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• Blog / Academics & Research

  When I Grow Up In which I contemplate growing up and what I am going to do with my…

  

  unsure. The other is like "Hell yeah I'm going to save the world with ... up" is often completed with a "I want to be" or a "I will try to." We used the phrase when we were little, starting at around kindegarden, to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 8, 2016
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What is the MIT QuestBridge Supplement?

  Our MIT QuestBridge Supplement is a way for us to gather some ... MIT will be contacted directly about how to access the MIT Quest ... Bridge application to apply for our Regular Action cycle, but you must let us know in
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  side, I had the option to work at a startup in Cambridge called Geo ... opportunity to develop skills in the field of electrical engineering and it ... Steve Jobs, take a moment to think if that's your best choice. The goal is

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer of Learning Because MIT classes don't spend too much time on hacking into computer systems

  

  week introduction to the software security world. What that meant is ... "Nat, to hack you need to understand systems better than the sys ... ago I landed in Austin, Texas to start an internship at Lumension (they

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 29, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  green, but one in particular has decided to be yellow. Next up was the ... 's officially cold out, b) it's still a tad early to frolic in the fall foliage, c ... were spent in meetings, labs, and libraries, trying not to get smashed by

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  I Picked My First Apple apples, part 1

  

  MIT sponsors an annual trip to an apple orchard in Stow, MA for undergraduates living in the dorms. I went on that trip for the first time today ... experience is mostly with pumpkin patches, but I have also spent many hours of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 16, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  to because they came in the mail. In tubes. We also walked six miles to ... gave so much to make you into the fascinating person you are - don ... majors (this post is long overdue, I know). In the mean time, if you can

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  application is not yet complete. Over the past month, we have received more ... multiple processing steps. Every application is evaluated using the same criteria, whether it is the very first or very last application read. There

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Work, friends, sleep – pick three In which I manage time effectively.

  

  in under five minutes! Woo hoo!) This week is different - I'm going to ... finished the psets early in an attempt to carve out three days of ... update your blog." So at the request of two of the most awesome high

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  warm in an antarctic environment is to huddle together in concentric ... Mafia, Moo, and President. I just want to say right now, Moo is like the ... Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan '08, nine

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Cacophony of Coats Also, my courseload for this term!

  

  outside. They established that coats were, indeed, useful to possess in the ... 'm just kidding about the first part. It wasn't that cold. In an attempt to ... most awkward conversations I'd ever been...well, witness to. There's a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  freshmen to their events in the case of fraternities and ILGs or encouraging freshmen to register for recruitment in the case of Panhel. Waiting for the ... and help bring in a new awesome class to share the house with. It's also

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Saturday Roadtrip Out on the open road.

  

  ) Today, the requirement is half that much. After leaving Lawrence, we ... the new car smell. My first leg of the trip brought me to Lawrence, MA ... Humanity. The two tasks for the day was to remove from siding from the

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  AND THERE WAS A PILLOW FIGHT!!! Didja catch the reference?

  

  blog is the only reason to even wake up in the morning ;) ), go to the ... Snively?" So much for pretending to be a prefrosh. It turns out that the ... going on in like 20 cities around the world... and it sounds like just the

  • by Snively '11
  • March 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This is a song about being happy. Not a song about a whale. Sorry. But there's haute couture.

  

  our row in Symphony Hall. So, I asked the funnylookin guy next to me ... stalking Diana Eng and I discovered that she is going to be at the seamless 2 ... Pennsylvania, is an alumnus of the Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. I wonder if he

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton ... about all of the things that needed to be done in the next x hours) and ... CPW is finally over, which basically means I'm back to sleeping again

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Best from staff

  Ten years at MIT for me 🎂 a few notes on the occasion of my 10th anniversary at MIT

  

  wanted to put in this blog post for some time. The problem is that talking ... this institution and the work of admissions has meant to me, is too ... 10th will always hold a [annotation note='Beyond the matter in Lisbon

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2019
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  legal in Florida to kill a Black child. For the silenced, the internet is ... most importantly, to be represented in the first place. In the absence of ...  https://www.facebook.com/data4blacklives * * * i'm sad i won't be able to attend most of the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  loved most was making food in the kitchen, jamming to my favorite songs ... products that I feel the immediate need to have in my possession: Sanrio ... . Love is stored in the soup! I started cooking a lot over IAP, armed

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  things a little... It was one year ago. Decision letters were in the mail ... : I got fed up with racing home from school everyday to check on the ... from school, I can see the SIZE of the envelope! It's still dark here in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004