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• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  applying? Can I send any?" Yes. We're happy to accept extra materials if you ... since childhood I have been dreaming to go to MIT ..in fact go only to MIT ... an essay. But I have heard that MIT doesn't like to recieve extra

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  coming in for the festivities. Most of us know each other as we chose to ... /Baker tradition: the piano drop. According to The Tech, "The piano drop was first ... , who wanted to bring back the grand old hacks of the past. In honor of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  were newly admitted to MIT get to visit the campus and experience student culture up close, from exploring dorm culture to experiencing real and ... . You can also upvote other people’s questions if you really want to see

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  I’m no cook when it comes to normal food, but if stupid ideas were ... ’d like to think so). Unfortunately, at MIT, most of my computational power has been devoted to “psets” and “midterms” and not Silly Girl Time, but

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  when the world gets too heavy put it on my back

  

  this blogpost was meant to be something else since i've been frankly living in my thoughts a lot and i'm not sure how to write about it in a ... and then since i think it's healthy to share latest fixations, so i

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  You learn how to navigate MIT. It’s inevitable. After you stay here for a couple days, the bulletin boards begin to look familiar. You ... MIT for you to explore. You’ll eventually know where each path will go

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Designing dead ends A look into the "misc." folder on my desktop

  

  responsible for setting up our major publications to print (like the Affording ... getting used to, four years on the job. For every publication I design that gets sent to press and mailed to thousands of prospective students, there

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Onto the next world! a stupidly long metaphor

  

  describe how much happier I've been since I've come to college. I learned so ... so much...only to return to a house that does not feel like a home ... moment I came back to California for winter break. It's strange to think

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  I’m Graduating Early??? [NOT CLICKBAIT] also: the unification of course 7

  

  MIT is going through changes right now in addition to the new phase ... to occur around the first week of June. The '18s graduated on June 8 ... pretty cool for a few reasons: IAP feels longer since we don't have to

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  which finding and committing yourself to work you love is like romantic ... lingering doubts about going to grad school dissipated. there was a moment ... enough to stay in the department, but i never felt totally sure about it. i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  to 34 hours (source). In this post, I’ll describe my (also wildly ... to Proofs, the materials for which are available here). Now, these ... students, 12 unit-hours may mean anywhere between 6 to 20 life-hours. For

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Trick or Treating Halloween Shenanigans

  

  that was as close to a celebration as I had come in quite a few years. A ... headed back to my room to bum around for a few hours before 6pm, which was when the tennis team had planned to meet to go trick-or-treating. To be

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • November 1, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  adventure. I broke my big toe into a bunch of pieces, then flew home to London for winter break, then flew back to Boston and got an x-ray at MIT ... for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... reminded us to string up our food away from our tents, in case it drew ... when it's to protect their young. Right on cue, shortly after we hopped

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  day of classes. I therefore had eighteen days' worth of summer to spend ... . That's not to say that I didn't absolutely love every second of the ... . During the school year, my calendar looks, to quote my friend: "like a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  ) prior to Monday, I was under the legal lottery ticket purchase age, (2 ... 's statistically improbable to win things that aren't in cereal boxes. Well, it ... general relativity and had already mastered string theory thanks to the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Adonde? Excuse me sir, I seem to have misplaced my pants.

  

  during lunch when a friend of mine ran over and said "You have to watch ... ." Not wanting to check at school I simply ignored them and put them out of ... . . ." Since getting to MIT I've been a part of several riots and a flash mob

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  admissions process. I’ve had the opportunity to visit Baltimore, New Haven, New ... in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email ... able to respond. Better late than never, no? Background Info: As you

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  to sleep. For those playing along at home, here is Pset 8 in all its ... :52am. I am really quite ashamed to say I've been working on this since 8 ... hours worth of work? God I hope not. Come to think of it, a part of that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  albums i like and why i like them pov: i ramble about music and won't shut up

  

  to [insert mildly obscure musician here], and their random album from 2018. I keep having new ones, and I want some way to document why I like ... , and I see this record, run over to you, and being to yap about why i

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • September 8, 2025