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• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  you can find him walking from his residence in East Campus to class ... are wondering, the admissions blogger of whom I speak is me. In the ... I, and I am him....." This August, I was looking out over the streets

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku. Drove down Saturday, hung out with my family at Mom's house in Philly On Sunday I held the Philly central meeting in Fort Washington On Monday

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  One last bit of advice Before all hell breaks loose

  

  admitted students. Things don't always work out the way we want, but I promise that attacking people is not going to help. Funnel your energy into shooting stuff out of air cannons, doing a ridiculous physics problem, or

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  getting back in the groove 🎵groovy groovy🎵

  

  much so I wrote it in [annotation note="WITHOUT rhyme zone or AI mind you ... ="Organic Chemistry II"]5.13[/annotation] just so I can take [annotation note ... feels dissociative to be in this class. I feel like biochem has a lot of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 3, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but I can give you a basic feel for what I do. I'm given bags of action ... . Hasbro is AWESOME! I mean, let's face it, I work in a toy factory. Anywho

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  In pursuit of freedom MIT might not be free, but plenty of things are.

  

  say that my participation in this program about which I've told you a ... equation, not to mention slightly more German. I was awash in sleepiness ... interest in opera, I give up. As I emerged from the Kendall subway station

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  My freshman year is almost over honest thoughts on it

  

  build myself in ways that I can't predict now. I still have imposter ... out of things so much. I shouldn’t have felt guilty when I needed to take a break. I shouldn’t have scared myself out of opportunities to meet

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • May 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  reality when I inevitably run into the door frame. I wake up in the morning ... who remember back in the day when I used to doodle in my notes. The ... that again.) After finishing some ligation reactions in the morning, I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  . Starting Out: Envisioning the Play (Susanna Harris Noon, Director) "When I ... started out thinking of all the fun ways to play with setting it in a modern ... driven in a direction much more exciting and compelling than if I would

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  , departments, resources and culture. It turns out where you live can strongly ... Pancakes: I'm a delicious warm pancake smothered in maple syrup. Bite me. We ... that in a physics lecture, students exists in the lowest energy state

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Christina Royce: Analyzing Re-entry Systems Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through…

  

  first 6-month rotation will be in energy-related research. We wish her the ... processed. Christina Royce, a senior double majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Manufacturing through the 2A program, and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  , and can I just say: SO THERE. Study Shows Boys and Girls Equal in Math ... , I bring you: a totally useless sneak peak of Orientation. This is what my desk looked like as I planned out BC's REX schedule. It's going

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can my school use Naviance?

  We prefer that students use our MIT application portal detailed in ... where documents are submitted, recommenders must fill out the MIT-specific recommendation form. On the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate ... and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for ... should try to move in some direction. I wish I were more convincing, or

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  washing machines and ridiculous gyroscopes in 8.01, I felt pretty certain ... .02 curriculum. I mean, isn't that why the class numbers end in the same 3 digits? In any case, I was pretty scared. Then the first week of classes came

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Admitted Early

  

  you soon. I know somewhere in the future there's adventure waits for meFilled with mystery and people I can loveI know out there on the road of life, I ... YOU! GOT! IN! Come hang out with us in the comments, you all star

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  on it, so I figured I'd be all right. I started out reasonably optimistic and cheerful. I always do 004 projects in the lab so that I can get ... that I'm capable and can do engineering things in interesting classes

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  try out for an a capella group. I looked forward to living in East ... ever. In summary: because CPW. But here is more (from April 8, 2014): I ... out each day. But I quickly discovered that with 600+ of them (that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer in San Francisco Interning at PlayStation Network

  

  I spent this summer interning at PlayStation. The office was in San ... lock in my major—meaning I could change direction if I didn’t enjoy my ... . Plus, I’d be on the West Coast near my family, have the chance to live in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 7, 2016