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• Blog / Personal Travel

  i rode a train across america it took eighty-five hours

  

  opted for a coach seat—so I’ll be sleeping upright for the next three days ... train track maintenance, I’ll be sitting on a bus for a stretch of my ... peace, comrade. Our bus was scheduled to leave at 12:50 p.m.; we don

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  in honor of tau the superior circle constant

  

  ’s The Tau Manifesto. I encourage you to read it for a deeper, more ... apologize for my terrible handwriting[/caption] But should we use a diameter for our circle constant? After all, most geometry classes introduce

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 20, 2021
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  153 minutes before the deadline to sign up for the Simmons Retreat, I ... the leaves red and orange and gold and yellow. Don’t be silly, I laughed ... the cabin and its airy rooms and dog beds, and then we dispersed to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert This year's concert: Jason Derülo and Janelle Monáe.

  

  Janelle Monae. Over the years, many awesome bands have played MIT's Spring ... : Nirvana Played MIT. Perhaps MIT's most (in)famous party is Steer Roast. Each spring for nearly half a century, the residents of MIT's Senior Haus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waiting always waiting

  

  waiting for a million things all the time, whether it's for undergraduate ... decisions, to get an email back about a potential UROP, waiting for something ... to take an exam tonight at 7:30 pm, but I'm also waiting to go home for

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  For the fifth consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... around during the waitlist period; you will lose your deposit at the other ... offer) or decline it. We will be maintaining the waitlist for another few

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider taking a year before entering college.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... -year) deferral from starting at MIT, it is super easy to do so. On your online

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  taking a gap year. My hope is that you will at least consider, just for a moment, taking a gap year (read on for details). If you are a member of the ... online reply form on your MyMIT portal, just choose I will enroll at MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  glassblowing & me a series of memories

  

  that although I haven't done a lot of glassblowing, it's played a ... -250 for an hour with 250 other very hopeful people, and feel like the ... is going online and we have a week to leave. It feels like

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  choosing where to go for my younger brother

  

  sandy mountain ledge, a lesbian with hot dogs for fingers.  My younger ... becomes a kung fu master, living a glamorous life replete with red ... ago, Kyler came to Cambridge for Visitas, Harvard’s visiting weekend for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 1, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  So they say that the best part of MIT is the people. Is this true ... the best parts of MIT is the tiny furry people walking around on the ... extremely docile and friendly (or according to Wikipedia, “dog-like”) and is

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  insanity tldr some of my habits make no sense

  

  facebook messenger and look for people who were online and start ... was ever mine. for example, a rather common one is i will only say ... productivity. and this assumption was consistent with many of my values - for

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Why does my kid have to move again?”

  

  student(s) is (are) responsible for the conduct of her/his guests including ... responsible for their own conduct as well as the conduct of their guests ... applied for improvement for my 12th this year).i am an NTSE scholar.since i

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 2, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  A Run through Boston Having an adventure was easy. Carrying the camera around was the hard part.

  

  Exam” on Friday morning, my challenger played the familiar “Long, Hideous ... the graders and probably (hopefully) ended up getting LOL points for my ... MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department. They gave me this bag for

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 4, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  Communications —  filed an [annotation note='For those less familiar with American litigation practices, an amicus brief —  from the Latin for friend, also known ... Fisher v. University of Texas back in 2015 (brief).']amicus brief

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  making a deposit). There won't be further news on the wait list until mid ... questions about the wait list, refer to this post for some helpful tips and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slam Dunked Long crazy week...a few necessary lessons

  

  on my calculus p-set, but on a whim, I checked my online gradebook for ... receive grades for the regular classes I was missing, and needed to make up for them in what little free time I had. It was my most stressful high

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  find my way to the second floor.   5:50 PM: I only stay for twenty ... to share this play-by-play to make a point: This was a good day for me ... . I tell him I’ll go after I work on it alone for awhile. I’m exhausted

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  did fine more or less…We even flew to Texas for a spring break ... time for rehearsals. Yay adventure!) I love playing with sMITe, the women ... Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  ambition finding direction

  

  are many other ambitions - for instance, to be the best possible ... more about doing specific kinds of good for the world than doing the most ... be god, formless light fed through wire? All I pray for in the next

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 10, 2022