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• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  , I love my parents, but this was neither helpful nor encouraging1. In ... essays were about how I spent time. My essays did not use the word “passion ... remember how you became interested in those activities and detail why they

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Classes

  [live blogging] astronomy field camp sky stalking in tenerife

  

  14/01/2025 20:00 this IAP, i am in Tenerife for 12.411 (astronomy ... : Prajna: "my mom thought i would never learn to drive but if she could look at me now" me: "she would be like you still can't" Zimi: "i hate when

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • January 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  Not really...but I used to. I wrote this little diddy back in 3rd grade, just thought I'd share. Mollie, maybe Adam wants to make this the ... chose to do a rap about him. This only demonstrates how nerdy I was even

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i dropped os 🎉 i'm a hass boi this semester

  

  . so now, i'm taking [annotation note="i'll probably elaborate on them in ... at MIT. if i could do MIT over again, i think i would have been a hass major and a 6-3 minor (but i still would have done software). i'm going

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  stations set up in Maseeh, I decided on the safest option there is: a freshly ... ate: It looked like I had waken in on an asian-inspired dinner menu ... consensus is that this is in fact the best dining hall on campus. What I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Michael Xiang: Double UROP Extraordinaire! Michael Xiang has two UROPs, one at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and another…

  

  . You can imagine how awesome Michael Xiang, a junior in Biology with ... down, fats and sugar, you would expect it to be in high levels in obese ... maintaining the trails there, so I can imagine that a trip there would be quite

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

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  lets you combine your passions and interests in many different ways...I ... . There are two activities in particular that I love doing, that I could ... , dance has taken me through so many ups and downs in life. I seriously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  that you attend. I'm involved in: Campus Tours - If this is your ... ! I would also recommend: Tours of UROPs Tours of Freshman Learning ... world gather for the first time together in one spot to go up to random

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  I'm writing this blog post sitting on my bed in my room at home in ... finals were on Monday, which meant I could spend all of Tuesday sleeping in ... , and arrive home in California by noontime. I promptly called up some

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit ... it to mud. Recovery begins in April, when it is no longer snowing, and the rain is sufficient to water [annotation note="I have all sorts of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku ... Sunday I held the Philly central meeting in Fort Washington On Monday ... end. P.S. XPN in Philly and Jack in NY/NJ both ROCK MY SOCKS. I've lived

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In other news: (1) I had my first test of the semester this morning in 7

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  better. In the days and months to come, I would like us to find meaningful ... normal day, we'd be gathered in Killian Court, and I'd be kneeling on the ... . And I know that, in this time of tension around the pandemic and rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Hacks

  A Brief History of Hacks Unfortunately I couldn't get Stephen Hawking to narrate.

  

  was the most difficult and awkward sentence I've typed in a long time. I ... friend". In the interest of furthering the human language, I propose we ... friend^2s and friend^3s were there, so I felt like I wouldn't fit in. Plus

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 22, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how ... the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre-orientation program (FPOP) Discover Biology. We'll be out until midnight, but i'm really

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Emergency Application Extension for students affected by the storm

  

  without power now will not be able to read this blog post, so I would ask ... forward it on to them and spread the word so that they know. I would also ... hurricane, dumped heavy, wet snow across the region, exceeding two feet in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 31, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cooking in Quarantine making all the recipes

  

  first batch of fritters turned to just mush in hot oil; they would just ... , watching it being made, watching animated food being made (particularly in ... than expected! So, we've been in the kitchen a lot the past two weeks

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Writer’s Bloc

  

  (and I know you're out there) can buy it here. Dylan is currently hard ... story. Wow! I also have a friend who wrote a one-act play that was ... acquaintances from MIT who are also writers of various sorts. Before I came to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 20, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  shouldn't have been a big surprise, but I'm having trouble reconciling how I ... outside. He flew in late last night (way after Raphael and I went to sleep ... volunteering (teaching English I think?) They told us about volunteering in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  up?" how to track deadlines. i've learned that if you ask someone ... 't get done. i've learned how to poke people and ask them how things are ... things yourself. i've learned that even when i'm in a "leadership position

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022