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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  this reflects a general trend in my life, or is just a phase) so here ... . Thursday Nov 1: I learned from Alan Guth that “you don’t have to have a ... sitting in the kitchen at 6am, one hand writing an equation to show that the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  Star Market! And it feeds 5 people! Why would you ever eat in a dining ... Boyardee, while delicious and oh-so-inexpensive, can only get you so far. ... putting some Chef Boyardee in a pot for lunch. That's not to say that I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  ’m improving so much!! I can get almost every shot in the black area of a target ... Hi! So I disappeared for a bit last semester on the interwebs, but ... , dreams and struggles in the hopes that someone will benefit from my sharing

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  place you live in everyday, and even if you think you live in the smallest ... . I'm warning you now. With this in mind (the world, not parenthetical ... Hi, I'm Karen and like most other freshmen, I'm still working on my

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  time to prepare a list of questions either. So just in case you'd like to ... this evening, but just in case you didn't get a call from me specifically ... over IAP a couple times, so just in case you missed it, here's an update

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for almost a year. Today marks the beginning of a change we can believe in ... spirit. Why yes, it is my 19th birthday. How’d you know? While true, that

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Summer

  The 9-to-5 grind (or the 9-to-6:30 because that's when the free dinner is, and a girl's gotta eat)

  

  really just sit in front of a computer for 8 hours a day? Do you work on ... barista, en route to my desk. 9:20am, Nice Window Desk (no cubicles in ... pass, in order for you to begin to submit your version. At school, if my

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • September 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Still Going… haha... yeah. It's not over for all of us.

  

  from you and the due date was last Friday. You can have an extension ... 'm miserable in the morning from allergies. If you live in the northeast and you ... in over a month. Just a lot of loose ends to tie up, you know? I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  various excuses and instead try to make it up to you. I'm sitting at home in ... below, about admissions or anything else really. You can also consider it ... realized that I was in the lower half of the distribution of blogs by various

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... project in case you couldn't come to CPW and see it for yourself), but I ... . As you can see, I spent some quality time exploiting the kid for my own

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Advice

  climbing the wall why so defeatist?

  

  There are a lot of phrases in the english language that can be used ... tired of my routine. "It's like you're deciding you can't climb these ... know you're going to attempt it regardless, there's no point in psyching

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • October 7, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in ... you should check in). Happy travels, and we can't wait to see you this ... ! Anonymous asked, "Hi, Mollie! How did you and Adam get matched up with your

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  , and perhaps we will see you again in the future. I am counting on all ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... one thing I hope you will keep in mind is that your college experience

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  -way presentation. In a two-way conversation, for example, you can ask "and how about ... nervous and awkward too. If you can smile and say hi and make a little small ... interview, make sure you can talk about: -- What your major activities were in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  , and in reality I should probably just: Which is not to say that I can ... ! Unfortunately, when you put in enough work to make a bomb calorimeter stop being a ... ’t want to be defined by how many things can go wrong in my life

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

  Things that are hard. Though not as hard as this.

  

  myself when I wake up in the morning because I can hardly believe that I ... Hence the not-having-written-anything-yet. So hi, my name’s Shannon ... Reformed Church (though I was technically born in Detroit, the not

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Science is Delicious! Zen and the art of hot chocolate

  

  Beckler '09, Victoria Vega '13, and Paul Weaver '12 So hang in there, sit ... Just a few hours to go, and I know you're feeling the stress. We're feeling it too, believe it or not. I have to tell you that the selection

  • by Dave McOwen
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  now i can rank in fun order![/caption] Figure out how many units you ... " /] Firehose is one of the most popular schedule planning tools at MIT. You can ... makes it really easy to explore. Do you need a course 2 class that counts

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Transfer Decisions Will Be Sent Today see title, more or less

  

  know that this process can be a complicated one. For those of you who ...  today, May 7, and you should receive it shortly thereafter, depending on the traffic in the tubes. Our transfer admissions process was quite competitive

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2014
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  to stare at the Great Dome, still in disbelief that you’re actually ... tell you a few that made me fall in love with the program, and with MIT ... campus more times than I can count. We “accidently” ended up at Brothers

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025