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• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  out multiple times in the past, I know I'd do the same for any future ... helping students transition in and out of the dorm and navigating student ... that come and go but are united in their values, and so on. I know that

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  application finish line. After that, refer to 1. But for now, here is what I can ... like? What is this application question asking? When can I visit? What is ... only one. We’re here. Email, and I can blog about it. I may not get to it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  . I hope many of you will check out a production in your town this year ... V-Day, I'd like to put in a plug for MIT's production of the Obie ... . At MIT, we celebrate the holiday in various fun ways. Of course

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  Yeah, I've been a slacker about writing this up. So in my last entry ... . Because it was 6:45 in the morning. And I'd gone to bed sort of later than I meant, and I have a Monday class at 9:30 in the morning, which is early by

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  : Blue is walking, red is subway, green is bus) I started off in the ... the ground, but I still got to see some crazy ducks in the Public ... as an MIT cheerleader -- and I think I won't have a voice in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  . And if I miss something, feel free to ask additional questions in the ... out to their prefrosh asap, so look for an email in your inbox, and ... ’re uncomfortable with that, let them know right away (I got locked out of my own room

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  stuff, in which you can carry all your other free stuff. In a related ... lab after the career fair, but I saw a poster in Lobby 7 that said ... somewhere to be in 45 minutes. I looked inside the new reading room and, you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  another perspective to the mix. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place I can look forward going back to every day, an environment where I can "hang out," as the kids say. I enjoy living in a place where we can have

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  disinterprerto! a centennial, a harry potter dream, a made-up spell, a corny metaphor

  

  I will admit: I've been in a bit of a rut. Don't get me wrong. Life ... aerospace education. There was a moment which stuck in my mind. I was ... trapped in an elevator. I cleaned my room, wiped down the floors, laid down

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  would be in custody of my younger brother, which, okay yeah I can see why ... [/annotation] in something else I dunno — and preemptively held it up to anyone I ... '''s, [annotation note ="In fact, I never hear it when being introduced to a fellow

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  , always cut it out. Never use the passive where you can use the active ... in library science: I am honored to apply for the Master of Library Science program at the University of Okoboji because as long as I can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  MITAdmissions. If I could assign reading to prospective students like I can assign ... 've had a tremendous impact. In advance of this anniversary, I decided to ... 've gathered, but I am not that person. Part of the decrease in comment activity

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  been gone a long time but I was reminded of this story when I went out on ... smart and when I called them from the airport as I was leaving in ... and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Large Format Photography [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] Please, please let there be no light-leaks.

  

  a marathon. Why? I’m now the owner of an 8x10 view camera. In my last post, I mentioned that I was in the process of building an 8x10 ... camera from scratch, in between classes and a summer job, I finished it in

  • by ARTalk
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / People & Identities

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 🦃 Yara has a peath sign on her head!

  

  Whenever someone wishes me a Happy Thanksgiving, I can’t help but ... [annotation note="can you tell I just finished 'How I Met Your Mother'"] LEGEN… wait for it….DARY [/annotation] in my family. Every year, without fail, I

  • by Hala K. '29
  • November 27, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  time ("ReMOVE the magazine. RePLACE the magazine"). I can hear his voice in my head, as I type this. It's soothing to step through a routine ... overflows, I sleep through my alarm, I run out of cereal, etc. When all hell

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Why did the engineer cross the road? Maybe there was a cape for sale on the other side

  

  plant. Can I just point out that a sense of humor is “essential” for ... that can benefit: “I would often also emphasize this with my ROTC ... was crazy! How can we top that?”) than a chore. I particularly enjoyed

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  to work with you and accommodate your situation as much as we can. I ... Before getting too far into this entry, let me just say that I and all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  On APs Trying to clarify the role of AP courses in the MIT admissions process.

  

  role of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in college admissions turned out ... to show the student's passion in the sciences? I know many students who ... your AP courses. In many schools, I know, AP courses are the best (and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  say that I loved talking to you early admits and I can't wait to meet ... Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of the Early Admits to the class of '10 as I possibly could. And it was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006