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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting How about 'em EA decisions?

  

  depends on how patient of a person you are, but I don’t think I’ve ever really been patient. When a big event looms, I mark its approach in a big ... explains the “bawling, puking and hair-pulling” antic I mentioned in my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Short, Sweet, and to the Point: MIT in five senses or less (Guest Entry) Hear, See, Touch, Smell, and Taste MIT

  

  take it all in, and I think that’s what MIT looks like overall. If you’re not sure what I mean, allow me to tell you about my check-in ... check-in until Sunday check-out, I was free. FREE. For a kid with strict

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some ... , playing minecraft in utter secret while my mom wasn't looking. i walked and ... ? how far could i get? thus, began the journey to the end of the world

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  was one of the main reasons that I chose Next House. In RBA, you live ... an RAA and I can confidently say that they are a group of really great ... honest, I got to know the other people in my seminar but I didn't really

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  every way possible, every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my ... exhilarating. And because no amount of words can do justice to just how great it ... My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  , and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but certainly not forgotten. I've got a blog post in the works about how to write ... illusion. I would like to find an astronomer to talk to. I think how people

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  how can you possibly go on. I think, in contrast to Kate, my self ... going. She passed away, finally, in our house on a hill in Kafa. I can ... anxiety.   In Infinite Jest, which I’ve been reading with a group

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  sign-offs, regardless of the context. I think you can't go wrong with ... , These are in-jokes which I would take too long for me to explain to you ... has a contest to see who can avoid hearing Mariah Carey's "All I Want

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Answered Questions, answers, and Sam's face. This is the real MIT.

  

  ? On on side I can get a PC with tons of programs, downloads, familiarity, and 'cheap' prices. On the other side, I can get a Mac with it's super ... Macbook for a few months, right? How well has that worked out for you? I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I ... 's the title of the first chapter. That's how I feel right now. where i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Beauty, xkcd, and my classes The problem with me.

  

  the semester progresses. What I CAN say is that every particle in every ... This post is about the classes I'm taking - and is a case in xkcd ... proportional to how much my ears hurt. Also, because I didn’t expect the glass to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she ... . Mike Deodato / Via Marvel   I lIke how identical the comic book ... as Iron Man in the new Iron Man comic series. Jeff Dekal / Marvel

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  , and I haven't been to 6.0001 lecture in two weeks. Actually, most of ... way and had a bonding experience that can't be quantified in lecture ... , so I just stopped going. If you can make it work, you aren't obligated

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  When I was in Madrid, I often spent my afternoons wandering around in ... one. Just a glimpse of what I did in high school: Summer '04 - Canada ... the pool). We learned how to incorporate water jetskis as well (in case

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in a place where you can have a big, awesome kitchen with personal ... known to make a home out of EC as well.. 3. Residents live in doubles or

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  Bridge:     When I bike back home in the afternoon, I have ... ; Usually, I'm biking home in the sweet spot of post-rush hour and pre ... . Somehow, there was no traffic coming. My bike was on its side in the road. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  .” Success! Although you can’t really tell it’s in a California forest. I ... MIT. What’s it like? Is it hard? How much sleep do I get? These tend to ... had my first 9-5 job this summer in a California cancer research lab, I

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Personal Projects

  Poemtober! the only thing harder than writing is not writing

  

  when I look back over the stuff I wrote in Oct., I really like a lot of ... year round, but I will try to write a bit more in the future, I think ... tranquility I have ever felt is here, in the eye of the hurricane.   10

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 17, 2018
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  screening. Yes, this made me feel very special. How often can you say you ... movie in a room full of fans. The moment the movie started I heard squeals ... the range of emotions this film made me feel, I: physically recoiled in

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class size A response to a comment brought up on Ben's blog.

  

  , you can major in anything you want. I think it would be very unfortunate ... situations. I was originally going to post this in Ben's blog... but it sort of ... perspective on things. A horrible situation is what happened in New Orleans. How

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 14, 2005