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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  all four years of high school, the only girl to make the competitive show choir my junior year, and the captain of the 40-member flag corps ... crowds knew I existed or not. (When I was in elementary school, one of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  of the outcome. Pass/No Record was a wonderful thing, but like them all ... my attention span, I packed up and started walking to the Church of Christian Science, which happens to be of the most beautiful buildings in

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  a spectacle-r weekend exploring the Boston Harbor Islands

  

  is only a bit of an overstatement. The ferry ride is indeed beautiful ... check out the smaller, right side of the island first so we could leave ... the top of the hill to look at Boston from. The view was absolutely

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 5, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  your best american girl on my first boyfriend

  

  inside of someone else before. At the entrance of the venue, a woman who ... . She drew an X on the back of my hand with Sharpie. My friends and I ... , if we held our heads just right, we could see most of the stage. As the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 13, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  two years. Clearly this will be one of the four; no need for discussion ... sortof like LOST because of the interplay between past and the present ... slowly, but I'm not sure if it's worthy of being one of the final four

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  first snow it snowed on campus

  

  hometown of Portland, OR. To be honest, my first year at MIT, the heavy New ... 'll be leaving in a few weeks, along with most of the other students on ... Happy November! Two days ago, it snowed for the first time this fall

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  , filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of ChemLab Boot Camp. The footage has now been edited together in an engaging way and

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  asking others for advice. It got to the point where I nearly had my writing memorized, and I grew tired of seeing the same little letters in the same ... As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  (more specifically, Matt McGann and Ben Jones) were two of the speakers ... recently been through the application process but is now on the other side of it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons

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

  Checking In A brilliantly exciting recap of the last month.

  

  them. Thanks guys, for sharing so much of yourselves over the years and ... soon. I'm also happy to announce the arrival of a new blogger, Evan ... and the fallout kept me pretty busy for the following couple of weeks

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  of drunk, but drunk enough. Belinda started the day with a bottle of vodka, Joey a bottle of something else. On some days the cops would ask ... with a case of the shakes. At 50, Belinda, who wears her black hair tied

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out ... Students admitted regular action have a whole bunch of new stuff on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Small Get-together Friday An informal reception for HMMT participants and others visiting Boston on Friday.

  

  attend HMMT), I want to be able to take some time to see the MIT Class of ... Modern Pastry in Boston's North End. Some of the student bloggers may join ... 'll have a small reception for any students visiting MIT. The reception will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  's true for biology is pretty true for all of the natural sciences). First ... I'm interviewing at five of the top seven programs in biology -- and ... 're like in the lab. This is a pretty important part of the package, since

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  the fugacity of carbon monoxide at 345 K, I'm more often than not ... ,000 of the floor's money as apple bake chair. Just playin'. Also to be ... I like working the night shifts at the Burton-Conner front desk

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  MIT's regular action deadline is January 1. The Office of ... 'd like to use this entry to answer some of the common deadline ... overnight any part of your application. The teacher evaluations, secondary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff ... to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to ... ; The goal of perfectionism is more similar to a survivalist mindset. If

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  sophomore fall (sophomore decline? sophomore roman empire?) (actually the word sophomore comes from Greek but shhhh)

  

  semester of working all day and into the night, and snatching thirty minutes of relaxation at the very end at the cost of thirty minutes of sleep; a semester of realizing that of the x things i have due tomorrow, only floor

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  third week of IAP. As the stress of final projects and exams piled up during the last few weeks of the semester, I had prioritized school first ... part of home, a part of me, of my life for the past 14 years. Each time

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  1 Week of Meals for $8: How-To’s and Tricks Tackling Food Insecurity

  

  harder. This semester the four of us were on CASE’s (Class Awareness ... and knowledge of the social class system. Some of their programs have ... -term food insecurity Been a voice for the 10% of students that have lacked

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • May 2, 2018