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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  the path you choose gets difficult, it will be very helpful to rekindle ... :59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to choose your major putting people in boxes, feat. credit for reddit, social science, and lots of yarn.

  

  * Choosing between the forty-nine majors that MIT offers can be a nerve-wracking, sweat-inducing mess. We the admissions bloggers have somehow done it ... would be [what major? undecided?]. 2. I will be graduating as [what major

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 6, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Speaking in MITese A language all our own.

  

  of January at MIT, and one of the best times to be on campus. IHTFP ... , 10, 4, 8 (east). At one point believed to be the longest contiguous ... be held. Killian Court - The large and picturesque courtyard in the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  labels you try and put on it, you will only come two-thirds of the way to ... of the person I always wanted to be. At MIT, hundreds of miles from my ... applying to MIT, all of you who will be getting that life-changing decision

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Class of 2020 Ring Premiere! from two perspectives

  

  primary art form of our generation. The bezel would not be complete without ... be part of our class’s Ring Comm!! I remember that when I got the phone ... that early hour). The class was actually really cool, but I will leave

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Gee, my life’s a funny thing Remembering the bills I have to pay, or even yesterday.

  

  Morrison will probably also be forgotten in a hundred years, but it's kind of ... DID YOU KNOW? The first person I met when I arrived at MIT for ... to the cemetery where Jim Morrison is buried because we had an hour to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... a school you love is crushing, and it can often be framed in the ... , abiding factor in your life will be you. Your own abilities, your

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Have Never Been to Beijing A (loose) translation of the previous post written in Chinese

  

  the Jiangsu province area. I remember being able to speak Shanghainese ... in the Chinese-language post, and additionally, some things in the Chinese-language post not mentioned here. The content is a bit different for

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Stove-Cook Your Oatmeal and Never Look Back To not-admitted applicants and anyone who knows anything about fuses.

  

  pathogens. (If I were cooler, it would be good to actually replace the broken ... Oatmeal cooked on the stove is so good. I wouldn’t know this, but a few days ago a fuse broke and all the outlets in our kitchen stopped

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 19, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  labyrinthine pastures, then (b) spending the next six hours buried elbow-deep in ... *, she works part-time at the New England Aquarium. In lieu of an interview, she jumped into the nearest tank and wrestled a rowdy octopus into

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  . But then, you never know how the blogger platform will behave—it’s been ... This week, I am fulfilling my dream of taking over the Admissions page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  will be helpful. In anticipation of our 10-year reunion, I emailed all the members of our class (about 1000 people) and asked for "10-year ... This past weekend was the 10-year reunion for the MIT Class of 2000

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Am I Smart Enough for MIT? On second thought...don't answer that.

  

  farther (I had heard of the AIME but wasn't even close to being considered ... ... I'll be like the dumbest one there" is what I seriously told myself ... it all and is on the other side now, I know you'll be juuuuust fine

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • November 2, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Avatar and Desserts Exploring Food Art

  

  Beware! There will be many spoilers for Avatar: The Last Airbender ... ’m making the assumption that you’ve seen the show and will not go over plot ... ’s rough buddy’ and what bender I would be, I caved. I started watching the

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • December 10, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what am i doing great question.

  

  ’ve been able to really be a part of the lab. I attend meetings and reading ... irrationally) fearing that I would be starving in June. The answer to that ... semester. 6.832   class. I had the most information about this in my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 18, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  date. the new gym will be live in a year. sorry for the lack of good ... be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a ... .  These days, I’m using more targeted machines, so I’ll be headed to the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  A few hours ago, I was on my way to my room in the[annotation note="EC has two buildings; one is to the west of the other"]west parallel[/annotation]of East Campus. I was coming from the east parallel, where I had been

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, 5 Years Later what happened after pi day 2011

  

  would be on a given day in the year, but was more interested in coding the ... people, you will somehow be good in your school as you will be required to ... I've gotten a number of email responses to my blog post about the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  When I came to MIT I joined the marching band. We played at all sorts ... lacrosse, water polo and crew competitions for the first time. I joined the intramural pistol team and came to appreciate the huge variety of sporting

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009