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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  Target refrigerator from Omaha, NE in the back of your parents' minivan ... the door when you're cooking and open the windows. The suite alarm can

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  tell you, time really does start to lose all meaning when your life is ... years of your studies and applying them to real-world situations suggested

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  sandwiches and stuff are a little expensive unless you're really in a hurry ... nearby food trucks) and BioCafe (overpriced, but you can bring your food

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  My Brass Rat The Brass Rat is not a subtle thing.

  

  look over the river at Boston, and after graduation you're an outsider ... world for you, because the world is your oyster now. I always heard

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  "), but once you listen to it, you're going to want a candy bar so bad that ... you're on the Scrambler ride at Hersheypark. Basically, it involves

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  can draw your own conclusions on culture at Stanford and MIT. Anyway, in ... because I'm out of underwear." Parents, don't let this happen to your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Bavarian Rhapsody I'm just a poor boy, I go to MIT.

  

  challenging classes that are offered at your school and do as well as you can in them--if your school has AP/IB, you should take at least a few of them in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  you're not depleting the worldwide supply of oxygen when you combust ... "MIT Shuffle," so I usually try to leave at about 8:50 to get to your

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  looks like this: ...and is where you should mail your application to ... nowhere near each other. Moral of the Entry: Don't mail your applications

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  the "weird" people, but more than that, when you're in the midst of a place, it's yours, and you are part of it, and can feel it pulse with life

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  . Sadly, you're not supposed to bring cameras in, so I couldn't take ... the off-chance that you're reading this. There were tons of MIT people

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  to put the anxiety of prospective students to rest; knowing you're ... 't get into MIT with a 1430/2150, especially if your math score is sub-700

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  . So, I'm often asked, what do you do when you're not reading ... international applicants, and I want all of you and your counselors to understand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  CMU / Parallel Universe i am not a clown

  

  you are when you're both in a foreign place. It brings so much shared ... nodded. "But you can't always have all the information! Sometimes you're at the point of your life when you don't know what to do, and you have to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 31, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  don’t have a safety net, you have to land on your feet.” They say that ... have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 4 the finale

  

  estimate. I sent those 28 shirts off to a nice Etsy store that turns your old ... - your stereotypical lonely gifted kid, sitting in my dark bedroom playing ... know how to do everything in your current position, but that your new

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  that respecting your teachers was a thing, and obviously reading while ... . Thoughts: SPOILER WARNING -- skip this section if you wish to keep your ... daylight The first time you read a Harry Potter book, you’re like “wow how

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  prospective students: if you’re applying to MIT, you’re probably applying to a lot of schools of the same caliber, and you’re generally going to get ... back to admissions. “I know you guys messed up, but you’re too ashamed to

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch the Tea with Teachers Video Series! and learn about the wonderful students behind it

  

  NNoKlqvA. Like, comment, subscribe! We would love to hear your thoughts. Facebook ... TwT VIDEOS: TwT videos are a great way to *really* get to know your ... get to see a side of your professor you wouldn't see otherwise. They

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2017! highlight reels from the new year

  

  one timeline. I present to you, my 2017 Highlights Reel! What do your ... : “This service is not available in your region.” August 26, 2017 I’m 21 ... . Towards the end of the song, the lyrics go: “Take pictures in your mind of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2017