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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  -famous Boston song I'm Shipping Up to Boston that I actually heard for the first ... . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in an apartment, only to find that they're all related at the end to a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  former Bakerite, ought to know - the Drop was first conceived of in 1972 by ... headed over to Baker House to witness my very first Piano Drop ... awesome as blogging is, sometimes academics comes first - specifically, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify ... The college admissions process is often compared to dating. It's a ... ...all in hopes that they'll apply to our school. We wait in anticipation to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  write, you should know what you are attempting to communicate.  First ... .   Conversation #2 (assuming there is an answer to my first question) Me: Does the ... -written applications) to a largely digital one (with applications and supporting

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  : pretty to look at and nice to listen to (the tagline says it all), 5 out of 5 stars! The whole shebang: I had originally intended to write this ... from the door. So many people were waiting to gain entrance to the museum

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Overall, a good first day on the road. Woke up early, packed for the first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before, otherwise one is bound to forget things when one is rushing to get out the

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Retrospective Wait, what? I'm done with my first year?

  

  before our first midterm (photo credit to Carin '13): "The midterm will ... Society): It was with deep sadness that I bid farewell to first semester ... for this day to come, for this year to end. But now, a large part of me

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 25, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Acting, Writing, and Roleplaying: A Match Made in Heaven [by Susan Shepherd '11] Guild members have infiltrated the KGB, made first contact with aliens,…

  

  a player, your first instincts are probably to a) run, b) find a safe ... , learning how to fit everything together or actually writing their first game ... in order to create something fun and new. For example, painting skills

  • by ARTalk
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Events

  17 Days "Hey baby, I motion for an one-on-one unmoderated caucus!"

  

  correction!) I took Sailing the first quarter and learned how to set up and ... and best wishes! :) On November 7, I received an email. To be honest, I ... request] Kudos to you and your eagle-eyed observation skills! Indeed, I was

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  My first week at MIT was absolutely INCREDIBLE!!  There was an ... at MIT a week early to participate in FUP, or the MIT Freshman Urban ... various community service events, while also allowing us to do all these

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Where Have I Been? Oh, what a bad blogger I have been.

  

  Oh, what a bad blogger I have been. I was lamenting to Matt last week that I haven't had a chance to think up any good entries - sorry guys. Hope to fix that soon! So what have I been doing... First, a variety of

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Zambia Ate My Neighbors We only get 20 minutes on the internet every night and I spend 15 of…

  

  Yesterday was my team's first full day in Zambia, and what a day it was! We took a minibus from where we're staying to downtown Lusaka ... ,000 Kwache each, which comes out to roughly $3.75). It was incredibly sunny

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  'll answer the second question, first. For upperclassmen, they chose their ... semester. Then on registration day, you meet with your advisor to make any ... you get here, you register for your first term classes during

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.

  

  while I'm thinking of it, that brings us to... FIRST ANNUAL TURKEY VS ... DID YOU KNOW? The new wave-y pop song "I Should Be Allowed To Think ... from this year's integration bee at MIT. But first, a little bit about

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Red Sox game (first pitch: 11:05am). The idea is to have the crowd from ... ; Questions Omnibus soon) while at the same time, beginng to work with -- gasp ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT is just another place An article from The Tech - MIT's school newspaper

  

  order to be happy. If not, why did you come to MIT in the first place? MIT ... !) - published a letter to the editor from Folkers E. Rojas on February 28th that I ... Folkers' paragraph that begins "I started to paint again." Without further

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 29, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  awesome events and have had a chance to collapse and sleep for the first ... Wait wait! Stop! Hold the presses! I have one more thing to add to ... printed and are sitting in boxes waiting to be distributed to YOU when you

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus, Part Two Interior photos of vacant East Campus dormitory rooms. (Photos of occupied/"lived-in" rooms are to come.)

  

  First of all, a big thank you to everyone who replied to my request ... -depth entries about projects as I decide what exactly to write about! In this ... to show the typical setup, furniture, and layout of a mix of rooms

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 18, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  back to all of the things I had done leading up to the first application ... comes to Decisions, both yours and… y’know… not yours. See with this notion, to recap from my other post, comes the idea that you are who you

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  for the first time four years later to see Lucy Lawless in Grease. I ... You know, a while ago, Mitra did an entry on how to write a winning MIT application essay. I figure it's getting to be around crunch time

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005