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• Blog / Admissions

  State of the Mail We're processing a lot of mail.

  

  As I write, our terrific Records Office team is processing the largest volume of mail you've ever seen. There is a lot of mail to be opened, sorted, entered into the database, filed, and reviewed. My advice to you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What’s in My Bag? My everyday carry!

  

  the clothes they’re wearing, or the things they buy. Of course, this ... true that most people have a degree of choice in what they purchase or ... of shopping advice blog, with article titles like “Deals of the Week

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  awards, one of the sisters announced: "Okay, and the next winner is number ... Mitra. So did Mike Short. Apparently, pretty much every one of the several ... an interviewer say "1024!" and if the applicant says "power of 2!" they

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mondays and Tuesdays and the Spaces Between A few days in my words and a break in someone else’s.

  

  ’s raining gently, so I am marooned on a bench under the roof of the laundry ... notes that are still on the board from the part of lecture I missed. I try ... thinking of the decent proportion of the 200-something 6.005 students I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 27, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  DONE (sans my physics final next week rip lol) The last couple of weeks ... honestly welcomed the onslaught of final projects and exams since it made me feel like I was nearing the end of my coursework and deserving of feeling

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Craziest of Weeks I had one.

  

  all the fun things that you sort of forget about when you're taking ... the airport to the heart of the city, and the Heathrow Express sure ... the Natural History Museum of London. Sunday: My liberal arts side

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  another day of fall when canvas went down and made me think about internet and people and the seasons

  

  to attempt to acquire a copy of the practice exam and answers so that I ... 2="119695" /] Seasons do not change in the blink of an eye; the ... my perception of the world changed that day, because the rain cleared

  • by Janet G. '27
  • October 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  , etc. There's a more detailed breakdown about the Class of 2005 here. As ... good candidate?" Hey Alia, Thanks for your support of the blogs =) As ... . I am very much a supporter of taking chances and increasing the number

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  instance, many people in Boston do like the Red Sox and say "ah" instead of ... work right at the edge of their abilities. But this difficulty is what ... /astro major, and course 16 is generally considered one of the most difficult

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Misadventures of Carl I may have acquired a shopping cart...

  

  errant shopping cart from the grasp of its adopted siblings, and checked ... have yearned for the joys of cart-based transportation. I was never bold ... of carts exist in the world, but none are designed with the

  • by Allison E. '27
  • June 14, 2026
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i am, anything i’m not (rush, part 3) and finding out that i'm both

  

  invited to the last event of rush: the frat’s final dinner at 8 PM, often referred to as a ‘bid dinner’ because it is the final moment of rush before the frat gives out their offers to rushers to become pledges and

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • July 15, 2026
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi ... third of the way through, but it's the first book in a while that I ... plots of books that strongly, as long as the characters are interesting

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  , Nancy Hopkins provides a passionate, first person account of the ... Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Watson. Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection? is a rich narrative

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele work quietly. There are books along the walls, most of them higher than ... time? — but I love the process of writing a first draft. The world is as

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  14 Questions with a Course 14 Professor 📈📉 An interview with Jon Gruber!

  

  to have spent a semester looking at the world through the lens of ... the major fields of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and ... policy graduate school. So a lot of grad school options, job wise. The way

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • May 6, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP of Coding time to catch up

  

  , for the surprising amount of support and encouragement over the past few ... inducted into the Best of the Blogs, a great honor and my second post to do ... couple hours about the unbridled stresses of life and then hitting publish

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 5, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  : the annual growth of the Novembeard. The rituals of No ... , Movember, an Australian variant of the practice that focuses exclusively on the area of the face located below the nose and above the upper lip. As

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , a soiree if you will. I think the only crazy part of this party might ... semester, our chef, Karen, who is a trained pastry chef, makes some of the most delectable desserts on this side of the country including chocolate

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  , insufficiently damp world of my room. I got in the shower around 11:30, speed ... leaves, and evidence of beavers in the forests they shaped (see below ... tell me what the bug in the upper right corner is (and how much of a bad

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011