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• Blog / Life after MIT

  seattle ➞ mit an epilogue in bullet points and pictures

  

  and a curse. i was spending most weeknights by myself in a tired haze ... the suburbia that is kirkland, because i think it would've been a lot ... ="ideally a city, and seattle is quite nice -- i'm concerned about when it's not

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 8, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures From a Year of Classes The End of a Saga

  

  So, about a month ago, I submitted my last exam for the year in ... ="116487" /]   So yea I somehow learned how to snowboard that day and left with a ... like 3:55PM. Pretty much a blessing and a curse cause now I had two hours

  • by Richard O. '28
  • June 20, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  Quarantine and Social Life trying to maintain some connection

  

  schedule different video calls or online activities. This blog is a ... him on LinkedIn, and he immediately responded and we set up a time the ... conversation is less of a distinctive memory if that makes sense. Doing an

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 26, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Screaming on a page (kinda) about 6.009 Please excuse what's about to follow

  

  a mile long. But still, for 15 hours, I was stuck in the exact. Same ... -fueled Nihilism? It makes you write this blogpost. I want a better grade in 6 ... spent on a little blue couch, waking up early, leaving my physical form to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 12, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  coaster —  you can tell this is a center for intellectual fun." In response ... read more about President-elect Kornbluth in a comprehensive article from ... ="I'll see if I can post a video later if it becomes available."]In a Q&A

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  dormspam-the-game (Part 1) wits, skill, and the teeniest amount of luck

  

  ,[/annotation] winning a modest but appreciated $15! In my opinion, winning required more ... that I could go from here to 3rd overall, but I did much better in the ... Field. In the next section, I talk about how this actually worked out for

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 13, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Being First is Important There can be many firsts

  

  in an entry. We work hard to find pictures for you guys, and then we have to resize, upload, and link them in. I know I would appreciate it a lot if you would write the names of what's in these pictures down and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  … (in)tense. I haven’t experienced that much uncertainty in my life ... I even have a chance? How do I know if I should apply? The former of ... in high school (like holding a job or tutoring or helping at home)? Can

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  some food around boston plus a random ski pic!

  

  dinner, which is a small place in Chinatown where they specialize in these ... so I hear: I've yet to go) but it's good in a pinch and when you ... Bridge to get on the Boston side, there's Santouka, which is a fairly

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 1, 2018
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT select students for admission?

  relations. Selection is based on outstanding academic achievement as well as a ... The selection process at MIT is holistic and student centered: each application is evaluated within its unique context. No school, state, or
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  machines, like in the picture? How was it? What sort of buildings do local ... -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks. Basically, it's a machine that applies some

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  't realize how important of a role they play in your life until you back at the ... I spent a while thinking about how to introduce this blog post, but ... . This is Professor Junot Diaz. This is a book that wrote, one of my all

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  interview: joy buolamwini hidden figure, poet of code, low-key actual superhero

  

  , "Oh, this is a technical challenge" -- but being in the space of the ... technical challenge ... this is as much a reflection of society as other ... i mentioned joy in a blog post a few weeks ago, when she won the

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 5, 2017
• Blog / Community Projects

  Crafts for Ukraine~ Among other fundraising projects

  

  This is, admittedly, a kind of quickly written post, but I wanted to ... don’t have a lot of family or friends in Ukraine or Russia, so I won ... .  For context, I can comment on just how quickly one project in particular

  • by ana~
  • March 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  . This is a bad attitude to have in all regards, because while it's great ... complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... out of Next if you move here in your first year - but that's a story for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask me anything about portfolios Go ahead—don’t be shy!

  

  media in a way that our standard application is not. And while your Slide ... ? Yes! Instructions on how to request a fee waiver are detailed in the ... frequently asked portfolio questions. A crumb of context The MIT application is

  • by Jeremy W.
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Decisions, Decisions decisions!

  

  lesswrong.com might be a good idea, although I don't know how much good it ... give it to you in the form of a short poem I found recently by Piet Hein ... ’ll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No—not so that chance shall

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • April 26, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... 'm essentially copying and pasting the post I made in my personal blog a year ago ... the phone over to my mom, because he didn't seem to know how to handle a

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  . Seriously. I've been writing some form of a blog since I was in the 8th grade ... 's the method that matters. It didn't even matter so much that they lost in ... !") People here are very much into taking things apart, seeing how they work

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  In my last entry, I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted ... at Mike's Pastry. Mike's Pastry is one of many bakeries and cafes in ... significance to me, because that's actually where I became a U.S. citizen :) In

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012