Search

Search Results

• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  'd suggest making some new friends and going out to explore the city yourself ... parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you'll take advantage of the Parent Lounge. The Parent Lounge will be in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  the final steps in the long journey that is the medical school admissions process. I’ve had the opportunity to visit Baltimore, New Haven, New ... in a future entry.) I’m ashamed to say that I had received an email

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  What the end of the semester does to Conner 2 For one thing, no one does the dishes. And I mean no one.

  

  'm happy to be getting lots and lots of sleep in my FULL SIZE (!) bed at home. Almost all of my grades are in and I'm also happy to report that I did much ... both valid uses of our newfound free time, in my humble opinion), is the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 27, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Seven Early Evenings it was a good week

  

  some things that New York just does better. I had forgotten how impressive the New York skyline was until I was looking at it again. The pizza ... evening, I left New York on an Amtrak to back to Boston. After getting off

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • December 3, 2018
• Blog / Personal Projects

  summer side projects a nonzero amount of them are final fantasy related

  

  [annotation note="a game that i'm independently developing in Unity ... gestating for a while and learn some new things along the way. learning ... bookstore in NYC and bought it for me on the spot. i finally got around to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 12, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  , like MITAdmissions. After logging in using my super-secret password, we ... own? Click "New Entry" and you are taken to the composition. screen ... . Any size differences, colors, or pictures you see are all hard coded in

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  swatches of MIT collected like paint chips

  

  I am going to put this together haphazardly, work on it in drips and ... . This place is hard, in all senses of the word. It cuts you to the quick ... voices in sci-fi/fantasy, and the importance of story. On good weeks you

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 27, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  lately been less than exemplary. In addition, on Sunday evening, I ate dinner with my brother (MIT '17), aunt, and uncle (who live in Boston), and ... and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ingredients for a black hole: 1. Hydrogen 2. Soda 3. Bottle Irish pub-lic outreach

  

  time to leave. The next week (last week) I was in New Mexico (more on ... bottle to mix them in. And then...BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" He whisks his hand around in a circle, to mimic an accretion disk. *     *     * I met Carl

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  organization for lost orphaned baby whales in the middle of Africa, speak Spanish, Chinese, Klingon, and Gibberish, get a 3250 on my ACT and still not got in ... like they came from one of two categories. In group one there were

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  . We had some reports from the New York City party. Michael wrote, The ... of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both ... . There were 8 admitted students in the central Texas area, plus an admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  the person you are now oversharing on the internet

  

  utilize the time in college to focus and explore a new life of independence ... old places I used to frequent a lot back when I was in high school. The Source in Buena Park, Baekjeong on Beach Blvd, my aunt's house in Cerritos

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  rent yet another new car (Carlos) to make sure we could leave on time. In ... upstate New York that happened to be in the dead center of the totality path ... did we. Rural upstate New York wasn’t too bad in terms of traffic, but

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] Rediscovering en Plein Air Painting by Elisa X. '26, MEng '26

  

  this exploration, in the midst of all these new experiences, I side ... [annotation note="Essentially, I am starting my MEng in EECS while completing a ... undergrad degree with the rest of my class in Spring 2026 then with my MEng in

  • by Allison E. '27
  • September 17, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  For the past year and a half I lived in Cambridge, worked full ... .[/annotation] I'll write about that experience more in depth in another blog, but ... -time employee is time. As a student, depending on what you're involved in, you can

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Below 48, Part 2 Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do…

  

  culture in the 1920s (then just the '93 Dormitory or the New Dormitories ... of classes I gave in my last post, we're left with the question ... projects and whatnot. This is a new phenomenon for me: I had a bit of an

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  Things are actually pretty calm here in New England, even with the ... excited, sure, but the third win in four years for the Pats is nothing ... in the meantime feel free to use this post's comments section to talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  also wanted to live in the moment and try something new.  I was bouncing ... In the many days prior to Kresge Kickoff, I kept saying it, kept ... kept repeating it to myself in the hopes that if I said it enough times

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My Blogger App, five years later i've finally dyed my hair blue

  

  combination of being back in New York and it being [annotation note="there is no ... As you’ve probably already read in Chris’ post, the blogger application is now live and ready for all your submissions. At some point in the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • July 16, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  to new ideas.”    In Peter’s response, Peter discussed the value ... supported the education of physics at MIT in a myriad of ways. From developing ... stories and transcribe them in a blog so that we could highlight the kinds

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025