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• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  else is 34000+? The number of cities that Airbnb services! Hooray for numbers that add no value to our lives. ***Airbnb is not paying me to say this, I swear. I just googled 34,000+ and this is what came up.  

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

   midterm, and the greatest pleasure in the world is ripping my glasses off ... of… ordinary. MIT is pretty great, don’t get me wrong. But now, when I ... ’ve terrified me earlier. But East Campus is home now, and any person should have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  spring notes resilience, change, warm weather, Santa Fe

  

  !) yesterday that "spring is a tease. It's never as warm as it looks and our calendars strain under the weight of obligation. Spring is short ... the semester is stressful for everyone. For me, it's a plodding

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 18, 2016
• 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.

  

  into the semester, are exciting in smaller ways. The rest of this post is ... semester is starting to heat up and being off P/NR is mildly terrifying. I ... ” (because Lujan is someone who can’t decide if he should go by his first or

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Accidentally Double Majored How I managed to accidentally get a second major at MIT (hopefully)

  

  . One thing I really like about MIT is that there is a HASS (humanities ... out my application is three months late. Thankfully, I have good reason ...  about what it is like to not be well at the end of a semester, and it is not fun

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Integration Bee (guest post by Mike W. ‘19) I had a tagline planned out, but I axed it for being too derivative.

  

  This blog post is by Mike W. ‘19, epic speed integrator and Random ... the physics textbooks I would use next semester (my personal record is ... fractions is a total drag. Anyways, I waltzed in for the written portion

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  . Most of this advice is paraphrased from people that I consider to be ... , if you're a bundle of nerves and it feels like your future is riding on ... 100% sure this is the right school for you but you have external

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Listen to Admissions: Holly on applications, art, and action team an experiment in the sounds of admissions

  

  have received something that she's made in the mail. Holly is a Senior ... reason I love working with Holly is because she's always down to try ... the interview below:       This is the first time

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 4, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  ’t know about you, but I like to eat. I grew up in a family where food is ... on making yummy food, and making a lot of it. Cooking is a social event ... to make food. Which is why I’m really really glad that MIT doesn’t make

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Lounges: An Interactive Experience It's almost like you were here!

  

  MIT evening is like, and I will not be able to tell. By “evening” I ... . Occasionally, the midnight lounge is quiet. Some stare at the wall, relaxing ... slept. It’s comfy enough, though its purity is more debatable. Last year

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  ; This is my first post of the academic year, so I’ll treat it as a bit of ... , cultures, languages, and just people in general. Meeting people is pretty ... interesting tangent: Community. What is a community? This is probably the most

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What It’s Like To Major In Science Writing at MIT according to one recent alum on reddit

  

  . According to CMS/W: The curriculum in science writing is designed to enable ... writing major is an option for students interested in science journalism ... to the public understanding of science and technology. It is also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  , and part of the MIT family. It is not the first memorial dedicated to ... ;     The memorial unveiled today is, however, the most ... last as long as MIT does. Maybe it will last longer. This is a very

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  while. That is the view from my 4th story room. Serious question, why is ... "icicles" stemming from the gutters. My guess is going to be May 1. 2. Is ... the world in other ways. Kristine is in med school now, so if humankind

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... weather - only inadequate clothing." Sure, cold weather is cold (duh), and ... staying warm on a budget is that it's all about layering. Not only does this

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  Senior House…   Nick H. ’18 is not planning to cover this with ... to appreciate if you live here. But painting individual rooms is a ... , while anarchy is all good and well, Nick is just the kind of creative

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  /editing/etc. If you're curious, here is the Buzzfeed article I mentioned (I'm still waiting to be skyrocketed into fame as an arm model); my picture is second ... would be coming to campus to give a lecture: Yo, Lil B is coming to MIT

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  bigger every year (this year is the third). Plus it makes people laugh, and we're donating 50% of the profits to Doctors Without Borders. Is this ... wanted to expand the idea and manufacture a bunch of calendars to sell. Is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  i saw you four ways to follow MIT students

  

  all the evils of MIT is risky.   1) MIT Confessions clever ... ; 2) isawyou  isawyou is not as prolific as it once was, and today it ... of hope nestled between these confessions and stories. MIT is taxing

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 16, 2014