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• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  .) But anyways, back to the original point of this story. It was on this ... Probably one of the most linked-to/referred-to posts on this site is ... and re-read it so many times, and it rings true to me every single time

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Snively’s Cross Stitch Corner I really enjoy cross stitching

  

  first to experience the livestream. Who knows - if everything goes well ... try it sometime! If you have questions about how to get started just ... needle and different colors of thread. I took an instant fancy to it. Why

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Subtle Black MIT Traits A few things I have experienced as a black person at MIT

  

  the same for black people at MIT   It seemed to be something ... friend.” I don’t say this to fault my classmates, it’s just the way things ... growing it out and find someone to do your line). If you are looking for

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  'll probably have to share during the day when it's busy Ida Green Room (9th ... display to play with if you so desire Cons  it's kind of creepy to be ... since it's my last semester, I've been trying to spend more time

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  How Wrestling With Snapping Turtles Can Get You Into MIT A student profile of an aspiring limnologist.

  

  into MIT. The major reasoning behind my decision to go here was that it ... -Madison. What inspired you to get into limnology? It's like the (awesomer ... anatomy of different whale subspecies, or the social behavior of catfish. If

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  level to get very high. If you like free food, you’ll love it here. If ... received a notification. We sprinted together down the hallway to 10 ... , I was lucky – if I hadn’t happened to stay late in a classroom near 10

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Views of Campus, the Charles River, and the First Snow with a snowman and a snow dalek

  

  My dorm, the 117-year-old Random Hall, is identical to the older ... , with its huge glass atrium, and the famous contemporary Simmons Hall ... architectural styles, the atmosphere of cumulative, continuing history it creates

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 20, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  of people crowd the halls to get photos of it...including me ... the test. Mind you it was 11:30pm when we emailed him and if I ever got ... helps the entire 8.01 community when it comes to physics exams. But

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  . Chris used it in the beginning of the year to schedule the first Blogger ... wrote relate somehow to the computer or Internet...Is it a blogger ... Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  all the references... including a couple cheesy direct nods to MIT ... artists I like, and hoping for the best. So I might try to include a mini ... It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  it felt like a warm hug to you all, too. I don't know if the ... to blog, I genuinely wasn't sure of the response we'd get. It's a cold ... case you [annotation note='or you want to consume all the content at once

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  parallel universe for those feeling dejected

  

  myself. It's not a new sensation. But after all these years, I still don ... into a slightly parallel universe: one where everything remains the same, except for the wet sheen of dejection, weighing upon you alone. But - look

  • by Kai V. '25
  • December 19, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  College Shopping List Everybody do the shopping cart!

  

  parents to bring the rest of their stuff. You can also order it online and ... , and one hand/face towel. If you want to work out at the Z-Center, they ... good idea as well if you want to make the most of your space. 6. General

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 26, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Classes I Won’t Be Able to Take also "What Is Pre-Registration?"

  

  considered majoring in (sorry courses 15 and 22). Congrats for making it to the ... will have to complete an add-drop form if you want to make any changes ... to take and helping the administrators figure out how popular classes

  • by Abby H. '20
  • July 23, 2019
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  we’re a strange bunch. the news articles ascribe to us an almost mythical legitimacy–we’re those kids. the ones that grow up to be new ... throw things out the window because we think it’s funny, and we’re still

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  Friends that sang "If you're voting and you know it, clap your hands" to the tune of "If you're happy and you know it" after a full day of talking to ... have friends who weren't as lucky. They either never made it to the top

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  labels you try and put on it, you will only come two-thirds of the way to ... journey I am. Applying to MIT is its own kind of journey. And I think the ... on this post alone for the past six days. Most of it, I've been writing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  their usual work just because they feel like it. And then go to work the ... last week, and it was a chance for each engineer to surface this idea and ... makes a lot of sense because it's far easier to code something interesting

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Being “qualified” for MIT Let me show you how it's done.

  

  would be a sorry place if its students were unwilling to pause for horse ... something international students have done in the past to make them qualified ... responded the same way we responded to all the questions about minimum SAT

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 10, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] You Have a 50/50 Chance a guest post from my mama

  

  can support her. If it means sitting on the sidewalk of downtown LA at ... tried to be a supportive parent, so I answered her concerns with "It ... competitive in the end). I tried to balance this stressful atmosphere by

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 10, 2021