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• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  organizations where I fit in and can talk about my interests with like ... weird. I liked it a lot because it stood out in its rejection of the ... in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period of time and blog. I promise I have a good reason though! Most people at ... due. I've honestly felt like I've had a "Hell month." But don't worry, I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  plant, I am learning that the search for balance is ultimately a function ... triumph of nature. For just a few months, the landscape alters dramatically ... essays my neighbor gave me as a graduation present. I went on long morning

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The most beautiful class schedule yes. good

  

  last semester, and I think I’ve learned a solid amount from that ... ? Last semester it was “no” for me, but this semester it’s “yes, I am totally positive.” When I registered for classes in the fall (last) semester

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • February 3, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  week and a half recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. I just had my stitches out this afternoon -- *VERY GLAD* to be done! I'll be moving into a ... can see a bit of the East Campus interior. I'll also be starting some

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  well, well look who's inside again

  

  position. I am just a small blogger for some random school. I am no Elliot ... kid, I moderated for a Minecraft server and was the youngest moderator ... cw: suicide ment in lyrics if you'd had told me a year ago that i

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 11, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  one with nothing making peace with unproductivity

  

  's bad, if i don't program something for a while then that's bad. five ... 've been having comes from "but aren't i in school to learn? to prepare for ... more than i will on the things i've learned for 6.854. one. there is a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 5, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fonts of MIT a typographical tour

  

  ="83921" /] Here's a sign for Swapfest. From April to October, hundreds of Swapfest ... 't work, you can try using a Font ID service. I've had the most success with ... typography jargon! A letter's terminal is where its stroke ends

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 2, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear Prospective 2020s Passing on advice that good people have given me

  

  . Lastly, here's a video my friends and I made last year for all MIT ... compiling a list of distractions for the final stretch. Distractions are great – I use them often to reroute my train of thought away from worry or

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

  The Blogs Turn 10: Looking Back, Looking Ahead data and narrative, past and present

  

  quantitatively and computationally. Put simply: I scraped a lot of data from the ... (or maybe ever). But I have come to the conclusion that, for a variety ... asking a bunch of former bloggers to come back and blog for us. In case you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Burton Jew Thanksgiving Because I'm game for any excuse to eat stuffing.

  

  such. I am not Jewish. I’m from the Midwest- I had a Jewish neighbor ... that I’d be living with Kosher keeping people, much less on a floor with a lot of them. I didn’t even know what being Kosher entailed besides

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hello, Ma Sheng Li Gong A journey of four years begins with a single blog.

  

  MIT. The MIT." Sounds silly, but if you know where I'm coming from, you ... I managed to stay off it for a month!) and 2) I like giving advice in ... - because you will surely hear a lot from me about iHouse in the entries to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  "structure follows function". This is a good axiom for biologists, but it ... cultures. You see, I have this theory that for MIT dorms, function follows ... . "weird"? Except for Simmons, which is across the athletic field from the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  ’s see if I can answer some of the most common questions we get every year. For Deferred Students I was deferred. I will never get in RA, right ... officially a member of the RA pool. Should I send in extra materials? You

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  reading it was that i value relationships as a space in which you can ... ’ve tried to do this for, the more obvious it’s become to me that i can ... out a specific kind of love that they’re not ready for yet. i generally

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  king of boston -> king of the world? the only good fight there is

  

  when I was here over the summer for [annotation note="Interphase is a two ... ,” I tell a friend as we make our way through the night. For some reason ... "]IAP[/annotation]. When I preregister for classes, all I can think about are my friends who

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to keep Steve Jobs busy for a weekend -- today, Apple and Nike announced a Nike+iPod Sport Kit partnership. This part doesn't make a ton ... on a Likert scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is least awesome and 5 is most

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  predicted and accepted that I would miss my family miserably for a month or so ... refreshing change from the familiar highways of L.A. I’m enjoying the ... personally. That’s why I’m glad to have the opportunity to head home for a few

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring! What I did (and didn't) do over IAP...and plans for my last semester!

  

  ’s accent. Where is she supposed to be from? She sounds like she’s trying for ... on a British lit kick lately so I’m particularly excited for this one ... I’ve never really understood the appeal of beach vacations. I spend a

  • by Alina G. '11
  • January 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introduction to D-Lab Saving the world - just one of the many things you can do at MIT.

  

  - for an entire week. Recently, I discovered that a good friend from ... isn't exactly something MIT is world-renowned for. Yet. But there's a ... can be taken individually or as a series, and some students even elect

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 15, 2008