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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s More Than A Job Thoughts On The Eve Of RA Decisions

  

  how your UROP is going, seeing your a cappella group perform. I come ... same way. I've written before about how the class is selected, but I ... . Your application is read by a senior staff member who will look for deal

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all ... didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is ... to do is build a community, and an admissions machine cannot produce a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  This Bathroom Ceiling Some science, some fiction: traverse the space and time of our bathroom ceiling.

  

  isn't fiction: this is Earthrise, a view of the Earth rising from the ... several miles above the surface of an alien planet. And since this is not a ... had to come to terms with not being a whale any more. This is a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 12, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  In the Realm of Giants imposter syndrome with a senior year twist

  

  course, this process is a little smoother—return offers from post ... settled into a comfortable rhythm, one that is distinctly different from the ... rejection is not just a possibility, but also a likely one. I spend hours

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Boomeranging The day before classes start is Registration Day. It’s also the day we welcome readmitted…

  

  fall. My summer lasted three-quarters of a year. Some summers are much ... . Last week, I spoke to a girl who enjoys being here so much that she might ... among friends, much less at a table full of strangers. I always ask people

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, Semester 1 fantastic dishes and how to cook them

  

  depression.[/annotation] [annotation note="cj: citing a paper in a blog post is ... opinion is biased against American cuisine as a whole, considering that my ... ’s [annotation note="cj: fame? jacky what is this??"]fame(?)[/annotation] as a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 8, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... recognize her face and her title, but what is the President of MIT like on a ... endeavors. She is proud of MIT and how it can provide real solutions to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  “You are capable of more than you know.” Reflections from six MIT transfer students

  

  years and how MIT could be a stepping stone in that direction. And while I ... . Diana, my athletic supervisor and a dear friend who is an avid reader ... tendencies (although admittedly, this is a work in progress); work with high

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  industrialist and head of Stark Industries, and Maria Stark. Tony is a boy genius ... Rhodey, implying a college friendship. Even stronger evidence is Rhodey' ... clueless, and much more interested in the actor making a cameo (I won't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  25 Stories of Getting Accepted to MIT told by students and alums

  

  . Apparently, my face was a sight to see. So yes I'm screaming and in much ... make much sense. A few hours later I was "working" on my Hamlet essay ... he doesn't know how to handle his emotions. A.M. ‘18 (early action

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  an Easter vigil alive at east campus

  

  " is like remembering a test question, but before that, "remembering ... concert. I gel my hair and put on a tie. Dress code is "happy colors." I ... . The reason for the concert is Easter. The lunar eclipse is a convenient

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 5, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  . Come up with two very different ways to get from point A to point B. Wear silly hats on Halloween. Realize Halloween is only once a year. Wear ... Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  i made furry art for Caltech i have art powers and choose to use them for chaos

  

  Tetazoo has historically been friends with Blacker, a dorm at Caltech ... over to stay with us, we decided to give them a warm welcome by trying to unsettle them as much as possible. While Urban Walcott urbanized with two

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 6, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  i dissected a roach *cronch* *slurp*

  

  ! This is an American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana), a species of roach ... abdomen that this one is most likely a female. They live for 3 months to 2 ... hour, which is 50 body lengths per second, roughly equivalent to a human

  • by Anika H. '26
  • September 28, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a ... GOOD: There isn’t a huge variety of targeted machines, so this gym is ... machines. CONS: As the subtitle suggests, the gym is a little… scrappy in

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A (Belated) Letter to July In which I start blogging again with an angsty video

  

  is the way my hiatus ends Not with a bang but a vaguely-poetic angsty ... 's how I've felt, though: clunky, with a jumble of thoughts and fears and ... a time. And I'm hoping this will help. Writing, that is. Speaking

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  On Escaping An introspective vlog about MIT and getting ready to leave

  

  finally figured out what I wanted to say. I think that's how this semester is going, though. I'm working on so many different types of projects that it takes me a couple tries to even get in the right mindset to make

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 2, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  being more fun than expected (haha this is a trend), though the questions ... Stephanie Lin. Read on! <3, Hamsika --- My name is Stephanie, but ... senior year in Course 7 (which is awesome! Everyone should study biology

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Unofficial Guide to Unstandard MITglish, 1st Edition The joy of jargon.

  

  : Person A: Pass the salt, please. Person B: Is your request a function of the underseasoning of the fish sticks, or is it a function of the ... . Vacuously true (adj.): A statement is said to be vacuously true if it is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 8, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Merit When getting into MIT isn't convincing enough

  

  ’t come back with a monologue about how admissions actually work at MIT, and ... thought he’d like about MIT, like how we still offer a world-class education ... imposters. The plus side is that after you break through, you usually have a

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • January 22, 2015