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• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  that scores from the December 1 tests would reach us in time for EA ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... of admissions decision letters. Joanne writes: Having worked in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  next to the shattered fragments. We also took a few mementos. (For these ... Jordan, and Tal Gamlieli perform jazz in Killian Hall on April 24th. Not ... comfortable performing in front of a group [kind of to be expected] but more

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “the worst they can say is no” the costs of trying

  

  there are other circumstances, too, in which the cost of trying for ... /sad/etc.") creates an inaccurate portrayal of the risks. Instead, I factor them in, but ... feel bad for no reason, so maybe I won't ask a question in a class group

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  in movie references, feed an ever-growing Vietnamese spring roll ... No I'm not a Cylon (or at least not that I know). But for those with ... "the new Ben." For those who don't remember Ben Jones I can instead say

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  2 and minoring in BME. That's MIT-speak for Mechanical Engineering and ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... . I'm a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Three More Tales of Junior Year the sequel to Three Tales of Junior Year

  

  dinners in the fall. Also, this is an old draft. I can now attest that ... , in my months of deliberation, I fell in love. With my life at MIT. I ... else—with a spice of the technical in the liberal arts. I'd miss seeing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 31, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  I was planning on dropping an effortpost "in the next week or so ... . Thank you to Ceri for believing in me always. Thank you to Trader Joe ... I have big psets. For the past two Tuesdays, the 10pm-11pm time slot

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blast From The Past: Garage Hero! Turn your Guitar Hero controller into a MIDI Garageband device.

  

  In the old days, when I was in college - when dinosaurs roamed the ... Facebook didn't suck - where was I - ah yes - in the old days, when I was in college, I was an Apple Campus Rep. It was basically a marketing and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 24, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  -related that goes on at MIT, from building large-format cameras to LARPing (for ... for snacks. Art gives us MIT students a reason NOT to do schoolwork, and ... Association, and I do my research in Camera Culture, a group at the Media Lab

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... to be an admissions blogger read, Once, years ago, there was a Great ... Birdhouse in Your Soul, blasting out of her boyfriend's speakers. This video

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Entrepreneurship invasion I love it when students start useful companies.

  

  So yesterday, I'm in my office trying to catch up on email when a student who I haven't seen in a long time stops by my office. In the process ... . "Why are you taking a year off?" I ask. Well, he tells me, he, an MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  in, but we went over and hung out for a while. My friend Mark made a t ... Topics in Mammalian Biology) and 9.301 (Neural Plasticity) -- both were ... , seeing your friends for the first time after the summer, and helping a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Class-tastic

  

  for Computer Science. 21W.785, Communicating in Cyberspace (he's in ... In somewhat sharp contrast to previous terms, I'm taking only three ... of time to work at the lab -- I'm scheduled for 16 hours per week this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  without an end in sight. These were the latter. And what was this feeling? Sad is when you get an undesirable grade in a class or your favorite TV ... In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  is a full-blown saga. First, you’re given a temporary room in an ... asked, in an [annotation note="Anybody who knows Ayyub will tell you that ... long ride. Knowing Ayyub, I figured I was in for quite the adventure, and

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  (it’s like OpenCourseWare but for lab work. I’ll be blogging about it in ... stands for Independent Activities Period. From January 8th to February 2nd ... , without worrying about problem sets, tests, and papers. For more info about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Time may change me, but I can't trace time..

  

  before - in the backdrop of the same diner we inhabited for most of high ... the circumstances. I spent the last two weeks studying for finals, taking my last possible final at the very last possible time for Harvard

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 28, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  I did not graduate on time

  

  was getting an F. She said she was “very disappointed” in me. I couldn ... for an elective at the Harvard Summer School. I took out my first ... applications, I explained why I had an F on my transcript. In fact, when one

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  pretty easy, set an alarm for 24 hours before your flight and make sure you ... either have an easy exit in the aisle seat or a beautiful view from the ... in front of it removed for easier access to the emergency exit door

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some comforting blogs to read while you await decisions

  

  the way in advance. I googled for various rejection letters so that I ...  breathe and ground yourself, even if just for a second. and we, the bloggers, will be here with you, talking with you, and existing in the same virtual space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2019