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• Blog / Challenges

  when apocalypse strikes… on being preemptively torn from my home, living group, and nearly everything i love at…

  

  panic about our living situations for the next few months. My perspective ... could change our lives. It’s crazy how quickly people can come together once shit hits the fan. As soon as the email came out, all our internal

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now ... south as San Diego all the while attempting to hit as many points in ... suggestions for me? A: I know that the application process can be really nerve

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  AHHH CPW!! Goal: Do ALL the things!

  

  . We build things and destroy things and search for free food. - Don ... world gather for the first time together in one spot to go up to random upperclassmen and say "I am prefrosh" and then get blasted with free food, swag

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Putting The Pieces Together: Hacking at MakeMIT in which four biological engineers spend 16 straight hours making something

  

  of free food motivate you to put your head down and stick it out for ... the world of “making” by signing up for MakeMIT, even though they had no ... create to their hearts’ content for 16 straight hours. Hosted in the

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • March 12, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  mantra for me. Don’t be fooled, accepting that all was well and would ... work, not enjoying the city. So that weekend I Ubered to old Hyderabad ... up with. I bought my tickets and headed toward the entrance to wait for

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  . To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all ... . I’d like to think that I’ve finally nailed it. So for those of you that are winter-naive (like myself), there’s hope. And for those of you

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  for them and the less snow, the more they can deny winter exists. For me ... probably my favorite season. I'm just not built for the beaches and heat. Sunburns suck, sand doesn't do it for me, and the heat is just tougher for me

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  applications (and a few months for many others), and I know right now you may be ... what reading applications looks like for them!   Yi, Fearless ... One who Actually Hits the "Release Decisions" Button What're you

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  So who is this Laura person, anyway? Hello and welcome to the single coolest blog on the entire admissions website. My name…

  

  the amusement park next door for free, get to stay outside all day and ... -know-what. Of course there are some crowded cities and sketchy beaches, but a good ... . I love all kinds of sports and will be playing for MIT's field hockey

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Term 2006! Spring Term Oh Six starts today (music video included).

  

  1. Buzz. 2. Hit snooze button. 3. Buzz Buzz. 4. Hit snooze button, again. 5. Buzz Buzz Buzz. 6. Hit snooze button, again. 7. Buzz Buzz Buzz Buzz. 8. Roommate hits you before you can hit the snooze button. Maybe

  • by Bryan
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  generally friendly. The city as a whole (as well as the Amazon campus) is very ... entire city also looks like it's being continuously remodeled, since there ... . Since I could probably talk for far too long about how great Seattle is

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  , continuing the storied evolution of Gifford City and its railroad, the "Tech ... explains an ingenious use of Simpson's Rule for locating specific trains ... property near City Hall. Gifford City includes numerous neighborhoods and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After: A Collage living the MIT dream

  

  the other fifteen hours completely free for fun and (gasp) sleep is a ... interns for the summer, I was all like, “yay! I will not be the least ... , thanks for beating me senseless with unintuitive C optimization hacks and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 3, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  recieve a reply, is that because I sent it in so quickly?" Harlan '10, I am ... 's definition for a transfer student." Leo, it is not true that rejected MIT ... for why you admitted -- it's because you are awesome. Don't let any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  writing and faeries reflections on my classes at Harvard

  

  cities, and is the best way for many to commute to work or school. My peers ... worthwhile.   I took The Folklore of Gaelic Ireland for the fairies and ... workshops where it felt difficult to address flaws directly, for fear of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 3, 2023
• Blog / Events

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

  

  same city in the same house in Los Angeles for all of my 18 years. Life ... predicted and accepted that I would miss my family miserably for a month or so ... MIT had to offer. So I was totally unprepared for how it actually

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... do so immediately. It was honestly a privilege for me to meet these ... schools and high schools* in the Missouri City area and speak to young women

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / How to MIT

  New Beginnings Roses and Thorns

  

  his assistants take us out for (free) bobas, and sadly I couldn’t make ... my absence was hard, but the true impact of leaving hit while I was ... tea for that matter) is an absolute no for me, perhaps because I

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • September 16, 2018
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... ’ve been spending my summer writing essay after essay for twenty ... inappropriate for my med school applications. Three weeks ago, I wrote a no

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Dance at MIT!!! [Collab with Ben O. ’19] hip-hop? contemp? bhangra? lion dance? MIT's got it all

  

  only one semester and Ben’s done it for years. He obviously has been ... team performs at MIT events and at venues for the Boston Ukrainian ... ; Our Dance Journeys (Color-coded orange for Ankita and purple for Ben

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 30, 2020