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• Blog / Personal Travel

  being present im in st petersburg!!!

  

  . One of the greatest joys, I think, is to have the mundane turn beautiful ... to get a coffee and read a book in front of the Winter Palace. I don ... math class, trying to figure out the last bits of the pset due at 8. I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • October 10, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last ... to advance to the semifinal of the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection = Finished Wow.

  

  proud of the class we've admitted. The predominant feeling, however, is sadness - because we were not able to offer a spot to SO MANY wonderful people. This seems to be the case every year. You'd think I'd get used to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Update Submit your MIT Part 1 and 2 by Jan 3, 2013 at 11:59pm EST

  

  a handful of staff on hand to do the processing. Please do not call ... of which will continue to grow as we try to conquer it, by the way - we ... As I mentioned in my earlier post, I wanted to follow up with more

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • January 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From The Middle Of Selection What interdisciplinary fields will exist 100 years from now? What will people be able to…

  

  here and over at College Confidential. Haven't had much time to hang out ... . Though it's been a lot of work, I've been having a lot of fun. Selecting the class is one of the most rewarding moments of the admissions cycle

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  real things on tangibility, mistakes, and community

  

  the weight of. there's a distinct lack of permanence when it comes to ... binder full of cds and dvds and a player that would strap to the passenger ... to listen to some cds instead of spotify -- our spotify playlists had

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 5, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024 looking backwards and looking forward

  

  track of time. I flew back home to Pennsylvania for the first time on ... —I've always just had a vague idea of things that would be nice to do or learn without any concrete plans on how to achieve those goals. In the spirit of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  past, present, future reflections and plans

  

  many finals I would have to take at the beginning of the semester instead of realizing somewhere in the middle that I had FOUR finals to prepare ... an extension if you explain your issues to them. All of that being

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 11, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer Decisions to be Released Today

  

  prepared to be part of an dynamic MIT community next fall.   ... applicants will be emailed their decisions at 5 pm. Eastern Time to the email ... , we had to decline admission to a great many outstanding students. We

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • May 7, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  to fly home the day after my last final instead of waiting just one ... about how I was doing fun things to keep my mind off of finals and having ... . I couldn't bear the feeling of my room anymore. I was ready to be at

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Years Through A Laptop Case a walk down memory lane

  

  moment to the moment. Now, I have just about two weeks of classes left. In ... handful of essays to get through. I should be stressed out - really really ... through a big chunk of my ever-growing list of blog posts to write. Today, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 10, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  square with only a few hours of daylight left which I hoped not to spend in ... take the highway back to my (then) home. Coincidentally, one day short of ... , change the category to hipsters, but keep the stigma of 'punk' and you

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions…..*sigh* Is (Fill in the Blank) University the right school for me?

  

  uncertain about the process of identifying schools and how to apply to college ... process. The good news is that she got accepted to a bunch of schools all ... of 12 schools down to 3. (Whewww!!! That’s been a journey.) We are now

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • April 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  few applications left to finish still (no worries, I myself did four of ... when a lot of people seem to enter a mindset of now what? You’ve prepared ... senioritis project–something to do in the time that you procrastinate all of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  A letter for you (yes, you)

  

  struggles you face in life.   Some of you may be tempted to think ... of the world (though it may feel like it tomorrow). I'd like you to think of it as an invitation. For some, it will be an invitation to see

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons ... Hello folks of the blogosphere! Greetings from Columbia, MO. Now I know you are probably thinking, "Wait - but it's the middle of April

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Awesome Biology UROP: florescent plants, genomes, metabolomes, big data, puzzles + more! Bonus: A VIDEO!

  

  , and I love using big data to look at the "big picture". Because of this ... metabolomic data (two huge data sets with a lot of unknowns), I can start to ... to you to piece them together. And this is what some of my plants

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 25, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  July and Unified O.O and lots of pictures

  

  of time speeding hazily by. I've been...  Trying to cook food more ... of 20 rising 8th graders anything we wanted relating to engineering ... brainstormed. How was the class to be structured? How do you explain all of the

  • by Ana V. '15
  • October 14, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  strange from time to time) so I strung all the bits of it together for you ... witnessed. I went back to the dorm after an extremely long day (details of ... 'll excuse me, I have to fill out all sorts of paperwork for my mandatory drug

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  the deadline to accept MIT's offer of admission? You need to return our ... is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send ... boulders out of the woods to make a 32' x 26' perimeter. On the Monday

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006