Search

Search Results

• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  to hold her up as well as hold people up when they need it.     ... moment touched her so much that it solidified her decision to become a ... , and Kenneth ‘19, to talk about their experiences as members of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  This story has to do with professor accessibility. And something awesome that I got in the mail.

  

  professor to take the time to write to a colleague to tell him how much an ... letters with actual human handwriting. I was therefore super pumped to find a package slip in my mailbox earlier this week; I passed it to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Race Against Myself Learning how to walk

  

  .  It means that if I need four hours to read this lecture slowly on my ... need to take better care of myself before I run around thinking I ... focus on myself. When I look the next word I need to type. When I care

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • April 16, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  are so many awesome people to meet and activities to try (and so much ... When I applied to MIT, I didn't consider whether the people of Boston ... wasn't just to congratulate me. She said "... but... aren't people on the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  600- to 800-pound weights on the ballast (“Once the rockets are up, who ... -built rollercoaster, one tapping hand on knee to the beat of Galantis (“visualize it ... , passing power tools up to the others. This year’s East Campus rollercoaster

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] How to Build a Three Story Fort by Zack I. '27

  

  we needed to do to get a second floor unit in place. In recent memory ... and raise them to just their second story heights at first. Then, once ... them at once, but we were able to set up an assembly line with half of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  myself a lot of questions. What do I want to do with my life? Once I find ... feelings on things, so in honor of New Year’s Eve, I decided to reflect on ... because I’ve had to sheepishly check the MIT map saved on my phone more

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your first last day all my life has been about / waiting for people to go

  

  was running out of groceries, and I didn’t want to buy much more ... One. I would use the blogs to process my feelings if I had any feelings to process. But the weird part about all of this is that I feel very

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT, part deux The case study of someone else you wouldn't expect to have gotten in

  

  According to my hit counter as well as by raw comment count, my entry ... young for TMNT?), I decided to profile my endlessly put-upon boyfriend ... today, and I was planning to write about tests. But Laura beat me to it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  orient myself to a new reality. I probably needed a break from lifting ... the heavy things, but still needed sturdy ground on which to stand. I ... Jamie C. '19 and I (among others) had once bought the materials to build a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  here comes a thought on decisions

  

  these little things seem to matter so much that they confuse you in the ... will usually be four years. you have so much to do afterwards. regardless ... was so gorgeous it didn't matter that it probably makes little sense to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• FAQ / First-year application

  Where can I find info on Graduate Admissions/Masters/PhD?

  The Office of Undergraduate Admissions handles first-year and transfer admissions. To pursue graduate study at MIT, you need to apply to one of our departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  exceptions to simply trying to spend as much time with one another as possible ... distancing. Fingers-crossed for returning to a much healthier Cambridge soon ... this sense of nervousness and uncertainty in the air. I had woken up to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  I need to be, something I need to be doing, but there's no way to get ... sequel (or what I thought would be a sequel) to 6.046, design and analysis ... , emotionally, and it's hard to balance with classes. I've gotten used to having

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  –this place really does that to you. it wrecks you. it tears you down; makes you ... we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  that our lab does is really related to anything the Echo can do, and they ... island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... . It turned out to be for my grad student (I say “my”, but in reality I

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  An Astrological Guide to the College App Process We all know astrology isn't real...or is it?

  , perhaps living on their campus. It is so much more important to do your ... that applying to college is a time where you need to focus on yourself ... they expected, so try to be open as much as you can. Gemini Many in the

  • by DJ Rock
  • December 20, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  I have a lot of feelings. It doesn’t take much to make me cry ... dollar for every time my mother told me to lower my voice, I could probably ... told me to chill and “be cool” in selection committee – I told her that

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  As We Approach Decision Day On getting in and on not getting in

  

  need to invest yourself in something that probably won’t work out, and if ... When I hit puberty my inability to assess risk thank goodness ... -hipster phase. I loved setting up ridiculous goals and then reaching them, just to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Acceptance Why getting into MIT meant to so much to me

  

  me getting into MIT and why it meant so much to me. Enjoy!!!! Finally ... could cry, then I would much rather them leave me alone and allow me to ... me. My summer adventures, the time I felt for once I was beginning to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • March 5, 2016