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• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  extensively on this website and in many blog posts. Plus, you wouldn’t want any ... .) Instead, this post is about how I, as a person, interact with that process ... where I built in dedicated time for healthier behaviors—like setting aside

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  "I like how you say that with a smile on your face," my hallmate ... working in studio for five hours and I hate my life but it was awesome,'" he ... was past three in the morning and I'd just returned home from Studio 7

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  dear kuya i promise this post is mostly in english

  

  high school, for example, i called people in higher years "kuya", like ... , in sixth grade, i remember discussing policies specifically aimed at ... are popular in tourism locations back home. growing up, i'd hear

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 3 is third time the charm??? questionable

  

  how I came up with that completion percentage for Sidequest 10. In short ... my cave of despair to blog again! I've made this post two years in a row at this point, and I figured that it would only be appropriate to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  Lately I've been occupying space. Many spaces, in fact, especially ... personality was interesting and the people were interesting. I chose to live in ... time I've ever felt like I was back in high school despite being in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  old east campus working through feelings caused by news

  

  four months ago i made a post about being back in east campus saying ... . someone lived in this room five decades ago, and i don’t know anything about ... would be postponed. and i have… mixed feelings about it. to fully explain

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2021 another year another book post

  

  feelings; it's how I came to the word mudita, for example. In France, the ... the largest impact in how I approached programming. I think these two ... . And, uh, I'm not sure I would cite any of the 24.903 readings here. I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  on bold ideas that I find MIT instills in students so well. His Hacker ... you to see how strong the connection is in Nigeria!” he told me, and laughed. The last I had heard from him, Hassan had been in New York, so I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  said I would. In hindsight, I wish I hadn't let myself reach the point ... earlier in the semester I had asked my mom if I should spend the extra money ... about how I was doing fun things to keep my mind off of finals and having

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... from parents is, "what events should I attend with my child?" In truth ... . A great place to find a parent to talk to would be in the Parent

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  In my first month at MIT, I: Caught COVID, then a cold, then strep ... ="aligncenter" width="346"] I was late for class that day 🙁[/caption] After 12 years in the service, I got out of the Navy in August and started at MIT in

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  would follow. I can imagine how strange this would look like to the ... obtained to relieve me of the MIT firehose-induced famine. In truth, I ... any man would do in this situation. It was time to get me some cookies

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Unremarkable things are you "jaded" yet?

  

  describe how I’ve been feeling, but I know there was a point in the past when ... -nighters in a row. I imagined what it would be like to live through stereotyped ... would have in college. I think most people are. But going further than

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 25, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  an around the world experience, but in the end, I just couldn’t stay ... Grad Student”. I start my second year of a dual degree program in transportation and city planning in a few weeks. I am rushing to finish up my

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  the seats would be in an obstructed view area, we all looked at each ... enough sense. 11) One of the first pies she invents in the show is “I don ... WOULD BE LYING IF WE SAID WE WEREN'T TRYING TO GET STUDENT RUSH TICKETS

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  First Blogiversary One year ago today, "McGann's Factors" began.

  

  blogs MIT Admissions would launch in 2004. Now, with more than a dozen ... . Over the past year, I've learned a lot about blogging and how to best ... criticism, or any other helpful comments about how I can be a better blogger

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Colin Webb’s Commencement Speech "We learned, as graduating MIT engineers, that our job is to build bridges."

  

  learned in 2.009 that this is the place that makes us SUPER. I have no doubt ... A few weeks ago, when I blogged about the commencement of the Class of 2018, I made a note about the address given by Colin Webb, President

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 17, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  checkboxes this semester in a list

  

  in on 6.006 I dropped 6.006 to Listener mid semester but continued ... learned a lot solving problems in class. I hope to actually take the class ... House']4W[/annotation] people. I got like two tossups in the entire

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • December 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Piercings! sorry mom

  

  pierced, what types of piercings I wanted, and how much it would cost. At ... Square. I went to Chameleon back in January 2019, bundled up in a coat ... get as many piercings as I wanted once I went to college. All I would

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  residents were interested in New House, so i wasn't sure how easy it would be ... wasn't entirely sure about how i would enjoy living there. MacGregor has ... 's mattress from her room in EC, but when i saw how decrepit it was, i decided

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021