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• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  novel hobby, in certain circles, to have begun a sourdough starter during ... wrong? In the leadup to bread day, I shifted my nervousness to the bread ... make a big change in order to grow. But you should always have faith: you

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  reminds me of my to-do list, which is in my to-do notebook, which is ... : What percent of MIT's total floor space, as in basement to top floor of ... relevant or difficult to complete and que in infinite postponement. So to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  possible to do so, we would conduct this interview process in the Fall, when ... debate and class-wide discussion about why this happened and how it could be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  backlog of materials in our processing center, and expect to have that ... are in tough financial shape and make a good faith effort to inform us ... the word limit. You may choose to send in the essay at a length that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  . In an attempt to alleviate confusion, I sat down with my colleague Mc ... tried to make the distinction. One way to think of it would be this ... message is this: there is no wrong way to fill out this section. Don't worry

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recycle, Reuse, (Map) Reduce? Jackpot, baby!

  

  Some people[1] say that you need to seriously rethink your life when your days don't end with grass stains on your knees. I'd like to suggest that grease, dust, and oil be added to that list, at least for those of

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 10, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  each paid $2 to get in, and were handed 5 meal tickets. In addition to ... ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... the one blue Sharpie in the entire thing. These folders were on sale

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Blogs A quick note on admissions blogging.

  

  applications of the year, I note that I'm getting a lot of new traffic to the ... (without logging in!) at my.mit.edu. I know this has been long requested by non-student visitors to the blogs (including parents, MIT students &

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time Want to see the fireworks up close? Simply turn an old car into a boat…

  

  idea being to get as close as possible to the fireworks on the 4th of ... don't find this kind of thing at other schools. In fact, I couldn't make ... - complete with photos. I am sad to report that the story doesn't have the

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 2

  

  stressful competition to get into an elite school is harming young people ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... closer to Friday's expected mail date. Also, today's Boston Globe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About the MCATs All about the MCATs and what you need to take to prepare for it!

  

  get it out of the way and not have to worry about squeezing it in later ... never ends, and now I won't be so lucky to get my application read by Matt and Ben), the first step to getting into medical school is submitting an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2600 Years of the University college life since 600 BCE, as told by Prof. Shailendra Mehta

  

  him during the morning assembly. But you are determined to get into ... voice in the movement. Many are surprised to hear that the first ... that allowed the US to become the current world leader in higher

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 21, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Classes Online (...and a bit about a fall class, too.)

  

  Engineering. This is a great way to get introduced to the field, with some ... talking about a fall term class she's helping to teach. She's been getting a ... gather to ponder HBO's "Sex and the City." [...] Students in the elective

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

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  spent in seattle, and was it even real at all? mit does this to you ... was a working adult, living the 9 to 5, subconsciously looking forward to the paycheck every other friday. [annotation note="the 9 to 5 i didn

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  way of getting to know them. Let simmer overnight. In the day time ... to Miami as I departed to see THE DALAI LAMA in his talk on ethics ... unstoppable need to shake about? Oh yeahhh. Case in point: during this weekend

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Not a Real Entry I wrote it in the imaginary plane.

  

  borrow in the next 15 minutes?” Real blog entry coming soon to a theater ... edge of the top bunk and feeling mildly superhero-esque in a thrill ... attempting to fall asleep, having heard stories of people doing this at times

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  ideal college, and now I get to grow here. The speed of the transition ... mathematician, and I look for patterns in the world, yet I want to believe that ... rural area of Somalia, the first in his family to attend school, just as

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  to an Oregonian best friend studying abroad in France. Lots of eggs ... gentle reminder to myself. I've been deliriously happy at this school, in ... Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  now we finally get to see the parts in real life. If you haven’t seen an ... or worse, it’s going to be over in three hours.  Projects, however ... been working in teams to design, build, and control robots to assist a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017