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• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  … (in)tense. I haven’t experienced that much uncertainty in my life ... in high school (like holding a job or tutoring or helping at home)? Can ... acceptance as well as anyone else can. If you feel lost and alone in the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Commencement Webcast MIT gives me a diploma in T-3 hours...

  

  're interested in watching Lulu, Kim and I graduate, you can watch the webcast ... . Let that sink in for a minute.) All I know is that this morning, for the last time, I put my Brass Rat on facing up. In a couple of hours, I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  in a very long time. So I heave the pretty incredible stash of lined ... glory. I really can't say why this problem set is taking me so long. But ... writing this entry! Is this irony? I can never tell anymore. Status Report

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  it’s only a matter of time a post for the deferred

  

  empty."]a rock inside an empty tin can.[/annotation] For the accepted, I ... home that day, and I was competing in two events: student congress and ... decisions before I gave my speech. I would go in and talk about Imelda Marcos

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 20, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  in 2009, I was part of the blogging crew. You can’t find my older posts ... start it with this line: “I was born in a place that doesn’t exist anymore ... my birth has become an accident of human history. See, I was born in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A blast from the past Looking back at things I wanted to do at MIT

  

  , fyi"]taking 66 units[/annotation]. I had probably hoped that in a future ... 'd go over them in this blog post and see which subset of them I ... wasn't very creative in the shows that I wanted to watch...I did binge

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 9, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Dig me, but don’t bury me This entry is brought to you by McDonalds and Google. I mean, literally.

  

  December 3, 2007. France. I'm in France. But I just got done with Italy. And ... being contacted by a wireless host called MCDONALDS. Yeah, I can't really ... reason I came to McDonald's in the first place. I mean, I'm glad I found

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Let’s Take a Walk until orientation!

  

  . I only have a half hour left of battery so this can't really be the ... ! I'm scared to sit in this house just because I know what's been in ... of: Back to MIT I headed, stopping in Lobby Seven so I could point

  • by Snively '11
  • August 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  Now that I'm a junior in college, I'm supposed to be almost an adult ... apparently, this means I'm going to have to go find a job- also in the real ... know if I want to be an engineer anymore. I can't tell if I never even

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I want you to burn Unfortunately, usually somebody just blew up their spaghetti-o's.

  

  him. Well, I can do that too. I got a little worried that the fire ... , "no, I do this EVERY TIME." As you can see, Gabe does look pretty ... '10 in the background. Anyway, I gave her some cocoa to thank her for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Word of Warning (Pay Attention) A guest entry by Kelsey Kennedy '12

  

  that I would, in fact, be attending their school in the fall, I thought I ... and toasty back home in Oregon. I remember my first night walking back ... the best purchase I've made in the last year is a wind-proof jacket from

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Don’t Waste Daylight; Don’t Lose Sleep I've almost survived a whole semester.

  

  gulped down the wetness in the air like I imagine a fish would if it, and not I, were in that spot on the sidewalk of dorm row. I shuffled into my ... Washington, and I'm from the valley in Oregon, so we feel the same way on days

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  distinction is used for wordplay, though. In Tagalog, I can think of at least ... parts of my identity, like Tagalog. In the post, I also mention OPM, an ... .']concentrate[/annotation] in linguistics, I thought it'd be suitable to talk about some things I

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  &A, will run about 90 minutes. You can RSVP at brownmityale.org. In addition ... admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale.org. I know that many blog readers are seniors, so for you, I have this mission (if you are in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  , that gives 84 TED talks you can watch in your rapidly diminishing waiting ... thoughts, you'll become more illuminated in 84 topics. That can be useful no ... remarkable people, free to the world." I started watching them in high school

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  go alone or you may never go at all

  

  moments are important. You can make memories and build connections. But, in that same vein, I think the benefits can also be reaped from solo ... in the moment. It's also nice being able to think "I would like to do

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • January 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sue me, I’m a multicellular organism snob

  

  , Adam and I headed to the Museum of Science -- MIT students get in free ... minutes longer than Adam would have liked (I can't help it, I have a soft ... So, I'm from Columbus, Ohio, home of Jungle Jack Hanna and the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Warmth, Happiness, and Baked Goods (guest post) The best way to spend your time off.

  

  I'm in the process of writing a post about my own summer, but in the ... can spend July buffing up your technical skills in calculus. You can ... of your control. Back in high school, I spent my summers worrying about

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • July 25, 2016
• Blog / People & Identities

  New Things I’ve Tried mostly experimenting with some looks:)

  

  have some experience in. I know my hair, so I can experiment with it. I ... more experience to judge my looks and tell me what I can improve in my ... people, or really any situation where I can’t blend into the crowd.  Hair

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • January 9, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  eternal dissatisfaction wish i could write more, care less

  

  summer i hit my ceiling of the amount of things i can work on at once that ... 't change the fact that there is only so much effort i can pour into the ... i can put into each commitment. and as much as i want everything i do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 12, 2021