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• Blog / Admissions

  Just To Be Clear: We Don’t Do Legacy anatomy of a WTF in the WSJ

  

  Journal about whether or not colleges should consider legacy in the admissions process. For those of you not familiar with the practice, “legacy ... . Why would schools do this? For the money, mostly, because if you make

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 25, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  College is generally held to be the last enchanted shore of youth. My ... kind of means a lot to me. Not necessarily the literal institution; the ... , but due to the occasion, it has been especially wonderful to be a part

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  will most likely be spent on the farm, not out sightseeing. The people ... someone will feel inspired, and we can dream of what we'll be doing when the world can accommodate travel again. This post will be a list of the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  not be penalized in the application process because of delays caused by ... 'm not that old; I'm going to spend what I hope are many years yet in the ... , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  of all the gear and knowledge needed to simply not die, so it's nice to ... know everything about how to not die in the Big Rocks when it's really ... us to go home and so we listened. It's okay to not reach the top. The

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  to absorb, and not just that but also the extent to which they expect you to be able to use and manipulate it. It's one of the (if not the ... was hard. We're talking miserable hard. It was a test of will, to be

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  chance, which is why I’ve been reaching out to others in the GEL Program ... the labs creating craziness in general, there really seemed to be a ... in a way that was outside classes really drew me to the program. Why

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Boston Marathon ‘08 I'm back!

  

  think, "PSHHH." "Pshhhhh," I would think. "If I had the honor of being an ... way the trees look from my dorm room and exactly how long it takes me to ... material, either (it takes me 6.2 seconds to tie my shoes). I've got the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  me proud to be at MIT. Being back on campus means being back in the ... is home and nothing will ever change that. It was the new bloggers ... , I’m just so glad, happy, elated, delighted to be here with people I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  them, or why my attention span seems to have eroded over the years. maybe ... same."][/annotation] attempting to focus on classes, and failing. the ... music, and realized that my life doesn't have to be completely one or the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  find a way to serve the MIT community. Not only will you meet amazing ... address. At that time, the Class of 2021 will officially be freshmen.   MIT can be overwhelming will all the advice you hear left and right. But

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  , the food your parents cook, and you will keep wishing to be less—less of ... always seemed to be apologizing.   I like to think  it was the ... . To be honest, I was pretty terrified. This is the poem I read. Six

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  *witty title here* (Guest Entry) You want awesome? I'll show you awesome!

  

  to be visiting. MIT After going through the surprisingly crowded ... will be fun. I was right, it was, and all the ADP brothers were really ... By Chris Mills '12 It's 3:30 a.m. I have to leave to get to the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  time I chose to be with friends, of which many choose to live in the ... imagining what it would be like to fly the same course. We learned a lot. We ... suddenly the void is yours to cut through like a block of stone waiting to be

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  fiftieth anniversary Woodstock ones. They'll be put to good use on the thank ... be transferred but not destroyed: this idiosyncrasy has most likely re ... make holograms, but I am not sure that I will be back on campus in time

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  about the curve in the Team Camel logo I made - it's supposed to be an ... What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that ... of the womb, who were building robots before they learned how to walk

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  . Also, why does trial by jury not seem to be a thing? No witness testimony ... I would not lose the important parts of myself to MIT, not all of them ... the characters but were very much not commonplace to the author at the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  kelly's: You might be upset by the fact that there are 4x4's running through the middle of our room and you might even be wondering, "What?! Are ... me climb all over his bedding and his pillows to take the following

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  students who genuinely want to help freshmen succeed at MIT. However, to be honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really take advantage of the fact that they lived near me... we were not a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  to Medical! One drawback to the program, however, is that you don ... Mental Health Services) and the like, but it's not like when a sick ... down the hall to Carlos '09 and say, "What up? I'm sick, so excuse me

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007