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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  those of you who are looking for one: "We will be running an annual bike auction for all abandoned bikes at Next House. It won't be until the 2nd or ... can't wait until then, I suggest going to http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  predates Ben, who predates Chris, who pretends to be old. I witnessed her ... , "this is not a craigslist proposition," just to be clear. Mitra ... THAT, MOLLIE Apparently, when Sam searched his email to find our meetup

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• 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
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  This post is intended to [annotation note="consider viewing them side-by-side!"]be ... ="aligncenter" width="1000"] picture courtesy of petey[/caption]   On the way to ... walking at 9 and finish the marathon by 5, which requires me to walk at a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• 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 / 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 / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  of touring turned out to be quick and efficient. At McCormick, we ... Ivy, and we dragged our luggage to Baker, which is where we would be ... , not used ones). W/ such great availability, there shouldn't be a need to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  (most importantly) step away from my screens. As a way to bookmark these ... machine, provided to me by MIT. When I’m not reading apps, I do a fair ... -resolution monitor. This 27” monitor has proven to be incredibly useful for reading

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  untamed, moving too quickly. Gods struggle to survive in such conditions ... Matt McGann. I was introduced to him in January 2005 by a mutual friend ... read some of my livejournal, I think, and asked me if I'd like to be a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  mit bingo! as done by the bloggers

  

  present: MIT bingo two ways, as done by the MIT admissions bloggers! The ... because my team wouldn’t be able to continue working on the project ... catch the shuttle at Next, missed it by a few seconds, tried to run to the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 7, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  country during IAP can be a great way to expand your global horizons without ... , I guess.” (I'll be addressing my answer to their common follow ... answer is that IAP is truly what you want it to be. MIT students and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dear July A video experiment just for the heck of it

  

  current feelings to a personified July. Because of my summer class (to be ... completely by one of the YouTubers I watch regularly, Emily Diana Ruth. She creates an annual video series called "Letters to July," sort of like a

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 30, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Next Steps For the Deferred what to do next

  

  characterized by this kind of complexity. My advice would be to send in the FUN ... send us stuff via email or mail, but the FUN form is the best way to ... , can accurately gauge your chance of being admitted to MIT. With that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  great!  If you ignore the average 1.5 hour each way commute I have to ... recovering ;) I am excited, though, to be an Educational Counselor and to ... 's about all I've got for now, sorry to be so brief :/  Life keeps plugging

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014