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• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting for Decision Day In which I give a pep talk of sorts (with a little help from my…

  

  you aren't in a place where you can watch the video with sound. I didn ... luck! Hi guys, Early action decisions are out in less than a week. And ... ’s no chance of getting in when secretly your heart/brain/stomach is

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 7, 2014
• Blog / Blog Projects

  All the Bloggers’ Personalities! A post about personality tests, part 2!

  

  eastern zodiac, a series of animals based on the year of birth in the lunar ... (n embarrassingly long) while ago, I wrote a post about personality tests, in ... test in a different mood”, which to me highlights a key flaw in any kind

  • by Selam G. '18
  • January 12, 2018
• Blog / Events

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  -height octagonal prism that is soon to be a waterfall of wooden blocks. Meanwhile in ... . Following 2011’s attempt at a railroad permit, this is the second year of the ... gel thickening agent. I’ve been at MIT for a while: this is my sixth

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Leaving How I ended up taking medical leave as a sophomore

  

  of mine who lives in Boston is a social worker, and my parents got in ... is what happened to me: I started out as the girl who got a reasonable ... whole is now engaged in a dialogue about mental health and wellness more

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  that make it pretty homey. Every Wednesday there is a street festival in ... elusive. I work in a lab in the Soroka Medical Center, which is across the ... research science is done in a very different society. The only thing that

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  meet back in 5 years. I propose a semi-joking plan to export organic rice to China (“guys, I’m telling you, I have a relative in this business ... . He is also Course 2A in Mechanical Engineering, so we were both in the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  tyrannosaurus REX the prefrosh are coming, the prefrosh are coming!

  

  , everyone is assigned a dorm based on their personal preference ranking, but ... Right now campus is quiet. A lone grad student moves slowly across ... . Little does she know that soon a swarm will descend upon this campus. In

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 20, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.

  

  sounds like: living in a van, which is gutted and re-modeled on the inside ... ’t follow me. In Rome, there is a running path along the Tiber river that ... where you think of yourself in a movie. Or, y’know, a blog. I know a lot

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  MIT and Black Greek Letter Organizations An Interview

  

  Black woman who grew up in a predominantly white town with no sisters and ... get to know members on a personal level. In the end, the people who know ... there is a D9 presence at MIT and show the many benefits of joining one

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 13, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  major takeaways: from every semester of mit

  

  started thinking a lot about choice in this context. Who am I spending my ... : there is no such thing as magic This is a sentiment expressed in both my ... tend to do a lot more thinking. The weather is colder, usually snowy (it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 28, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thoughts for the New Year A semester's worth of thoughts, tbh

  

  very near by who is extremely good at it and will, in the vast majority ... -digit weather in just a sweatshirt and a hat is probably not the best idea ... standing in. Sidequest 2: Get my Pirate Certificate. Technically, this is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 31, 2017
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  50 Things Advice for the class of 2010.

  

  who is now my son's godfather) at least once a month ever since ... who have come to college in a long-distance relationship with someone ... home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes. In college

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 23, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  Christianity at MIT An intro to Cru!

  

  community. Anyone who is interested in the topic or has questions can come ... community.   What IS Cru? Cru is a caring community of individuals ... ="101923" /] In the fall we also went to a retreat with these students to New

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  about the difficulty in selecting the students who will ultimately be ... of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom ... I need to know typically comes together in a nice, tidy package. For

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Praise Of Holistic Admissions not an admissions machine

  

  is to constitute a class of sufficiently prepared individuals who have ... role as a socializing institution. College is a place where you meet all ... didn't mean that it's a place to idly chat with people (although it is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Change A few lessons I have learned

  

  ironed blue slacks, and a brown belt tucking in a semi-buttoned pink and ... in tone as I approached the cash register. His moving from a soft and ... shift in tone, this "code switching" as you will be told, as a regional

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 31, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Two hundred puzzles, fifty people later ✈✈✈ (pronounced whoosh) ✈✈✈ (pronounced nyeowww)

  

  in rapid succession. Everyone involved in running it is a volunteer ... , which will be marked. Titling these posts is beginning to be a challenge ... 't have fifty people; the number's closer to 65. But this is a series, and I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 22, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  my last undergraduate monday and everything i did!

  

  yesterday evening, and there is a lively discussion in the chat about what ... of bed in 20 minutes is unfortunately pretty good for me these days ... 's supposed to start getting actually warm in a few days, which I hope comes

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  "]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided ... take a break from the constant movement of recruitment travel and sit in ... the local sights. So here is a sample of my adventures with Flat Tim

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I Really Just Cannot Write Anymore of My Thesis I wish I can bang out essays like blog entries.

  

  ever taken at MIT (the second lowest comes in at 54, which is four and a ... there are so many of you young 'uns coming in. This place is a magical ... where I will ultimately end up for med school (that comes in a few weeks

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 23, 2011