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• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  feel like I'm in that situation, I keep running. I tell myself it's all worth it. I take it all in and try to just do it. Sometimes I fail ... It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  Field. In the next section, I talk about how this actually worked out for ... pleasure of competing in dormspam-the-game! Run by [annotation note="I plan ... luck than any wit or skill – and I can show this using the data collected

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Lea-der! Lea-der! Bat-man! ...I mean, Lea-der!

  

  the reasons I have an interest in journalism today. What’s incredible to ... I needed to apply. Just a little jolt of confidence can really go a ... careers in a time when women just didn’t do that. I decided to attend this

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental material How to and when to send in supplemental materials.

  

  and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your ... included. Research papers. I think research papers are best talked about in ... 'll be most interested in your research experience: how you got interested

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2005
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Dive: a cultural app take a look at my team's microsoft project!

  

  to learn how to read and engage younger children in reading. You can ... tech in general, was for me. But as this program concludes, I can say ... you to my team, Team 12. I worked in a team of four other TNTs and two

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  list now that I've given you the proof of how completely hosed I am ... I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I don't exist. I don't exist, because this is my to-do list: No joke

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  chance to meet over the weekend when I wasn't slaving in lab, passed out on ... research for the past three years in a UROP with Professor Robert "I ... . Alicia and I were sitting in the suite one morning discussing, among other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  18.02 exams. Sitting in front of my desk at 4:57pm, I realized that ... disconcerting in its unfamiliarity. Upon closer introspection, I concluded, with ... I didn’t know how to feel about it. I think I never truly realized

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admissions Decisions and Mystery Hunt A few thoughts and a lot of puzzles.

  

  the scenes I used to only see in photographs, and I remember how ... got home I brought some luggage in to delay the inevitable, or maybe I ... decision, ran downstairs to tell my parents I got in, ran back upstairs, ran

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt LiveBlog Coming to you live from Mystery Hunt (Last Update: Sunday 5:04 PM)

  

  puzzle before I have to go to lab meeting in 20 minutes ... ahh! Update #2 ... 't know how other teams are doing, but I think the puzzles this year are ... faster than we can solve them ... bummer. Alright, I'm gonna get started on

  • by Bryan
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Conversations with graders And other ramblings of a frosh...

  

  my corny little flashlight: Now I can use a milling machine and a ... concepts that I couldn't quite remember how to do and a couple that I just ... evaluations for us to fill out about him. I suggested that we work in small

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Watching Birdwatchers And getting into summer programs.

  

  cars. I remember how proud I was after taking an Art History class in ... year, but didn't get in - which makes this doubly sweet. I'll be there ... studying pulsars. PULSARS!!! I can't wait. </NEWSFLASH> Twisted as

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  . Come on, help me out. In other news, I finally figured out how I'll be ... water slides. And I was bored out of my mind. There were about 3 people in ... back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  yet. We'll know when they do. Already, I'm aware of how ensconced in my ... soul-consuming. Still, on October 10 at 6pm, I can feel my brain starting to unspool from the rest of my body. I need a break, and luckily, I can

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Episode 4: A New Hope Addressing the concerns of undecided students.

  

  how MIT and CPW can be overwhelming. I, too, had a hard time adapting to ... the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your ... good for that, though I've only eaten at Lobdell once or twice in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  's Team 97 that 2007 FIRST season. I came in knowing how to write "hello ... will be too. I hope that my story can be helpful to you. This is what MIT ... to make your decision (in favor of MIT). Also, I've added some new

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Boston’s college mascots, placed into a Tree of Life a project that nobody asked for

  

  sure that I can claim the title of being the founder of mascot ... how specific the school is about their mascot, I either got a specific ... an image file, which I did and then polished up in an image

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 18, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  announcing these prompts last year: People often ask me, "How do I stand out in ... to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  about the school that I’ll be attending in just a few short months. My CPW story can be summed up in three pictures. Friendship: From R to L ... ;class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Poetry and Physics You don’t have to get theoretical physics to get Frank Wilczek.

  

  change the world. With that in mind I started thinking about The Universe ... I was thinking recently about the mixed messages that come through ... can do anything" or the world is open to you, and then be told that

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 24, 2007