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• Blog / Advice

  Waiting… and a more serious note about pre-decisions at the end

  

  A few days ago, I scrolled through my camera roll to find an old ... I think they're a fun way to take your mind off of something. Here are ... me this quiz to make a friendship garden collage! The quiz was made by

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • December 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... keeping track at home). Pappalardo is home to a wide range of Course 2

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What’s cool about Nick’s room artsy people, walls, and East Side living

  

  .       But there’s hope - I just took a trip to buy a ... A few weeks ago, a friend at Princeton traveled up to Cambridge for ... , my boyfriend’s* mom had a bit to say about the colorfully painted walls

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Revolutionary Technologies at TechCrunch DisruptNY breathing office walls and credit-card sized computers

  

  station, took it a few stops, switched to another train, took it to Penn ... finally switched over to a bus to get to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal where ... stage in front of a panel of judges to compete for $50,000. In "Startup

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  's Week 2005 November 5th-10th "To promote a model of femininity that ... donations will go to The Network/La Red, a local group working to end domestic ... importantly a chance to discuss available international initiatives to aid women

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  , so I moved to Tetazoo, home of yet another blogger. I had a good time, but I'm pretty ready to move back. Actually, I'm really excited because ... decided about a week ago to go ahead and do it. My decision process went

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I’M BACK!!!!! (and MIT is hard)

  

  energized and ready to work hard. 2. I’ve been reading a LOT about studying ... written a while ago, but I've been unable to publish it until now. Enjoy ... laptop hanging from the rafters with a note pinned to it. (not really, but

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 11, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Karma What goes around comes around.

  

  the healthy. Ready to give Mastering Physics a piece of my mind, I typed ... die is when you add that to the normal stresses of MIT life. Not a lot ... reading assignments? We will make a summary of your responses to the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sketches from the Independent Activities Period Yultide Day 1

  

  tourist-y trip was to Target to buy a swimsuit. No regrets there: turns out, a late-night swim leads to the best sleep, so I plan to justify the ... patient! Going back to Boston, a big city, from the Midwest always requires

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water thinking about the life decisions I've made to lead me there, I noticed a ... could to get a better look at was was so alluring a distraction in the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  start to finish. And during that process, I learned that making a movie is ... "]simple![/annotation] So, here’s a quick step by step guide on how I managed to finish my ... , or a long shot from across the street to establish a location

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  even carrying a child in the front and another in the back. I want to ... height is so close to mine. Everyone has a sense of collective ... paper to fold with. Also four story tall Muji's. And in a way, it does

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  customers around me, but not to me. I can’t help being a 5’3” young-looking female. I can’t buy a $68 cup of awareness. I wish to be conspicuous and ... to several similar events already. A couple friendly vendors had

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  classes. It was a good entry, and this was going to be a comment on it, but ... Confidential when I was applying to colleges, and this is probably a good thing ... 't need to pack your schedule with APs to get into a good school. You know

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  print “Hello, World!\n”; Everything you ever needed to know about me

  

  salaries and some help from the government, was just enough to buy half a ... time of day. My name is Lydia. We have a lot to catch up on. I was born ... in trouble a second time for telling my teacher to go to hell when she

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  saying, “I'm married to a lactose-intolerant person. She's otherwise very ... to grow peas in Manhattan?” A quotation from my Biological Science ... decide to form a Canadian coalition and insist on either both performing or

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  I'd like to talk a bit about deferring entry to MIT, also known as ... Class of 2012 and would like to request a one-year (or sometimes two ... you plan to do. We will grant a deferral for almost any reason. Come up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  scootin’ and zoomin’ a transportation saga

  

  described as a golden retriever bounding between everything from scrabble to ... of them. i came into mit wanting to be a 14-2 (mathematical economics ... a scooter to get around; my freshman year, I just walked everywhere

  • by Phi A. '21
  • May 18, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fanboying at the Career Fair SpaceX, CubeSats, and free stuff, oh my!

  

  ready to work in the Real World. The career fair was a great reminder that ... imagine that they all convened at one place to throw a huge concert, and ... stretch all the way down to Mass Ave and around the corner. It took a long

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Out Sick aka, a subject line for too many emails

  

  and ready to start (and finish) the 7.012 PSET. Instead, I woke up a few hours later practically unable to speak from a sore throat. So, it was ... understanding, which is a fact I attribute to the MIT's culture. On the one hand

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 10, 2022