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• Blog / MIT Life

  OCTOBERRR NOVEMBERRR will NOT be my next entry, promise.

  

  seasons can be in New England. This is nothing short of a Monet, and it ... QUOTE: "MIT is a very good place; I'm not trying to put it down. I was just in love with it. It has developed for itself a spirit, so that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 31, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  for a class of about 1,130 students this year. Based on our estimates of ... uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the waitlist ranked? No ... waitlist, everything will still turn out well for you in the end. Who do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  -re-re-re-re-rewriting, but I had a weird conversation with my friend in which they mentioned ... that I go here. Not even in a "I belong here!" sense, but that I am a) no ... drinking a lot of caffeine. I'm majoring in course 20 (bioengineering) 89

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  present to my kindergarten teacher, who graciously accepted them with a ... ="1022"] i have no idea why my face is so distressed in this picture but ... up in science. They tell me that they're equally surprised I attend a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  FAQ: Waitlist If you have questions about being on the waitlist, read this first.

  

  aiming for a class of about 1130 students this year. Based on our estimates ... with the uncertainties, we also keep a waitlist of students. Is the ... admitted from the waitlist? First: there is a link to the waitlist

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... instrumental backups.  like in Pitch Perfect!) Anyways, as you may know, a

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  drove in sacramento? tracy, where i grew up, is known as a cow town. a ... was in china and in my time zone. “the language barrier is so painful bc ... , who, as an applicant, was a frequent commenter on the blogs; was

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  made admissions enforce their censorship-free stance many a time in an ... into this school (marching band, speech team, building things in my free ... that gives teams of 20 a semester to design and build some product, in my

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  six MIT students walk into a german bar iap '26 #2

  

  tandem with the [annotation note="In Germany, Chemistry Education is a ... historic old town, which I did not capture enough in photos, but is a ... students can take part in a variety of opportunities or take a much

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 16, 2026
• Blog / Academics & Research

  work thoughts on productivity and a post-mortem of my spring semester

  

  had a problem.   In my head, work is an escape. Working is how I ... this, which is a step in the right direction.   There’s the end of ... wrote about.    In moderation, this is probably a good trait

  • by Alice L. '24
  • July 5, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  “Magic.” Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children who have a parent who has died from cancer, is currently in treatment for ... , doing arts and crafts, swimming in a lake- summer camp gives kids an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  is based on Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir (subtitled A Family ... , grad students, and curious listeners who dropped in every once-in-a ... to take advantage of the fact that New York is a cheap bus ride away

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  like the professionals do on how to spend a summer in Boston. Now first ... list of things to do is by no means expansive and there are probably a ... Some things that are great about a Boston summer are the Friday Free

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  It’s Nice to Meet You Finding my confidence through inline skating.

  

  skates in Indonesia. Thundrblade, a Kyoto based startup, is launching ... realized that the responsibility of a teacher is about guiding those who can ... When I introduce myself in new groups, a lot of times I bring that up

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • March 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why the title of this post is really important I got to present my UROP work looking at the titles of graphs at the…

  

  Vanderbilt, a biologist who investigates the fascinating habits of some of the ... looking and play a large part in determining how memorable a visualization ... effectively bias how people interpret the data contained in a graph. We wanted

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • May 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  is a wedding dress partially made of books—both ideas associated in my ... body suit is made from a trash bag covered in ducktape which was then ... current MIT students at the annual Trashion Show. The MIT Trashion Show is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I never want to finish my P.E. requirement MIT PE might be the best thing that's happened in my whole (short) athletic history

  

  “beginner” class as Kevin! Who is NOT a beginner ice skater, and who has been ... the class, I had barely stepped foot in a proper gym. To me, the ... was to learn how to work out in a gym without breaking any fancy

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 16, 2015
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  I'm the type of person who never wins the lottery. Were this a ... turns out that, much like a gourmet pretzel, life is full of twists. On ... probably ended with about a bajillion thank-yous in a row. Recipients

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  people from MIT here to take me in a van to campus?” Luckily, I eventually ... could now see my breath in the air. Still, I was in a state of confusion ... in what appeared to be a maze, I saw the dome, and I had a moment of

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  , is that a snapchat screenshot? who uses snapchat these days? alan: and ... , like you do in your normal posts? alan: if this is how cj wants to ... : … cj: this is my blog post. i'm the interviewer. i'm the one in charge

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021