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• Blog / Challenges

  starting over and over again

  

  [annotation note="I'll write about them in a separate blog post :)"]new books ... Starting anything is hard. In fact, starting is often the hardest ... the cover, the pad of post-it's I carry with me at all times in case I

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 11, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  me long time to learn all of these new subjects at MIT." It is more of ... you can enjoy that!). No one can move from living in a house to on their own in one day and have no problems, so hopefully these tips and tricks

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  (really, only send in one-ish, and make sure it contributes something NEW to ... application, get it sent in, and find out if they made it in. Others feel that ... let you in. Some apply early to help space out their applications

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I ... coolest dorm/FSILG in MIT by riding a tandem bike with your hallmates like a

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  The First-Year Application for the MIT Class of 2025 is now live

  

  access it here.  While the application is always new for first ... prompts are the essentially the same as they have been in recent years ... can describe, in 250 words or fewer, any extenuating circumstances that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  #WeAreMIT SMASH helped jumpstart an intense conversation between students and administration

  

  I plan on presenting in the form of a Tech Article, a Powerpoint ... through these MIT Admissions blogs and what my role in the search for ... into a more in depth article or brochure to hand out to MedLinks as the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his ... as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a ... the video onto social media with a list of new nominees and a link back

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I'm sitting at my desk in my robe right now. I'm on my 5th cup of ... when you're done, you realize, that whatever you've prioritized in your ... a new text editor that supports my retina display resolution. (recs

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  you about new awards, achievements, etc. However, we would prefer if you would instead include these updates in your Midyear Report. The MIT ... will let you know, and you will not be penalized in any way. At this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  (K)onstantly not good enough baby's first sabremetrics

  

  - and in between flashbacks to the Superbowl-That-Didn't-Happen - I ... being scored on; the Patriots barely squeaked out with shootouts in games ... the 2011 New England Patriots could be roughly modeled using the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... it all in one sitting, while documenting it with pictures / videos and ... brothers, both of whom are still in undergrad, are still going strong

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the ... was and still am afraid that if these kids confide in me, I won't know ... tonight, just to offset the danger of crying in favor of crinkly laugh lines

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number ... 'm pulling my weight in getfit@mit. With every sore leg, bruised foot, and ... -walked along the Charles to put in some minutes for getfit@mit. I was happy to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  you have to do in a week, and you sort of want to die inside. :) For ... .110 (thermodynamics), due Friday Meeting with my new UROP mentor at the Broad ... session for MURJ, the research journal I'm co-editor-in-chief of GM

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  BOOM! CPW is now over and dear sweet gummy bear in the sky was it ... building things in East Campus to leading dorms tours to Meet the Bloggers to ... students are still in bed, broken, and there is this sense of dread

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  -Entry Thanksgiving Dinner A new tradition we started in A-entry this year. Each person ... there's ham on her plate. Lynn cannot multitask at all. In fact, if you ... logs (my favorite acapella group) performed too. Meeting Paul in person

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the Media Lab. Her site describes the invention: I/O Brush is a new drawing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  ninety minute final, open book, open note final exam in cell biology. It wasn't even really a final exam because it only tested us on the new ... Bloggers...just wait until you see me in the Infinite in the Fall. I can

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  as to make it one of my new top choices (that, combined with a major in ... in the next month, because once Thanksgiving hits, things start to get ... yourself. What do you like to do for fun? Why are you interested in applying

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bryan Owens: Developing bioreactors An interview with fellow blogger, Bryan Owens, to find out more about his awesome UROP…

  

  cultures pieces of tissue in situ. Bryan has been working on two aspects of ... was symmetrical in order to reduce the need for aligning multiple parts ... so good that it squirted me in the eye," he says. He loves talking to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 5, 2005