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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tattoo ideas No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice.

  

  No, I'm not getting a tattoo. But I do need your tattoo advice. As a ... be small -- say, 2 inches square. What I need are your ideas for a ... /funny/interesting/amusing/cool/awesome. Here are a few ideas to stir the imagination: What are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  If a QB applicant is admitted EA/RA, will they receive full financial aid?

  MIT practices need-blind admissions for all students, regardless of ... assemble a financial aid offer that will meet 100% of your demonstrated need. This usually means an award similar to the College Match Scholarship
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Short Dining Guide to Cambridge Where to find food within walking distance of MIT, other than in my fridge.

  

  pre-folded in topologically confusing structures (not that I needed to ... is that one year ago, I vowed to leave no restaurant within walking ... ugliness. Fulfillment proved to be elusive, expensive, and less compelling

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 23, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Testimony from an ’11 By: Debbie, '11

  

  to use up the rest of my TechCash (there was so much free food over the ... So I technically wasn’t supposed to blog – but my fellow prefrosh, Fangfei, has willingly given up her ‘opportunity to blog

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo and physics and math, oh my 57 units of academic fun fun fun. Now with humanities!

  

  like to think of 8.022 as 8.012's little cousin. So far it's been much ... whole 8.022 does seem easier, plus I now have a much better understanding ... general excitement to begin my second semester at MIT (keep in mind this was

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  More at Home At thirty thousand feet, thousands of miles away.

  

  more blog posts during IAP, I said I'd get around to it once I returned ... forced two-day layover to break up my sets of flights. While much sunnier ... Thanks to a continuation of computer problems, I was without a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  pursue a field that I'm interested in to mastery. I would, however, need to ... love the way the evergreens seem to stretch up to the sky, and enclosed ... receiving the head scritches I am dying to give them. [carousel image1

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  sure it was real, and then left the room to run as much of my speech as I ... much to say, so I just sat there as waves of emotions swept around me. I ... 'm surviving. I haven't cried yet, but I kind of just need to pour myself out to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  balancing work and fun because fun is the seasoning of life but needs to ... Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Soldering Things pronounced "soddering"

  

  "we need a way to connect pieces of metal" and the solution they came up ... out the tiny little holes that you need to put new wires through. That ... my life, I get to actually do cool engineering-y things with my actual

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  first week was needed to adjust to my new schedule and the loss of Pass ... . When it comes to classes, we help those that need help with the ... Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  , and the day I feel like I need to lie about MIT is the day I'll start ... memories spanning more than a year it's simply easier to introduce myself as ... ... for now), etc. Now I don't mean to imply that I do that alone (if you

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  undergraduates, and single streak of gray hair all combine to make pretty much the ... like to visit you and as many student-interns as possible. I need to ... really need to continue your quest for self-improvement?" When I am old

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  I wanted something, I needed to go above and beyond doing just what ... yesterday. And September is also pretty much over, which shows just how ... 't take as much this year, despite all the shiny swag that was calling out

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  cooking (as much as she says it does). Teasing and taunting happens (all in ... be the first to tell you that the day he saw me cooking corned beef ... "pretends" to cook. Sara's menu consists of two items, soup and cereal, both

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  farm show is to consume as much food as possible within 5 minutes without throwing up. As you can see above, to achieve this end he does not close his ... changed my name to Samsam Siam. No no, I've actually just taken all the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  —it’s discouraging sometimes to see how much the people around me are getting done, how ... hasn’t so far?), and in fact, it’s actually added some much needed life ... “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every Piece of Media I Consumed in My First Week of Class that was relevant to my studies, i guess

  

  You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition, which talked ... name kind of says everything so I don't really need to summarize it ... This semester, I'm taking a wide array of classes, from music to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 13, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Thanksgiving a different way All the cool kids call it "Friendsgiving" now, right?

  

  dishes, plus random food we just wanted to cook. Much of Thursday was spent ... , Thursday and Friday, to make a four-day long weekend. This year, breaking tradition, we got the full week (to allow for on-campus students to pack and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 2, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I send in my transcript?

  school representative to be considered official. This applies for high school and college transcripts. If your school does not have a school ... information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript. Please note