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• Blog / Advice

  21 i don't know about you but i'm feeling 21...

  

  should, carry your valuables with you, and bring a phone to bathrooms for ... friendship lives on in your memories. Walk around with a smile, and the world ... wouldn’t drive with a fogged windshield, and by the same logic, I shouldn

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 17, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  . A big is someone who typically looks after you and helps you get acquainted with Greek life and you can continue this family line by getting a ... feeling fearful in that house and in that area. So we sat and talked for a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  and I, pose for a "I have paint on my nose" picture After 10 minutes ... class on Tuesday (a math recitation at 1 o'clock for an hour). I ... gather, it has a lot to do with internal forces of materials (twisting

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  with a friend and her roommate to celebrate her birthday. It was cold and ... ). The idea is not to play hero and to attack a mugger with a gun who would ... have been working very hard, and dealt well with setbacks. There was an

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  spring for nearly half a century, the residents of MIT's Senior Haus dormitory throw a big party; dorm alumni from decades past return for the ... ] Sometimes described as "an extreme barbecue" or "a 3-day bacchanal," Steer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  All the Blogs I Didn’t Blog A memorial

  

  development. And within that system you can choose a framework for how your ... had a commute and a “9-5” job and an apartment to myself, and had to make time to cook and workout and sleep. Through it all I had many a

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m taking this semester! senior fall

  

  'm not looking forward to! Which is also a first for me. There was always at least ... 's come with becoming a senior, I think. I haven't necessarily become ... here to learn" vibe to cope with imposter syndrome, and that's generally

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  't set any target for that number. We won't have a final count of regular action applications for another month or so, and I don't know what the ultimate target for admits is this year. A few notes, for the record: Your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Prof. Acemoglu’s Clark Medal On the front page of the Business section of today's Boston Globe, there's a story…

  

  to an American economist under the age of 40 for making a significant ... during a tumultuous period of economic crises and political unrest, when ... Samuelson and Robert Solow (both Nobel Laureates) as well as Jerry Hausman

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  – for example, “SP.721: D-Lab” and “21A.338J ... heard about Anne in a conversation that I had with a friend early this ... before I could get more details. By coincidence, Anne and I both enrolled

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for ... dinner with my brother (MIT '17), aunt, and uncle (who live in Boston), and ... balancing family and American culture; I identify strongly with the main

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  fellowships, with families at home and a mindset of just getting through the ... up with. I bought my tickets and headed toward the entrance to wait for ... something similar, and I believe that if I had gone in with a more accurate

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  with a dramatic and emotional soundscape, the cinematography and von ... : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of ... heartbreakingly beautiful experience,” and “…a moving rumination

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the knot. If you're wondering what a random sampling of MIT alums 3 ... for Exxon-Mobil, city planner, chemistry PhD student, and, oh yeah

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  - almost like a legal brief - for the committee. These briefs, along with ... . A big tear welled up in his eye, and he said: "you know, that's what ... applications are complete and all material received, your application goes to a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  butterfly season the very tired caterpillar

  

  opened Instagram. I looked at her profile. I started typing a message--and ... caterpillar, looking through the garden for a good spot to set all my worries ... dark oak paneling with each stroke of my paintbrush and becoming

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • July 31, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Honse. Nnnyeeeeeeiiiiiigghhhghhhghhhhhh!!!!! 🐎

  

  of Monster with Reese's Puffs every morning for breakfast (can and all ... I'm taking a glass sculpting class this semester! And not to brag or ... those of you who don't know, this is what a pony looks like: [caption id

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 26, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  -on student activities and maintain a machine shop for general student use ... .) Friday seems so long ago that I barely remember it at all. I know for a ... .03 pset. I unfortunately feel like this is going to be a theme for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Kickoff! and away we go...

  

  need to go to a regional event and see for yourself. FIRST might just be ... for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was ... their own modifications and designs (subject to a sort of "salary cap

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Early Action: Not Admitted A forum.

  

  open forum for you to talk. We understand that this may be a difficult time for you, but we ask that you converse civilly and with the best of ... There were a record number of applications for Early Action this year

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2010