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• Blog / MIT Life

  Train in vain Pulling my first official all-nighter of the fall term.

  

  for a one day trip. Well, as Ling's itemized bill clearly shows, it was ... .25 + $.50 for Nick) Erica gives Simon $5.76 Nick gives Simon $5.18 That might ... too timid to ask the waiter for change. It's truly a beautiful disaster

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  oversharing first base what have I been up to for the last 2+ years?

  

  the blog train for a bunch of reasons, and then never quite figured out how to get back on - with the end result that I haven't blogged for over a year, and I've been living in comfortable silence for almost all of

  • by Jude H. '21
  • December 11, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to ... from home for months at a time, but I also believe the general atmosphere

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for ... all of you have been able to set up your interview, etc. If you can ... , but we don’t. You should submit an application for Early Action purely

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  audience and his far-flung fans. Maybe that was the case for you. It definitely was the case for me. I was 12 when Jon Stewart began hosting TDS ... Stewart was one of the people who helped me pick up the pieces and start to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eastward ho! Don't US people normally go to Canada or Mexico before they cross an ocean?

  

  day for me: I show up at 8:30, my supervisor and I talk about what we ... about an hour south of Tokyo for a company called Toray Industries. Haven ... email calling for cover letters to apply for the job. This is how MISTI

  • by Stanley G.
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  spots on the hockey and lacrosse teams for any other opportunity at MIT ... ups and downs of MIT athletics. Playing hockey and lacrosse keeps me ... encourages strong relationship building skills. Practice for most sports begins

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Events

  MIT International Or how a local Model UN conference broke molds and expectations by going abroad

  

  jumped up tenfold - from scarcely enough participants for a single ... Time to state the obvious: the world knows MIT pretty dang well for ... around for three years, the Model UN culture has thrived at the Institute

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Trevor ‘13 The sixth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  Franklin High 'regular guy' bound for MIT by Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian ... , too, with a penchant for chess and crossword puzzles. He's headed to MIT ... stacked up an academic record prompting Harvard, Stanford and MIT to court

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  —the people who read hard sf books, who dressed up for the midnight showings of ... [by Susan Shepherd '11] For me, one of the greatest things about MIT ... 's easy for you to learn about neat stuff through the grapevine. If you

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  him and Ted Kennedy speak to make up for it or something - Caroline ... voting, despite being aware of current events, I never participated for ... make a life's goal in which I attend a rally for each presidential

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  open up for transfers each year. Last year several hundred transfer ... . Generally speaking, sometimes it takes awhile for things to show up on My ... few answers up for info on January scores, but since the transfer

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Your questions & my answers.

  

  Daniel wrote, "Any idea what date the application for '07 will come ... registered for MyMIT and live in the US, you should receive your application by the end of the month. As for the online application -- which is how most

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  Well, I'm packing tonight for my interview at UCLA's ACCESS biology ... ready to write up the results. Talking about lab reminds me that I need to ... engineering grad school admissions (both for you guys and for my favorite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  -booking. whilst 6.905 is 14:00 to 15:00, i signed up for another class that was 14 ... ." "got a long day ahead. mondays are stacked for me." after 99 seconds, i ... is the lecture for 6.UAT oral communication. this is an unusual class

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculus in Context 18.01 feels like an art history class

  

  this class did not start out well for me as all I had from high school ... that scary mathematical jargon for the first time. The fact that I have ... lectures, my professor brings up some interesting facts about the early

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  'm pretty sure she was joking, for some reason the idea stuck with me. Over ... the list, though, I do have a few quick things to say. For starters, I ... not me, nor should you be! What I found worked for me may not be ideal

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Consider a Gap Year Deferring enrollment is an option you may want to consider.

  

  will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for ... 3-108 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up with somewhat of a plan, and you'll probably be fine. Some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what’s the point? on impact, art, external validation, and remembering to be kind

  

  in three days as an emergency back-up for[annotation note="every year ... that I just don't believe. If you think about it for a few more moments ... in sophomore spring, that for me the meaning of life, in essence, is

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 21, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... ’ve put an amazing effort into ~keeping up with the times~ by building digital collections! You can borrow almost any audiobook you want for 2

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024