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• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  Depot to buy lumber for no fewer than 4 lofts, an picked up a futon all in ... the space that he lived in for 3 years. He walked in and said, "No. No ... at it. No, really! Okay, so unlike some people in the dorm who live

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Like a Polaroid Picture My alleged lack of football fandom triggers an epiphany.

  

  timings for train reservations, or booking hostels for 9 people in Berlin ... sound interested in a game that her boyfriend plays :}} Well, the answer is, no, I've never really watched soccer before in my life, but the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On a Week of IHTFP An Exam Week story. Starring none other than 18.022.

  

  people in classes based on their level of preparation for each course. For ... IN! I totally don't know if what I did was right for half of them ... up staying in 18.022. Before I was hesitant to ask for help, but now I

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Winter Sports at MIT a sneak peek of: swim and dive, squash, and men's basketball

  

  else in my year.” Men’s basketball student-athlete: “My biggest tip for ... As it gets colder and colder in Boston, things are heating up on the court and in the pool as MIT Winter sports continue to ramp up. Here are

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 12, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  coaster —  you can tell this is a center for intellectual fun." In response ... In February, MIT President —  and noted admissions blog commenter —  Rafael Reif announced his intent to step down after 10 years in office

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  meets girl. Girl falls for boy. Boy and girl combine their knowledge of ... began as flirtations in an MIT dorm has turned into a profitable company ... and necklaces. Each piece in their collection begins as a computer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  seemed to be every dorm but the one I was slated to live in for the next ... , musicians and more. what we have in common is a love for side quests (aka ... challenges to and from other friends in exchange for our currency, which they

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  for the 2018 Collegiate Championships that would take place in August on ... qualify for the US Championships in January, I needed to fully commit. I ... get back in shape. With a late start [ For context, last season, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  crossing. My parents lived in the Canal Zone for 28 years and I was born ... For the integrity of alumposting, I'm pasting Daniel's bio from 2009 (when he last blogged for MIT Admissions) as a brief intro: Daniel is the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  speculation also a post about touching grass

  

  i’ve known for a while that i’m a pretty awful conversationalist. my strengths in conversations are listening and asking questions, but when people ask me questions i often pause for a while to think before giving a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  making things a blog about being a meche major

  

  , checking for sign errors or gaps in understanding. This is not my favorite ... Maybe my favorite part of course 2A is sitting next to my friend in 2 ... note-taking. Midweek finds us gathering in a lounge and trudging through

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Tier Listing My Classes i may have got this idea from tiktok

  

  in fields that I wasn't actually majoring in, just for the heck of ... I mentioned this in my last post, but I'm graduating soon! At the end ... realm of cruftiness. So, in the name of going out strong, I'd like to put

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Places I Became Human Hey guys, I think I'm back :)

  

  decided to slump back to my room in defeat. I sat down in my desk chair for ... I kept my composure until I didn’t. Nothing in particular triggered ... to scream. In a single moment, shaking under a stream of hot water, an

  • by Powers '23
  • November 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a semester’s shenanigans what i've been up to!

  

  the time is nigh for a “what is ankita doing this semester?!?!” post ... on it.   ...i'm having a great time though!   (for now ... s u m i n g[/annotation] my days for the past couple weeks  

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Hello Summer! Finally done with finals

  

  classes in a few months. However, the break from the constant demand of ... appreciated. In the next week or so, I’ll be starting my job as a residential facilitator for Interphase EDGE 2018. I could not be more excited. As some of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 1, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Filled With Cute Babies The story of my IAP in India.

  

  MIT students love to make change happen. This could be in the form of ... , participating in competitions like MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition ... at MIT, but they must be seized. For those students who take initiative

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  upperclassman advisors) for the same seminar =) Ok, and now for the tour! In ... -med advisor, but instead I'll write my entry about Next House! I've lived for two years in Next House. I like the description on the Next website, so

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  TOEFL." You can definitely submit test scores in January for regular ... accepted EA, should I send in anything more to give my app. another push for ... bearing on your application, as ~50% of our admits end up majoring in

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruth says update your blog! FIRST is cool. So are rebuses.

  

  spectacularly. Like last night, we lost 1-0 in double overtime on the road and ... , for whatever reason, I had a ton of energy when I got back, so Javier ... mention them in an entry(Adelaide '09 and Meara '09). Hell, people even get

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  happened to be in Cambridge for the weekend, called me up and invited me down ... --he lived in a mountain village in Mexico drinking rainwater for seven weeks ... I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005