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• Blog / MIT Life

  Desired things a youthful aside.

  

  . For 35 ambitious Juniors in an average high school, this was our first ... , essays, tests, revisions-- to and fro like clockwork. When the bell sounded for the end of the period no one stood up; instead, heads bent to clear

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Wise Words From Mikey A good thing to read as you prepare to arrive on campus and begin your…

  

  , and I decided to wait until now instead of posting it in June - this ... 't be able to catch up to these kids and as a result, coming in with no ... far behind my classmates and I'll struggle to get good grades (I know

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  As I've mentioned before, each semester the bloggers all get a freebie entry, an entry in which all we have to do is share with you our ... movies related in some form or fashion. It has the potential to be an

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  often time people get to know me, and then learn about my Islam due to my ... admissions in general. I had actually committed to Cornell, I had done all of ... actually, there’s just so much to do. In a literal sense, there are so many

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  prefrosh. I’m curious to see how your view of me changes once I start talking ... a box (poor tweets). You might not be able to see them in all browsers ... two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  motivation to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe then I'll make it to the dining hall in time for breakfast. 2. I love to eat. Because I live in ... 'll slip in a shout-out to good old Mac High--but here, things move fast. Too

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dear prefrosh, a letter to you

  

  , in fact, qualified and smart enough to get through it. I don't have a ... to one of the top universities in the world. My freshman year is ending ... something that was meant for all of you to read. I've been getting a lot of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 25, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  pay for it directly instead of using a credit card. One reason to get a credit card, then, is to get something called a credit score, which is a ... , which leads to a credit score, which leads to getting an apartment. Or

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... think so. And Ryan went to the Party in Philly: I went to the admitted student party in Philadelphia tonight. I knew it was going to be fun, but I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  ) and how things we considered to be brief or tiny, such as paragraphs in a textbook we're all forced to read for class, were in fact ... . In the eighth grade, while we were all fracturing off to different high

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... longer term than, say, to the first-time visitor. Bearing that in mind ... thing I identify with when I think about who I am and how I want to be

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  patience to watch the office in its entirety but was able to get through the ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like ... . this process was very helpful in the sense that it allowed me to finish

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  !" "It's getting hot in here... so immigrate [sic] to Israel with all your ... Hillel after this incident. In short, I was invited to a "Jew-au on Ice" in ... was really afraid because your hand has to get really close to the flame

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  In my dorm, East Campus, residents are allowed to paint the door to ... could get painting, so I resolved to paint the tree over spring break ... 't get started until winter break. My zeroth step was to clean my door

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  or profound. People are able to get in even with spelling errors in ... ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... . It's virtually impossible to summarize yourself in a few paragraphs

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  that I would try out vegetarianism, just to see how it went. It wasn ... ). I tried to go vegetarian once before, in February, when I stayed on a ... exist in east Cambridge. My vegetarianism will probably end when I get

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  having while listening to the radio, but nobody else in the class ... she taught Jonathan Safran Foer how to write, and then I realized she ... . But first I want to tell you about the most exciting part of the trip--getting

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  you've figured out what you need to do in order to get that amount of ... wish I had a better justification than this, but in 9.00 (intro to ... for thirty years, and how helpful it had been to science, and then I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  authentically. We can’t write about what it’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing, or deciding how to pick your ... It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things: 1) I'm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II Relax! Take it eee-aaa-sy!

  

  to because they came in the mail. In tubes. We also walked six miles to ... be scared together because in six days, I'll be six days closer to ... : Things To Do While Waiting for Decisions, Part II! 1. Consider majoring in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 10, 2007