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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  series of puzzles for the heirs to solve. At the end of the book, after ... entire day, I went to Quincy Market for chowda for lunch (the American meal ... . 3. Get to the Hatch Shell early and get a wristband for the night

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  for lecture to start so we all hushed and listened in. The idea behind ... calendar for next week everybody, we're taking a field trip. We're going to ... to our displeasure, that we would be doing an in-class assignment for

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s All Work Together Easier Said Than Done

  

  failures of the AC unit for the car leading to a few occurrences of smoke and ... project, but realized that getting different personalities to work together ... plan for the next 6 months. At the end of 70 minutes, I had to give a

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  When Friends Become Family How MIT has become my home (with some beautiful pics to accompany)

  

  potential to take on each of these personalities to get the girl (in this case ... will never grow closer to a person, or people, than when you are up at 3 ... friends are for.” Instead you get things like “lol oh look Ben is trying to

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 12, 2015
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but ... application season, and if so, then this post is for you! First I’d like to ... because there is so much to be done at any given time. Get excited for all

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  the process. It really was a great opportunity for my family to ... parent-readers out there, I'd also like to thank you for helping your ... critical job for parents is to make sure that young people don't interpret

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• 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 / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  moved back to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm here for three days trying to ... person that I ever knew in high school. On Monday I'm headed for the ... Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Institute of Contemporary Art College Night #2 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  before midnight with one of my friends encouraging me to get pumped about ... developments, I will soon gain access to the front of my cerebral cortex, where ... velvet pillow. The trio proceeded to crown me as tsar. The witnesses

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  's Writing and Humanistic Studies department. Dr. Boiko wanted to tell me about ... semester to say she thought the introductory writing courses must rate as ... about our students—how interesting they tend to be and how interesting

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  better suited your personality? To be honest, during my interview for MIT ... applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being ... Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  social groups a different angle on the 'i found my people in college' trope

  

  nice and all, but this is an idea that is hard for me not to be doubtful ... for help or participate in groups; when i happen to be in the midst of ... i want to be good at a lot of things out of personal interest and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 27, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  . I applied to be a blogger for MITAdmissions two times before I was ... for nothing because it didn't pay off in the way I had wanted it to. And ... . And a part of me wanted to stop writing entirely for a month. I thought

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• 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…

  

  from last term, where by some miracle I managed to get all three. For ... to continue receiving credit for it? - but since I don't know for sure ... 've linked to class descriptions for all of these.) 1) Math. Many of you will

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 10, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Halls are Alive with the sound of mischief :)

  

  jumpscared me while I was waiting for my next class to start! It looked ... preferences, instructions on how to shower, and my personal favorite: unlabelled ... papers to come in. I leave to use the bathroom and for a blessed moment of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • October 2, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have without the bloggers, because I certainly feel as though I got to know you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Exhaustion Guess who's not ready to go to grad school after all

  

  learning new things. But I've never been the type of person to, say, read a ... . And that was very motivating for me personally - granted, it was because my mentor and manager chose a very fitting project for me to work on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2020
• Blog / Advice

  new york without i*stagram who are you performing for?

  

  too early for a flight has its benefits: you get to sit in an airport ... days (mainly for christmas), and due to a mixture of factors both within ... biased personal take, subject to change blah blah blah [annotation note

  • by Janet G. '27
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  . Some of you seem determined to make this personal. I don't know how to ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Going Home ... but where exactly is that?

  

  I'm currently sitting in the SeaTac airport, waiting for my flight back to Boston that's been delayed for ~2 hours. One part of me is ... the deep thoughts limit for this post, and I'm ready to read a couple of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 6, 2014