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• Blog / Admissions

  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  all of the traffic. For months I brainstormed on how to take that ... the person close to you who died. I read about your small towns, your ... they probably don't say to your face for fear of inflating your ego: that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  See me, feel me, milq me, heal me Picture entry! Don't read if you're on dialup! DON'T DO IT! Sorry, but it's for…

  

  sushi restaurant for 15 minutes before Gloria talked to some people ... -tasting, unbelievably large sandwich for only $3 and has a "buy 7, get 1 free" deal where ... would probably never patronize this truck if not for the "buy 7, get 1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  seems to demand attention. Alas. Hoping to be back in the office tomorrow at any rate. EA admits: after today's build, you'll be able to upload ... vacation outlining a lot of changes I'd like to make to MyMIT to make it a

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  checked off 101 things to do before you graduate...

  

  grad dorms are pretty easy for me to forget. Participate in a UROP… or ... the C League (Leagues go from A to C, in decreasing difficulty), so for ... Nets depending on the year) Go to Tosci’s for ice cream ✅ I have been

  • by Waly N. '24
  • May 31, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Slippery Slope: The Story of a Frazzled Sophomore How NOT to spend the first month of sophomore year

  

  online readings for whatever I needed to finish my paper by Tuesday 2pm ... made time for things that made me happy. Everything seemed to be going ... allowed to have for the exam, falling even farther behind. I felt like I was

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  flight to catch up on literature, for example. This eventful schedule ... cared to be lauded for a job well done in an endeavor that wasn't really ... worldwide. I was receiving recognition for a cause in which I personally

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  hoping for 100 to enroll??" It is true that we are aiming for a smaller ... , "It's heart wrenching to wait till mid-March for a decision from MIT ... allowed to admit each year, it is better for us to compare all of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Flashback 1.0 What was I like as freshman? Wouldn't you like to know.

  

  be the poster child for "people who get headaches listening to ... downpour to ask the poor, exhausted deskworker for a tour. I asked a upperclassman BC resident who was on the waiting list to move to EC for his advice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  hey, why not, and filled out the online application. For the in-person ... London for winter break, then flew back to Boston and got an x-ray at MIT ... for over twenty minutes...) so the doctor left and I wasn't able to get

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  of Germany to get to Prague hopefully at around 4pm, just in time for ... route divides into three affording a huge number of options for teams to ... Mountains of Kyrgyzstan and into Kazakhstan for a dash north to the Russian

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Kevin’s Room Portrait of an MIT Student

  

  freshman-year jolt MIT is known for. He admits to feeling like hot stuff ... .05 (Thermodynamics), 2.051 (Intro to Heat Transfer), 2.086 (Numerical Computation for ... for drills and drones in place of auto-rifles and grenades. Next to the

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • November 26, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Joint Post] Interviewing Two MIT Physics Heroes An Interview with Two MIT Physics Professors that are Departing from MIT.

  

  privilege. I consider myself incredibly lucky that I managed to stay here for ... best he could to help the students when the review was over. For the ... learning sequences, which are online modules with videos and questions to

  • by Richard O. '28
  • May 30, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Mandatory: MIT Mid Year Report What you need to know.

  

  form has fields for you to report your coursework and grades. This is ... . And we're only looking for this from students with something to report ... grades, no text. For example, it is sufficient to write "B+" rather than "B

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  welcoming our new bloggers! baby bloggers? baby bloggers!!

  

  has some new baby bloggers, all very excited to write for you! After ... things that will go to the moon and looking for trash cans, formally ... California, who likes to devour niche fan wikis for video games she doesn

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  'm ashamed. I didn’t want to doodle any old thing, so I was waiting for ... decided to start something. This one’s about how jaded I am about buying ... waking up at 10:30 AM everyday to nothing but enjoying sunshine, pointless

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  : Computer Buying Advice Recommended Laptops It would also be helpful to talk ... are buzzing... the semester seems to be in full swing. This semester is very new to me even though it's my 7th one here. I have been through a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SEEING WAITRESS TWICE (sorry in advance for the obnoxious amount of CAPS)

  

  ! Unfortunately, this plan began to seem futile. A person who looked like he had some authority told everyone in line that there was no point to wait for ... VERY close to leaving the line at one point, because the same person came

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Share Your Story, 2014 edition How did you find out you'd been accepted? Was there any celebratory dancing? Please tell…

  

  Congratulations on being accepted to MIT! You're amazing! And your hair looks especially good today! Did you do something new to it? Nope ... on fire, having to call 911, etc.) (No. Not really. But everything

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We all campus for iCampus Innovation and Entrepreneurship: We all love iCampus! (~8 pictures)

  

  I'm not quite sure under what category to file this entry, since it ... , "Academics" it is. The MIT Outreach Initiative "seeks to disseminate ... remember, and how fast they can shift from absorbing facts and concepts to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 1, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  sort. But if you're going to Portland for a day, forget all that ... secret room in the back and found a display copy for us to play with in the ... ("Do you want to play with anything?" "Y-Knot! (homonym for "Why not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005