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• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  and wouldn’t get into, and in the end I ended up exactly where I was ... , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  Hi everyone. I'm writing this entry from NYC, where I have Internet access at the office but not in my apartment. It's been rough, as you can ... is done here is litigation-based and strictly confidential, I can

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  that I would, in fact, be attending their school in the fall, I thought I ... and toasty back home in Oregon. I remember my first night walking back ... the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 2 just another excuse for me to talk about how much i love music tracking software

  

  his neighbor can recognize it in the first few bars of the song), and i ... year, and i've loved them ever since. in october, they came to boston on ... remind me of my SO :) slow dance - slow, cute songs that i can whip out if

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 26, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hooked on a Feeling High on believing everyone's in love with me.

  

  conducting work equally in both languages. So, now I can say high ... , after paying, which actually is way easier in Germany, I went downstairs ... word in German for "the Pope" is "Papst" and I kept thinking he was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  class. In fact I'm in an Athena cluster right now, supposed to be working ... which eventually does research in a UROP, but surprise surprise. I won ... heat into heating for surrounding buildings. Yay! Where was I? Oh

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  -quite-ready-for-piracy boat.... ...where we promptly set up camp (so prompt, in fact, that ... flying into our eyes and nearly killing us, and also I fell asleep in the ... DID YOU KNOW? Sufjan Stevens' brother Marzuki finished 20th in the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Sorting Hat of Sorts Where you live may be one of the most important parts of your time here…

  

  to pick a place you feel most connected to the people in. I can ... . I don't actually know much I can in conscience say about it. Near the ... being at school I've lived in many different parts of the housing system

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  More than a month ago, I stepped drowsily off a Southwest Airlines ... . After what seemed like forever, I arrived on the MIT campus, duly deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  !"]when I was 14.[/annotation] I can stretch my arms wide in the bed and roll ... accent wall in a deep, dark red—colors I chose as a fledgling teenager ... shared a room with my sister in the Bronx, or the room I had but was often

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... each one was, I can only offer you this news, which has me excited beyond ... It's been hectic for past few days; I had my first German vocabulary

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  On Reconnecting spending winter break in India

  

  My parents were born under kerosene lamps. In a place where monkeys ... alarm clock. A place where kites adorned the sky, glistening in the ... every way possible, every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 13, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  summer scraps life updates

  

  where i am The downstairs door is open; I can feel it because ... to the liquor store across the street. I'm in Greenwich Village. I ... 's the title of the first chapter. That's how I feel right now. where i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 30, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

  

  Note: This entry is the second part of my blog last week, in which I ... -looking poster!   I’ve been fortunate in my life because I was never aware ... once I got to MIT, where women make up about half of the undergraduate

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • July 20, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  MIT-ish on being MIT enough

  

  MIT, and whether or not I made the right decision in coming to this ... ." I've found solace in my writing classes and creative outlets: writing ... 'm reminded of why I'm at this school in the first place. Being an MIT student

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  , especially in a world where leadership, interpersonal, and management skills ... group processes…The description for a good leader can go on and on, but in ... Activities, etc in which students can become involved. http

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  6.0001 is Done I learned a bit (or should I say 8-bit)

  

  feel like I grew a lot in a few weeks. I came into MIT with a basic ... existing in this spot. Sometimes, I got to help others. Sometimes, I got help. Both helped me grow. I also got to hone in on some stylistic choices that

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  a spare pair of underwear packed discreetly in my back pocket, I ... can do anything I want and she is powerless to stop me, I still think ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  , have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in ... pace. Your thoughts on Alaska are welcomed. - I actually was in Alaska ... neck muslces later I was boarding a plane to Seattle in a neck brace. I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  On Friendship how my beliefs have changed over the years

  

  reasonable amount of energy where I can reflect on my stance on friendships ... , but in reality, I was going to struggle where ever I went. And in the ... extracurriculars or the people who sat next to me in class. I was the proud introvert

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 2, 2019