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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  . This is the end of a sad saga that began before I or any of my classmates ... problems - I really like being a tour guide - but I've been in a somber mood ... produced damaging outcomes. In person and in print, I have received a wide

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office. So in case you didn't know, I should probably tell you that Ben is ... (check for yourself here); so instead of taking a lunch break, I just

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  . I didn't know what to expect going in to it, knowing literally not one ... summer resident hadn't moved out of room yet, so I was placed in a room down the hall, in a double alone (a "dingle", as I've heard people call

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  the answer is that you certainly may. You should check in with your ... , you should know that at MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action, and I'd guess that number will be in that neighborhood again

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / MISTI

  Africans@MIT: The Accra Experiment This week in the series: a Ghanaian research initiative by a dedicated MIT senior

  

  a personal anxiety: “I felt I should start something now so I can go ... the value in this. “I am a firm believer in the quote, ‘as the twig is ... there. “I’ll be Skyping in,” he assured me. Going forward, there’s still a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  (Q & A)^(n+1)

  

  It's a beautiful day here in northern Virginia, where I'm celebrating ... taking classes for credit at a local university? What should they do about ... , "What is the deadline for SAT scores to be sent in?" Please designate your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 31, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  the 8.01 Pset, almost feeling a little nauseous. I never know what to ... . I sit down for the first time in what feels like an eternity and turn ... you go to college. I’ve changed a ton since I left for MIT. I should

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the luxury of bad art nothing but the truth

  

  novel—but I wanted to capture what I was feeling in that moment before it ... album[/caption] Her music reminded me of what I’ve tried to do for a ... among dark churning waves. In tenth grade, I entered a writing contest

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 11, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Wouldn’t it be Nice? ...actually, I'm kind of glad that I'm not older.

  

  learned from a poster in my high school library when I was 13 years old ... language before you go somewhere, and the next time I see somebody wearing a ... have to go home early too." I don't really see how that is a problem

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  I've got about an hour before I'm forced off these blogs temporarily so I thought I'd squeeze in one last entry before decisions came out ... that's the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, then I have a nice

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  for the admissions office (before you ask what I do, remember what you ... MIT. In fact, I've set up a doodle. Don't worry about the numbers of the ... 're considering MIT then you should come visit. I realize that depending on where

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work VII The triumphant conclusion! Plus, the CIA is watching me.

  

  any moisture gets into them. Anyway, he gave what I assume was a ... committee. I really like Professor Deutch's resume--he has a BA in economics ... -Conner. I have the feeling regulations might be a little more strict in other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Events

  science bowl we ran! a competition! virtually!

  

  (I was more of a math person at that point), dragged in my physics ... time in years to see what I wrote, and wow I still love science bowl just ... . That shift in mentality is honestly what has kept me sane in being a

  • by Phi A. '21
  • November 16, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  (Guest Post) how can it be home when it’s not finding a sense of belonging away from home

  

  did in the fall.  i went back to read a journal entry i wrote back in ... weeks. before coming here, when someone would ask if i’d miss home, i wouldn’t think twice before saying no. i couldn’t be seen as weak, or i

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • March 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  the interviewer will evaluate you in the process and what role the interview plays in selection so while I’d planned to start at the very beginning—a very good place to start, I think I’ll have to start in the middle

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  What I made in my documentary class three videos and many, many lessons

  

  visit Ethiopia for about a month, so I couldn’t record her before the ... Black women graduated from MIT in 2022. I spend a lot of my time ... a point of view on an issue; etc. I didn’t know what I wanted to do my

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  ! I'm scared to sit in this house just because I know what's been in ... back. Now I'm sitting in my room, typing, getting to read a little bit ... . I only have a half hour left of battery so this can't really be the

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  avatar a weird metaphor for careers

  

  making decisions like what job to work at after college. i think we’d be in ... wants to help others, and what i really want is a way of satisfying both ... over spring break i met a grad student. we were talking about why

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  A couple weeks ago someone asked what I did to pass the time while I ... . (Direct quote from a friend last year - "I had a dream that I got into ... about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Goal Setting a learning process

  

  summer, I've kept my summer goals in a markdown file in a Github repo. This ... . Oops. Self-study Here's a category in which I learned my lesson in ... to commute as a huge time saver in my day, though; honestly, I'm sort

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • September 4, 2020