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• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing ... anything particularly related to my major--in fact, my proposal for a mini ... Ethiopia in January, much more able to handle myself in Shanghai, to get

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• 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 / 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 / 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
• 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 / 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
• 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 / 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 / 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 / Academics & Research

  100% Completion It’s pretty hard to do, but I’m going to try.

  

  playing. The game takes a pretty long time to complete, but it’s choose your ... to get your hands on the prized diploma, but it’s way more fun to ... . The long term goal is to be able to correctly fill in a blank map of MIT

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  's bed, Nixon sheds a lot of goldish-orange fur, Voight meows to himself in ... new to hall, having arrived in a kennel on Delta Airlines from a place ... windowsill to get a better view. * Dr. Popular can make every noise possible

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  only covered a pinprick of what was in store for us. And to everyone who ... . It’s a life skill you’ll have to get used to if you come to MIT ... in love with one and all you want to do is spend ALL your time there

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• 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 / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  of the Fae was used to grieve loved ones, ie a mother that died in ... checked out a few short story books with a similar second-person style to ... with a career in STEM. This deep dedication to a humanities field was so

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please Vote for My Idea for the Obama Administration! Change.org is sponsoring a competition whereby anyone can post an idea for making America better.…

  

  Change.org, MySpace, and more than a dozen high-profile NGOs. In short, the ... appreciate your taking a few seconds to cast your vote and bring my idea closer ... to do is go here and click on the "Vote" icon in the top left

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Why It’s Special all the things that make CPW amazing

  

  . We all get to see MIT through your eyes as the wonderful, bizzarre, and ... major. In 2015, as a crimson- and short-haired freshman with glasses, I ... + textbook store), it feels a lot better to get a custom MIT t-shirt for free

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  in 3 months? The answer is to shorten your cycle time by aiming for ... companies, Sam says, is that they can aim to get 10% better every week. Short ... goal of colonizing Mars.  You can't get to Mars without making a lot of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  struggling to take it all in. Don’t get me wrong. I love it here already. Sure ... happened to me in these two and a half weeks in just one measly blog post ... has learned the art of maintaining a balanced and fulfilled life in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  there and do nothing. But in a few rocks, you can get those forces to point in the same direction and stay that way. Add them up, and you get a ... definitely in the no-no set of words. Putting it all together To make a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024