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• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  times you aren't supposed to button every button - it is more common for ... , "Rona, you used to dress better in high school. Then you went to MIT." It ... what shoes to wear for summer. And no, it wasn't some peer-pressure thing

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  without saying that A- is the best grade to get, since it's the same as ... next to MIT) and $0.65 here? 4. Fisherman's Wharf = tourist heaven, 5. It ... adobe is like natural air-conditioning) is fairly small, though it has a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  inform your design. The second part, creativity, is harder to define.  It ... getting something right is hard.  It's not enough just to care about ... look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  techniques to make what I see in my head manifest on paper. It’s emotions ... going to the darkroom because it’s “therapeutic”. I can’t exactly disagree ... This semester I’m taking Intro to Photography. For the first half of

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Notes and Updates Form every applicant needs to do this

  

  example, it is sufficient to write "B+" rather than " ... important info below. 
What is it? The MIT February Updates and Notes Form ... admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be completed by you, the

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  There were many wonderful applicants to MIT this year, which unfortunately means that we had to turn down some great students. For those of you who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admissions Bulletin – RA News, EA Results bang it here for the latest updates and stats

  

  - the best way to do it is via fax. Saves on postage, trees, and carrier ... it is impossible to know at this time exactly how many complete ... , and the office is revving back up. And with that, it's time for a few

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 7, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  A/N: This post is coming out weeks after I intended for it to; please forgive me! If it makes it any better, this is a very long and fairly ... sounds stressful, it kind of is! RPM-ing is really meaningful to me; I hope

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  campers must be recruited – but I think it is safe to say that our first ... papers (coming soon to an MIT journal near you), working at Camp Kesem (it was a huge success, more info on it later), taking daily trips to the Au

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Gotterdammerung and The Barber of Seville [by Xenia '13] Art Scholars go to the Met!

  

  give to her. It sounded fairly interesting at the time though (I paid ... that mesmerized me: Tristan+Isolde, which is similar to Romeo & ... became an Arts Scholar. This program’s mission is as follows: to foster an

  • by ARTalk
  • March 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Spirited Away Guest Post By Freshly Alum'ed Wasay A. '19

  

  *to set the mood* [playlist ids="44803"] The floor of my room is a ... ’m out of place. It’s hard to believe that it could all feel so different ... all, but MIT will never be the same. Because MIT is about the people. It’s

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  KeyboardFace™. It you're not sure what KeyboardFace™ is, it's exactly what it sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last ... have the patience to look at what you've done and figure out what it

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Gravity Rides Everything We are gathered here today to allude to rapidly accelerating bouncy balls and The Moon…

  

  important: music, and how I listen to far too much of it. ...what?! I'm not ... way? Name two. I dare you to. Anyway, this album is my favorite new ... out. All of this is leading up to the tried-and-true open question

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  " painted on its side, but I'm not actually going to tell you what it is yet ... your four-year-old cousin to study. (Seriously, Mom; isn't it a little ... -backpack-wielding sophomore. (That WAS a long time ago, wasn't it? You're free to imagine me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Living la vida lab rat So the moral of the story is that freedom is relative in science. And that…

  

  as a grad student. You might get to do it as a postdoc. This is ... going to school next to a major city is that it's really easy to get off ... , professors, and grad students?" The easiest question there to answer is how I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  English that I wrote it in to the typical Russian they publish in, but the editor wanted to have it online immediately (i.e. this morning), so they decided to just run it as is. (It’s sort of funny, since I don

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  another blog post. All you need to know about this IAP was that it was a ... semester, I haven't had time to process it all. In lieu of a more thoughtful ... little more food or food that is a little higher effort. It's also a fun

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admission Interview Tick tock!

  

  start the application process, consider this your friendly post-it note to ... The deadline for Early Action (EA) application, November 1st, is just around the corner. While I hate to distract you from the application

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Studying For Finals Study study study study study

  

  This is it, finals are in two days. One of the things that scared me ... . How does one go about studying? The general recipe is to just lock ... might, it's a problem solving course) and have 5 (or is it 6?) questions

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  21W.762 Poetry Workshop some poems from the class!

  

  . It is the slice to your heel that causes your collapse. Oh, how your ... about my dad. It was healing to write, but I think this poem is definitely ... shit' is one I borrowed from my ex boyfriend, who used to say it a lot

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 22, 2022