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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  's been a while since I did this. Just writing. The words are clunky in my ... new ones. I mean, I have a job. A job where I'm paying to work for them ... to fix it, but it's not like falling and scraping my knee where my body

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  admission; decisions are made by separate committees.b) U.S. and Canadian ... captures the MIT undergraduate education, even as it exists today. We are ... self-reliance are central in M.I.T.’s educational philosophy. A strong

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Reverse Culture Shock Catching up and counting down

  

  New Yorkers are…well, probably deserving of an occasional punch or two ... complaining and hunting down unhealthy free food. I can deal with it." And then ... names of places are all commonplace here. There’s a strong sense of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 17, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  other form of transportation. The route to MIT from where I live in the suburbs has poor access to public transit and the roads are clogged worse ... entirely along bike trails that are off-the-road and devoted to cyclists

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton-Conner’s Renovation: A Saga on friendships that transcend shitty infrastructure

  

  everything that's happened. Our Current Situation So...where are things ... prefrosh can choose where they want to live instead of being randomly placed ... like some of the things we wanted weren't realizable. Here are some of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 6, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The end of a chapter

  

  for MIT students who are considering spending one or two semesters ... -things-in-Cambridge list are actually the courses (Tripos) I took, which consist of ... that in one breath!) Such materials are very different from the biology

  • by Linh V. '13
  • July 8, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  And the Whistle Blows soccer post-season & my last competitive soccer game

  

  played (and beat) previously during the regular season. Here are the ... -year future where I would one day be done playing competitive soccer – has ... . Saturdays are spent on Roberts field, friends and family in the stands. Not to

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • November 21, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  over the next two weeks. Keep warm! or cool!- depending on where you are ... gyroscopes!). But there are certain feelings and observations, lessons and ... to life at large? 5) Online scheduling/sign-up applications are the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  So Chance Me Maybe? Hey! I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my SAT...

  

  MIT was where I was meant to be. Where I'd thrive. Where I belonged ... worst. You see, the admissions officers truly are not lying. We’ve been ... ) communities are generally good, application anxiety turns the forums into an

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 8, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Bring your stuffed toys to class reflections on liminality

  

  Roll carts around campus. Marvel at the wonder that is the wheel. Learn where all the ramps and elevators are. Grumble when there's no ... if the signs are a clever metaphor. Own stuffed toys. Bring your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 11, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  doritos—but make peace with myself if there is a week or month where i ... find relaxing—all the meetings i go to are productive but also social and ... console a friend—these are the essentials. this past week i followed the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Meltdown On instability, IHTFP, and leaving sometimes

  

  having fun, and they were doing it guilt-free and not under the guise of ... .” “And what are my priorities?” “You’re willing to maintain your mental ... more compact,” he said. He wound the string up. “The extra pieces are in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 29, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  problem sets, a semester spent reflecting about how an experience made you ... counted traffic today!), for the most part our studies are focused on three ... have learned this semester is that they are vital to understanding how

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  section. All eyes are on you, as you lift your instrument to your mouth ... are still not quite clear to me, I raised my hand almost every time. I ... front of other people practically made me wet my pants. The night of our

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  variants - and countless others - are all just versions of the same question ... , extracurriculars. There is no golden ticket. So breathe. Now that you are Zen calm ... education. If you are nice, then your letters of recommendation will convince

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Women’s Soccer Talking to the 2009 NEWMAC Champs after they returned from the NCAA National Championship Tournament

  

  really are. I just found out. This year, MIT's Women's Soccer team won ... accomplishments in soccer, you can tell that these women are not only extremely talented, but also dedicated to their sport. Sports players are among the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 25, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Pretender a message to both you and me.

  

  Student program, where I would follow around a student for a day to get a ... exceptions. It asks who you are. It demands to know who you are. It's about ... buried deep The secrets that you keep are ever ready Are you ready? I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mostly Harmless Rifle. As in, the phys ed class. As in, I fired one.

  

  what's right in front of us. There are doh! shots on the range, where you ... classes phys ed classes at MIT (the others are pistol and intermediate pistol). They are mostly taught by Coach Mike Conti, who has served in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  50 Reflections on 50 Things thinking back on The Blogfather's wisdom in my senior year

  

  the night before paper, projects, or psets are due (otherwise known as ... irresponsible” activities in lieu of studying are the best. That 1am burger adventure, or the midnight McDonald’s outing (burgers are really a theme here

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 20, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  I recently saw a comic where a professor says "This is not the type ... alarms, I reluctantly got up and made a cup of tea. (I bought a 100-pack of ... 're going to make that flight." Thought myself, Challenge accepted... I made

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010