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• Blog / Athletics

  Responses to comments! I answered your questions. Like, fast this time.

  

  question. I believe that some time I received in the mail a postcard asking ... before you were admitted? If so, please advice me on how to do that (and ... file when it came time for selection that I was interested in playing for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bicycle Race More things happen, and I pretend that I've read your comments.

  

  to incompetent peer reviewers. And that is how science works. To take a ... quiz. That's pretty uncommon for MIT as a whole, but I've had a few ... correct answers. That is not uncommon for MIT. Today in UROP Andy presented

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  something similar, and I believe that if I had gone in with a more accurate ... country a little more, in a similar way to how I am accustomed to the bias ... stuck in my mind that pretty much sums up how I feel about my time in

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  doesn't happen in absolutes. I'm comfortable with that fact now, but a few ... the perceived finality of writing. 1. Being hosed I was trapped in a ... made me prioritize my obligations in a messy and unhealthy way. I was

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the ... true that students who have achieved a national or international degree ... in MIT admissions. But do any of the above things, or anything else

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  recklessly complaining, but here goes: Today I had a to-do list of 23 things to ... Philadelphia. After a 6-hour nap, I'll wake up in Philadelphia and prepare to ... . get a haircut, or decide that my hair is beautiful. 3. take a bath That

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Illusion Of Validity look inside your heart. you know it to be true.

  

  there is a lot of truth in that. Fundamentally an admissions process is ... even when you know that what you see is false. I was so struck by the analogy that I coined a term for our experience: the illusion of validity

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  've been in a while. Sometimes I'm afraid that I'm not 'MIT' enough to blog ... people or how to chameleon in various social situations. I have a lot of ... , classes are settling into a rhythm, the pumpkin takeover is underway, and I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  you read the description you'll see why I called it that. The PDF is ... would have been the kind of math that causes a ringing in your ears and ... , I'm one of those people that says "epic" a lot). Trekking down

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Here’s a Plan let's burn off the pi(e)

  

  activity and had probably never ran more than a mile in my life. Imagine how ... weather is conducive for an outside jog, I highly recommend morning runs in ... take it at your pace. I'd ideally do yoga after my morning jog as a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • March 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Round here we stay up very, very late Vignettes on my last day at lab, the Counting Crows, grad school, and pets.

  

  do it -- although I wouldn't really be in favor of taking 7.03 as a ... usually take to do a Ph.D. program? Like how long is your Harvard one? It ... , the full story is here. The Q&D version is that I emailed a bunch of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  in the recipient, cut the donor until all that's left is a square piece ... intensity of that week. i'm taking a step back and realizing that it was ... between steps. i still have a lot to do. i have papers for a discussion

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  As a freshman in college, one of the most important things I do is reflect on my experiences here at MIT. How am I doing in my classes here ... in everything I did. Then, I came to MIT.  Here, everyone is the best

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Answers to waitlist FAQs.

  

  with that? It is true that we have not utilized the waitlist in the past ... admitted, in all likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice ... waitlist. What should I do now? If you are still interested in MIT, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  because I've forgotten that it is very cold in New England, especially in ... like I am stealing, since I'm only unlocking a lock that is locked to ... though it's chaining up a bike that was only $20). It is after midnight. A

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  there is in me. I remember when I told him last year that I'd gotten ... . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in ... . A big tear welled up in his eye, and he said: "you know, that's what

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  traditions that outlast any particular generation of residents. I live in ... that I like Doctor Who, because he or she gave me a Dalek stuffed toy. I ... , you're wondering WHO COULD POSSIBLY EAT THAT MUCH FOOD??? The answer is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  think that this is something a lot of MIT students do, and I am clearly no ... advise you that learning how to deal with those feelings in a healthy way ... . This is a fact that I still struggle with, even though I know that deep

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  . Here’s what’s been going on in my life: I had a conversation with a friend that went a little something like this: Me: “Man, I really love ... magazine. [*Just got to say that I have a poop-ton of respect for housewives

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  A couple nights ago, while my friends and I were wasting away in ... someone read aloud: My name is Cami. I'm a lil bi filipina girl from LA ... because my friend aiden is a big tsm fan. please carry me in valorant if you

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021