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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  book and how I feel, but I can say for certain that this book is my ... little more than 10 books as I’m in the middle of reading an eleventh book ... the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things That Have Happened To Me Recently in no particular order

  

  can't seem to find a place that makes good ones in the area). I had ... .  I have this friend who, lately, will not stop replacing lyrics in ... find good links in huge articles. I wish I could tell you what articles

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • January 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Allegiance "No, I'm not one of /those/ people."

  

  mean, I bet you live in one of the cleaner parts.” I imagine a big label ... lifestyle doesn’t take advantage of the perks of living in EC—I don’t spend a ... like that? What are your hours? Can I even trust you anymore? (Absolutely

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 24, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  clay crash course one month of wheelthrowing later…

  

  how big you can make your vessels. At the end of week 1, I ended up with ... : I didn’t go in completely new–I’d attended a wheelthrowing workshop ... pull evenly, as fluctuations in wall thickness can make your pot unstable

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • February 10, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  standard upon myself. I can no longer rely on 'your mom' jokes to distract ... doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry ... Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  our international quota. If I'm waitlisted, can I still come for ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... ). I would recommend sending us a note to this email address in mid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  home in LA, we were talking about how we wanted to one-up it. The next ... in McCormick Hall for about six months. At that point I decided I ... professional photographer, he takes more time at each photoshoot. How far in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... In my email this morning: Hello fellow Young Alums! As you may or ... commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline: Your Questions [Updated] With the Early Action deadline fast approaching, I'll try to answer some last minute questions.

  

  incorrect. How should I fill in the self-reported coursework section? Should I ... given no specifics as to how. The only grades I can be positive about are ... portfolio, but I have no means to send in the pictures of my work. Can a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  A salty IAP post Taking a moment to be bitter

  

  time to do something you can tell an employer about).  I’ve had this ... ? That’s fantastic! I can relax, travel, take some classes, get an ... Short Stories just for me. I want to write more in the future, and it

  • by Powers '23
  • January 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my ... news and puts me in a good mood, even though I'm studying physics right ... , I'm in really good shape to enjoy CPW . . . well . . . I thought I was

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I ... , functions that can be roughed up and left in an alleyway. If pi and e had a

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

  november again conversation with myself

  

  novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i ... see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... against my will. i keep insisting that i’m in my cool color era, my green

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Aftermath Literally.

  

  “Omg. If I get in next week, I’ll be easy livin' for the rest of the ... was very, very tough. But in retrospect, I would say the sweat, doubt ... can’t be all summed up in rewards just yet. Work and motivation don

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 17, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  traditional holidays, but at some other point in my childhood, I started ... leaves…and pork belly, in massive quantities. I ask the nice man at the ... so I’d never actually learned how to make them beyond “haphazardly

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  . It wasn't deliberate in the beginning but I wrote the third entry ... . Allen was my sailing partner in the Sailing PE class that I took during ... correction!) I took Sailing the first quarter and learned how to set up and

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  big in advance for my birthday - no one's ever around to celebrate, so I ... what?" "I dunno, seven.. meaningful things." With that helpful advice in ... Cafe: breakfast in PJs. After sleeping through half the day (what'd I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  remember most is how my friends and I used to play volleyball every week. A ... baddest guy in the college communications business. Of all the pictures I ... dinner. But in my heart, I still hadn't said goodbye to Ben Jones - until

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  grad school vs. undergrad should you MEng?

  

  socializing is much less spontaneous. Since I don’t live in a dorm, I can ... between grad school and undergrad. I live in an apartment now. Grad housing ... immediately and almost every option disappeared. So I don’t live in a grad dorm

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  fairly regularly. In my years at MIT, I've seen sneaks of such films as 8 ... movie derail me from that. I was thinking about how no colleges ever ... our office might visit 50 or so of them in a year. I know from talking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004