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• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  story of an age? Of landing in the seat with the best view of the business ... eponymous book. Lewis first became famous writing Liar's Poker, a memoir of ... small fortune and a new life narrative. All of a sudden people were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  of free food? I'm excited. So much so that I'm running two East Campus events. Guess what they are based on this picture of my bookshelf. Since I ... official schedule, so I'm just going to tiptoe over the bounds of propriety a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  Chicago. Every quality of that school is duplicated at MIT, from the sense ... /heard, everyone has been living and breathing it since freshman year of high school ... I have an interesting MIT “story.” It wasn't my first choice school

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  5 years out What some MIT alumni are doing five years after graduation.

  

  School of Public Health admissions officer at MIT (this one is me ... school, now clerking on the Supreme Court of Virginia graduated from BU ... -down version of what alumni receive. I, along with 100,000+ other MIT grads

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 31, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ABCs of Senior Year friends, jobz, cats, "eight-oh-two"... + AMA!

  

  own 31 different teas, mostly decaf. I also currently own 6 flavors of seltzer and 2 flavors of kombucha. Wholesome. 8.02 (“Eight-oh-two”): the ... (plus, I can attend pset parties again!). Frosh (of First East): for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 23, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Jebby Awards 2024: See All the Winners Here having fun with hyperlinks

  

  [Part of the Up-Goer Blogs] Every year, a group of so-called important people in the show business pass out little men and women to those ... Better Than I Thought It Would Be Bar-Be as the Lady with a Lot of Money

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with ... ? Well, it means I not only have a lot of free time for writing blog posts, but I'm also feeling reflective. I have a lot of wisdom to share

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!

  

  true, i admire [name]'s heroism for taking time out of his busy final study schedule to make sure that the portion of summer residents who watch ... , towards the end of this student's senior year, a small skirmish took place

  • by Snively '11
  • April 30, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What are GIRs?

   (GIRs). Basically, you must take two semesters of math, two semesters of physics, a semester of biology, a semester of chemistry, and a selection of courses from the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. During your first
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  what i’m doing this fall leadership tingz

  

  things that will be keeping me busy. Mocha Moves Treasurer Managing finances? Me?? It's more likely than you'd think... I'm the treasurer of my ... finances is. There are a lot of contrived processes for things, so it's kind

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  busy, it’s that I haven’t been busy enough. Last Monday, in MAS.S66 ... talk about the history of computing. He was inspired by Marco Tempest ... watching (Marco visited class in February to give a talk about the use of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  Spoofy Spooky Stories MIT is ~haunted~

  

  cast sharp shadows across the road, cutting gashes of total darkness ... are some of them. All based on true stories, of course.  For those of you who are applying to MIT EA, the deadline tomorrow is probably one of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 31, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard Me trying to find a balance between work and fun

  

  number of reasons I feel like my ability to balance work/school with ... changes between high school and college is just the amount of freedom you ... majority of high school I couldn’t drive, and when I could I spent 80% of the

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 6, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I love musicals! Wicked just dropped and I am LOSING MY MIND

  

  film for [annotation note='The film was announced in December of 2012, and I found out about Wicked in November of 2014.']LITERALLY 10 YEARS.[/annotation]    I HAVE BEEN SIMMERING. BUZZING. WAITING ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 29, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  QUOTE: "My advice to a high school student interested in science as a ... about the answers. My advice to a high school sophomore or junior ... . When we teach science in the high schools we try to teach people all the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Maker) Women Rock We are what we celebrate

  

  As many of you know I am a FIRST Robotics nut and Kool-Aid drinking member of the Kult of Kamen. One of the (many) things Dean Kamen has said ... an issue I've written about before in other venues on the subject of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 23, 2011
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  week of spring classes has come and gone. I spent last night finishing up ... novel) and, of course, finals. Easier said than done? Yeah, just a little ... forward to this weekend. Earlier tonight, a handful of friends and I went to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  busy being kidnapped, I only got a chance to take a picture of all the ... some pictures too. As Sam mentioned, our floor, Conner 2, goes kind of ... ...I probably slept instead. I'm not much of a baker, anyway. There was plenty of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  't have to emerge from this school as an engineer… especially at the cost of ... back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... friends again and thoroughly enjoy IAP. But another part of me is mourning

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  event coordinated by Clover Food Lab and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies ... , because Michael covered it fantastically. That's the outside of Clover Food Lab. And this is the inside. Clover Food Lab, which grew out of a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013