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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus – mainly Manus! Hmm my hands feel itchy...

  

  carve out the inside. Still unsure, I timidly stuck a petite knife in: -and left it there... Until killer instincts kicked in: I had ... shaved in the pattern of “MIT” in the back: This would all look much

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 29, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A grab bag filled with a magical camp and the Big Apple One month of activities in one entry.

  

  Bon Pain in the NIH Clinical Center (which I justify by the total ... mug), hanging out in New York City, and more. I’m really only getting ... , sinking in. Could it really be true that I only have one year left at the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  time riding in a group, and I'm still a pretty novice cycler. ... About ... Death again, but if we had, I think I would have been okay. I hope you ... With two weeks left until Bike and Build (donate donate donate!) I

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  simply "Rindge"), the only public high school in Cambridge, MA. I must ... been rather silly to create a blog that no one would read. Nonetheless, I ... …etc. I even managed to catch the EC/Senior House Water War in action: One

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  decision. I would really encourage all of you to ask lots of questions this ... responses. I would also encourage you to explore all the dormitories and as ... bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Some answers for those offered a place on MIT's waitlist.

  

  . Additionally, I would recommend sending us a letter in mid-late April with an ... our 8% international quota. I'm still very interested in attending MIT ... students. Okay, what should I do now? If you are still interested in MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Yay! A hack! Know what're cool? See title.

  

  a photograph. As I walked into Lobby 7, camera in hand, ready to ... actually prospective students, I used Jack Florey in hopes that the name ... Sometime late last night and/or early this morning I received a

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT files lawsuit on behalf of international students alleges ICE policy “arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion”

  

  where they come from. I know firsthand the anxiety of arriving in this ... living in the United States. Since last March, MIT has offered housing to ... , Acting Director of ICE Ken Cuccinelli said, in an interview, that this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 9, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  That wasn’t skiing, that was falling with style! Guest post by Katy Kem '16

  

  a cabin in New Hampshire, and skiing all day every day. Yeah, I ... , though I’d never competed or formally trained in any way. As Winter Break ... that first race, but I must have made it down in one piece. I may have

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  academic struggles zig-zagging in a world of straight lines

  

  Leetcode fine—it feels like a repeat of my competition math days—but I would ... put in my best effort and keep my eyes on my own paper. I like building ... for “smart”. I am very lucky that, in fourth grade, my parents

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• 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 never attended Middletown High School North. I would have- I attended its

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  do in your free time? I spent most of my time making things in the ... super well with Moogega and Ivan. What did you build in the EE lab? I ... commercial. King of the Nerds is not the type of show I would normally watch

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  out the weather report in mid-April and this is what I get... I ... remember for my entire life. Plus, if I can run a marathon in sleet and get a ... , but you kids were so awesome that I just couldn't manage to stay in my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  painless in retrospect but I was a little stressed about it. On the ninth, I ... and I still got in. (Note: This isn’t me bragging about myself being t ... MIT. How else would you? 2. Worst case scenario—you don’t get in. Odds

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Quizbowl adventuring knowledge is (*) power !

  

  , first time driving in Boston, first time picking up my own rental car. I ... morning (which is to say that I switched to being nervous about waking up in ... thought it would be, perhaps because the road was deserted at 6.30 in the

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 29, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back-to-school special i'm a senior now :o

  

  grappling with the fact that i'm leaving this place and my friends in less ... in the morning and look forward to my work--i haven't felt that way for ... structured than they did when i lived in EC or senior haus. i've also had to

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 17, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knife fight with a biker gang Best blog entry EVER. If you think I'm kidding, let me just say: Gory photos…

  

  him when he sliced me in the face! Then I beat him up and kicked him ... 've proudly donated blood several times in the past, after which I hopped up off ... like an emergency at all. I was just taking a ride with some friends in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  Although this blog probably would've been more appropriately posted at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen ... is a freshman preorientation program (FPOP) at MIT, which I

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston Fun Tons of Boston fun, with a dash of Cambridge, too.

  

  "I would walk 500 miles" people. Check out places I've visited: (note ... The weather in the area has been simply glorious over the past week, so I've been spending a lot of time wandering through Boston

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New MIT Viewbook Is a viewbook as useful to you as it might have been for my (pre-internet)…

  

  on the current viewbook I would love to hear them. What do you like or ... from beginning to end. We'll choose a firm in the next few days, and the ... components - photos, text, profiles, illustrations - I'd love to hear what you

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 3, 2005