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• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  be mad blog coverage of CPW over the next few days, so fear not. And ... I thought it would be appropriate to talk about why it was I chose MIT ... this is the place for you. I think in some respects you have to be a car

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  Due to an Act of God, I am in the shiny new JetBlue terminal at JFK for the next three hours. An Act of God, in this case, refers to one ... to, you know, not miss that connecting flight that I missed. This post

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  students will fail to learn the ideal gas law because they will never see ... trenchcoat. All motion in the room seemed to freeze as the shadowy character ... ., paused the video and told us, "Now you will never forget the ideal gas law

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  blind spots on privilege

  

  obvious thing in the world.  VI. In Jane Wong’s book “How to not be ... opportunities to pursue the things I was interested in, I feel very grateful to be ... , I felt the compulsive need to catch up. I felt I needed to be like

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  it. I know I will be. Really bad photos to follow. Also, if you realize not only whom this entry's title references but also why this entry ... by the moon") is completely inappropriate, I will be very impressed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to PNR First semester in review

  

    What I'm pretty sure next semester will be like. No offense to the great and wonderful institutions that are Princeton and Yale ... the hard way that it’s really not like high school. Surrounded by the

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... other or coexist in the manner the article describes. to be honest, the ... foreign to me. the problem is not that i am unwilling to ask other people

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  anyone’s love life, I definitely will not be giving you any advice ... that I was either destined to be celibate or just not a fan of apps ... turns out not everyone comes out the second they get to college and not

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  Is it ok to go over the essay word count?

  We require applicants to follow the word limits provided on the application. Your information will not be saved if the responses are too long. You may have to "play" with your thoughts and sentences a bit to meet
• Blog / Admissions

  Won’t Be Long Now… Some pictures to tide you over.

  

  the rest of the admissions team. Not my favorite part of the job (I'm not the biggest fan of paper cuts) but it's rewarding in that it provides a bit of closure to an important part of the admissions cycle. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Quidditch: The Best Thing EVER? Yes.

  

  about getting used to moving on the broom and handling the ball with just ... spectators. Given that the sport is brand-new, I expected the stands to be ... you know that the original Uncle Sam was born near Boston?) I headed to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 7, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Learning how to be a human being, not a human doing After 6 years of adulting post MIT, these are the things I value now

  

  live as a human being and not a human doing. Here are some of the things I’ve learned to value, through the eyes of my younger selves to now ... that could guide me - only an emptiness that needed to be filled by

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • January 26, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  double happened to be in the same CMS.100 class as Danny. As soon as the ... to ensure that we will be able to live in a different double in 3E next ... you believe, we have the honor of being the last people to live in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a ... ,000 holes can cause the foil to fail. Laurie began her UROP last spring and ... decided to be course 8. In her free time, she likes to play the violin and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A little something while you wait. Don't plan on doing work until we finish this.

  

  actually be able to do it. The game is pretty self-explanatory: you start ... officially less than 4 days (OHMYGODDECISIONZ), over a 1000 of you will be ... work, and life is good. But in the meantime, you probably want to do

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • March 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hope My reflections on the death of Amaud Arbery

  

  may still be at home toasting a couple of cold beers to the fact that ... laptop across the room because I felt… I shouldn’t have to do this. WHY AM ... . HOW I WILL PROBABLY BE DOING THE SAME DAMN THING SOMETIME NEXT YEAR

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  in Cambridge. it makes me sad to think that this will probably be the ... and ceiling handles the bus had to offer , I would worry that people ... college spring break is everything I wanted it to be and more, which

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  the afternoon, so I wanted to go out after and celebrate. (I am so ... 'm taking it on grades, not pass/fail. Professor: I mean Public Finance) Here ... that's okay. We went to the CambridgeSide Galleria for dinner

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It's not Tennyson or anything, but... Oh MIT, OH MIT Many are the reasons why You mean so much to me. Poor soul, poor soul You’re often scorned

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  failing to reserve at the Indian restaurant nearby, we decide to go to a ... [annotation note="the main character"]Asha.[/annotation] Why does she have to ... ; 11:30 pm - Deekshita, being the queen she is, offers to put henna and I

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023