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  “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 / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  nonbinary folks. If none of them respond, I look at couples, and then men, and ... YOURSELF A DECENT BACKPACK. I made the mistake of getting one for $35 at ... My last post was on my gap year, which was wild, full of writing, and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Liveblog: Info Session with Karyn Blaser! Learn about MIT

  

  , hiking, yoga, pistol, soccer, etc). Your major is declared at the end of ... is one of the most popular places to UROP at MIT. 2:33 -- Internships ... ). I think I've mentioned before that I sit through one of these every so

  • by Snively '11
  • October 12, 2009
• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / People & Identities

  Fortin’ with Mimi Let’s. Talk. About. Queer stuff.

  

  dedicated queer space at MIT. They host a lot of events such as open houses ... discriminated against in public areas based on gender identity. One of the most frequently used examples of this is restrooms. A transgender woman can’t be

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • September 18, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Love Is Hard (A Sequel) wherein anon feels different from how he felt seven months ago

  

  .   No matter what you call love, at the end of the day it’s an ... Continued reflections on love at the Institvte (and really just love ... . Have I gained an ounce of sanity? Not really. Will I continue to obsess

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 3, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events We’re Pumped For! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  ! Here is a small sampling of events in our dorm Next House and Other Events from clubs/groups that we are part of! Next House Events But first a little bit about Next House. Next is awesome! It's full of nerds, musicians

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 11, 2018