Search

Search Results

• Blog / About Decisions

  Famous people who didn’t go to MIT Some people are more successful because they turned down admission to MIT.

  

  Kevin Gillespie and J.R. Hildebrand. In 1997-98, a student named Kevin Gillespie applied to MIT from a relatively small public school in Georgia. He was the first applicant from his school to MIT in a long time, perhaps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  first borns. The topic in question? Bathrooms. Apparently bathrooms are a ... you a bathroom primer. Now, I only live in one dorm, so I can't speak ... in the comments), but I've had some experience with the bathrooms of

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that are awesome being published, D-lab, and MISTI. Also cookies. But there are no cookies in this entry.

  

  . This is sort of weird because...well, I don't have much interest in going ... poor people in Africa, it's not like being published is really in the ... nomadic devices, rest assured that the third author is in fact yours truly

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  Where to begin? Well, in order to understand me, what drives me ... little ways back in my history (what history I have), not too far, just a blink of the eye really in the scheme of things, back across the years

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship ... kid out of a public high school in Salem OR, was the difference in conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  in a while. What have I been up to? For one, I went to West Virginia ... in Green Bank, WV is located in the nation's only radio-quiet zone that spans approximately 15,000 square miles in area. (fact check!: 13,000 sq

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Home is where the heart (of Texas) is Going away to school isn't such a bad thing.

  

  So I've been spending some time in my hometown over Winter Break, and this time, I know it's probably the last time that I'll sleep in my bed ... in one of those neighborhoods where your elementary school was one

  • by Bryan
  • December 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and ... Unni, how are you supposed to put the lock in the holder?" "You slide it in." "I am sliding it in." "Hold it so it looks like a U, not a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  impressive and inspiring and wonderful, etc. In the past few days, a few ... "shoot for the moon" in terms of faculty, and emailed Professor Eric Lander ... later in the semester, but the dinners need to be in by late October for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to blog comments from the last month.

  

  . Apologies. ------------------------------------- Aziz wrote: "If i'm living in ... here in Kuwait. It is vital for me to receive my admissions decision before the May 1st deadline." No worries - we will mail in mid-march, a

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of ... -Recorder, a newspaper focused on the African-American community in Minnesota ... gave to the store clerk and the cash she received in return. Thus began

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  : "Would you mind answering questions to a student in highly interested in ... of my blog is, in fact, part of a quote from Neil Gaiman's novel ... of the "talk list". Most living groups at MIT, in addition to having

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Scholar

  

  school students in an original, new, one-hour unscripted series that will ... demonstrate excellence in the areas of academics, leadership, creativity and ... about the show in yesterday's New York Times, I learned something I didn

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

  Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2

  

  In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any of the 6 kitchens, but has a muffin tray in every single one?? None of

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • January 7, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  application anew and without prejudice in Regular Action. Understandably, you ... ’s okay, too. For now, just float on, and we’ll see you back here in March. In this world, concrete flowers grow Heartache, she only doin' what she

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Pictures of what Could Have Been drawings i made for blog posts that i didn't end up posting

  

  I've been cleaning up my collection of drawings in Procreate, and I ... suggestions for MIT merch" Date: March/April 2024 Premise: I saw a notebook in ... ) on the cover. In my dismay, I decided to make a sequel to my

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 8, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  Five years ago I wore a barong and sablay. In my high school ... principal confirmed the graduates, through the authority vested in them from ... , I talk about Diana's Baths, a series of waterfalls in North Conway

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / CPW

  Hottest ever CPW ouch global warming

  

  This chart first appeared in my CPW history post, but I wanted to ... broken, but in the other direction, oops global warming. (And if you're ... forecast, stay cool, and have fun in CPW!

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  adventures in far-flung cities. Most who are still around are the ones who ... sessions today. In the morning, I realize this means I can sit in whatever other courses I want for the remainder of the day. Today, in artificial

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  vibe check i'm basically living at MIT again

  

  , so I'm about a 10-minute walk from campus. I'm staying in two adjacent ... remote UROPs/jobs for the summer and it's nice to be in a space where we ... for granted once I left MIT, so it's wonderful to be back in this kind

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 19, 2020