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• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber ... Prize in Biology and attributing all of your success to your admission to ... pasting whole sections of our web site to use in your essay. (If you do cut

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born ... to Chicago in 1996, when I was almost four. Most of the stories from ... she wasn’t invited to my house, but the jumble of Russian-English that

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  blog will have to be the outlet of my ramblings till then =p Just like ... ! lookee - The 2009/Class of 2013 Guide to Residences were packed with ... goodbye With one test, Adieu to five point oh I can study my heart out With

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s Not Always Rainbows and Butterflies Inspired by Paul and Snively.

  

  are given handlebars on the side of the train to hang on to. In the ... to hold on. You can jog on the side of the train and still be quite ... , hang on to the handlebars, and meet the blast of wind in your face head

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab ... was pretty frustrating to realize I had wasted an entire day. That, of ... of the biology building. We have different mouse genotypes, and to tell

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  random thoughts about choices why mit? why not mit?

  

  matters to you won't always line up with what matters to others. if none of ... one concern i hear from a lot of people on-the-fence is of mit ... say mit is only as hard as you want it to be. that is a lie, but so is

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 29, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  spring in your step, you're about to buy lots of delicious food to cook ... . It was such a perfect start to my day; in this kind of weather, MIT ... to see lots and lots of beautiful MIT :D The Hyatt, MacGregor, the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  , but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share ... music I'd tried to analyze a few years ago, and some of it makes a lot ... 've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  for cooking. I believed cooking to be an expression of love – to ... that time when I was introduced to Dante Alighieri and his law of ... compromises the integrity of muscle fibers, giving tenderness to even the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  Mass Ave, from Random Hall to wherever the exam will be held. A lot of ... time, she’s been one of my role models. The why is a bit tricky to ... anyway. You just had to be really sneaky. One of my friends snuck in his

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: Attend Local MIT Admitted Meetings! Note to ADMITTED, CURRENT, and FORMER Students

  

  MIT Class of 2021 has been assembled, it’s time to welcome them to the ... do students do outside of classes? Do they have time to relax? (they do ... inspired me to then start sorority rush in the fall of freshman year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of Friday nights like this, and a lot of Fridays spent studying or coding ... lot to do this weekend, but I feel more on top of things this semester

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  . IAP is another name of the month of January. Some people may be quick to ... of the glorious unknown. The mystery bag was an opportunity to purchase ... , but it didn't matter. It was all worth it to me for the element of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., this fall. He plans to ... member of Mensa International, which is open to people who score in the top ... pneumonia figured out by then." He said he wants to contribute to the field of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I think I can, I think I can The word "student" sounds like "study." I wonder if there's a correlation.

  

  -nighters six out of seven nights a week. Here's what I say to that; yes, MIT is ... assumptions, and give some type of conceptual and numerical answer to this ... me, "Isn't MIT supposed to be super hard? How do you find time to have

  • by Bryan
  • October 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.

  

  1. Reply to random email asking for Tim volunteers. As soon as it ... wondering how you know you're meant to be Tim- the answer is, you'll feel it ... . Find a partner! Being Tim is Hard Work, and you need someone to guide you

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 4, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  chances the point is to let yourself be helped

  

  became one of my closer friends here. Junior fall: I went to office hours ... problem together, first you need to find a partner whose level of ... to think of how to start a conversation and keep it going. But on my

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 26, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  a couple classes to choose from based on the results of your placement ... other hand, you're given an enormous amount of variety to select your ... of my paper. I talked to my recitation leader and she was very helpful

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  I am starting to run out of excuses for when I disappear for long ... seem to make it back with some sort of lame and totally transparent ... wear their hats sometimes, and made fun of me when I try to use the word

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  misconception not only because of all the prospectives students I've talked to about MIT's supposed lack of fun, but also because I used to think the ... chairs, the rest of the house always pitches in to set things up and ensure

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008