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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thanksgiving and a Small Hack Quick updates from tropical Boston

  

  responsible, but it was executed perfectly and was a great way to end the last ... , baked, cooked, or at least pretended to, and had an extravagant dinner ... conversation were all equally fabulous, and it felt great to have an excuse to

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 27, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to ... means all the MIT crew teams ship out down to Cocoa Beach, FL, and spend ... great time to bond with teammates and get some sun in the middle of a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  beautiful collection, and i read maybe five to six books a week. things have changed SO much since then. at MIT, you don't really get time to read unless you're diligent and able to prioritize it over hanging out with your

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... . Neighbours. He had retired to the town next to mine. I don't remember much from ... application, and often serves to amplify the strongest parts of your file. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  't know what to put that day, but I was surprised by how much personality ... much they wanted to share the books they enjoyed. "YES The Stormlight ... commit to building the maze from the start and the end, but the overall

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  IAP and Igloos This is an entry about IAP. IAP is the month of January. It's...February. I know.

  

  thing to buy was the mystery bag. The mystery bag was a veritable wealth ... , truffle making, and Perl. You can do all those things you wanted to do ... . Naturally, this meant that we all had to speak in French accents, and make

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 25, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  theorist hats and started to rapidly oscillate between wanting to wait until official confirmation of everything we were hearing and wanting to fucking ... would be robbed of all the things I had been looking forward to and maybe

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  renovated next summer, and if that happens as planned, i won’t get to spend my ... the years and years of stories attached to each piece, may not get ... would be postponed. and i have… mixed feelings about it. to fully explain

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  past with great success, and I'm looking very forward to this year's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr ... that basically allows you to upload photos and thoughts to the web in

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  with anticipation, with constructive interference and radiant energy and ... was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... ordered pizza and didn't really want it to go to waste, so we postponed that

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doors of East Campus a la Humans of New York

  

  gotten into my room and created a shrine to him, including hanging a 4'x4 ... art in my dorm, East Campus. According to the MIT Mind and Hand Book ... individuality and how you choose to represent yourself, and your door is perhaps

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  the vast majority of our applicant pool. We need to capture as much ... step to "solving the puzzle" is connecting the corners and the outside border. Once the puzzle is framed, the remaining pieces are easier to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ring and bright black and pink hair. i'm applying EA to MIT and i was ... process, and want to learn about the important things that make you you. As ... and the application readers to be careful not to fall into trap of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off ... belief. Now, as Spring Break comes to close, and the month of April has ... game to be tested on. Luckily, that week prior and weekend, I spent a

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  talked about the the power of technology and data science to bring change ... witness to human rights abuses and give voice to people who have ... data and technology to change it? "If we're not managing our bias, then

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  decision? Does this student have the emotional and social maturity to be a ... from a distance and try not to be obtrusive." [MIT junior Drew] Reese ... -dancing club. And this past spring, if you happened to wander past a classroom

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  MIT is in Boston!!!!111!!!1! It's something to be excited about!!!!!

  

  talking to people outside of the MIT bubble. Basia and I once had lunch at ... where the boat leaves and returns to. And the MIT Ethiopian ... enjoy meeting people from other schools and getting to know them. At MIT

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  has been much easier to take Harvard classes in the Spring term, when MIT's schedule and Harvard's schedule are pretty much the same (MIT and ... between MIT and Harvard, as Harvard is contemplating moving to MIT

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

  Eleven "And the award for 'least creative entry title ever' goes to..."

  

  's really not much else to say about that. Incidentally, are there some ... -in, so I had to go to regular check-in and there was a really long line ... problem, got to my gate and they were still boarding - WIN. Then they asked

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 20, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  contradictions too much, not enough

  

  . and no matter how much people try to reassure me that being at mit is ... midwestern genes. and it's really cool to look at a basket of fruit and be like ... describe my courseload to people their eyes kind of widen and they're like

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • October 8, 2022