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• Blog / Academics & Research

  the journey to PLAYsentations or, the conclusion to the best class I've taken at MIT...so far

  

  interest in design: “His Christmas gift to me would be one day of his time ... is when I sense some carelessness in a product.” Every Wednesday night ... difference in navigating those choppy waters. Lessons I've gleaned: It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 17, 2013
• Blog / How to Food

  Procrastination For Finals ...so I cooked dinner instead.

  

  My last assignment for the semester was turned in on Tuesday, and basically three finals stand between between me and the summer! (i have them ... studying for finals, I cooked dinner instead today. =p (it didn't really

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 13, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i ... 't for me working outside — a few weeks ago, i gathered the freshmen in ... into the Charles when i finally rescued it."]wind[/annotation] blasts in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  SCIENCE ALERT: “smoking gun” evidence for Alan Guth’s theory of inflation! Good thing I already have Alan Guth's signature on all of my class registration forms.

  

  receive any exam booklets." Prof. Guth smiled and asked whether I was in the ... into the wrong exam hall, I said "Um, yes. 8.012 is DEFINITELY in this ... freakout when gears in my brain clicked and I realized who I'd been speaking

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  Arts at MIT) in Fall 2020, but I didn't have any more blocks to carve ... would make me feel bad if I messed up. At my level of block cutting ... ="aligncenter" width="507"] specifically from the tree in front of Walker Memorial

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  just appeared the other day and mine is, as far as I know, in its final form. Although I'm excited to have new classes and a fresh start, a new ... . This makes me sad. I think that MIT sans work would be an amazing thing

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIA No More Why I haven't blogged in 23 days.

  

  lets you combine your passions and interests in many different ways...I ... . There are two activities in particular that I love doing, that I could ... , dance has taken me through so many ups and downs in life. I seriously

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  completely bore you with the details of my trip I will compose them in haiku ... Sunday I held the Philly central meeting in Fort Washington On Monday ... end. P.S. XPN in Philly and Jack in NY/NJ both ROCK MY SOCKS. I've lived

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  an essay writing journey one of my MIT essays, as told through revision history

  

  you who are now in college and used Google Docs to write your essays, I ... wondering how I could express something meaningful in so few words. But in the ... to any Common App schools in that round, so I wound up using this essay

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  better. In the days and months to come, I would like us to find meaningful ... normal day, we'd be gathered in Killian Court, and I'd be kneeling on the ... . And I know that, in this time of tension around the pandemic and rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hey Erick, You Awake? Not gonna call it a night just yet

  

  ; After a long Saturday, my friends and I found ourselves chilling in the ... Adventure Time followed by Bob's Burgers, two shows which I've never seen ... people called it a night, going upstairs to their rooms. I didn't want to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back and ready for action! Saying goodbye to summer and hello to my sophomore year

  

  would highly recommend this place. The restaurant is called Bay Leaves, in ... .) In other news, Rush is in full swing! I've been helping Chi Phi, but ... back-up into the pump to save some time. Since I thought the driver was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  States. I’d love to tell you that the film has a happy ending, in which ... homeland, I would lose a new life. To even imagine what the undocumented ... of four high school students from the Arizona desert, who in 2004 won

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Scott ‘13, Cory ‘13, Edner ‘13, Jeremy ‘13, and Bee ‘13 The penultimate in a nine-part series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  runs a little deeper than in many of the other kids that I have interviewed for MIT, and I wish them the best of luck and hope that they stay in ... existed when he arrived here four years ago. "In ninth grade, I only heard

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Forget your plan for a minute The beauty of collage

  

  now that I went to an art school and spent most of my time in film ... would unfold and that’s ok. Remember, we ask you in the application essays ... This morning at breakfast, I gave my son (the high school junior

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  2024 in Review the things and stuff of 2024

  

  challenging. In 2024 I developed strength and self reliance. Obviously it ... that I am beyond grateful for. But in some of these lows, I grappled with ... , relationships, etc… and then choose what deserves a place in your life. I think my

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • January 13, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  once in a while. OK I may be an Internet addict, but I am not alone ... degrees Fahrenheit, which isn't even high in sauna standards; but I was ... escalated in temperature until it was too much to handle. I also clumsily

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  The Complexity of Simplicity Not as paradoxical as it sounds

  

  final presentation I will be in part presenting on Monday, so that'll be a fun blog). In a nutshell, I've been working with my team to try and ... , I think that's something MIT looks for in their admissions decisions

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  I like eating. I like eating a lot. By which I mean both that I greatly enjoy eating, and I also enjoy eating great amounts of food. When I was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  As you know, I've been traveling frequently these days, and the trips ... School of Dreams (a case study of Whitney High School in Los Angeles), which I'm currently reading. So, I sit here on Amtrak with the book, and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004