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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Secret Lives of Machines 🤖 In which the machines in my life get the spotlight they deserve.

  

  the clerk when it was my time to be helped, “I think it’s water damage ... Marla to be fixed. In just one and a half hours, and for just $64, I came ... was too lazy to go all the way down to the first floor, fill up my water

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 22, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  you on the wait list, we won't know if we'll be going to the waitlist ... to know anything until the following week. In the meantime, May 1/2 is coming up quickly for you, too, and I hope that you've found another school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  Regular Action" which happened to be the exact title of my post. Hm, go ... &A" because I'd like to answer your questions. My goal is for this to be the one ... applying early is a great way to show the admissions office that you

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Being the “Dumb” Friend and the freedom from comparison

  

  ways to be “smart”--street smarts and people smarts and intuitive smarts ... many ways to be smart!!” These are usually perfectly genuine, and I think ... extracurriculars, or always seemed to have some interesting trivia on hand. Being the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school

  

  Well, there’s certainly truth to that. I arrived in China almost two ... had a stress-free beginning to summer. :) Picture-time~ My kindergarten! I tried to go in, but got kicked out after 2 seconds. Qin

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 17, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  've been listening to this summer, but I quickly realized (as the list ... bluegrass, those songs are no where to be found on this list (though you ... " by Beirut: This is by far my favorite song that I've been listening to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  responsible, but it was executed perfectly and was a great way to end the last ... unhealthy desserts, so I made sure to break the trend by mixing prodigious ... be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Be thankful if you

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  since then as quickly as possible. To see what’s missing, log in to your ... take 2-4 business days from the time of receipt to be processed and show ... , but if you want to be safe, you may want to send it again.) Core

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  how not to be a mathematician on taking time & not running away

  

  science classrooms don't have to be quite as cold. There would be many ... . Eventually, I decided to study abroad. I was going to be at Imperial, meaning ... school preview in many ways and I wanted to find out whether I would like

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 15, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Stu Schmill ‘86 named Dean of Admissions Exciting news!

  

  . Hastings commended the search committee, chaired by Professor and MIT ... he was "deeply honored" to be given the chance to lead the office on a ... be able to lead this group going forward." Schmill has served in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to decide, when you’re deciding a pretext for productive procrastination

  

  be closer to or further from home? How should they evaluate perceived ... hard question — was which of those possible persons he wanted to be ... people along the way.   Changes & Choices, by Afeefah K. '21 (on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  On Moving A goodbye that took me a semester, and some distance, to write.

  

  , and searching for ways to help, and not adding to the media spectacle ... . All last semester I was thinking of the right way to say goodbye to this ... to MIT. Not in a trapped way. I just thought I'd want to get as far

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: The Story So Far An update from the frontlines.

  

  (which you should all come to, by the way: the fun starts at 9:30 in the ... of the Weinberg Lab. To be honest, I'm actually incredibly jealous (who ... researcher, and I imagine his lab has to be pretty cool as well. Now I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  . As a way to be a positive force in their community. As a method of ... adrenaline rush. Being able to make meetings or classes across campus in ... that are hard to be proud of when they look like an almost-average on a

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a ... So summer kind of comes to an end today. Orientation starts next week ... like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  a blog that explains it step by step i figured id just cut to the part ... find ways to creep back. it's funny how the triggers manifest themselves ... were going to be friends for life. i thought this was it. i thought you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  with my dorm being offline due to renovation: find another dorm on campus ... residents will be experiencing the exact same thing soon. i'm grateful to EC ... from the Bombers only by committing a lot of time to them, i'm worried

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  How to build a Tamagotchi and the power of curiosity

  

  sure to build a quick little prototype that verified this would function ... these components be positioned on your actual board? I had to keep in mind that I wanted this to be a playable, hand-held game: I was going for a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • May 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  ? Can a civilization be healed? Can damage to hateful souls--the rot that creeps in--be undone? Not by fear. The humidity turns this courtyard into ... . We must change ourselves, our ways of being, and our country. We must

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Telethon Fun…Squared The amount of fun experienced at an event grows exponentially as a function of bloggers…

  

  if we were lured by the idea of talking to prospective students or the ... not, and (if necessary) when would be a good time to call back. Most of ... being accepted to MIT! *cue awkward laughter and/or shy "thanks" from the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 17, 2008