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• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  I read Ben's entry about the thread on College Confidential (in the parents' forum) where parents were discussing the pressure to load up on AP ... didn't take AP Bio because I didn't like the way the class was taught at

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what makes fear worth it musical theater and anxiety

  

  it in some way, of course, to present it as song or dance or another ... signed up for an audition slot for Cabaret. In the four weeks of IAP ... . You’ve just gotta fight your way through. I’m lucky that I started

  • by Kai V. '25
  • February 27, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  imagined. One big part of that rightness is all the ways that I can see the ... was given my freshman year, I help sophomores the way I was helped. I've fallen in love with these little echo moments and the way they assure you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Embracing Change How I came to be a cook in a professional kitchen this summer

  

  out of my way to do, see and experience things that I’ve never done ... chubby faced baby-child (bangs, by the way), participated in the same ... . Oh, if change came my way, I’d cope. Happy change was taken in stride

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 20, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  ; this way, you pick up as little WD-40 with your paper towel as possible ... of different things off of various “reuse” lists and forums, including ... it. I spent many, many days scrolling through forums where teachers

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] 8.13 Junior Lab feat. aidan chambers '23

  

  Lab (8.13) is one of the most infamous, trial-by-fire, taxing, and yet ... thankfully these intro weeks are the way that they are so that things are able ... surprising result from this experiment though is that with the way our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  just added songs that were significant in some way or other/songs that i ... night time are a dancer's best bet"]windows to dance in front of ... great way to document emotions and memories, and it's always fun to go

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  ." Get a place to stay. Hostels are usually the best bet for students ... way home. Please. Find a Starbucks for free wi-fi. No purchase ... new friends. Preferably someone who knows their way around, it will come

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Finals Blog but not the final blog unless something terrible happens to me in the next 48…

  

  actually means, but it definitely relates in some fundamental way to the ... had to study my name for a while, since there's no way I can re ... of non-cereal. A Brahmsian chorale of breakfast foods was this. I bet

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  white foam appears anyway. I'd be willing to bet that the type of water ... , because of the way light refracts when it passes through the thin film of ... experience, everyone who has wanted a UROP has found one, one way or the other

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  at MIT. The way it works is, there are a few dorms with dining halls. I ... the way back to eat; just grab your meal at Baker! Some of the FSILGs ... benefit that students are allowed to make their own decisions. And I bet

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  . That's sortof the way it is with Lorelle leaving. I, and Matt, and others ... 'm still here in 18 years when she finishes her dissertation, you can bet ... worked out that way. There are just so many projects that I had to put on

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  RoboBoat again this year! We’re also building a submarine platform for ... , finance, or both! It'd be a very different approach to the way most ... to be incredibly valuable for everyone involved. In this way, we hope

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  leaving home, coming home I jump from the train, I ride off alone // help me hold onto you

  

  the same feeling on the Toronto subway platform as it is on the path ... lives and vulnerable in twice as many ways. And the feeling is so new ... trying my best. I was going to end by saying that the only way to gain an

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 25, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  emotions that when released, flew around the room in every which way ... anger management platform. Remember summer hikes in wintry Chile through ... embrace everything in a way that keeps her memory alive forever.

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Moment with A Minister kevin rustagi '11 on MIT and entrepreneurship

  

  real way.) Anshul ultimately inspired me to take the leap and start my ... my sophomore year, pushed me in a different way. Any time I would go to ... camp/platform for teaching Android programming in Bangalore, India and I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  meandering my nonlinear academic path so far

  

  lol” kind of way, since one of the first things I had to get used to at ... coarsely textured paper, drawing on an iPad required way less setup than ... way to say that it’s perfectly normal for you to come out of high school

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  wouldn't be rejected and [annotation note="I bet my left kidney on another school"]was willing to bet my right kidney[/annotation] I would not get in ... more than I'd like to admit. And it's ok it feels the same way for you or

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  CMS.621: Fans & Fan Culture the class that changed my career trajectory?

  

  experience as a more "seasoned Internet person" has changed the way I consume ... finding my way to Tumblr prevented me from being some strange, self ... to the cursed platform in 7th grade. Becoming a fan of One Direction

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 17, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  Hi everyone! It’s good to be back here, on this familiar platform but ... post on Google Docs as I always did, though our new platform has a ... a weird way or not. Obviously, this caused multiple flare-ups of

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019