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• 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  New Year, New Semester Celebrating Lunar New Year and a new spring schedule

  

  magicians perform for them and if the duo cannot figure out how the magic is ... . Classes are in full swing, though I’m just getting acclimated to how much ... . Here is a brief breakdown of the classes I’m taking: ESD.054/ESD.05

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 15, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  with the uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the ... is impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people, if any, we ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Alumni Barbecue I love living in a place with so much history!

  

  of 1968. East Campus has a lot of history, and my floor Tetazoo is no ... dishes! There was so much meat!!! After a morning picking apples on ... first time!  One of our new freshmen, Diana H. '17, is giving it a go with

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • October 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  actually sure what the J "stands for," but it means that a course is offered ... how long you'd have to own a hybrid car for the extra initial cost to ... and dread. 2.009 is sort of the be-all and end-all of a Course 2 degree

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  The postmark/submission deadline for Early Action is tonight! How is ... 't much of a party, but the title at least made the task of opening ... , it can take a week or more to complete all of these steps. The mail is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  About MIT Recommendation Letters Some helpful tips and guidelines for your teacher letters.

  

  your letter, and to have a conversation about it. This is a much better ... one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is also a good time ... current teachers who could write a B Evaluation for them. This is okay; we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 16, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  much a part of me. I'll just be more like an alum than a current student ... I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply don't really know how to write it. There are so many things I want to

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  how much I fucked up in the first half of the semester, and one month of ... Note: So, you may or may not have noticed that my name is ~different ... Caroline P., but all my friends at MIT call me Powers (which is my last name

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... . It is now covered in graffiti such as witty poetry and linear algebra ... with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yellow, Blue, Green, and Red Free art and how to borrow it at MIT

  

  , this is a tradition that has been going on since 1969! So how does it ... exhibition is still a great place to wander through. It's a pretty eclectic ... .   Here is a motionless version of "Low Sun" by Jack Bush (1971

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 29, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  expresses a lot of prefrosh’s current feelings. This is quite seriously how I am feeling at the moment. Like a lot of prefrosh, I am dealing with a lot of senioritis (yes, there is a wikipedia article on it) and I

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  's much easier to jog down than to jog up, so in about a minute and a half I ... watch a bit of the Eurocup, and then I ended up on the Boston Commons. How ... About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: It’s Coming Home (by it, I mean me) guest post by Rukia. H '21

  

  considering my athletic ability is that of a peanut). And I cry with them when ... for me when it comes to watching a game is listening to the pundits ... much for my soccer knowledge) One comment I’ve been hearing a lot about

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 18, 2018