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• Blog / MIT Life

  Unfold I met my blog muse while doing the laundry, and then came this entry.

  

  person who found it could probably tell the story of how I've spent my 27

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Amy Perez Name: Amy Perez; Job title: Assistant Director of Admissions; Hometown: Lubbock, TX

  

  funny story. It shows a human side of you that we'll relate to. Fun fact

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  -depth stories of both vessels: The Couchamaran Converting a 1967 Chevy Bel Air

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 2

  

  are expected to be influenced by MIT's approach. Read the full story at

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I’m still reading applications 5 years later...

  

  monotony of my own life by living vicariously through the stories of others ... , gaining proximity to their aspirations, and making sense of their stories ... shaped by these stories, too. If Díaz is right, then this season, despite

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  for the first time, with a short story I wrote over winter break. It was ... story ended up winning a national award, and I flew to New York City for ... got to make up a story and give my problems to a fictional character

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / IAP

  Bright IAP a post in two, kind of unrelated, parts

  

  the heck[/caption] I could tell the story of that morning-- the story ... 've told that story before. What I want to talk about, is a tiny detail on

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 14, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  them as well. Each of their stories is unique, and each provides its own comfort and advice. Here is another such story—hopefully, it, too, provides ... Your Story", "it's only a matter of time," a matter of waiting for that

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  club i like stories and writing and because of that i now like genetic ... what i wanted. i loved writing and stories. cramming them into my head ... found that i wasn’t bad at it. (i wasn’t good, but that’s another story

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  Paper Menagerie and Other Stories: the namesake is the only short story to ever win all three short story awards, so good ah La casa de los

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  genres of music, clothing, and stories that are unique to the African ... could explore. I began to be able to listen to Uber drivers tell stories ... truth as possible. Behind every sound and stroke of language is a story

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  would be back from school anytime soon, unloading stories about their ... -minded noises in response while working on a short story that looked funnily ... and worries—stories to write, classes to pass, codes to debug, friends

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  story - I loved how much I loved reading Kate's blogs, whether about math ... -Cultural Culinary Story." When he gets to campus, Emad hopes to join Live Music ... , they'll be able to tell you more about their own personal stories, which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  makes them special is the stories that the tour guides share. I've known ... . And of course, the story of Oliver Smoot never gets old for me ... 've heard Alina's story, I'll need to drop in on the others guides' tours to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  kidding. It's a big deal. The story behind the first Thanksgiving goes as ... big feast together to celebrate a successful harvest. But every story ... Thanksgiving (because we all know the story wasn't that simple, and the way we

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  that I should write a book telling stories about real scientists and ... ), but there are no standard answers about the best way to tell a story. I ... impress? Tell stories like you would over lunch. Get out there and tell us

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  tell a story well? What makes a good story? How do you create a story

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Past, present, and future

  

  helped design. You can read their story, as written by Jeff Roberts '01 ... stories of their battles, whether they won or lost them - in the former case ... where they're going. It's a long and colorful story. Those of us here

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  news. Below, I've highlighted four major media stories featuring Marilee ... read or listen to the entire story. In the New York Times: Her Mission ... Correspondent Jim Fallows. In the lead story of the magazine's first-ever college

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  West Side Story, released in 1961. I'm a huge West Side Story fan, and I ... . Long story short, I had a less-than-ideal UROP experience the summer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005