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• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  pliers to Boston. In my room, there’s a shelf of books taller than a man ... ones I once aspired to read. Not far away, there’s a path by the river ... five-something am to squeeze an hour of writing in before school. I

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  not get to hear from everyone, I hope to get a broad sense of community ... , and a department that is top ranked in Computer Science, in Computer ... not easy to give up a great job, but for me the chance to be Chancellor

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Moves and Music(als) Illustrated with tons of images and a video, and not *as* many words

  

  's say you're a student who's interested in MIT, and you want to continue ... most definitely didn't have a gratuitously-added picture - in which I pretend to twirl a drum stick - to prove it. So let me fix that: Because

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  folding.   To get back to the thermodynamics analogy, I’m a little particle ping-ponging inside of a box. I also want to get out of this box ... ! Unfortunately, when you put in enough work to make a bomb calorimeter stop being a

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  Well, I'm back from Atlantic City and have 3 million things to do in ... to 1.5 million things per day. Which is why this entry is short. Sanja ... breaks. Besides, I get to do awesome stuff no one else gets to do, like

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  get merch for my parents. It’s your standard college merch store, plus a ... Villain Swivel Chair – In case you use your degree from MIT to become an ... Headcover – Show off your MIT alumni status to your golf buddies by impaling a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  slideshows where you have to click to load the next page for a single image ... was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... adopt exponential notation to denote level of friendship. I.e. A "friend

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  where is home? leaving your home is easy / it's keeping this one that's a struggle

  

  tested every once in a while; it takes around twenty minutes to walk, get ... . since moving in to simmons, i went on a subway trip with alan, which was ... in baker. i take the elevator down to the dining hall to get meals, and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 27, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  We prefer that students use our MIT application portal detailed in our Letters of recommendation page; however, we also accept electronic ... -specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  constituencies if they get a picture with Bono flashing a peace sign in his purple ... their pet fish. In this case, whereas Mitra has provided a professional ... scheduled entry.... One of the things I like about being home is getting to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading. :-) I know there are a lot of questions in the comments and I'll definitely get to ... that enables one little boy to breathe in a hospital in the suburbs of

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  finally understood I had to get out of my neighborhood I got into one little ... experience was rare But I learned a whole lot and I have more knowledge to ... Recruitment. I work in the MIT Office of Admissions and I am a graduate of the

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  ://youtu.be/nLSaCFlXn-g (might want to turn on english subtitles for this) In short, the film ... *water* and take a seat. Because I want to know what your hichkis are. And ... and tiring week) to watch a Bollywood film. All I was really looking for

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Who we are All the stuff I've been trying to write since last July. It isn't much, but…

  

  some people attack a marathon. It hurts so much while you're in the ... get used to that. I've had to get used to people saying in disbelief ... . MIT students are complex. This is a fact of life. I've also had to get

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  in the wild. It excites to me think that in a few short years, I’ll be ... Cookie to top it off. Yum. College is when they stuff you in a chef ... . In the end, you get a finished product that is just the way that you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  to would be in the Parent’s Hospitality Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee or ... Services so you can stop in and get your questions answered. On Thursday and ... which they work and study together. Help Your Child to Have a Healthy

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  an unnecessarily detailed normal friday finding things to blog about when you're swept into normalcy

  

  in light [annotation note="i was fortunate to acquire both a waterproof ... . the rain started to get worse and by 8pm, lightning crackles in the sky ... should really get up, so i[annotation note="in room 251, we all have Next

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Live from Florida Hello from Tampa, Florida!

  

  just this question, but I gave a short answer and deferred to my ... say, but now I have to get ready for tonight's presentation in Tampa ... just in time for a crazy week in the office. Now, I'm off on group travel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  questions. First: no, you're not in trouble if your materials haven' ... . Finally, I hope you'll join me in saying thanks to the entire Records ... The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  getting to relax for the first time in a long while, with college ... and a little bit of googling to jog my memory. I hope you enjoy. I ... page I cut out of a magazine, from the January 2021 Russian ELLE, to be

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021