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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  are at least two reasons behind this, one that's my choosing and the ... entries is because I'm no longer a freshman, meaning all of my admissions ... tasty avocado. *My roommate found a box of 50 avocados for $3 TOTAL in an

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  at the end of an Ashante concert. (This is NOT an endorsement of ... it's time for me to lighten the mood around here. So to all of you uber-serious folk... back away slowly and no one will get hurt. As most of you know

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Wrapped 2024 Episode 7: The Apple Music Awakens

  

  Gangnam Style is finally not one of my top five songs this year, so I'm at ... Oh boy, it's finally here! Everyone's favorite time of the year that ... period at MIT! wait... that's not quite right... Uhh, the weekend before

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 14, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist Q&A A bit of clarification on being waitlisted.

  

  I know that folks on the waitlist have lots of questions; hopefully ... a class of about 1,120 students this year. Based on our estimates of the percentage of admitted students who will attend (known as the "yield

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  [Guest Post] A day in my life! by Callie T. '26

  

  while watching the turtles at the pond where I’m working. I am jealous of ... Calendar, which I commit to memory every week. At the table, a few of us talk ... :20 — My second alarm. I ignore this one too. 11:25 — I roll over at this

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • April 1, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Semester Two Hosed, feeling, writing, love and hatred and whatever else

  

  one of my favorite classes at MIT. I will likely write an entire post ... sleeplessness. I hate the nagging desire to escape MIT at the end of the week. I ... think I wrote some quality pieces. Some of them made their way here

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • February 26, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  trips and transit i'm spending obscene amounts of money on uber god dang it

  

  reminds me of japan a lot. there's a japanese market that i do groceries at ... the city, so i've had to rely heavily on the wheels of other entities, both private and publicly funded. here are some of the trips that i have

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 10, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  A man’s reach should exceed his grasp My roommate and I built a lofty heaven!

  

  Even while I was excited by the thought of MIT, I spent many years being intimidated: as a child, hearing stories of what MIT undergrads got ... ; and as a prefrosh, getting a glimpse of the amazing things my future

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 23, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  Submit section at the end of each portfolio in SlideRoom. To request a fee ... the words of a wise colleague, “Don't throw spaghetti at the wall and ... ’ve compiled some of my thoughts on the portfolio process and collected some

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a brief walk to Caffè Nero alternatively titled: life update since i am comically bad at blogging this semester

  

  head: "ah. i haven't blogged in a while, have i?" a gust of wind nearly knocks my glasses off my face. i put on the hood of my sweatshirt and regret my choice of footwear (slides). i start to wonder if anything has

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 27, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  lived in a dorm, participated in lots of student activites, and went to ... using Notion to track all my class assignments. i feel very on top of ... of stressing out about it like i did last year. i'm happy doing things

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  i love this f*cking place "say this to my face when you're a junior." ~an upperclassman

  

  :   chilling at a floor gathering eating Chilean snacks (courtesy of ... Chinese, and spending an obscene amount of time on Facebook talking to my fellow adMITs. my daily routine consisted of waking up, making a matcha

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Experience with Real Analysis epsilons, delta, and the technique

  

  , it was honestly humbling to look back at all my failures of somewhat ... about how I wanted more of the proof and verification for all these ... decided to take the course that honestly was overbearing at times, and I

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • June 10, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) (complaining about the ratio of male to ... of chocolate chips while at Shaw's, and invited me over to New House 3 ... number of men's bathrooms per floor: two point eight. Average number of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  month observing the mating habits of the narwhal. I got a promotion at ... writing about my life at a school of technology. Also, they erased all my ... I am starting to run out of excuses for when I disappear for long

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  something important to say at the end of this entry. Here's a quick ... (more specifically, Matt McGann and Ben Jones) were two of the speakers ... 's presentation. They asked me to tag along as an example of somebody who's not only

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  out, have fun, and enjoy their time at MIT. Situated on the banks of the Charles River, Next House offers stunning views of the riverfront ... I'll put it here: " We are one of the largest and friendliest dorms

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  you can still check out all of the MIT Admissions blogs at my ... while back, I posed a challenge question to you (about two thirds of the ... by two attendees of the Hong Kong Comics Festival & Game Fair in one of

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

  head above the water (intro post) an inner dialogue about my first month of classes

  

  sinuses.   Friday marked my first full month of classes at MIT. Back ... ’m struggling at the intro level. And you have to take care of yourself now??? Add ... I could slowly ease into the shallow end of the pool feet first so I

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 9, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  wanted to write this, on behalf of all of us here at MITAdmissions, to ... beloved member of our team, died unexpectedly yesterday.  If you ... stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020