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• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  things that you need to know about Ryan, and those things are: He loves ... encounter pretty much made the kid's life. Here is Uncle Q, Tim, and Ry. d ... nicest people on the planet and also incidentally happens to own the nicest

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Does the transcript submitted on my QuestBridge application count as official?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your counselor/school official, it fulfills our requirements for an official transcript and no further action is needed on your part.
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A major problem is not a major problem Why the text next to my picture is lying to you.

  

  finds the JPG file and does some photoshopping (whichever one comes first ... 're academically stylish and enter the Institute with enough panache and credits to ... to department open-houses, and declare a major in Physics. Putting the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  to 5 on her level of eye contact), and then left. I was invited to stay ... now at the point in the year where we need to put in lots and lots of ... all picked pretty hard subjects, and I was assigned to rewrite the paper

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  possible, once one has established effective study habits, to maintain decent grades with time to do other things besides study? And I got the impression ... you could, y'know, take a three-and-a-half hour car ride to New

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of Embrace the backstory to a gender-bending concept dance video, written by Ayomide F. '18

  

  smiled up at her as I struggled to get back on my feet and cheekily replied ... , that I wanted to wear heels and put on a fashion show. Hers was an ... feel to it, something that screamed bad bitch. Once songs were decided

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 11, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  —nothing jumps out, not really. There’s just so much that happened, and trying to ... outside, a cup held to his chest. In response to my jumping in fright and ... anyway. He went into the bathroom to get some water and I returned to our

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  check, classy security, and fancy wine. Plus a much older and wealthier ... they ought to be in museums, but were instead bartered and sold by ... poems on vintage typewriters.” Visitors only needed to say a word, and an

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  this year's senior bloggers: Laura and Lulu. Our objective will be to ... undergraduates are welcome to apply. We hope to hire 3 incoming freshmen and perhaps a couple juniors and seniors (we do not plan to hire a sophomore

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  don't really know how to write it. There are so many things I want to say, and yet so many of them don't attach well to words - only to strong ... always be the city I love more than any other. It's a lot to digest, and it

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Hardest Thing Ever FOP, family, and how I'm doing so far... plus some findings on frisbee and free…

  

  . Happy. And that above is mostly how I felt. Then I went back to Mc ... goodbyes and sifting through my stuff, deciding what to bring (giant tea thermos) and what to leave behind (record player, books, a little cactus I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  postdoc attempts to publish anything and everything he/she can in order to ... hire people to fan them with fern leaves and feed them grapes), but the ... not think I am. Does it really sound like I'm doing that much work

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  admitted - and are privy to their strengths and weaknesses much more than you ... friends later forced him to go to law school. And there were a couple of MIT ... hope to start businesses with, develop cures with, or just chill and go

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  US News & World Report… Just Save Your Wrist Watch. If I were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the…

  

  'd simply raise his left arm high over his head and point to his watch with ... Report (USNWR) released its rankings and MIT fell to the number 7 slot ... were to create a minority-based ranking of colleges, here are some of the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  friends and family are much, much more important to me than grades or money ... ." The fireworks started, finally, to cheers from the crowd and a rumbling ... actually as exciting and mysterious as I tried to make the rest of this blog

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  just another manic wednesday yes, i am absolutely stealing from joon

  

  thursday, and damn am i ready to be home"]my flight home ... ) 6.17 am - ??: i try and fail to go back to sleep. ?? - 9.24 am: i ... , debate showering and decide to do it tonight, use the bathroom, and throw

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... -- it is this Monday, November 1. In an effort to be helpful and ease ... center, and expect to have that backlog into November. Do not worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions & Answers a daily blog prompt compilation

  

  very nice and made me much less scared of applying to MIT. I also ... 't had time to blog, and what I've been doing instead. The main reason, though, is that I wanted to write something perfect and meaningful and

  • by Alex M. '21
  • May 14, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  - J.P. Licks Does your milkshake bring all the boys to the yard ... . Everything below is within walking distance of MIT -- and I'm not one of those ... Common Ice skating at Frog Pond (in a few months) Sam does his best

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Meeting Neil deGrasse Tyson ASTRONOMERS! Learn to moonwalk. You'll need it some day.

  

  minutes and answer questions if there are any." We swarmed to the stage while Neil walked to the edge and crouched down to shake hands with ardent ... always direct them back to the group who did the work. And then I might

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 9, 2014