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• Blog / Admissions

  IAP? No.. YOU’RE AP Possibly the worst title EVER. (Also, answers to your questions, but under the worst title…

  

  help me? Right now I am in the 8th grade. And what exactly is a problem ... is kind of hard, especially in high school, because a lot of the time ... believe the 200 IM is actually used as a form of torture in some parts of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  of Science/Museum of Fine Arts - MIT students get in free to a lot of ... . Said illusion is currently failing to function. Case in point: Where did ... ?! I'm sitting here, in my room, at my desk. It's nearly 11:30 pm on a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days. I haven't written a blog entry in 6 days. God created the Earth in six ... 's such a nice day. How can I look at a computer screen right now?" And I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ago, so perhaps you might be curious as to how different life is for me

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  . There are also a lot of free-standing stores on Newbury Street and in the ... transportation stuff Public transportation in Boston is not as great as it is in ... stops appear to be in a straight line from each other on the T map, so I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  Where in the World is The Nance Effect? That, my friends, is the ... ! Something Old... The Nance Effect is immersed in the annual road trips ... . My oldest daughter is a high school junior this year, so I'll get to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many ... waitlist. How many people will you admit from the waitlist this year? It is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  One Month of Baby Steps my feet hurt

  

  Star Market, a much larger and more conventional grocery store. It was ... Boston skyline are just so beautiful. It’s surprising just how much of MIT ... MIT with just a suitcase, a duffel bag, and a backpack. To the left is a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • September 26, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  change from day-to-day, hour-to-hour in fact – one moment, all you see is a ... stage in Kresge, thanking Pres. O for a great opening act - he was one ... evenings before. You see - the walk down West Campus’s dorm row is a (weather

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  fictional coping mechanisms learning to love unapologetically

  

  ever, but I think the thing that's holding me back is just how much I ... Wuxian than he is letting on. MDZS singlehandedly flipped a switch in my ... and all I ever seem to think about is the past and how care free I used

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 11, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  The Marks of a Student or, let's catch up

  

  'm taking are on Pass/No Record. What happens in a "usual" freshman year is ... mentally. And how rough this class is for me. And how much I dislike this ... I have to because one of my goals for this blog in general is to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 4, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  in my head. And now, that mental blog entry is here :) I was thinking about lab and about how these past few weeks in Bhatia Lab have taught me ... 've learned a little about life - and how to live it: 1. Tell the truth. I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  important role in how i experience attraction. i remember a few years ago one ... their free time). that life in general peaks during college and is less ... example is learned helplessness: in the original experiment, dogs in the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  Venus is a fairly predictable thing.” He paused, switching the settings on ... of the world was overcast, but somewhere in the Pacific Ocean a cruise ship floated under one of the few patches of clear sky. A couple leaned

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  , How I Came To Own and Love A 'Wagon For The Little Old Lady Who Lived In ... clean; Gilles is back in Switzerland, and I'm driving around a peppy ... , mailing lists haven't been in vogue since before Nick Carter was but a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  More on balance Some parameters for self-improvement

  

  especially, the motto is, "work hard, play hard." How much of each is enough ... email. It's Wednesday now. On my floor is a suitcase containing a suit and a sundress. In less than 48 hours, I will be in Houston, both for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  please, bear with me). What I can control is how I handle myself in every ... have been, especially considering how much sleep I had gotten, I felt ... still covering old material, and there are no exams in sight. Perhaps a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT is “Hacked” Ultimatum

  

  have a much better sense of humor than Harvard students. While this is no ... prospectives or tourists, I explain that the rivalry is kind of a one way rivalry ... you discovered, albeit through a flawed experiment, is what everybody

  • by Snively '11
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  't see the genius in that one yet). Anyway, how is the music department at ... . Exactly how good is MIT's music? Well, I've performed in the Concert Choir, a large, 90-ish member free-for-all choir, and the Chamber Chorus, a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  headed out in leggings and a running jacket, "Everyone is just coming back ... basketball confusing (it is still, to this day). How are you supposed to know ... , but arbitrarily it was a women's sport in our school, while the men did

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025