make a decision to come here (or not) by 23:59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in ... opportunities—for fun, for work, or both—than you have time for, even if you don

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear My Old Friend, This is quite possibly weirdest way to introduce myself

  

  . There is never enough time to spend with the people you love.  I am your ... for you to have happiness in yourself, unused but perfectly viable? You’re ... , but you’ll grow to. And you’re going to be very satisfied that Mrs. J is

  • by ana~
  • September 24, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  I didn't think I'd have that much time to shop once I got there, which ... have it shipped to your dorm room, but make sure your sheets are twin ... since you can just store them on your computer, but it's nice to have some

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  program (where I wouldn't have to take the MCAT and would be guaranteed a ... have to take the I-never-want-to-ever-take-this-again exam a.k.a. the ... The most frequent question I received during CPW was: "You're pre

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Application dreaming

  

  short, Shahab, yes, we will value your poetry. I look forward to hearing ... look forward to reading about your passions, too. Finally, with a month ... as part of the application to be reviewed? Will it be interpreted as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thank you for reading A rigorous study of 26-year-olds (n=1) showed that getting older is positively correlated to the…

  

  got to hang out with Beyonce in the time since I was that age. I can ... never have experienced otherwise. Because I was a blogger, I was hired to ... consider to be my life role models. Both of them have seen me grow in a lot

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Teaching and Learning Minimum requirement: read the last few sentences of this post. They're important.

  

  understanding of basic math, and you have no time to teach them what they need to ... about your favorite teachers. The ones who took the time to tutor you ... sentence. I’ve learned that teaching is hard. Really hard. I have come to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 things I love about MIT and hopefully you'll learn to love them too.

  

  dismiss quickly. 5. You have freedom to choose your classes It is so cool ... talked your ears off about IAP, but it’s such a fun time to do whatever you ... and now it’s time to decide which offer to accept. As a senior blogger

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  different voices in your application and try to immerse ourselves in your ... treatment of your application and to our treatment of one another, rooted in ... regionalized, and by the time a student is admitted, they have been seen by

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advisor vs. Advisee a '07 and a '21 answer a series of questions

  

  most equally down-to-earth and inspiring people I have met during my time ... 't have time to deal with these folks. I have to focus on me, and I am now ... can really and truly be your own cheerleader. You have to be able to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  . Money can't buy a pivotal moment to crush to smithereens your bad habits ... quivering mess the first time we had to do that, and not because the water was ... sinking a little bit with each stroke you make, you'll have to work that

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  , being bedridden for a month and your mom having to fly in to take care of ... your feet so you remember you have to pick it up again later. The more ... -semester classes. And, normally, you have to show up and actually take them, or

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paths there are so many

  

  in you to move forward, fueled by your determination and goals ... We were deferred when we applied early to MIT, and remember how heartbreaking it felt. We obsessed over MIT unhealthily to the point where going

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 19, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  expectations about snowboarding, and I have the bruises to prove it. My left arm ... prevails when it comes to nerds and their athletic ability: they have none ... you'll fall as soon as you try to get up and it'll hurt, and other times

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Blogural Inaugural I just wanted to use this title.

  

  (although perhaps they do have a language of their own), but I wanted to start ... . Smaller and lighter than your choice of where to apply to college, but ... your degree in Something Lame, you might have freshman classes like

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  don't have an 14.01 pset, you'll wake up to at least ten emails between ... 'd just have to meet them. The best I can do is try to introduce them to you ... REALLY important to your MIT experience. Don't stress if you don't feel

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  . But somewhere in there, you're going to have this isolated moment where ... . But to say I wouldn't have been happy somewhere else is unreasonable and ... okay. It's going to be better than okay. However, if you're anything

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  replica plating. Have you done this before?” It felt good. The other time I ... extremely nervous. My arms were shaking. I tried to time my breaths to pause ... gun move with the body and the breath. You control your breath to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015