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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  , maybe, but save the complaints for another time. To briefly nutshell ... how I’m going to keep up with everything on my plate—but, for the life ... from “decent” to “huh, that’s a little weird, but okay” and “is that even

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  ) and I were chosen for the two spots, giving me yet another hat to wear ... Benedict told us quite firmly that he did not intend for there ever to be ... Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the end of this school year

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  —and all others forced to bid periodically for their next opportunity ... Cambridge, where those hiring for entry-level positions were happy to reject ... After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy November 1st! Halloween was yesterday. My costume was/is an embarassment. You should read about it!

  

  didn't go to any of them, for one thing. Sorry to disappoint, but I guess ... Lots of people thanked me for my application advice, for which you ... whole thing. There will be plenty of time to go crazy and lose sleep once

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  . Note: credit for most images goes to our wonderful DEW mentor   ... got the giant pool to ourselves. Convenient, as it took three tries for ... to justify the pain. After lunch, we went downtown for a Freedom Trail

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 1: Classes My academic plans.

  

  teaching. All it seems to mean is that class sizes for the advanced seminars ... four semesters left. 2) I have to declare my concentration (every MIT undergraduate has to have a "concentration" in one of the Humanities, Arts, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 12, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  stairs to soak up the rising founts of ambrosia for the ears, by which I ... lounged in line for around an hour to rebook a flight. As of this posting ... shelter for Wellesley friends scattered to the cold, Bostonian winds by the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  is no online application for MIT transfer. To apply, you should print, complete, and mail the MIT Transfer Application to MIT Admissions ... Application is live and available for download. A few important notes and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  little performative, but you still have to do it for general society ... hopes for myself, which isn't always a bad thing to have. Even with it ... mission to bake as many cookies as possible and hand them out to people I

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  confronting the self i am the captain of my soul

  

  effort for nothing. we spent all that time preparing to run away, we got a ... likely to fail the second. cj: … dan: just stay with your parents for the ... just your first year of blogging, it took until last month for you to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 30, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Music Scene by a non-musician

  

  make plans to leave campus. Fortunately for me, music is just a floor ... When it comes to Boston’s music scene, it certainly isn’t lacking ... that whatever they are, I love listening to them. I admire music and

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 23, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Circles, circles, circles week to week to week

  

  back to my room after a long day of being outside with friends. It's not ... the most convenient timings. Never before a call I have to be on or a class I have to go to. When a friend was sleeping over, it started in the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Boring Friday Night (guest post by Nina L. ‘19) Familiar inbetweens. Taking breaks. Things that aren't (all) sleep and studying.

  

  .004 lab and quiz to study for, a thing for my UROP I don’t know how to code ... study break for the potential GRTs. I can’t wait to play poker and meet ... what to do with myself, and fell asleep on the couch. There are a lot of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 24, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  they need to have positions/titles like that to compete for admission to ... come to MIT for his postdoc work. When the grad student said he planned ... . Thanks to those of you who read and commented! I then realized I shouldn

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  was going to end up at MIT for college, I probably would have laughed in ... seem more than just a little strange to my New England peers. For example ... question that no one else can answer for you. You will have to overcome these

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  introducing yourself to people. For some reason I've never felt the urge to be ... at 10:30? Then quit your studying and come on over to Conner 2 for $15 ... to name my Marya (MAR-ee-uh). Marya Maurer. As it was, Sam's Mom wanted

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  student was poor enough to qualify for free lunch. She was the only student ... 'Miracle Child' of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT ... them to keep it down. On others, Joey took a trip to the emergency room

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  , I get a sense that some of those wartime feelings continue to this day ... MIT and traveled to Japan." "That's good! But... why did you go to Japan of all places? Wouldn't other countries be more fun to visit?" Like my

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  in a group with five other MIT students. For Physics, we designed a circuit to model public power supply using lightbulbs, hand ... to learn about power distribution and to gain a sense of the how the

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers Sigh.

  

  same goes for your SAT score. I will be the first to tell you that it ... least six blog entries in the past month or so, I haven't had a chance to finish or post any of them :( (Interruption: Ahmed '12 is sitting next to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 5, 2011