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• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  visiting MIT on what is a vacation week for some students across the country ... attend HMMT), I want to be able to take some time to see the MIT Class of ... Modern Pastry in Boston's North End. Some of the student bloggers may join

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  So two weeks ago, I had a lecture from one of the oldest people at MIT. ...This might have also been possibly one of the best lectures I ... kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Upcoming non-MIT deadlines Other forthcoming deadlines.

  

  forget everything that's going on, and sometimes you're not even aware of ... , I should make the juniors (and, for some of these programs, other students) out there aware of the deadlines for a subset of recommended summer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  On Sunday, Phil (MIT '07), Irene (MIT '08), and I (MIT '07) got lunch ... consulting firm, and is working on the eBay account. The eBay complex reminds me a lot of the Stata Center, with its bright colors, vibrant dining

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  climbing and becoming a perspective on moving to the US for MIT and the slow journey towards adulthood

  

  fall. People are good at calibrating on the physical level of risk they ... getting more and more tired and a fear of slipping creeps in on me. I squirm ... creating mirages on false foundations of "what-ifs".It's time to stop

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • September 16, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  of shit I was going to eat, sometimes served on a high-speed conveyor ... and move on." I unfortunately haven't completely learned the art of ... by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  come back and be on one of those Life After Course 9 panels that the ... the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in meanwhile, but leaning toward course 9 with a focus on molecular

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  ’s going on outside his fishbowl. I made you an ominous video of Hephaestus ... the ease of listening in on the large half’s occupant. An even better ... Random Hall has six types of rooms, discernible by the last digit of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivery 2021 meet me halfway

  

  On October 10th, the MIT class of 2023 had Ring Delivery. Ring ... arrival of your [annotation note="The MIT undergraduate class ring."]brass rat[/annotation] but also the halfway point of MIT. Obviously, as a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the "cons" on my pro ... I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I ... or so on the weekends) because I needed to drive. It's a calming

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  zygosity of same-sex twins based on the number of placentas, is in the right ... the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when ... misinformed about their babies, with 179 parents of identical twins mistakenly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  Okay, so I'm sort of cheating - I already wrote this post on my ... different audience and see a different set of responses.  Here's ... else who did exactly this, and he had the time of his life.  I

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  've spent the past several weeks with many of my colleagues, working long days and nights to match up all 1,100+ of you coming this weekend with ... ) - Logarhythms (a cappella, all-male) These are, of course, just a sampling of the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  existed, and I'm kind of glad I didn't because I think I would have gone nuts. Now, I'll admit I was kind of shocked by the number of posts that were along the lines of "Chances at MIT." I guess I was just a little

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the ... , along with the QB supplement, in place of our first-year application ... , please allow 7–10 business days for this to be reflected on your Applicant
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  Regular Action. In the email, please include your full name, date of birth ... Bridge application, along with the QB supplement, in place of our first ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  you sometimes see on the sides of old buildings, presumably there so ... basilica's buttresses: Here are the boys on one of several spiral ... course, the feeling of being up there can't be captured on camera, but here

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  dating while asian to love & be loved freely

  

  about him, and she, of course, looked him up on Facebook.  As she ... ’ve developed a crush on. In the years since, Lana Condor (of Vietnamese descent ... .  Yesterday, my mom found a photo of my boyfriend and me on a spring break trip

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 30, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  of my personal goals and habits, and decide on what actions I can take ... Here's a list of things that I consider love languages, because the standard ones--acts of service, quality time, gifts, words of affirmation

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  pretty much one of the most popular guys on campus. (Not that we don't love ... an ego-boost, or even to crash on his couch. And so a few of my friends ... of Sam, Laura, AND Ben Jones' Mom), we set out on our missions

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008