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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Start of Something New Please forgive the High School Musical reference.

  

  flight, lugged my two massive suitcases into a relative’s waiting car, and stared out the window, as trees, jaywalkers, and Starbucks stores passed by ... deposited my belongings in McCormick Hall, and proceeded to video

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Island Paradise That's where I live. No, seriously.

  

  in the same room forever, I have lived in a different room (and a ... (my roommate) and I painted our room a very pretty blue. A few months ... 's miniCooper, and installed it in our room. (I am unfortunately not kidding

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ops Air Force A summer spent with B-1Bs and C-130s.

  

  comprised of C-130s. Thirteen other cadets on the visit and I were split up among the different groups throughout the base and shifted around to ... and dirty in some jets and really get to know the enlisted side of the

  • by ROTC
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  , and finally, where we live. Four simple things - that's what we care ... more and more about my own freshman year - in particular, the choices I made that year, and how they continue to affect my life today. Without a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  blogger, coder, gamer, and web designer (rather, I try to be). I came from ... bloggers (this one needs to be explained later), and learned quite a bit ... : Stephen, me, Sway, and her friend Jenny Scholarship: From L to R: Stu

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Southern California Fires Our thoughts go out to those affected by the wildfires.

  

  wildfires. Half a million people have evacuated their homes, and more than ... have been destroyed. From myself and all of my colleagues in Admissions ... and prayers are with you. We know that for some of you, it may be weeks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  , People Talk About What They do All Day and How They Feel About What they Do ... Hollywood directors to auto mechanics and constructor workers and teachers. "Working" had a profound affect on me as I thought about work, and the basic

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Your Intuition It will lead you in the direction of Central Square

  

  Some fun around Boston and Cambridge lately: 1. Free Jewel concert ... connects the subway, buses, and trains. My friend Seema '09 (Course 14: Economics) and I met there on Friday night to hear Jewel perform a free

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  years and here I am a senior at MIT. Interesting how that happens. Somewhere in between kindergarten and senior year, I realized that dance was not my thing and I enjoyed robots and derivatives instead. Now I think

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  hours, 4 major cities, and over 4,000 miles of amazingly exhausting travel, there's nothing like coming home to a pot of boiling beef stew and this ... mile. Today was the only day I'll be in Harrisburg between June 1st and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Only Answer I Have "Just a couple of sentences."

  

  experience, and not some MIT-sanctioned, carefully crafted spin. Thank you for being human and for recognizing that I am the same. I had a long response prepared for the haters, but I let it go. No matter how good and honest one

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  "bridge circuit"), and lots of sailboats in today's gusting wind. It made me ... together a guidebook, and answering a giant stack of email. It's going to be ... and listening to Dinnertime Sampler on WMBR. Tonight's guests are

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

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  so I would often talk to her about her blogs, and see her post them. It was always an event. Our other roommate, Nora and I would race to ... blogs seemed like a good platform and the bloggers, a good community

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  psychedelic rock, and I started encountering more Beatles cuts, but I still wasn ... movement and learned of the Beatles' role in it. They not only helped establish the genre of psychedelic rock and catalyze the Summer of Love, but

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  [/annotation] this semester, and part of the class involves observing at local ... Charter School, signing in to get a "VISITOR" sticker, and slipping into a physics class every Tuesday and an algebra class every Wednesday. i. on

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  head down, marching on highlights of spring semester

  

  From my journal the other night-- It’s 2 am, and I should be asleep ... this some day and remember it all.I expect there’ll be a deluge of blogs ... like gas, into every possible space, and suddenly all my hours were full

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  circumstances, I can't help but feel that the tone of this blog is strange and unprecedented, but I hope you can read and enjoy nonetheless Ever since I moved to this apartment in Cambridge, I've started to cook more, and I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part four) senior trinkets

  

  This is the fourth and final installment of our sentimental objects ... over the school year and that we stored in our memory mushroom. Here are the first, second, and third installments, in case you want to read them

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 24, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  ’m going to share my experience with applying early, and for anyone applying ... , right when the application came out I jumped on it and was like, “I’m gonna get this done so early! I’m going to put so much time and energy in

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  anxious, impatient, and stressed. Applications were getting chugged through, interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... application season, and I aim to persuade some of you to handle it differently

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017