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• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  difficult it is to get into top colleges, weird, funny, poignant, and even ... it was all a joke. Mr. Lazar decided to attend Cornell University this ... . When Mr. Conroy said it was unlikely, the father replied, "My dream is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  500 Days of Summer (or 104 days, if you believe that phineas and ferb counted correctly)

  

  , there are more to come!] The title of this post is obviously a lie. There ... to it, and utilized the remaining 8 hours of my day in the best ways I ... going right about the sun is about to set. You'll get some really lovely

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 17, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  .nano pixels developing a love for pictures, reverb

  

  that I just didn’t end up pursuing. After all, it is pretty hard to take ... . Wouldn’t it be cool to learn about the things in [EECS Opportunities List ... , I was already rather committed to taking Japanese 1 then, which is a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • July 2, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  : "Today is the last day the world will only have 5 Harry Potter books to ... because the fans get really into it. We then went over to Pour House ... pretty much the weekend in a nutshell. Tomorrow, it's back to work and I

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Ups and Downs Currently down.

  

  Not gonna lie, my happy-to-sad ratio is a little sad-heavy at the ... move on with my life. My grad student's policy is "you can make every ... days - and not my usual ten minutes - of moping, I've finally decided to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  what it is, but it definitely says Bad Ideas on it and it advertises Bad ... to study for my physics final Monday. But then it was Saturday. And ... squanch, which is my hall's mascot, but as you can see, it ended terribly

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Laura’s UROP Advisor in ‘American Inventor’ finals tonight! Watch it tonight on ABC and vote!

  

  . The advantage to the device is that it activates by just pushing the ... 'll be away on vacation and unable to post it. I also don't have time to ... final show, where the viewers have to call in their votes. It would be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  what i’m doing this iap 2021 a busy busy house

  

  ="60228" image3="60229" /] It's been pretty cool to see their project evolve. Emma ... argumentative discussions among their students to encourage critical thinking. It ... backlogged right now and I'm trying to rush through them. Here's what my house

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 10, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  First, I am excited to say that the class of 2009 is slowly ... dropped my ice bucket. (Luckily it didn't spill, so I managed to get out of ... Center. And since my postdoc is an MD/PhD and goes to the hospital on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  really enjoyed the ability to participate in sports without it taking over ... . And whenever we had an IM game, it would be announced to the entire dorm ... to really get into it. We had our own Baker House jerseys and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  check it out – they’re a great opportunity to meet some ... MIT account for the most up to date information and RSVP if requested. There is a ... ’re excited to meet other new MIT admits so we want to let you know about some

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me guest post on her blog to let you know about some exciting opportunities ... area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped to pick up Boston Symphony Orchestra college cards. I haven't actually had the chance to use mine yet, but at the time, the sole thought running through my head was, "Hey, this is free

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  !! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to ... I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... ://web.mit.edu/ejk_adjo/www Afterparty Info: http://web.mit.edu/cpr/www --------------- Tucker Max is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Free-For-All Week! Movies, Music, and Baby Names.

  

  It is clear to me that I COULD NEVER WRITE ENOUGH ABOUT THE ... asked some of you to sit on it, in 2 days flat we'd have a flawless 30 ... to my neck in applications (I just want to save my wrist watch!) For

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 8, 2005
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  Hi! Hello! Long time no see. It's weird to be typing again. I feel ... bothering me. I've opted to try to ignore it. And it makes me feel guilty ... because it washes me with waves of guilt. I don't know what to do. And I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Next steps Relax, guys. I'm still going to be around.

  

  ). All of our stuff is carefully packed and ready to move, and I am super ... go on a vacation to the Bahamas (yessss). Adam is less excited about ... webcast here. You should watch it and cheer for me.) My parents and younger

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  When Disaster Strikes About how we'll be flexible with applications, and a couple of benefit events.

  

  unforeseen tragedies. Obviously, any of these things can make it hard to apply ... your application if something awful happens to you. Each circumstance is very different, so it's hard to give examples, but do know that we are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Technology Happens My computer is hiccoughing.

  

  So sometimes in a computer's life, it decides that it wants to enter eternal hibernation and refuse to function. As in like...today. Thank goodness there's Athena. Return I shall, and soon.

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  committee. More likely though, it is due to my sluggish 40-something metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and to use my personal trainer to help me start burning up some calories

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011