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• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  , there were a lot of new people, most of them men, and he wasn’t returning again and again to offer help to them. I was one of few women in the shop ... square clamps, which was probably the biggest new skill. I worked mostly at

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  , my buyers withdrew their offer.  All of a sudden I had a house to sell ... drove up to Portland the next morning to pick up my new car. 5 months of ... driving a Tesla Model S 85.  I drooled at it.  I stole glances at it.  I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  track of my finances In order to save money while at MIT, I pulled ... cheaper prices, at Shaw's (a supermarket off of Mass Ave), or at La Verde ... doing better at my job or for learning new things. As a college student I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness.  The cats are taking the hit from it the most - we've spent a lot of time

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  what the f*** am i doing this summer still don't know if i'm going abroad or not lol

  

  State Department travel warning was at level 3, the prospect of travel ... would calm down by mid-May. at the end of April, I had my training weekend ... pushed back to June 9th. at this point, I lost all hope of travel, and

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 12, 2021
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  college apps. A lot of universities have January 1st deadlines, and that ... , chug coffee, drop out of school and go live in the mountains as a goat ... of getting in based on your test scores

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  up filing a patent at the end of his internship for a new radar ... University of Texas at Arlington, Pelkins transferred to MIT his sophomore year ... Milton, however, stayed in Cameroon, and attended university there at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  the skirt is made from the front pages of the New York Times. Both the ... reflective properties, which creates the ghost of a rainbow if looked at ... Two weeks ago, after a long day of committee was complete, I headed

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  On keeping on keeping on It's pretty much the only option.

  

  of supplies to send to the rescuers at Ground Zero: socks, contact ... prospective new hometown in the middle of March. Well. You can guess how that ... quite a few of those back in early April. At one point I crawled into bed

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 30, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Three of a perfect pair Biking! Clothing! Exploding! A day in the life.

  

  decided that it was time to conquer her fear of bikes, mountains, and New ... University of Georgia t-shirt. Unfortunately, it only takes a moment to crash ... carts of food careening through the aisles and pointing at the nicest

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

  Reaffirming our support for undocumented students and clarifying our policies for applicants as Regular Action approaches

  

  , President Reif joined hundreds of other university Presidents in signing an ... many of their friends and classmates, also dream to study at MIT. ... As many of you know, there has been a lot of uncertainty in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  ). You can review the list of meetings at http ... enter MIT "undeclared," and, at the conclusion of the freshman year ... . 18th, Mira Loma, Sacramento session." Aha, oops. You can RSVP at http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action versus Regular Action Use this link when you get to the end of the post, you'll understand.

  

  categories you see at the top of the site. I decided this afternoon that I ... read all of those applications at the same time and compare them side by ... tonight! After you get your tube a bunch of new stuff appears on your my

  • by Snively '11
  • June 15, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  finding direction reasonable goal-setting? who is she?

  

  i would finally seize these couple of months to explore new interests ... dejection at the thought of leaving my bed. each day, when i roll out of my ... dancing way less than i was at the beginning of quarantine because damn, i

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 23, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  by Parents is Saturday morning at 8:30 am. A panel of current MIT ... at MIT, including how to participate, what type of research is ... At this point, the admission website must appear to be "all about CPW

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  What’s Happening at McCormick? Guest Post by MC^2's REX Chairs

  

  first 6 letters of the alphabet, we made sure that REX this year at ... each other while taking a break from psets late at night.  All of ... Hi!  We are the REX chairs of Mccormick (Adina G. ‘22, Camellia H

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How MIT students are trying to change education by biking across America.

  

  the kids? Too few of them were looking directly at the students using ... It’s summertime @ MIT! I'm relaxing at home after graduating last ... few of my friends are participating in - Spokes: Biking Across America

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 10, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Come on, let’s go food truckin’ Where to find some cheap, reasonably tasty, and sometimes even healthy eats on campus.

  

  pancakes made by Ling '07, who hails from Taiwan by way of New Jersey. And ... the quote of the evening, for me at least, came when Andreas from ... --Steam Cafe offers two of each per day, one vegetarian and one meat. They change

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  % International Citizens Number of countries represented: 52 8% Geography New ... Here at MITAdmissions we try to be transparent as possible about our ... 've blogged before about how the dangers of reading too much into admissions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…

  

  New Hampshire, of course. Now telling you the destination without ... unmarked Toyota Matrix to New Hampshire. All I remember of the drive was ... hours later, we arrived at Giuseppe's Showtime Pizzeria in New Hampshire

  • by Bryan
  • November 6, 2005