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• Blog / MIT Life

  Seattle was gorgeous until the smoke came in

  

  college is how many opportunities you get to live in a new place for a month ... that Seattle is a gorgeous city. I was not disappointed. A lot of what ... almost didn't want to eat them.   But as much as Seattle is

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 22, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  , Kevin is amazed with how much he’s learned in such a short amount of time ... observe a fish is to become a fish.’” He took a class this semester on ... If you’ve ever seen Glee, you know that Breadsticks is the token

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  I did not graduate on time

  

  dropping all classes where it was clear I would get a B or lower. How did I ... bed, and being challenged not as much by psets as by the prospect of a ... ’t require avoiding addressing how the Institute pushes a culture of stress and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 13, 2022
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  a description elsewhere: The Emoji Compass is an alethiometer for the ... talk a little bit about why they decided to spend so much time on this ... Longtime readers may recall that I am a big fan of the His Dark

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  asked: How much time does a sport at MIT really take up? I'm sure you ... group called "When I was your age, Pluto was a planet," which I found ... 's response. I WANT IT. (My birthday is January 10th.) Right now I'm supposed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  hole mass. The observation is of a familiar source named SS 433 -- a ... in Richmond, VA. I had lunch again at the Steam Cafe, which is turning ... finally got around to reading a bunch of articles from the MIT News Office

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  application, I couldn't tell you for sure how much of a factor your high school ... basically is looking for? And how can I actually get to catch the eye of the ... send in a resume listing my community service? Because I've done so much

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Studying At Cambridge 101 An Expert's Guide To Tackling The Revision Process

  

  for all of this graded coursework is that they are all based on ticks, a ... with Ernesto we've decided to plan the whole trip today. This is a day of ... is how I prefer to do it. Go through all of the notes and summarize

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 8, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  is that they create a comfortable space to ask questions, which has ... with just bread. I cannot express how much I love bread; it brings me deep satisfaction like no other [annotation note=" yes bread is a meal

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  , but I ended up enjoying it a lot. The course is a psychological overview of what happiness entails, but a significant component of it is the ... metrics to heart that much, but it is evident that I feel more productive

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2021 Wait List Today, we have closed out the wait list for the Class of 2021.

  

  letting us know how much you love MIT, and regret that we did not have more ... from our wait list this year, and, if so, room for how many. Each year, our plan and hope is  to admit students from the wait list. This year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  community. (This last one is a bad idea - with such a low admit rate, it ... It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with reading season. The "love" part is that I love reading apps. I love reading

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  3. learned about cornhole 4. went to Nightmarket It was a very good weekend. Because that's how it is in my head, let's go through these in a ... other than that it is very much an experience more than it is a show

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  when the Indian one is so vibrant. How could I not feel an affinity for ... culture, but with a [annotation note="lol my family is from that one Indian ... ’ve gained. A 6,800-mile distance is nothing when we’ve already bridged

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  played before, being forced to start with "this is how you hit a ball" was ... "]HASS requirement,[/annotation] MIT is [annotation note="I actually have no idea how ... of 11 to get points. Varsity Athletics: A year of competition is 4

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  operate a Tech Dinghy, which is the most basic type of sailboats at MIT. In ... , a class that didn't mean much but still provided a grade on the ... for the vast majority of classes!) It provides a much needed diversion

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  Confidential when I was applying to colleges, and this is probably a good thing ... applications ask for your unweighted GPA, so the fact that your GPA is 26.2 on a ... trying to finish high school a year early?" "How do you do it?" "Are you

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

  the perfect choice doesn’t exist not the same river, not the same you

  

  , it is instead extracting myself to a list of personal details, becoming ... " when talking to recruiters. definitely, a certain amount of politeness is ... 's post, the term "onsite" is just used to refer to a final round of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 22, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  found a metric that determined how acceptably fit I was and stuck with it ... the weaker side, how at the age of 7 I couldn't do a proper pushup or ... , something to poke at: c'mere and look at how weak Camille is. It wasn

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  in this coming year we run and rest and make and keep up the relentless pace

  

  much more confident in starting a project I don’t know how to do; I can ... ’t become not awkward, but I’ve learned how to use my awkwardness in a cool fun relatable way, which is a more powerful tool for me. [caption id

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 5, 2024