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• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  that is the point as well... "The most unusual appearing person to ... 't want everyone to be the same -- part of what makes MIT exciting is ... that in many ways MIT is trying to 'weed' out those applicants who try to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Unpacking Surprises to sum up 4 years at MIT

  

  software) it really is much easier to just ask that person in the same room ... is interested in anything about cities and the urban life, feel free to ... will to improve is the surest sign that you're just not that into what

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making the hard decision a couple of brutally honest stories from friends here that had originally wanted to study…

  

  passionate about STEM and writing/the arts in equal measure, it is possible to ... way for me to take the world that I know, and modify it in a way that ... here who belittle the humanities. The atmosphere is very much charged

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 17, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty hours later mystery hunt, mystery hunt! puzzles puzzles puzzles!

  

  contestants solving hundreds of puzzles. One way to view the Hunt is from a ... works here with the Mystery Hunt in mind. The following discussion is ... crossword, but you have to figure out the rules in order to do it. Puzzles

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 4, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  take care of the boy from story who was put in water as a baby i am back to talk about moving the body again

  

  good news is: the boy did not break (in fact it was not close to breaking ... first and roll over to the front of the foot. this is still true (for most ... this is also why it is good to keep the feet dry, and wrap them in dry

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 17, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  tea shirt the tea and stories behind the merch in my closet

  

  class, in which I still struggled to write most of my essays. Regarding ... couldn’t be closer to the truth. As I packed up most of my clothes as the ... dropped UPOP in the spring semester. UPOP is a career accelerator for

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 19, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  , which is totally serious, all the time. I live in Nest House, which is ... the test. In addition, Mr Kennedy kindly agreed to be my reference for ... Singapore, where 5am Eastern time is not an obscene hour to be checking the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  When Things Go Wrong: A Survival Guide? Come, obtain guidance from someone who's just as clueless as you are...

  

  ’s just the way life is. In the search for meaning amid my own pretty ... unexpected joy in the situation. Accepting help gave the chance to make some ... leave me feeling sore and even less able to walk in the morning. There

  • by Powers '23
  • September 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  90-something days of summer (Part 1) MIT people around the world

  

  and lived smack dab in the middle of one of the most beautiful cities in ... with the older Sacha (11), who is someone I admire very much ... Costa Rica to run some of the most well-received science camps ever. I was

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  joshua angrist shares the nobel prize! and the research is *so* cool

  

  ’t expect there to be much of a difference in the characteristics between the ... is in that group) to rewrite the difference in the mean earnings of ... in most circumstances, and is an assumption we have to make

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 14, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  day but to different music. In fact, most of our job is constantly ... , each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a ... ). In reality, only one college (King's) manages to do it every day, but

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  situation in the most gracious way. Does it still feel bad not to get an A ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be ... only weekend mostly everyone was free was the weekend I was gone. To make

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions elsewhere, and who ... got me to fall in love with the idea of being an MIT student. 4 years ... students seemed like the kind of people I most wanted to be. As it turned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist ... of your college choices. The deadline to complete the form is April 18 ... ? Here are some things you should not do: Fly to campus to make the case in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  present in the world. That's really all there is to it. romance ... ; I'm there less than half the day, and even then, it's mostly to work ... especially, the motto is, "work hard, play hard." How much of each is enough

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  love, only for things to inevitably fade away in the end. However, these ... felt like I was in love and similarly the many times that I was wrong ... relationship ends, you tend to look back on your experience and think about the

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

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  UROPs in his lab that he's actually just one of the most hardworking and ... most versatile words in the MIT vernacular, if not in the recorded ... DID YOU KNOW? Homemade mayonnaise is actually acidic enough to kill

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  own jargon, too, though it doesn’t seem to have as much. On the first ... four novels, to be read in the first four weeks, with additional craft ... Harvard it is societally easier to major in a humanities field. For example

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Saturday

  

  getting ready to play (and sweep) the Coast Guard Academy in an afternoon ... Spring has sprung at MIT, with flowers in bloom across campus... The ... (!) stretching between the two parallel buildings. In this photo, you can see the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  the details of the day explained to us. No such luck. We checked in at a ... all stayed in the right order. Not a single thing was ever explained to ... more efficient way and tries to change it in the middle. (Trust me, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009