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• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  of you give back to the community. It is not hard to tell when someone ... said, "Let's Get it Started in Here". (DISCLAIMER: Do not assume that you won't be admitted if you have not already pursued a great deal of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  pretty, but it literally did not stop raining the entire time. Alex '07 ... , lots of people. From left to right: Irene '08 is not dressed as anything ... ...the character has a name, but I'm not sure what it is. Nick '09 is a Japanese

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Things to do before you graduate

  

  worth doing, but...it's just not that special. Which is why I've decided ... (and no, I'm not going to tell you if I've done each one), but I think ... these 34 things. Like I said, I'm not saying which ones, but I'll give you

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  In Stereo

  

  visited my high school, not even the state/local colleges. I do remember ... visit. Not being constantly out of the office also allows us to put ... -campus visits, etc. Not to mention writing this blog and going to movies.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  O’Reilly Primes?

  

  do to numbers. You could not imagine my joy when earlier this summer I ... I'm not talking about easy ones like 10^8 or 2^27 here -- you should ... friends. You may or may not know that the O'Reilly books are noted for their

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  in the restaurant looked up and noticed that it was not some ... in the slave trade and not the superfluous patriotism of dumping tea in ... recognize that the color of a sweatshirt should not cause me to hate people

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  than I want to talk about them, which was not how I thought about things ... thoughtful person, not in the sense that I have good thoughts, but because I am ... once did. It is nice. I wish I figured it out sooner. I'm not saying all

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  [annotation note="this corresponds to sometime in May or June — it’s not ... turns out that trying to make not-well-known-Chinese-food in Boston is ... leaves and sticky rice, the former of which they did not have, which I only

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / Residential Life

  The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus

  

  . Dining hall food is not my thing, but on the advice of a fourth year in my ... [/annotation] which I did not understand [annotation note="or should I phrase this 'which I entirely did not understand'"]entirely,[/annotation] but I did

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  . Now you might have noticed that the park is not actually on the banks of ... artificially filled land. Not only did the university not exist when America was ... used to make fun of Harvard for not grabbing the prime real estate on the

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  : denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But that’s not quite ... except for the voice on the other end. I’m not sure how many of the words I ... like the Val I knew and definitely not what I was expecting. “Remember

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  with MIT, deeply? After all, it's not about the events, but what they ... welcomes the prefrosh? The students and staff are not doing it for tangible ... necessary programs (e.g. education or film major) at the Institute did not

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  Pay it forward I used to have a guilt complex.

  

  option is not mutually exclusive with (1), (2), or (3)] (2) and (3) are clearly not socially acceptable options at this hour. (1) is less than ... ester, is not a productive approach. Here's what we French House

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  this post): 1. I have not blogged in quite a while. 2. I finally have a ... season begins!!) 9. The Amazing Race - CBS (a show I am NOT ashamed to ... - NBC - Numb3rs - CBS Shows I Try to Catch When I Can, but Not All the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 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…

  

  not only because it is fun to see British terms like "Freshers week." It ... , orientation week was not awkward in the least. We went sailing, toured the city ... much as half a bottle of Bud. So I am not one of the young Scots

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  "sophomore"! Although I prided myself on not caving into the pressure of ... of him/her (disclaimer: this is totally not the case with me. I have ... , my biggest rationale for not declaring sophomore standing during the

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

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  single rooms. MacGregor may not look like much from the outside (it ... do not want to get fat. There's a big lounge called the TFL ... not the most organized friend I have. Each room has a closet (which

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Structure and function, dorms and culture

  

  is not actually east of Mass Ave) and Baker, Burton-Conner, McCormick, Macgregor, New House, Next House, and Simmons are "West". Bexley is not really ... of any of these dorms does not remotely resemble a traditional college

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  study break. Well, this is nothing if not bloggable. But, anyway, first I ... term was not bad at all, but I still haven't achieved my MIT goal of ... 'm terrible at all of them. Well, I'm not bad at "Darris-style" ultimate frisbee

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics If you want to come to MIT, you'd better learn a thing or two about…

  

  I do understand that human beings are not intuitively good at ... 't have a citation for this, which is sketchy, so feel free not to believe ... tries. (And we're not talking "if you applied 3 times" here. I think

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 1, 2005