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• Blog / Athletics

  Story of a Lifestyle I'm going to kick you - No, for real

  

  running on instinct and praying to god that I can pull out something I ... want to do, whether and how MIT can foster your pursuits; feel if MIT can ... towards MIT’s point total – but they weren’t. We can sit around and wonder

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... MIT.  On the Financial Aid Tracking System, you can view which documents have been received by the MIT Financial Aid Office.  You can learn more about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  goodbye With one test, Adieu to five point oh I can study my heart out With ... student Or the slacker who doesn't work When I study I'm hardcore I can take any test No words can tell the stories psets tell Watch me when I work

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  .0, where anybody can put anything on the Internet and everybody is equal ... pamphlet-creating admissions officers can't convey. MIT does its best to ... cannot convey everything that happens here, but we can talk about what we

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Alcohol in College: Scotland and the US An MIT student from Scotland compares alcohol culture in the US and the UK in…

  

  age is 18. You can read about it here, but the basic story is: Proposals ... unit of alcohol can be sold. The consultation document also proposes ... 22, 2008 What the Americans can teach the Scots about drinking Grace

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  rough, and can sometimes leave you feeling as if you’re trapped in a sick ... , etc. It can be a very confusing and frustrating time, since these ... ’m happy to report that this can also be a very exciting time for college

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  Thanksgiving Reflections Be thankful.

  

  day. You can pray for 36, but it isn't going to happen. One of the best ... can be in someone else's dorm studying till 3, have "midnight excursions ... brighter and I can see the first rays of the new day. I remember writing in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 24, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  jones - blogger alum?!?!?!? did you really have to remind me? Can I at ... adulthood. OH -- and if you think you can do everything at MIT in four years ... if I'm cool enough, I can become an MIT Lifer (you just found out one

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  robust, lively post. You can imagine that it was once inundated with much ... . If you can find someone like that for you, you're gold. 3) A good way ... opportunity to really take a good look at yourself so you can write about what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  as I can tell. In your MyMIT account, if you go to Section 8 of Part Two, you can view a PDF preview of what your application will look like ... admissions officers can get to know about this so that they don't think I am an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  actually stuck to my foot since it was damp out (seriously, you can't make this stuff up. Okay, maybe you can, but I'm not, I swear). To make ... nerds who have no life. Is that true? Can you have a stronger interest in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  things about MIT that you still can't replicate, no matter how many MIT ... Science this summer is kind of cool, but I can't wait to get back into saving the ... 's got the HPLC back up and running and that we can start collecting data

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Turkey vs. Spam’s Hair Two parables of personal hygiene.

  

  can draw your own conclusions on culture at Stanford and MIT. Anyway, in ... machine, but can only be paid for using a special laundry card, which can ... every four months. If you look at Ben's happy holidays entry, you can see

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  intermarriage." I can't say that I sat through all 3.5 hours of the movie ... isms (sexism, racism, classism, etc.) can lead to serious blowback. The very thing that you hope to deny exposure to the light can often grow in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  vertebrae that give structure to your neck and can be destroyed by the hit of ... to this area, though you can die instantly from such an injury. On a ... 2004 and was a complete success, since it can nearly instantly transform

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  . There's also a 12-hour introductory class you can take that teaches you to ... upperclassman gave me good advice. It can happen.) I left the shop after only an ... shop so more people can be machining at once.) I helped bore holes on the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  finally took the swim test! Yay, now I can graduate. In a random bit of ... on yourself and that you can accomplish and succeed and produce and ... , I think programs are overrated -- emailing professors can be a very

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  required, but if they can give more information, they can help you. The optional interview claims to be the part of the admissions step that can help ... even looked at? What ever happened to going the extra little bit? I can

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  optimistic and cheerful. I always do 004 projects in the lab so that I can get ... that I'm capable and can do engineering things in interesting classes ... 're running on empty, you can run on intensity alone. Maybe not as fast as you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, damn lies, and statistics

  

  , the reason APs help your application, as far as I can tell, is because ... also, I guess, because they can help explain a slightly lower GPA in some cases, not because they have magical properties. If you can otherwise

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 7, 2005