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• Blog / MIT Life

  Time in a bottle. A Newbery-medal-winning collection of short stories.

  

  If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I'd like to do ... in the morning. Now, the thing is that my trumpet is on loan from the ... , Professor Modell, and Morgan, a postdoc in my lab, had all headed over to the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  time dilation to the Infinite, and beyond

  

  : I am invulnerable to alarms in the morning, no matter how loud or ... come to an end, which is why there’s still a movie on the way"] The ... want to admit how many first period tardies I had in my senior year of

  • by Taylor L. '29
  • September 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Show, Don’t Tell! (the College Essay, Pt. 2) My take on the MIT short essays.

  

  waits in the hospital, unable to obtain assistance. It is possible that a ... in the merits of the first blog in regards to a long college admissions ... 't worry too much. For the "Creativity" essay, I would encourage you to look

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 23, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Embarrassing Mistakes I Have Made…So Far Me: 0 MIT: 1 morbillion

  

  problem! The thing about psets is that they are very much not designed to be ... things in the world is when you try to join a conversation, or worse, make ... Bus wiki rabbit hole. Why is there so much Magic School Bus lore???"]In

  • by Leya E. '30
  • October 4, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s Not Me, It’s You How to kiss goodbye to a school that rejected you

  

  ambition was to be an officer in the British army. Despite his repeated ... reader is in when they peruse your essay, or what the rest of that year ... a school you love is crushing, and it can often be framed in the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 29, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life in the Fast Lane why do i walk so fast?

  

  , time is the one thing it cannot help with. Time is our most valuable ... importantly) to sleep. Another part is the price tag that MIT puts on being a ... [/annotation] is a battleground of different speeds. The tourists walk at a

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  has been much easier to take Harvard classes in the Spring term, when ... involved with permitting MIT students to stay in their dorms when Harvard is ... willing to bet this is what happened in your case. Transfer Student had a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  . It’s mostly nerves. Just the brain talking too much, overthinking ... ’ve rocked out to her everywhere, on Rock Band at Alpha Delta Phi, in the ... time, she’s been one of my role models. The why is a bit tricky to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  footage to illustrate MIT's place in the world and its swift rise to the ... portrays MIT in a way that is familiar to students past and present, and yet ... the institutions we have today is monumental in viewing MIT with more

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  only having nine folds, I found this model the most challenging in the ... school is what most people would associate with the art – following step ... assemble as its cousin (the FIT), this model is actually two models in one

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  write your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... recommendation form. It is also okay -- common, in fact -- for teachers to write

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 1) two trains, twelve states, 540 pictures, one Speaker of the House election, and more!

  

  …it’s certainly a lot. Not much to talk about at the moment, since we’re still in ... discovered how hard it is to get good pictures in the fog, especially when ... to kill the time.[/annotation] The plan is as follows: I will be

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  /write (which is the default in most language classes). This is especially true in ... taken one course other than the GIRs in my major (7.03). Is there an ... scrutinize....I can go on and on. The most enjoyable thing about HASS then, in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  like a freight train a schedule post

  

  would say to one another in a different world. I'm hungry for the real ... at 9 am.  We're starting with the Enlightenment, which is this era in ... Enlightenment, but I am curious to find how much the idea overlaps with reality

  • by Amber V. '24
  • March 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  .[/annotation] So imagine me flabbergasted when I learn that in addition to all the ... /how long until I take classes in my major, the first thing I mention is the ... class is located in the T Club Lounge, also known as a random room at the

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  Rat” emerged in 1929 to reflect the prominent beaver on the bezel of the ... Delivery in Spring 2020. Due to the pandemic, Ring Delivery got pushed back a ... the new Brass Rat design. I went to the Class of 2022 Ring Premiere in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  Four days after I returned to my home in New Hampshire after the ... year. I've tried to pick up running a couple of times in college, most ... this point in my life, which is why I'm going into industry at the next

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... want to major in** Eat liquid nitrogen ice cream High-five Tim the ... them to me! Better yet, post them to the tumblr (you got the address in

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  to the window. A few of us exchanged dubious looks before filing in ... the college application process was over, all the complications in life ... regular 2-hour weekly meetings during the Fall term. Compared to Traditional

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  in my life is more problems. I attended 8.351, the Computational ... picked out of a hat to stay in his class. If I'd known it would come to ... registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008