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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  with friends, watch TV or movies, or play on any of the game consoles the ... know. This confuses a lot of people. There are no rooms on the ground floor of BC. So when someone says they live on Burton 1, they actually

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT Medical: A Freshman’s Story Worth sharing.Worth reading.

  

  the Media Lab on the east side of campus. It's also only about a hundred ... diagnostics on me Monday afternoon, including a lot of blood samples and another ... with major surgery is like watching an avalanche on one of Saturn’s moons

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  embarked on some soul-searching and deep digging of MIT’s Course Catalog. I ... on.  And what’s even more special is that I didn’t have to do any of ... out on the adventure of a lifetime. A few days ago, I got some really

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• 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…

  

  of your essay. Avoid slang. Use "street cred" on your own time. If ... impressed by the poster that has your head superimposed on the body of Arnold ... it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber

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

  Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 2PM on 02/14/06.

  

  depends on how it fits into the overall context of your application, but you ... wrote: "I know you're probably sick of people ranting on and on about ... Happy Valentine's Day! Answers to questions received through 2PM on

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Merritt ‘13, Carlos ‘13, Edward ‘13, and John ‘13 The final edition of a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  financial aid award*. "When I started reading 'On behalf of the Admissions ... ." [Please note: All of MIT's financial aid is based on financial need; there ... female clothing while Obropta concentrates on the male side of the store

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  almost forgot that I had pictures from the last few days of the semester to ... minds, right? OK. Yesterday was the first day of IAP. What am I doing ... Thursday for all of IAP in a classroom. As long as I pass all of the tests

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  on the side (hey, it's MIT). It is, as you are probably aware, one of ... my PhD program sent all of us new first-years an Excel spreadsheet with ... out of brick and concrete. :) People are pretty split on this issue

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  pictures of their tubes submitted. Keep on clicking everybody, they're due tonight! After you get your tube a bunch of new stuff appears on your my ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  be spending a lot of time alone. That's a little scary. On the other ... advance. I really stand behind all of the media on this list, and I trust ... that comes with aging. It exposed me to a whole new perspective on the

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  smelly for a couple of reasons: A) I didn't know I needed a seminar on ... one of the few living groups that has Residence Based Advising, or RBA ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  posting part of my first entry on his/her own blog...of course I don't mind ... Well my fellow 09er's, as most of you already know, AP scores are in ... on slides and doing all the things we would never let guests do

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  am i boring or just overstimulated?

  

  a new pursuit that is worthy enough of becoming a story I tell other ... with that. More importantly, I've recognized that the pressure cooker of ... prepared me for, but a social one. Why does the "endless" amount of resources

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 5, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from the Association of Student Activities (ASA). ... You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  for those of you still patiently on the wait list, as she once was ... and Doing Things on colored post-card papers, and a curated set of ... myself sobbing on the floor. the dream of being someone loved & known

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  tomorrow (Thursday, 12/15/05) instead of beginning on Friday (as originally ... accessibility of the admissions officers, etc.). We try to connect with you on an ... is very protective of applicants' privacy, and I agree with her on that

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  beauty is overrated

  

  witness a lot of beauty in the world; I spent a year in New Zealand and ... crossposted on Substack here. I've never really wanted to be ... adjacent to beauty, but beauty does not give others the feeling of an elastic

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 20, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future ... still remember walking away and feeling like my blood had drained out of ... to walk through. In my head was a mix of regret, anger, sadness

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Non-Stop a completely stacked google calendar? in THIS economy?

  

  enjoy it. It's an easy and fun way to make some money on the side of my ... tutoring organization I'm a part of to discuss my lessons for a student. I ... look for apartments. MIT recently announced that only seniors will be on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 25, 2020
• Blog / Entrepreneurship & Innovation

  soul searching at CES 2019 a non-journalist's take

  

  shiny new consumer electronics. It struck me how so many of these products ... didn't even know about until a couple of my friends told me to register ... media affiliation), but I was able to get in on the last day for free

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 15, 2019