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• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  that much to get in the pool at Hurricane Harbor for five minutes. On ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster ... (which pay for themselves after two visits) this summer, I was able to do

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Disappearing (or life goes on) .

  

  you're interested, like I've been threatening to do for some time, I ... I feel like I owe it to those (few?) who've followed me closely these last few years to come back and say a quick and proper good bye. I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 6, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  you choose to take. For example, to fulfill one of your physics ... opportunity to talk to some of the prospective members of the Class of 2011. That’s right, if you don’t ask me questions on my blog, I will call your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Not Admitted Students I just wanted to tell you a story. It has a moral, but you don't…

  

  several places. Many people expected him to give up; instead, he asked for ... temple to rest. It was soon time for the second monk to try his luck at ... hurried to prepare towels and water for the second monk, thinking that he

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Food, Folks, and Fun…..but definitely not mcdonald’s Quinton makes friends at the Muslim Student Association

  

  attend a Faculty and Administration Dinner for Ramadan. The dinner was to ... dorm on Thursday. While the prospect of a free dinner is typically ... four years at MIT. I had a chance to meet Iman and talk with her for

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 1, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Day in the Life A photographic biography of a Friday

  

  , Katelyn slept for 2 hours and still had a headache at 10:54 pm, according to ... else on MITblogs, appears to have been born with a last name). Sympathy ... on it. Next was 3.091: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, whose

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 6, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  i will not shut up. thank you parents for listening to me jabber on ... of my friends live!"]Next[/annotation] to hang out for a while. Around 10, I left to pack for my flight home, but instead ended up walking out

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  Please note that, as of August 2018, our process for assigning interviews has changed (though Kim's observations on the interview and our ... posted here.  For me, Educational Counselors or ECs are a special group of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  psets to punt, midterms to whine about, shows to binge-watch on my down ... always look for ways to play the victim.” I’m thinking of the video of ... seeing, that there’s more to the story. That it’s not hunting season on

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... try to tell you about all the awesome things going on at MIT and the ... any questions, feel free to email me at bryanblogs at mit dot edu. I do

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adam makes a guest appearance Adam's motto: Step one, get it done. Step two, there's always more to do.

  

  descriptively "How to Build Jet Engines." While this class ranks much higher on ... conducted on warm, calm, rain-free days. The problem is that it's March in New ... places at the same time, I had to wake up very early to go fly for Draper

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  find three programs that allowed me to travel for 1-3 months and I can ... , munching on macarons. The following summer I obtained a PSC Fellowship to ... to see them going on to college and pursue that love. It's the MIT

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  yet i maintain composure manu tenere “i hold by hand”

  

  into preparing for cpw— on friday, i go to an interview, and then i go ... , and—one two three, one two three. i’m on the beat again. we dance for a ... started the weekend before. it was set to happen that saturday, and then for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  are on the 4th page and the last page to verify that everything is "true and accurate, etc." On the Common Application, for example my full name ... between high school and college. More to come on these topics later

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  tired to have willpower, so instead i just hang around on the internet for ... about all the stuff i have to do to get ready to leave for the summer. as ... [/annotation]in order to write down the poem on the paper i keep by my bed. here it is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Washlava! A Sentiment Analysis quantifying laundry feels, based on MIT Confessions

  

  decided to "deep clean" MacGregor. This meant that, for the first time in ... ton of good reasons for choosing MacG, but this was supposed to be one of them. I ended up having to pay for a storage facility in the area

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  , studying 2.001 for my final on Tuesday. For that final we get 4 pages of ... experience for you today so that you can get a sense of what you may get to go ... average final grade of 17%) and am about to be thrown into another. Finals

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  batteries recharging because that's what IAP is for

  

  this is the third IAP i've spent on MIT. trust me, i really tried to ... mode on my research project. i also expected to be really fucking lonely ... :45 for fencing, and then sometimes go back at night to squeeze some more

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 22, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam sells out The most valuable blog entry of all time.

  

  on Amazon you can even get a free cell phone when you sign up for a ... enlisting him to help design a new banner for Turkey vs. Spam--what do you ... their aptitude for math and science. That's how committed I am to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  intended major. I was reaching for the top -- what better place to study ... extra spots on the map. We saw a lot of stuff -- took the metro to ... were asked to identify travel options, routes and fares for the Boston

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005