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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  diminutive of parka, as in ‘I-need-a-parka’ weather), though due to severe jet ... documenting his work completely rebuilding Gus, which (he told us) he planned to drive to Cambridge if admitted.   I still have the first email I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  is visible from my awesome double.As much as I would've liked for it to ... . And it's still true of everyone who wants to get in to MIT. And I ... nicely when he said you don't have to build, say, a nuclear reactor to get

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An MIT wedding Paper airplanes instead of rice and a reception at a science museum... what's not to…

  

  sophomore, my friend Carl '07 introduced me to a cute curly-haired aerospace ... August 2006, he asked me to marry him in Killian Court with a bunch of tour ... the best man, and Carl '07, who introduced us to each other, was another

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  creatures. They’ve nearly perfectly adapted to an urban environment, with a sturdy carapace, unparalleled scavenging prowess, and ability to fly. In ... ’s ability to thrive in all its squirming, leg-wiggling glory is terrifying

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  summer. The morning after I got here, I woke up to a pile of stuffed ... -it note (it was the second draft, apparently), this: I think it’s safe to ... realized that though I don’t think I’ve felt rooted to a place before, Boston

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older buildings lining Newbury Street two miles away in Boston. Much of campus ... to the lonely 3 am campus, soaking up the light reflecting off the snow

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  was difficult to see her struggle and cry and be sad. As much as I want ... Camille was very nervous when she applied for EA to MIT in 2018 ... tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  -Pod I need to save for the Senior Trip/Senior Prom Um, no. So what does ... Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. As a matter ... request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Grown Up Well, not quite.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  WHY? for people who don't like "no"

  

  waiting on me to come home.   I have mostly avoided going into detail ... She worked so hard and got into all the state schools she applied to ... still pretty sure that she was going to Georgia Tech, and then Johns

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 21, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Best Advice I Ever Got Take it or leave it.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Adulthood Boom!

  

  Sorry if this is just a rehash of my Grown Up post from last year. January seems to be the month to be sentimental and reflect upon the impending doom delightful adventure of aging.

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 14, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Folding While you wait for decisions...

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cynic This is mainly a reminder note to myself.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  sea glass turbulent waves in these parts

  

  the time of publishing this blog since i like to let my writing marinate a bit before throwing it out there for the internet to judge ... conference I submitted to works: 1) you submit your paper. 2) three reviewers

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • February 5, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden a zine

  

  Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 25, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing is Magic And 15 minutes is all you need

  

  lately with one kid on his way to college and the other on his way to a ... wants to do that? When I do an info session for prospective students, I like to mention that there is a writing requirement here at MIT. To some

  • by Kris Guay
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  . “Who will get in? What happens to the people who don’t? Who will I become ... think it’s important to consider why people apply to MIT. My primary reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester ... that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make ... to delve into some of the things I've been feeling this year about

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015