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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  was hard. We're talking miserable hard. It was a test of will, to be ... until late November, my very last test of the semester. It's one thing to say that MIT is hard and that bad test scores will happen, but having to

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Mailings & Comms

  Be a Blogger 2023!

  

  It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: every morning I wake up and check AirNow to see if more smoke is floating down through the ... potted Cattley Guava is fruiting (in USDA zone 6!) it is time for those

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Lip Sync ‘08 Because I want . . . you . . . back

  

  Sorry for not having posted recently. It's gotten to the point where ... time that feels like it's being wasted. As such, I decided to take most ... toy that is even close to being kinda done? Oh boy.) but there's just

  • by Snively '11
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  is going online and we have a week to leave. It feels like ... first responsibility, if I want it, is to protect the glass ball that I am ... responsibility is to try to add new colors, pick up what might be good, help it

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline & Taking Questions Advice for RA applicants; I'll answer questions Thursday.

  

  to the deadline, the longer it will take our records office to process and for it to appear on your Application Tracking. Our records office is ... is ready to go, click that button, or stamp that mail! I hope these

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  care to create the best possible team to climb the mountain that is ... say is that MIT is just another place. If it is amazing, it is amazing ... to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  , but we decided to forbid the use of Ctrl+F, which made it difficult to ... I secretly love Taylor Swift. It was tough, but they say acceptance is the first step on the road to recovery. My phone is a RAZR - not one

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  someone like me who is new to this business. When I think about it though ... . MIT is an awesome place, but don't make it out to be some nirvana where ... like 30 spins, you'll think, "OMG, 28 is totally due. I need to put my

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Life Rationing Problem how do you save a life

  

  crashes, killing no one. Eric of course dies. It is not clear to me that ... life-rationing problem failed to yield such a principle. It is quite ... , paradoxically, become a rather depressing pastime of mine. Sometimes, it's fun to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 15, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Notes on the Interview (the EC edition!) in which you receive advice and an alum surreptitiously gets to blog again

  

  become -- --- OKAY, so there IS a point to this entry! Here it is ... said MIT is the closest thing to Hogwarts. You might not notice it as ... Maybe I need to get over myself - it's been six years since I was in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mastering Physics Has No Soul I love online assignments. har. har.

  

  's somewhere else, then it's good as well. However, I do hope to do what I can in ... I don't usually like to post these kind of "on-the-whim" entries (I'd write more, but I'm still finishing 2 psets), but I believe this is an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  hands and feet to get up not-that-cold vertical stuff. The gist of it is ... A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and ... your feet into that same ice sheet to stand on. Climbing is a motion

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  all that is metaphorical, it's safe to say that I've updated you on my ... , if you want to look at it that way.) I was in line at La ... I feel like doing is sitting back for a bit and letting it soak in. I

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  It's been a while. I meant to post sooner but I got sidetracked, and ... enjoying the class and like how it kind of naturally allows me to set time ... understanding how they work and being able to trust them. But it also means you

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  ...you name it. I tried very hard to tame my hoarder instincts. My friend walked ... ’s what I ended up with - I had to stop myself before it got out of hand ... , it was CPW and the weather was magnificent. But sometimes the most

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!

  

  insufficient change. It is not easy to look at this world and smile and listen to ... without works is dead.[/annotation] The adage followed me to MIT, where it ... ="though some are predicting it may be closer to a depression

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  [/caption] this is my daily commute to work. it usually takes about 5-10 minutes ... japantown is one of LA's cultural neighborhoods, and is close enough by to me ... " align="aligncenter" width="750"] walking to the beach from work is a bit

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Your Early Action Deadline Questions The deadline is this Monday, November 1.

  

  -- it is this Monday, November 1. In an effort to be helpful and ease ... friday. Would it be too late for us to have the interview? Is it too late ... problems as Aliana. Is it possible to check my email account? @Ava: We have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  everyone I talk to, until it’s good and worn out. And this is exactly what I ... really wants to talk more about this, but also knows that it would be ... their stories, almost to the point of using it as a conversational crutch

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get ... applications - and since we have so many to read, we often find it more efficient to do it at home. That's why I'm here. So, I'm taking a break because

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012