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• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  ’t wildlife in Boston; I’ve seen my fair share of creatures, including the ... bus driving through Boston. I’m not kidding- it was early in the morning ... Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, but maybe I’ll save it for later, since I realize

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  my Dad's money in exchange for the best education I can get. I hope I ... experiences I’ve had this year. When I got into MIT back in December, I ... there, so that’s a pretty good sign I’ll fit in. :) I also

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in ... average guy. Sure, I worked hard in my classes, I joined a bunch of clubs ... community, I did research at a local university. But in spite of all of those

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  F=-kx spring break in nova scotia, nyc, and dc

  

  watching what groups they self-arranged in. I also didn't fully understand ... in quaint ponds. When we reached the province of Nova Scotia, I ... movie projector while soaking in the Airbnb jacuzzi. I slept well that

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A The ones that passed the "lmgtfy" test

  

  gaps in my mathematical background, and I'm way better off for it." How ... deadline?" or "how many letters of recommendation do I need?" Please ask the ... in Economics, and I'd love to attend a school that is strongly

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  people or how to chameleon in various social situations. I have a lot of ... 've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog ... - Fundamentals of Ecology i.e. everything I've ever wanted in a biology class here

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  spent his time in prison practicing spirituality and magic. when i first ... better minute by minute.’” i don’t believe in chi, but i do believe that ... psyche can directly influence what symptoms you feel - for instance, i once

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  the ballot box’ since I can’t vote. Even in conversations, I catch ... Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble ... where I am directly affected by the racism in this country but I have very

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was ... in an RPG, his charisma would be... cheat code." ***** "I'm convinced ... : Well, you can't put expensive things in public places and not expect them

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thirteen Things To Do Over IAP: #6-13 Concerning the half I spent in Cambridge

  

  members in the service so during the semester, it can be difficult to get ... realize that you’re only going to be as good as you believe you can be. I ... for two weeks I fed myself in a couple of different ways this IAP. For

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight ... had a dream where I visited Snively at his school. I walked in in the ... CPW hosts This past week, my colleagues and I spent many, many hours

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  for a trash can, and then walked into the room. I am so smart. And I thought hey, if I can get lost in the middle of campus after 3 years of ... major and I have no idea how to navigate all the crazy twists and turns of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... was and still am afraid that if these kids confide in me, I won't know ... -up question to this during the interview was how I'd handle this situation if it

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

  plastic knives spraypainted silver and other poems from 21W.762

  

  how, until I realize that this is the same world where  “the waitress ... future. 2. when sapphics say love is in the air when i am with you,  we ...   i want to weave the threads of cloud  into an infinity scarf that can

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  – that’s how I function. Using a stool to press down on a drying foam ... . All I can see are challenging, wondrous things. ... hostage; not completely involuntary I would say. It’s so easy to go into

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my ... far less to do in terms of taking care of myself when I'm at home! There ... 2 summers in Boston when I was in high school and they were so fun

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  January Questions Omnibus 1 Some questions answered.

  

  still send in supplementary materials and, if so, until what date can I do ... 't circle any, but in the titles put how many years I've been practicing the ... letter of recommendation with my birthdate? Also, how can I make sure the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia - and feeling overwhelming vertigo. I had ... of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have ... having a total blast. I tried to estimate how many towns like it there were

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  what I did this semester in broad strokes!

  

  improve that much in terms of how much I could lift; my workouts weren ... " align="alignnone" width="400"] how I'm trying to be in 2024[/caption ... . It helped that I got an early start, having stayed in Boston during the

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • January 5, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  1.5 weeks during which I really had nothing in particular to do. Then ... ™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at 4AM and cry for no ... , probably because I went in with no expectations at all. This time around

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023