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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  scientists’ expedition. I read this: on the plane ride to Cambridge. It’s 150 ... have mixed feelings on how to talk about the Harry Potter series now. I ... opinions on Cursed Child -- and I’m glad that the fandom took initiative to

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

  MIT’s COVID-19 precautions and their impact on admissions relevant news and next steps (updated 4/14); new blog posts below 👇🏼

  

  created a form to solicit feedback on a virtual CPW from the community. We ... reaching out to engage you on how we should best work together moving forward ... many of the communities on campus to connect with the next generation of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  -changing. I'd initially read the English translation of MDZS, but I moved on to ... clicked on a link to the MITDZS server I posted on the '24 server in July ... to me to risk judgment by other people. The fact that there are things

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new ... given on the previous year. We discussed things that worked really well, and set new goals for this cycle. I'm very excited to embark on my

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . In fact, the thinking has already been brewing. As I'm talking to my ... no one wants to open. Except I tend to be the one prying at it until ... on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell ... trying to find the second chair. Anyway, I just thought I'd share this

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  : "But I'm probably going to stay for the second hour. Are you?" Me: "Ha ... 're thinking about MIT... You may have read about the opportunities available to ... perhaps that's why you'd like to come. What goes on here is nothing short of

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  : the second is to stand in front of the cart and pull it such that it ... pushing allows you to keep an eye on both the cart and the direction of ... pushing is that, when fixating on the next shiny stage of life to push

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Events

  This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard (how MIT Mystery Hunt works, now in Up-Goer Five)

  

  reached the top, even though your body hurts a lot and you had to carry a ... 🫠. But because the point of using only simple words is NOT to make ... with a small number to the right of them. ANYWAY, [annotation note

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 25, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  our rehearsals to give us tips and guidance on the piece, AND he ... we play and suggestions on how to do it. Several months ago, I joined the Wind Ensemble for 3 reasons: I didn’t want to forget how to play

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  childhood memories... and decided to make a yo-yo based on the 1996 movie ... a mold. The warm plastic is then sucked down on top of the mold to ... Junior year pretty much ws a gigantic ride on the struggle bus for me

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I ... 's pretty close to what I imagined the novel looking like. I'm not impressed yet by the portrayal of Alex or Jonathan, but that half-second shot of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  fantastic opportunities in the past year. Ministry of Supply got to present on ... restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... students in GEL program, and I love the opportunity to meet students from a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  :30 PM on Sunday. One of the biggest drawbacks to this system is that ... * Physics Instructor (in an email): Due to a confusion of dates on the course ... So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  'll spare the gory details. Suffice to say, the warm and copious food on the ... to piggyback off her anymore.] Then on Monday I helped with the WMBR ... so kind in helping me learn to use the control board. On Wednesday, I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

  , well, why can't you just make the on ramp to MIT easier or more ... full and fair review. And we're going to have a spot on the application ... , particularly with everything going on in the world right now. And we do commit to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  't reach that far, I don't have the momentum to get there, I'm not strong ... !! Ever the perfectionist, I resolved to complete every route for the base level (V0) before I could upgrade myself to the next one (V1). Only then

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden ... finishing the last of four exams on Monday, I had a pleasant four-hour lapse ... : Exam 1: 52.5%. I may have choked. Turn on the slow-motion cameras, and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harvard Social Enterprise Conference with a virtual reality demo that showed me the communities of Nairobi

  

  on the second day of the conference.   This is a study hall ... : Impact Investing. Another panel on the second day of the conference ... on the initiative. I listened to him at first, but soon I became

  • by Erick P. '17
  • March 11, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  In which I am somehow still an MIT student 4 years later

  

  have [annotation note="A cautionary note to the freshmen reading this: you should probably not expect to marry the person you broke the ... , and trying to "make the most" of my last semester of college, despite

  • by Alex M. '21
  • January 26, 2025