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  Some people call me the space cowgirl

  

  More reading going on here tonight, after a yummy Super Burrito and ... 's more rigorous majors, Aero/Astro, and now works for NASA. Goes to show ... Aero/Astro. And, while she didn't have big SAT scores, she was clearly a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Back in Time I change my clock back three hours and read headlines on the magazine of the…

  

  Francisco to Boston - and the last time I was on an airplane, I'd envisioned getting my ketchup taken away and them dragging me kicking and screaming ... chemistry and 7 meant biology; I didn't know where building 4 was and that you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Solar Catsby Turning my little ray of sunshine into a solar cell

  

  dirt, and sunbathing. Sadly, he passed away shortly after I moved to MIT ... -of-the-art research facility for nanoscale science and engineering. Built near the end ... vast array of advanced (and expensive) machinery used to control and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 2, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gangnam Style Yes...........this exists.

  

  , and now has the third most views on all of Youtube.  560,719,326 views ... came into my room who had never seen it, and I had to educate her. For ... and co-chair of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Your last first day and your final final exam

  

  too many things to do and that I had to live with not doing them all ... admission. People called this "committing" to MIT, and I remember finding it ... school, that I'd wake up in a dorm in this school, I'd go to class and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Esse quam videri To be, rather than to seem

  

  . This is a nuance that I don’t think that many students, parents and ... regard, and I acknowledge how radical my thinking might seem. Recently, I ... a distinction between submitting an application and trying to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 10, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  I Challenge You Pi day approaches.

  

  reason for wanting to come – and the primary reason of everyone I have spoken to about this (both current students and friends who were rejected ... to my success. Comments like “don’t worry, you’ll still succeed” and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  know more about the bloggers, right?!?!) and I thought it would be cool ... results and their own identities, about the tests themselves, and even just ... of personality test. Humans are inherently adaptable and fluid, which

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  window, ampiyas, and the action is umaanggi. Where I'm from, the dry season ends around May, and the rainy season ranges from maybe June to ... weather, and frequent rainfall. The coming of the rains also signal the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Flying Close to the Sun a semester of fire

  

  describe MIT as “drinking from the firehose.” So I guess the water and fire ... Spinning Arts club and pulling together two fire shows. The paper deadline and the November fire show (cleverly named Novemburn) happened to land

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 14, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  study spots at MIT not exactly places to cry, but they'll do

  

  I could be exploring a new and fascinating part of the institute I ... polling my friends to find out where they like to study on campus and what ... chairs and stable desks nobody gets annoyed if I talk while working with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fit or happiness made easy

  

  there? Exactly a year ago from today, teachers and classmates insisted the ... and incredibly vague. A good fit is a place where you feel completely ... conversation and then go back to talking about Jersey Shore in the same minute. I

  • by Connie H. '15
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The joys of web development or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the web

  

  Script really doesn’t vibe with me, and thinking about asynchronicity and promises is kind of annoying, and I enjoyed programming more when I’m not doing ... , I've written things in JavaScript and TypeScript, to the point that

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 9, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Mischievous Anniversary Tonight Four score and ten years ago...

  

  Instruments Company and diagonally across from the "old dormitories ... built onto its north and south walls, and a matching parallel would be ... christened together, and the '93 Dormitory would henceforth be known as

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • June 1, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  I read a recent NY Times piece, dealing with multiracial students and ... have fielded numerous calls and emails soliciting advice on how to complete the race and ethnicity section of the MIT admission application

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  , and I told her about MIT. Unlike most people I had told, her reaction ... are so many awesome people to meet and activities to try (and so much ... , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  There Is No Formula A formula would take the human component out of our process, which is perhaps the…

  

  dominating College Confidential and the blog comments makes me sad. I understand that people want answers and explanations, but… alas. Trying to ... . It makes me think of the guy who fell in love with trains as a kid and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  when we all went off to different colleges. It was by chance that Tom and I were both in town and had nothing to do. Other than that I cut my hair shorter and he grew his hair out, it was like we were in high school

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  16 for the 16’s 16 Guidelines to Making the Most of your CPW

  

  So you might be looking at the CPW schedule and thinking...   ... , but don't worry! We're here to help. And you may be wondering who WE ... people and make event hopping friends. K: Also, if you're interested in

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ode to Freshman Days composed in the wee hours of morning

  

  surprise and a victory over the demons of laze. It came when all my socks ... need to lift a pen and know your name to join a 100 clubs that will send ... more value for your Pass/No Record, your tuition, and your dreams.   I

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 29, 2015