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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  you. We will be spending our time in close proximity to the Charles ... you minimize the time spent in drenched clothes). Our in ... suggest that you complete these in groups (please make friends people). We

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  ,206 (and counting!) memories in her Notes app, is interested in science ... Summer has [annotation note="in academic calendar only. it is ... has some new baby bloggers, all very excited to write for you! After

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  ! * * * * * * * * * * * * * hey everyone! just wanted to pop in and say hi as decision day ... represents everyone at MIT. but maybe one more perspective can help you make a ... that there are things you can't do. people pick up new skills like

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  anticipated "Jesus: The Ride" to much fanfare: If you're interested in ... ), and then Thursday and Friday, I met up with an MIT alum in Texas who works as a director for a rather large freight railroad in the West. It

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  're interested in film-making, you might take a class in it. Later you might hear ... hanging out at LSC, you might hear about an upcoming play… In short ... ," and Leslie Fish's "Hope Eyrie" can all count as filk, depending on who

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  everyone says that you can buy anything in the convenience store, but how do ... dancing." Adam's line of reasoning is that once you're in a relationship, you have no need to hump somebody on the dance floor, because [fill in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  ="a nice MIT perk is that you can just email most professors and they ... relatively [annotation note="so far, i can count all of my semester's bad days ... spring up in response to your feet hitting the ground. You feel joy, pure

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  in your life when something happened but you can’t quite recall all of ... , as quickly as you can in bullet form. Then, you go back and write one ... character count: 25,664 Number of times the space bar was used in final drafts

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memoriam: Professor Silbey

  

  well, but in the semester that you taught one of my classes, I learned ... someday with the same amount of joy that you had in teaching us. Perhaps I ... Last Thursday, Bob Silbey, a professor in Course 5 (Chemistry) and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  upfront A. C. Newman is about his depression, and you can hear it in ... By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my ... Lights is great, so I picked Forget You. The other contender was Can

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  I’m more than twice as old as when I started my blog Rumors of my relevance are greatly exaggerated

  

  you can tuck in your shirt, look polished, and tell people what they ... with a 15-year run (and counting) in my chosen field, peeking behind the ... leave for college, almost all the days in your life that you’ll spend with

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  time to login to MyMIT and make sure everything is in! To recap, you may ... you, you may, in the short run, have your teacher or guidance counselor ... /ACT/TOEFL/etc information so that we can work on merging those records for you. Don't be

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When Econ Comes to Life This has nothing to do with econ, but you should watch it.

  

  During your first day at MIT, after you check in for Orientation ... up in her room. At last count (beginning of the year this year), I ... laureates and study their theories in the lab." Although at last count, there

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hilarity with Jeremy "Hi!" *awkward silence*

  

  is all guesses, all estimates - if you like we can put the squiggle ... silliness." "We'll put it in lightly. We'll put it in pink, if you like ... links. Be forewarned: just a black hole, these quotes will suck you in

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  by just rock/paper/scissors? Are there any dorms where you can live ... ! Michael Borohovski: Jess, you can choose your roommate AFTER rex if you ... with, you can staple your floor preferences together and you will be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about MIT or the college process, you are in the wrong post. SCRAM! This is an ... found a few nuggets of wisdom in my last post that will help you and your

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  ;Why College Rankings Are a Joke," the external proof that you can do ... numbers come in: this year's admit rate will be 13%. For every student ... again, I thank you and applaud you all. “In Praise of Holistic

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Day in the Life… [Biochemistry] Life as a biochemist at MIT and Cambridge

  

  difference is to give you a portrayal of what a typical day is like in both ... important! especially for whoever happens to sit behind you in lecture). Hang ... someone else's room, then you can keep each other company, keep each other

  • by Cambridge
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary

  

  Hogwarts a police state where you can’t be in the halls on a weekend in broad ... has a great atmosphere. You can imagine where a vampire might come in ... son’s, and you can feel the difference between them. His narration feels

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Getting Help @ MIT by Warren K. ’27

  

  the South. On campus you can find me creating stuff in one of MIT’s many ... . Something I wish someone would have told me from the start is: you can’t even ... A thank you to all the supportive faculty & staff at the ’Tute

  • by Jeremy W.
  • January 17, 2025