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• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  master’s at UMD and now I’m a Terrapin If anything, I can say that this ... Recruitment. I work in the MIT Office of Admissions and I am a graduate of the ... admissions in a full time capacity. Over the course of my career, I have

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Hate the Last but at least, I'm trying not to

  

  , if I can't solve this riddle, I won't be accepted into MIT. In reality ... year, I'm up 9 minutes too early. It's 9 minutes too early, because in 9 ... grab my iPad and go to the decision website in anticipation. It's 9

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 22, 2024
• Blog / Hacks

  Where’s Waldo? Hack Attack!

  

  The time is 11:23 am, and I am sitting in the Student Center. Then to in my email inbox I receive this email. From: Friend with the ... , Sean. You yourself can visit the hack website here: Waldo Map I <3

  • by Bryan
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  time. The best way I can describe it is like speed-walking when you ... somewhat similar to junior year of high school, in that I feel I’ve somewhat established myself somewhat now. In my UROP, which I’ve had for 5 semesters now

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  At What Cost A summary of my fall semester

  

  when I found out I’d been selected. I thought “Wow, I can share my experiences with untold numbers of people. Maybe I can even give them some ... doing well at MIT is figuring out what costs you can bear. I had a lot of

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • December 21, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  said country, which in my case would be Germany. Too bad I don't know any German. Not kidding: I just googled 'how to say good-bye in German ... my head and hoping it'll be enough for when I land in Frankfurt Airport

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Coming Full Circle C’mon & zoom, c’mon & zoom, c’mon & zooma zooma zooma zoom.

  

  . Back in April, when I was still anxiously waiting to hear back from the ... : what if I took the risky route and just stayed in Boston - writing and ... more than two-thirds of the programming on PBS. In other words, I

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  ways it felt like my life was paused. (I'm sure lots of y'all can relate ... always going in the wrong direction no matter how hard you try. When I ... beginnings of deep friendships in the East Campus courtyard. I felt like a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ...in which I introduce myself and set the tone for this "theater of the absurd."

  

  causes where I can make a difference. While in grad school at UD I had the ... American communities. I can't promise you the answers to all of your ... ... myself. (Movie trivia #2) I was born in Queens, New York and I've lived in

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership @ MIT (from a froshy perspective)

  

  I did some ~leadership~ in high school, as I'm sure many of you did ... , tbh, since I followed a very typical path. In middle school and freshman ... about them and how they worked. Senior year, I was In Charge: the clubs

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  setting. There is a great deal that I enjoyed about engaging in one ... ,” and I suspect that I will share some of them in due time.  However, as I ... ’s chances of thriving.  There are settings in which I did really excellent

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  This will default to miscellaneous Finishing this blog entry was my biggest accomplishment today

  

  . Then I took a nap. After my nap I fixed a rip in my pants, hooked up some ... , I can relate less and less and then I know it's time for me to go. And ... not be in charge of my own destiny #5: LOL. my gums are showing and I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  everything is actually going okay and i think that's pretty cool

  

  and can you follow back 'cause it's my birthday?" No one cares what I ... if i like feeling bad so i can keep getting all of this attention ... what if i overshoot, what if i adjust too much in the wrong direction? in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence ... -shelteresque pantry are now looking pretty spare, so I decided to indulge myself in a ... 've had in my wallet in the past week has been four dollars. I don't know, I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will begin again. Maybe the time is right (to blog). Maybe tonight.

  

  entire show that Valjean never sings at all. I was Javert in my high ... mutilated me recently, I posted the much-requested "before" picture in my last ... second day of classes and I have now had every class in my schedule at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Working With WashLava Time management in low places

  

  's technicalities. Okay, can I perform in the class? Honestly, I'm grossly unprepared ... room, that's 30 minutes. What are some MIT things I can do in 30 minutes ... . Do I really want to major in 6-9 or 11-6, or am I actually just

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  September 11th, 2001. I was a freshman at a new school in a new town in a new state; in fact, I was still living in an extended stay hotel with my ... make sense of them again. I watched TDS nearly every night in high

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I will, I will set this schedule on fire This has been a long time coming. Text- and picture-heavy! Link- and acronym-happy! Take it…

  

  Internships in F/ASIP, you can always take a really cool Advising Seminar. I ... in place of class names will be prevalent, but don't worry - I ... of your first year. I took a theater class in the fall that wasn't a CI

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  's. Back in the Fall of 2002, I set out on a journey that is still ongoing. I ... school." To me at that point, it was like this castle in the sky. I didn ... or anything of the sort, but I did know that sometime in the spring, I

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  pride myself in knowing titles that I can genuinely respect as masterful ... . MIT encourages a love of knowledge that I can't help but soak in. But I ... easier. I figured MIT was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I should

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008