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• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  high time for me to find a job and start my life. There was one problem ... was, me and my degrees, pouring coffee for the elderly and [annotation ... received several dozen rejection calls and emails for other jobs that I had

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In which brains are awesome Neener neener neener.

  

  -semester senior with two classes and a swim test* left between her and graduation ... students and talks about neurotransmitters and drugs for 90 minutes. He does ... SITTING NEXT TO YOUR DOG After sitting and actually listening to her for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Circus but like a nerd circus. So you know, less elephants and more calculus. Just as…

  

  cabins in New Hampshire available for rental. And the prices are incredibly ... ). Invariably, the answer has always been "dive in somewhere and it'll work itself ... completely pwn all existing and soon-to-be existing electric cars as far as

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 7, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  What’s happening to your apps right now? Views from the Inside

  applications (and a few months for many others), and I know right now you may be ... reacquainted with Beatles For Sale--and Beach House. What're you eating ... ergonomic--Scandinavian design for the win!--and I have a great view out of my

  • by DJ Rock
  • February 2, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  sundays in the parks with friends a post title based on a musical based on a painting

  

  Riverway and the Back Bay Fens, near the Fenway[annotation note="T stands for ... Necklace and our last park for the day. Of note was a brave squirrel, which ... river sandwiched between a road on the left and the Green Line on the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 15, 2020
• Blog / Prepare for MIT

  My First Few Weeks at MIT … one year ago

  

  , memorizing the structures for every amino acid (still proud of that), and late ... , Architecture, and Embedded Systems. After going back and forth between Machine Learning and Engineering Design for what felt like forever, I decided to try

  • by Hala K. '29
  • September 22, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Burning questions A lot of people had questions!

  

  shower timeslot convenient for you and everyone else -- I've always taken ... between shampoo and conditioner. I have to say that I only understand the ... admissions stuff, but I got tired of typing and went to eat a piece of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 21, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  [Guest Post] A circle of shared breaths rediscovering synchronized skating at MIT, by Eleanor L. '27

  

  visions and expectations for the program. But through this process, we got ... group chat, set up a when2meet for practice scheduling, and collated a ... ) - Transition steps for spin & twizzle groups - Lifts and pair moves: armpit

  • by Janet G. '27
  • April 14, 2026
• Blog / Challenges

  Making Tracks

  

  , academic or not, and you leave for college in the fall, on a plane, train ... housemasters invite you to their apartments for tea. The fresh faces and ... forgiven for not yet perfecting their study skills, so Julie, Donna, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  Italy) and enjoy the smells so I had to settle for going to Bunker Hill. I ... that for next year all you eager beaver '12s). Eventually, 294 steps up ... long, culture-filled day and it was definitely time for some air

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  self-taught dancing: a how-to how i learned dance through YouTube

  

  I've been dancing on a team at MIT for one and a half years, but I ... -pop because lord knows how many dances I learned between 4th and 7th grade ... and improving your bounce when necessary and staying grounded for other

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 4, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  . Hi there. ---------- (For more on the unique and mysterious ... hundreds of wonderful and intelligent female students but also the best ... from sheer exhaustion, found out that minesweeper and tetris can be

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  recently for the class of 2024, and i swear all the sophomores were dropping ... now. i go to bed at like, 3 or 4 and wake up at 12, which is still a ... lot of joy. for a while it was chinese webnovels, and then it was my

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  "Codesign Studio" for short. It's a common perception that engineering and ... responsibility!) to be a champion for social change and human rights. Look at ... -inventor-engineer who became a voice for the disenfranchised and an advocate for social

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the ... our jobs and takes over our entire lives for many months out of the year ... advice about their recommendations for you, and some of us even write blog

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dig if you will a picture. My name appeared in The Tech; now I am immortal.

  

  ! 7. Ruth and I have painted for about 12 hours each over the past three ... ; I don't actually have it and I can't find it online, but if memory ... them is "earn 8 PE points" and I should really get on that because I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA and How to Extract It Messy, slimy, colorful science from a class I taught for Spark.

  

  -long assortment of classes for middle and high school students organized by the MIT ... species for use in medicine, agriculture, and history. The hope is that by ... with a huge capacity to extend and improve human life. For the most part

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 31, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where I’ve Been All this time ...

  

  For the past month or so, architecture studio has been holding me ... studio and not come out…till the wee hours of the morning. I think I recall ... board. Thinking about model iterations for the final project. My

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 30, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  , thousands of pieces of mail a day. Between the US mail and processing delays ... admissions office for a million years, currently serving as the director of the ... wisdom surrounding deadlines and missing application pieces. Let me say

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever ... identical copies of one nurse, and shut them again. The room spun for a while ... they call us aliens?) I was horrified, and asked for the opportunity to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012