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• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took ... Sunday. One would think I'd be efficient at it by now, but I'm still ... - that I'll get faster with experience. I wish Matt would offer a seminar

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  lessons on burnout 2020 made me realize things

  

  , but I had already gotten that in quarantine. What would I even do with ... last couple of years in high school, I was in a near-constant state of ... takeaway is that starting in around fall of 11th grade, I was constantly just

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  AM, would be a horrifying thought. But on this particular day, I feel ... minutes before lifting, I sit in a corner and nibble on a breakfast cracker ... robot as thanks" in return for 15 minutes of my day, and because I am a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  my year in music, volume 3 i am starting to feel very old

  

  what i study to nowadays. RIP having good taste in music. my one attempt ... when i was working in LA last summer and was doing no exercise and also ... this earth to live in LA, and i couldn't run more than a mile without

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • May 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  22, I went to see My Little Pony: the Movie in theatres at 10:30pm on a Friday night. I was one of two people in the audience. In my defense, I saw it so I could tell my 7-year old sister about it. Also in my defense

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  rancher. This distresses me. I own no cattle.) Tucked away in the American ... prototypes (a.k.a. parents). I was in attendance to take pictures of food- I ... through a wooden door, which is why I chose to live in one of the non

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentation Recap Flashing lights, a live horse, social robots, great music, clouds of steam and lots of…

  

  Presentation in which student-designed products were presented. -- I was in the ... rode a few years back along the shores of a beach in Nigeria. By rode, I ... could aid the transport of vaccines in remote areas. KoolPool, an

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Amsterdesk Time is on my side, it's on my side now.

  

  because it gives me a captive environment in which I basically have nothing ... the issue altogether? You'd think that as an MIT student, I would have ... I've always said I don't believe in linear time, but this is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  undergrad, nor did I have any faith in myself that I would be able to land ... would not have money anymore. In practical senses, I’m grateful for what ... phone calls were good and to be honest, I would’ve been happy working with

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  INT to the INT to the IN(s)T i3 Videos! woo!

  

  would defer actually blogging about choosing a dorm later on (and I'm sure Paul would have a lot to say about this as well). But anywhoo, I want to ... Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) (n.) - a DVD you will

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  lesson in Italian: "Voray ordinare" Translation: I would like to order ... Pizza Now here in the US, I've heard this pizza referred to as a "Blonde ... joke that I'm not going to say in my blog for fear of offending my yellow

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  So the rest of your decisions are coming in and let's take a second to talk about it

  

  week and next. I remember this week in late March as a very scary time ... satisfied enough to embark on the eight-hour grind. I realized the error in my ... in a more open way. Sound good? I’ll start. I remember starting my

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • March 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Regret… less-than-optimal decisions I've made in college

  

  graduate for my Mech. E degree. I probably would have had a better academic ... regret doing the in-between stuff that I really shouldn’t have, such as a ... load in about a year, and communicate when I need to take time off from

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 4, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends and family could tell you, I'm just a little bit frazzled when packing to go to or from MIT...so I would, almost inevitably, forget one vital

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  iDoor Opening your boyfriend's dorm room door? There's an app for that.

  

  with", I would just like the say that it was, but I was more impressed by ... Almost a year ago, I met a kid who tried to convince me to come back ... open and close his door. Whether you believe him or not, I have to admit

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 8, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  of fencing practice, I would stumble out of the Z-Center with a ... bite of a spicy Italian sub, I would do anything - including trudging ... meals, and I savored every delicious mouthful. And now, in the blink of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some summer pictures

  

  I've been promising for a while that I would post some pictures from Switzerland, so I'll be doing that gradually (I have lots of pictures), mixed in ... that I was an MIT student definitely helped me get hired. I arrived in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  because how would I ever make friends in college if I didn’t meet people ... ’t possible for me. I thought I was absolutely screwed: I would never fit in at ... filled with all kinds of MIT students in the line up! I think I can speak

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  about EA decisions being released next week. And I wanted to check in ... , because I never seem to pick boring applications out of the pile. In fact, I ... world might actually turn out to be okay after all.  In March I go

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  10 things I learned in 10 projects a run-down of my making misadventures sophomore year

  

  rod, I knew in my gut that it would not work, and I should not say yes ... I do not know if I have mentioned this on the blogs or in public, ever, but I am actually majoring in mechanical engineering. I went on a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 30, 2022