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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  TO: Elizabeth, Michael would you two be interested in presenting ... know if you would be able to drop by! Thanks I, for one, thought this ... butterflies and bunnies. I await your response in eager anticipation. Love

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  Bridge Supplement will act in place of the MIT first-year application. Please note ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  in a not-so-random fashion. How much time should I spend with my host ... questions you have in the comments section below, and I will do my best to ... myself. How do I make them feel assured that I will be okay? I went to CPW

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like ... bacterial sense). You see, though it is impossible to see in this photo, I ... they sprout is. I am like a great lion, tawny and magnificent in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  , which freaked me out a bit. "How are you doing?" Well, I thought ... do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever ... cap over my face, explaining that I would be receiving nitrous oxide

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish ... this guy, many Americans would be feasting on their national bird over

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  experience that I would rather not talk about. Restaurants took a huge hit due ... creations in my [annotation note="No, I am not working, this is just a jo ... in taste, texture, and salinity. Here I recreated another one of Thomas

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  I promised I'd never pull an all nighter....my thesis is due tomorrow. We'll see how close I stay on that contract. More updates coming soon as the night progresses. 2:13 AM I started rocking out in my Athena

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  've faced since the summer ended: living off campus. I lived in the East ... apartments in Boston, the wheels starting turning in my head, and I joined the ... ), consensus is not easy. I think living in the dorm fostered a certain sense of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  you finally choose. And I mean that with all my heart. But in the long ... , I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project ... generally hanging out with friends. On the other hand, I didn't get much

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  -shirts rained down on me much more abundantly in freshman year. I don’t think I ... of War team at PlayStation this summer :) I have no idea how this ... absolutely sure that I had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the position

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... I never thought of writing in public, only one integrator remains. He ... Name I Will Insert Here After Someone Recognizes Him in the Comments

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  about a month ago, in the sense that Petey and I penciled in a date, and ... itself. In the two days before the marathon, I made a Google Doc estimating ... drawstring bag for the day, which has in it an iPad, a battery pack, some

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2 Classes For 0 Credit: Beethoven to Mahler and Paradise Lost That can be rearranged to say: Paradise lost to Beethoven and Mahler.

  

  armchairs and a big TV. This week, I learned that to be a great composer in ... learn that Beethoven may have met Mozart. I'm not sure how to describe why ... Milton's 400th birthday: December 9, 2008. I was a junior in High School

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was ... up in the entrance. Curious, I stopped a guy from walking in ... down, we were back at the hole-in-the-wall bookstore; I recognized the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  , still in the lounge car. It is getting darker more quickly than I would ... note="growing up, I really did not understand why the Midwest was in the ... [annotation note="I spent a lot of time in high school on buses and I got very

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  … after all, that’s how I get sidetracked in the first place. But glow ... carve out the inside. Still unsure, I timidly stuck a petite knife in: -and left it there... Until killer instincts kicked in: I had

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the ... the cover sheet if you are mailing it in. Q: Where do I send my ... edu. Q: How do I schedule an interview? A: You can find your

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Fall Semester Recap my classes so far

  

  quick recap of how the semester's gone for me so far since I've wanted to ... class. I had done horribly in physics all my life and I knew it was ... coronavirus times. I found the contrast between my time in 8.02 in the spring

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 24, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I ... I probably won't be in a few weeks." (Unified is a legendary class at ... Today was the first day of academic year 2005-2006 at old Tech! (I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005