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• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... as we thought it would be), for mitBEEF. The food was definitely ... CPW is not exactly a picture-perfect descriptor of what MIT life will be

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  had to leave campus, and the resulting panic will go down in some ... note="let the record show that it was pulled off"]could not be pulled off ... maybe the adMITs of the future will find this next year."]Two months later

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  : “Show the admissions committee who you are!”, “Be passionate!”, “Don ... score is high and you are a good writer so you will probably be fine.” Man ... lieu of repeating clichés or telling you that you will probably be fine

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  not be able to stop, to be entertained, but at the end feel like they ... for being off topic. I don't care. I still strive to fill the Internet with awesome and will continue to do so on into the future. So, that

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  will be born on my birthday, vs. an average of 0.00274 = 1/365 for the ... 's unlikely that we'd be getting married in the same year -- I'm significantly ... * some factor accounting for the likelihood that we'd be getting married in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are ... wrestling can't be the only thing all 4000 of us have in common. I just don ... yourself into a human being for the admissions officers -- and from what I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Fall Sports at MIT Roll Tech!

  

  ’ve really enjoyed being an athlete at MIT because it has given me the opportunity to continue playing the sport I love while also being able to devote ... automatic admission for athletes, and that will catch the attention of the

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 15, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  Welcome to CPW! 'twas the night before cpw...

  

  time as a prospective student. In light of it being the night before CPW ... Events Board booth. Throughout CPW, there will also be other academic ... -specific events! A lot of clubs will hold CPW events for you to get to know the

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • April 10, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  choosing), while others will have to watch the pie run out and be stuck in ... gets their dream slice of pie will treat it the same. Some gulp it down ... are to tasting it, you must reassure yourself that the world will not

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  's) courtyard. Free will, paradoxes, probability, and the Infinite were the topics ... volume 1 can be separated into two spheres of the same volume. Today we ... YAY November!!! First off, a huge WELCOME to the EA applicants! You

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  One more baby blogger Or blogger baby? I don’t know, is it the same?

  

  ’m comfortable saying she’s a pretty smart cookie. She will also be coming with ... The new baby bloggers were introduced about a month ago, but I have ... daughter, and as far as I know, she’s the first of Blogger Generation 2

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freedom isn’t free. ...but a biology minor is, sometimes.

  

  always the best part... how about the milk vending machine in the basement ... that uncommon." "No, parents are going to read this and be all, 'Oh good ... think I'll leave it at that." [five minutes later] "Hey, the Quik rabbit

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  the peaks of the edges have to be wider than the valleys, so that the ... Gershenfeld. The class "How To Make (almost) Anything" (also "How To Make" or just "Make") is sort of legendary. Gershenfeld has taught the class every

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  number on our waitlist and informed the balance that we will not be able to ... myself that this class cannot possibly be more breathtaking than the last ... may be climbing other mountains, with other friends, next fall. Of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Exploring MIT’s sports facilities there's so much to see!

  

  will be visiting is the tennis courts and the tennis bubble. The tennis ... .[/annotation] There are also PE classes that use these fields all the time. To be honest, these fields do not have the best conditions. It's pretty bumpy and can be

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 4, 2025
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the best-kept secret about being part of the MIT community. For this reason ... incredibly lucky, because no one else will tell them this. Here it is: The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Physics A short novel.

  

  not the subject matter that you are discontent with. Your life will be ... I'm going to be honest - The first five academic weeks here were not ... it. But actually, the transition can be pretty painful. I'm here to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be ... doing it. but the different thing about force of will is, instead of ... with your life. the mage who uses force of will is using their literal

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  posters. But I'm sure It will be a big success regardless. Current music ... I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting tomorrow. You may wonder what Admissions Officers do when they're on the road

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Thoughts from the Dungeon One night only

  

  something today, and if it’s not the game, then it will be this blog. So ... I’ve been stuck in the same dungeon in Metaphor: Refantazio for the last two weeks.  The most frustrating part of this experience is that

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2025