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• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  top of the base. After several failed attempts to lift the beast and ... entry in the works, for those of you who are sick of hearing about it ... hitting Boston, I called up my friend Dan '10. "Did you hear about the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  mask on, mask off my used-to-be-virtual, and now post-virtual-but-still-neurodivergent life at MIT

  

  ” was, anyways, but it was easier to pretend I just misunderstood the ... . At MIT, it’s not enough to be vaguely smart. It turns out you have to ... a single person to deal with ADHD for the entire school. If only there

  • by Alice L. '24
  • December 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  ." After returning from a visit to Mexico, Ceniceros checked the MIT online ... Gilliland set out to defy the odds. It's the same thing he did when he became ... 're going to college" is the message she got while was growing up. "It wasn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Minerva Delusion the political economy of an educational scam

  

  students who are being shut out, whether it's a smart American kid who has to ... at a certain percentage of our class. It gives us the freedom to take ... . The answer is that it is probably not. I stand by my analysis at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 6, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Presenting…My Prefrosh! ‚ô•

  

  around at the airport can be a drag.. and having no one to talk to makes it ... trying to do Biochem Psets, to eating the Grill's pizza, notorious for it ... interesting are words that attempt, yet sadly fail, to truly describe the event

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  How Albatross Fly Without Flapping Their Wings, And other Lore™️ I learned this semester.

  

  hemisphere that spends 90% of its life in the air. An Albatross can go up to 6 years before returning to the island it was born on to mate and lay eggs ... a black squirrel before, and started to wonder if it was like an

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 10, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  a small moment in time on failing...*very long sigh*

  

  moment of failure and that I continued to exist after it, because the world felt like it was about to collapse within itself. Here’s the thing, the ... chapter of The Prophet when I first read it. I held on to it for a future

  • by kellen manning
  • October 20, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  to prove to yourself. Don't do it. If you want to run a marathon ... around the woods in Hopkinton at 6 AM trying to sneak by cops. If you ... to the marathon. It's pretty cool! It says "Conner 2" on the front

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?

  

  but god, this semester is not what we all wanted it to be. So all the ... stressed, for equally obvious reasons.] It’s not as if I’m sad most of the ... don’t think I’ll get to it all if I take time to write. Especially not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 7, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  and i try to find my place

  

  in the work to be smart? Frankly, it's the latter. But my complex and ... eyes and realize that I am as smart as I choose to be. And it is my own ... school has taught me, it's to not rely on a singular friend group on the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  about my blog and she promised to check it out (hello if you’re reading ... on Mass Ave. It was days after Breonna Taylor’s killers failed to be ... -or-break moment- the last chance you have to make use of your CPT before you

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  When it comes to immune systems, I'm the most arrogant person you ... ever I willingly failed =P) and told me to sleep "a lot" and come back if ... an epiphany with mini-flashbacks as if the audience isn't smart enough

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions….. Don't Panic!

  

  . If you don't get it, don't sweat it. Really. The admissions office is a ... 't explain (the likes of which you won't see again until prom) and bandwidth ... towel) You see, MIT is a great many wonderful things, and it's the place

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  I went to the kitchen to make something hot. Well, it turns out our ... My apologies to Clement Clark Moore. ‘Twas the night before finals ... there arose such a clatter, I sprang to my Mac to see what was the matter

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  . If your initial reaction to that was "...um, what?", then I'll fill you in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual ... every year since 1964. Legend says it started as a small barbeque in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  parallel of East Campus, called Tetazoo after the infamous James E. Tetazoo ... decided that he wanted to mosey on into the room of Duncan '13.  The top ... decided to jump out the window. I'm not sure how he got up there, but he did

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  Jack returned us to Baker House, our feet were all tired, but it was well ... Office: My friend Feldman '11 walked me to The East Campus, where I was staying on The 5th floor of The West parallel. And, I was at The MIT. It

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The College Circle of Life Nance starts waxing about some deep stuff.

  

  made the 12-hour round trip from Boston to Ithaca, NY. When I departed Cornell 10 months ago I made a promise to return in each of the next three years to attend the graduations of all of the students that I admitted to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  musings on duty and purpose brought to you by slow ambles through lobby 10 at twilight

  

  show you; 2) yes — go to the closet and get another roll and it will pop ... square it with the rest of what I like to do. And moreover, the realization ... Thanks to Petey and Kathleen for giving me the idea to blog about

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 13, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  to MIT if/when his racing career faltered. The (Santa Rosa) Press ... was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps ... addressed to the Henry County High School senior. Once Gillespie got over his

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010