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• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  the whole “I took a year to study in China, but I studied Chinese, so it ... . I have never regretted my decision to take a year off and study in ... someone asks me “what year are you?” I often have a hard time answering. I

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

  before I come back for one last revision. Finally, I add in any icing ... 's worth $400 now... ---- Looks like I decided to write something at a reasonable hour. NOPE! It's 3:58 AM here in China. ---- My birthday is in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  should I do?"* *Why do I need to do 2.005? Kinda need to try to bring up ... handy little filter tool so that you get exactly what you want. I ... ended up ordering my chicken wings and they should be here in about 1/2 an

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  even I forget this – mostly, in this case, because the grand prize was $450.00. I should probably explain. Several weeks ago, Alpha Delta ... try out for their annual competition, Mic-Check. If a student had a poem

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  New York Times, New York Times

  

  very moment, I'm in MIT Room 10-250 with 500 or so other people listening ... admissions at M.I.T., adding that she thought it was unfair to base decisions on a test that had not yet been shown to be a good indicator of a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Some questions that I've received from prospectives.

  

  MIT? 2. What does a day in the life of a physicist look like? 3. I ... pursue in math/science. 4. I'm worried that I'm never going to find a ... 't get in, because I'm not a genius. 5. Can I have some life advice? 6

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 8, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  things I see embedded in Chinese culture and modern China. Multi ...   Last week, MISTI-China interns in Beijing welcomed ... Development) and Sean Gilbert (MISTI-China coordinator) to Beijing. Sean makes a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On Flying ranting and venting

  

  course I didn’t want to sacrifice a single hour in Taiwan, so I decided to ... there is a line. A LONG line. Just to get to the Self Check-In counters ... left. I proceeded to one of those “Self Check-In Counters” that my

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  . I dressed up and went to see W in a theater with my boyfriend and we ... A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow ... nights. I should anyways; I have enough experience. Part of my application

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  . Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is ... , but I'd still like to paraphrase a particularly excellent quote from Voo ... the most fantastic and ethereal book that I've ever read in my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  everything you want and need. I just created a new MyMIT account to check out ... ask a friend to sit with you before you are called to the test room. I ... Applicants plus at least 30 more from hopefuls in grades 8-11, and I don't

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  . When my daughter was living in McCormick, I asked her one day what she ... in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place ... there was a massive photo flurry. I didn't get to be in the pictures since

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  interested in transferring, asks, "If I want to know what I should do in college to ... well, improve my chances to get in, what should I do?" You ... degree in that 5th year. Niraj wrote, "I have a question about choosing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s the FIRST DAY of CLASSES!!!!! A summary of the first half of the day/how I'm feeling, with many exclamation points!!!

  

  since I got back from China. Today, in order to facilitate Better Blogging ... Blogs in order to throw a post up without much editing, but now that I’m officially a junior (scary!) I figure I've earned some confidence in my

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  what a Muslim woman should be. Even in this day and age, being a Muslim ... ’s what I’ve always wanted. I really like that everyone is a nerd here. When ... ’s always in the back of my mind what people think about me. But I’ve never

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Week in the Life: Optimism Edition In which I have a particularly tough, enriching week.

  

  't win any art in the lottery. I decided I didn't know what I wanted out ... knowing me better than I knew myself, he convinced me that we should take a ... interests me. *sigh* A smile on my face. What am I trying to say here

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Balancing Life, School, and… More Life? Gotta start by taking advantage of Veteran's Day to... work... and, more importantly, BLOG!

  

  with a B-! And since freshman year is pass/no record, I was in paradise ... with friends, not just in the sorority (I really should go to more of ... flower. I am serious.) I also have a good friend in McCormick whom I work

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I ... yell "China China!" or when just a month ago, in Nanjing, some creepy ... ! It’s like a piece of lunch meat!” and I cried when I was 5 years old in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I'd encourage you to ... with a Bachelor's and Master's degree from MIT in Urban Studies & ... them, DrinkableYogurt). I need to give a shout out to two of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  spent three days charging down a line of reasoning before checking in with ... rediscovered a diary that I kept in first grade. My favorite entry reads ... I set to work." *Accompanied by a drawing of what I assume was meant

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012