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• Blog / MIT Life

  My First Semester at MIT a thicc recap and a look into our conversation

  

  lot.* Spent a large majority of my time not doing work. I'd finish all ... wholesome upperclassmen. When we weren't working, we took trips to Boston ... recommend an FPOP to anyone who is on the fence about applying to one. Not

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finally Finished (for now) Saying goodbye and good riddance to a few things

  

  four-hour labs, I would not have had the chance to work with the coolest ... scrambling to do well in all of your classes while not losing your sanity. It ... at my fingertips! Eh, not exactly. I’ve heard from visiting students

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • June 2, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Turning the Tide My thoughts on an important report

  

  have of students – and more important, by clarifying what we do not ... school or working 20-30 hours a week to support their family – or who come ... offerings to feel like they are not going to be strongly considered for

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • June 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 2 Wow, lots of questions to be answered...

  

  interview scheduling is not quite working out. I contacted my EC just before ... programming and not on memory work..." 1. We will accept the Writing SAT II as ... , such as submitting an essay that does not actually address the question

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  's all totally not subjective at all - I mean, I spent a whole two ... should not be confused with Rs (can't do subscripts, sorry), which refers to seeming-relatability. Songs with a high Rs value address topics that

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Steve and Me remembering steve jobs

  

  "just work." Like it or not, Steve Jobs changed our world. Now he has ... he used it for his job, I asked why. "Because," he said, "it just works." And it did work. And even today, more than 20 years later, it still does

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  as ‘friend-of-the-court’ —  is filed by entities not themselves parties ... addresses (1) the vital role that diversity, including racial diversity, plays ... critical educational goals. As the brief explains, “Not only does diversity

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  problematic for us. In this example, having experience does not work to your ... applicants. Maybe they will help you too. If I didn't address your question in ... applicant)! I should start by saying that we are NOT trying to trick you or be

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  my room an evolution

  

  carpet to match with my roommate, which in hindsight was not the best ... edition addressed the little inefficiencies in my last rooms. I realized ... because my room felt a little bare and had already worked with my TA from a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • February 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  about the ongoing cycle. All admits are applicants, but not all applicants are admits. Earlier today, I was working with a colleague to clean and ... withdrawing their application from MIT, by instructing us that they do not wish

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  twelve different authority figures telling us not to kill the kids and a ... course, but do you really want me to elaborate? Anyway, working with the ... closing or has shut down. The Miami location closed not two weeks after

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  You Are LUSCIOUS I lusciously answer some of your questions

  

  you do, we'll never meet so it's no big loss. Anywho... Actually I'm not ... , which may help you decide if you like the lifestyle. Believe it or not ... 's website and print media should anticipate and address your questions. Does

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  months. And your cell phone might not work, because some companies operate ... !" Okay, so first... what I learned about people. You should address ... since writing that post. MTG puts on some shows that are not too shabby

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Trip to India ...to the slum children who smiled at me even though it seems that they have…

  

  took care of me when I got sick. I’m not going to try to do ... meetings with three organizations: BASIX, which works “to promote a ... Association), a trade union for “women who earn a living through their own

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  An MIT survival guide

  

  and cram. Really. 3. Shopping is therapy. 4. Naps: they're not just for ... store brand does NOT taste any different from the name brand. 10. I still ... : When this list was written, the RIAA had not yet begun suing the pants

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  prolonging some people's lives, they don't work for everyone and there is still ... AIDS Walk? Just click on the website address below to enter my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Perfect weekend Sun, fun, and Plymouth Rock.

  

  not to get skin cancer. I got to prance around in my new polka-dotted ... . After leaving work, I walked home along Vassar Street listening to "Summer ... . Best idea ever.) I even managed to not get sunburned, which is really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Art of Scheduling breaking and forming habits

  

  average amount of time, and enough discipline to get my work done, but not ... For the past year and a half I lived in Cambridge, worked full-time, and did all sorts of [annotation note="including but not limited to

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 5, 2019
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  in the town. Newport is a lovely town and it was definitely not made to ... distractions so I could see it end. […] Now, I’m not proud of it, but I did ... once again did not see anything interesting tho the after shadow of the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  bike.) To those of you who are still working on apps, I thought I ... 't worry - you're not missing out): 0% of people who do not apply to MIT get ... THAT issue out of the way, let's address the college essay. If you want

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010