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• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  a hard day in the dust and sun (August) or mud and rain (November) or ... sleep soundly the night before a race, knowing you will always be in style

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  third week or so, which would make that test the “midterm”. I don’t like ... as a harmless sounding “Exam 1”. I also don’t like how I borderline ... questions are straight from a textbook or test only one concept; everything is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  industry, I'm not the smartest in my class or major, and I haven't done ... probably for the better because Jess won $1,000 and probably would have ... with awesome and will continue to do so on into the future. So, that

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Replay… Who says you can't go home again? Or at least go back to school...

  

  for a few hours or days. I also became an Educational Counselor and ... the rink will open soon and I want to be ready. Fortunately, once again ... years is over, I don’t have to graduate or land my dream job…because I

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  ): Rule 1: You are playing The Game. Rule 2: Whenever you think about The ... released March 15, March 22, or any other date, you can rest assured that Ben ... embrace and dedicate yourself to whatever options life throws your way will

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  spoiler, think again. I've been given permission by admissions to deny or revoke your admission or diploma (jk) The t-shirt I was planning on ... Hallows, I will punch you in the face. I'm not kidding." Photos from

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Google Maps is NOT the best. But everything else seems to be right.

  

  , but I'll leave you with a few thoughts of my migration southward. 1 ... train for the 15-or-so passengers making the connection. So, I guess I ... , ESPN, or 30-Minute Meals with Rachael Ray. So maybe that's not entirely

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  Sometimes" is at 1 p.m. followed by a Q&A with director Eric Byler and ... film is "Take Out," at 10 p.m. Call 617-225-8630 or visit www ... posters. But I'm sure It will be a big success regardless. Current music

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  Beginning this coming Sunday, April 26th, MIT will be going on the ... : brownmityale.org These meetings will be a great opportunity for high school ... . Each school will talk a little about what makes it unique, and will also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collective Apprehension Seems like my last entry freaked everyone out. No worries guys! You can do it!…

  

  of- Mike Borohovski (or Borski), who comments around here all the time ... missing that Oregon Trail thing, as if I asked him to his own semiformal or ... to comments: Michael Borohovski said A few points: 1) The reason every

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  admin to explain the unconventional project. Karyn first reached out to ... put together scaffolding or how to suspend 80 pound tanks, whether she ... response to the performance, and many wouldn't find it to be palatable or

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  response because I was subsequently asked to rate the pie on a scale of 1 to ... with it Why does anyone care what I think of this pie The 1 to 10 ... simply said “I don’t use the 1 to 10 scale.”  Which elicited another

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Leaf in Face I got hit in the face the other day. By a leaf.

  

  early, you can check out Matt's earlier post on the subject, or ask him ... here, you WILL be among nationally recognized mathletes, and it'll be ... will get you into MIT - otherwise why would we need a thousand freshmen

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  Guten Tag from Deutschland! I’m writing this from my dorm room at the University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... ’ll be using infrared data to learn how the Milky Way formed. But before I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Wonder what an Amtrak station in the middle o’nowhere looks like? Pulling an Anthony on you: pictures of train stations, followed by my IAP so far.

  

  't being spent taking a minicourse, going to a country in Africa, or becoming ... , University of Michigan, Duke, the Naval Academy, or UF, we still had what we ... "WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!shiftone1!". 41-14. Enough said. The bulk of my time

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 17, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  some grad school in the UK. Or I would've told you about living life as an engineer or veterinarian in London in my apartment for 1 and some ... second of my time seemingly is spent thinking of what will be and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.   ... . I cried a lot, often in my room or empty classrooms on campus, with ... CS major was. I think it would've taken me much longer to reach that

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I moved to Maine just a wisconsin girl in an east coast world

  

  decision: Go home to be with my family, or bug out with some friends who ... . Makes sense, global pandemic is a bleak thing my dudes. Don’t get me wrong ... to happen today because classes start on Monday which is, believe it or

  • by Powers '23
  • March 29, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  activity list, list of honors and awards, self-reported coursework form, or ... , <1%] discrete math [discreet math, 1%] dual enrollment [duel enrollment, 1%] varsity [varisty, 1%] sophomore [sophmore, 8%] I hope this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  , these 1.5 hour exams are pretty much 100% of your grade in the class ... revelations about MIT during my time here that I thought I'd share. 1. MIT ... or two where professors or teaching assistants are available to help

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014