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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  pictures of Killian Court.       Once I was back in the ... way of putting it would be to say that I live in the stairwell between ... !) and I were hard at work in his suite lounge on Conner 4: Then Aaron

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  -250 words). In fact, I didn't finalize the final draft of this essay until 20 ... imprinted onto myself so that I thought poorly of the Philippines.  In my eyes ... made me feel more comfortable in my identity. Because of this, I created

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  8 Hypotheses Like Schubert, I never finished the Eighth.

  

  results of undiagnosed disorders in poorly-written code. 6. The older I get ... characters from Redwall in search of a plot device. Short story short, I ... the horizontal. In an effort to convince Matt McGann that I am an

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 7, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Give Me Liberty . . . Or Give Me a Towel!!!

  

  with large groups of people. Examples that I’ve thus far experienced have ... for a battle in a specific location. I instantly registered and made Dan ... of rain tomorrow, but this battle is taking place regardless! You can

  • by Snively '11
  • August 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  close to me in pictures. Plus we do a lot of fun things together Sam ... : and done lots of weird things in our suite, usually after spending more ... Soooo someone asked on Sam's blog: Are you and Mitra dating? I wish

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in Cambridge I less than three the holidays.

  

  Well, I'm back at MIT after a lovely Thanksgiving in the land of the ... movie) and crash into bed early (that 5/3 of a day thing I talked about ... , even though it was pouring rain and freezing. I elected to stay in bed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock ... This is the third rush to happen since I graduated MIT. And most of the time, MIT is not at the forefront of my mind. I've got code to write

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  from studying that I can't help but share with all of you - the first ... : namely, taking advantage of every resource at hand. In the meantime, I ... on gloves, and called up a friend who I haven't seen in months, because

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Events

  21: The Movie Night From the Bay Area to Boston, Seattle to the Florida Keys, Houston to Chicago, the…

  

  -145 was closer to the real thing than most of the rooms in the movie (I ... Before we get to scenes from the MIT Class of 2012 Movie Night, I ... weekend (now the #1 movie in the country): Lots of folks have been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  reflection of the adage that human spirits can stay strong in the face of ... where I was. A group of women trudged past me. I looked around wonderingly, walking past a Dunkin Donuts stand and a row of subway fare machines. I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  One would think that after seven years in this office I would not be ... attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them if you ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Every song I’ve referenced in my admissions blog posts

  

  By my count, there are 61 times I've referenced a song in one of my ... don't speak a word of Mandarin, but I can sing along to the chorus. 7 ... cover. I first heard it used in an episode of TV series Dark. The dynamics

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sleepless Nights And how I've been spending them

  

  can treat themselves to a mix of the city's tastiest cuisine. My ... going to come from. But in the true spirit of work-play balance, I ... . I spent the rest of the night in my workstation for the evening—the Mc

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  everything, all at once thoughts on science, ambition, and obsession

  

  even broader. If I can get into some of the top schools in the nation ... made a comment, half-joking, something to the effect of "I can't wait to ... these projects in the way that I know I am capable of doing. And it was

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 2, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sewing minus the machine Costume Design: Featuring the best non-stick-figures I've ever drawn!

  

  . One of my HASS classes is in French IV, which I was frightened into ... complete sketches for the rest of the costumes in our production. I made ... of high school, but I mostly design and sew clothes for myself. If you

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  things to come from this group in terms of information is the international ... produce this list of all US schools that provide at least $1 million in ... you might imagine, MIT is near the top in terms of total money awarded

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livescribe’s Pulse Pen: The Sequel! I've written about it before, and now I'm writing about it again!

  

  was plenty of time, but till, who wants to wait in line? I made it ... , the stuff I can't tell you about because of the NDA. He was walking them ... to start a long day of pen training. You can see Chris there in the

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  planning ahead of time, which I respect and value (maybe the most ... announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... piece of writing we've ever seen. Over my ten years of working in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  architect of Simmons Hall. I'll update you on the lecture and also answer some ... that some of you have not heard from your host. Do not worry. I assure ... . Steven Holl has begun talking, and he's reminding me why I first thought of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  side of the tracks." In fact, I'm from the wrong side of TWO tracks. In ... unfriendly fluorescent lights together. In the interest of full disclosure: I ... Saturday morning in the fall of my 8th grade year resentful that I had been

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008