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• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  Coast—of course, as was typical for my academically-serious parents, such ... would visit MIT several more times for the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament and Math Prize for Girls. It would be easy to editorialize, to imbue

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Surviving Self-Quarantine 101 tldr; memes (haha jk...unless)

  

  so...for the sake of social distancing, everyone's trapped in their ... lot and are either binge-watching Netflix shows or sleeping for ungodly ... ="300"] mood[/caption] for MIT students, this period of time is

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... .303/11.003: Methods of Policy Analysis. I need this class for my humanities ... Probability. I need this class for my major. On day 1, the professor said this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  for some logistical reasons, and then the start of the semester was ... established myself somewhat now. In my UROP, which I’ve had for 5 semesters now ... ) to really be working on path-critical items for our project, and to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Seattle: Land of the Strange, Skies of the Free where pirates roam the streets and dogs play the bucket-drums

  

  guys come out for the parades: That's a pirate ship in downtown ... unsuspecting passersby of his beer and chips, and smile for pictures. So if the ... makes Seattle the city it is. For lack of a better word, it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 14, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  Midyear Grade Report is intended for students who have indicated on the ... that there is also an option in the Report for students whose schools do ... . Nope. Your counselor probably filled out your Common App MYR for schools

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  the ropes. If you can't make it up for an overnight visit, there ... , sang for two and a half hours in concert choir, freaked out over The ... it's absolutely possible to find the right one for you (mine is

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  're going to do great things, and I'm happy I get to be there for the first ... graduation would be a time for goodbyes and reflections. "Just four years ago ... biology teacher Barbara Pittenger for inspiring him to pursue a major in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four ... winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for ... was in college, but I had just never done it. Mostly I use the city for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  a new character from the video game Dynasty Warriors 5 for PS2. Her ... -armored person is Shadow Moon for Kamen Rider. See this link. I believe that solves the mystery! Thanks, Eric, for identifying Xing Cai, and thanks Alissa

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  if you live in a city for 18 months. Anyway, moving out ended up taking ... It's been one hundred twenty-five days since my dad pulled up outside ... of Absence for Academic Year 2020-2021, and afterwards it's unlikely I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  realize that at least for me, I won’t know what I am interested in for at ... studying for swe interviews because of my explorations as a novice electrical ... campus and internships for not having enough background. And while that has

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Rewriting my Blogger Bio more like brutally revising i guess

  

  and planned for whenever i work up the courage to get it...the list goes ... not stood up terribly well against the test of time. This isn't a ... that is a big component of what i look for in good friends. freshman year

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 24, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  an exhibit for the Singapore Writers Festival. So I wanted to write ... nights and shooting stars The sky swallowing up all worries with deep ... always my first love, and after I won a national prize in tenth grade for a

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  A Late Recap of IAP 2020 externing at Microsoft, baking butter mochi, and more!

  

  IAP for short. It's an excellent chance to do whatever you want! If you ... implement them as modules for Microsoft's open-source privacy toolkit. At the ... (snack bar, a fridge of cold drinks, and plenty of machines for various hot

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  to wrap up.  At least when you take an exam you know that, for better ... It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... as you frantically try to fix some random issue that came up at the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... you know someone who had a clown for a neighbor. You know, if that ever comes up in conversation or something. While some might say that I spent

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  changed, it's actually possible, so it's up to all of the other students to ... -mail at MIT lit up that day and it was hard to walk outside without hearing ... , asking me to sign petitions, fight for some cause, or complain about the

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509 ... , for the low, low price of 1,50 euro per hour. However, the upper room ... . 2. My job. However, the computer is supposed to only be used for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  computer screen in the coming weeks. For the record, it's virtually unheard of for MIT prefrosh to write guest blogs before CPW. Cam's situation is ... intersection of my life and MIT – which is surprisingly large for a high school

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009