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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  partying. It also has mudwrestling. In addition to my mudwrestling, I worked ... I don't have much to say, I would just like to bring this to your ... narrow victory for Lowell. (Photo credit to Eric Schmiedl '09) Yes, that

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  able to work close to home is a plus for me, but in my case, it still ... you do what you want (or have) to do. It's the sort of thing where you ... you want to immediately go to bed when you get there. It's the sort of

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  hellhole that is Massachusetts. In this time, I've been trying to keep ... cooking and practically anyone else who is willing to give me pitiful scraps ... disheartening watching my friends easily get solutions to problems it takes me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference Part 3 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  hysterical). I got up at 4:30AM on Thursday to make it to the airport in time ... that "it's worth going to Tampa JUST to eat at Bern's." We dramatically exceeded our MIT per diems but it was worth every penny I had to spend - I

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  asks, "Does anyone know if CPW is restricted to students who are accepted, or is it open to anyone who wants to go?" Also, midwest mom asks, "Can ... submissions of art, music, etc, but it is starting to get a little late in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  something is the first step to being really good at something”. It’s a little ... I think my suckiness at Smash is interesting because it’s probably not ... probably will be for a while. It’s easy to interpret that as lazy. And maybe

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  picture with his cell phone last thursday and sent it to me. The text that accompanied it said simply: There's no one in the driver's seat. Just a guy in ... this, which is pretty awesome. (I feel like this may have been posted in

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  short: we continue to read applications. It'll be like this for another ... After struggling to figure out what to blog about today, I decided to see what it was I wrote about one year ago today: For those of you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  writing this, I am thinking maybe it is enough. To only ever write and never ... so I would often talk to her about her blogs, and see her post them. It ... about.    We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  trying to optimize for happiness, I don't know if I can argue that it is so ... sound decisions. But it's also not something I want to center my career ... mean is, if I weigh compensation as a heavy factor in choosing what to do

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  paying attention to the moving object that is time, it just whizzes past ... talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the ... grills, then toast buns, then cheese. It's good. I missed this. I head to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  're looking to do something as mindless as possible. And this is where my ... selection committee. (As a guy who is not wired to do science and math, I'd be ... : Dog, it was just okay for me. You want me to keep it real, right

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] A Journey to the W I D E by Wide Tim (Margaret Z. ‘23, MEng ‘24)

  

  secret to being WIDE is to not plan on it—but to see it, do it, taste it ... blogs! I thought to ask him to say hello, so I’ll let him take it away ... at MIT?” To be honest… IDK either, it kinda just happened; but  Maybe

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • February 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Match Game

  

  be autonomous. The competition is so popular, they hold it in the 1200 ... 'll start with the question that seems to be most prominent: what does it mean ... of the MIT spirit is collaboration and cooperation: you can see it all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  ; I just sort of 'make it happen' when it comes to putting out a comic book. But to break it down into all the different parts, articulate what ... granted what we do, but it's part of our profession. To see all these really

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing ... pushed submit. A week before the EA deadline. It felt good. But then, I ... cause me to be instantly rejected from MIT, I calmed down slightly, went

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  How to do everything wrong and still get into MIT Perfect SAT scores and #1 class ranks are so last millennium.

  

  , precisely, one goes about getting into MIT. My first response is generally to ... wrote awesome, popular books, it sounded like a good place to be. But ... this is going. Yes, I applied to MIT just to see if I could get in, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  , otherwise it'd be pretty much impossible to adapt to film. Stylistically, it ... Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I ... . While we're travelling, you can check this out: Everything is Illuminated

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  ways of saying goodbye joint post with CJ '23!

  

  's laughing in the background So this is how it ends I promise to never go ... eyes Moments of magic and wonder It seems so hard to find Is it ever coming back again? Is it ever coming back again? Take me back to the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  have the opportunity to climb the mountain that is MIT. They hail from ... -eyed and reminded us that what we do is more than a job: it is a privilege ... are not offering admission, then I want to remind you success is not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2023