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• Blog / Challenges

  the happy ending is you thoughts related to relationships

  

  which i’ve listened to a lot over the past few weeks. i’m getting into ... that any given relationship is likely to end painfully?” rather than a ... it felt to be held by you”. it’s a strange line at first glance because

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  we started a Black Student Union in our school to build community, but ... ). I cried because I reflected on the time I went to a small carnival in my hometown during high school and had to run from a shootout (to be

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bibliophiles assemble! When life gives you books...

  

  A few weeks ago, I had the best weekend in recent history. Of course ... unexpected details go a long way in raising your spirits. For me, that little ... going to make me happy. Every semester or so, the MIT Press (located to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  the office about the deadline, so let me take a moment to answer some of those questions, and to provide a bit of advice as well. Please be ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  was too young and stupid to know what a postmark was. That's probably ... clothing (a la Gwen Stefani). Sorry, trying to find motivation to keep doing ... "abogado," or "lawyer." This is because the Spaniards who came to the New

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  took a week of going to bed at 8PM and getting up at 4AM to shock me back ... from French homework to sit down and write to you, but I think it's time. Class has been going well. It's a significant effort commitment, but it

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Should I include my ethnicity on the MIT Application? As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment about someone of…

  

  understand who you are - in context. Remember, we don't get a chance to meet ... connect. Crafting a class is similar - we go into painstaking detail to ... As a minority, how many times have you heard some off-handed comment

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  what i ate in a month* *basically true to my word this time but at what cost

  

  "]compulsory meal plan friends,[/annotation] you’ll have to wait. I ate a LOT of ... time i got to the buffalo chicken too, so there wasn’t a big point ... ’s like ??  a good bowl of beef noodle soup is hard to come by. i fear that

  • by Janet G. '27
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Monkey Dance

  

  title of the film, Monkey Dance, refers to a classical Cambodian dance ... Mira Nair came to speak last year and kind of offered my friend a role in ... Julie Mallozzi to do a screening of her film at your school. It's a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a house tour of mit sororities! meet aphi, axo, and theta

  

  Welcome to a tour of three MIT sorority houses! Believe it or not, sorority life is a thriving community here at MIT, with about ⅓ of undergraduate women being affiliated to one of the [annotation note="the six

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 21, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  dancing at MIT (and beyond) continuity vs. fulfillment and the perils of stagnation

  

  have to bike to Northeastern three times a week. so far, it's been a ... dance on Mocha Moves, but come to at most one practice a week. I spend ... -time instead of Mocha was difficult and took quite a long time to make; I started

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  a number of different course planning websites (and apps!) to choose ... makes it really easy to explore. Do you need a course 2 class that counts ... 's probably the easiest way to find a simple list of classes in a particular

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Romance of Learning rainy days, language tests, and a book called Babel

  

  sandwich and a Honeycrisp apple that my roommate gave to me after apple ... the mind, to dissect a problem down to its fundamental components, then ... truly is a gift to be a student.  Swapping out one magical world for

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 23, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Remembering Woodie Flowers they say don't meet your heroes, but some exceed your expectations

  

  Louisiana that left him with a hard-coded aversion to any kind of violence ... to science education and best known for its eponymous robotics ... introduction: to the tens of thousands of FIRST participants around the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  , do not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with their ... especially at MIT, there's an urge to see a social problem and want to build an ... the humanities, arts, and social sciences. I'm really glad I go to a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  It's been a while since I've had time to sit down for a long period ... do it all now. It's okay to jog instead of run. Keep up at a steady ... lifetime. Get ready to embrace it. Much love, A reluctantly, soon-to

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  . So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in addition to being a WWII vet, was also ordained as a nondenominational ... that, I won't be posting quite so much. But I did want to take a moment

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Where WAS I? Honestly? I still don't know.

  

  truth. Yes, folks, I'm about to tell you the truth, and man, is it a doozy ... with a free sticker that said "HUG ME, I DONATED BLOOD TODAY" stuck to my ... , guys, I joined a cult. I really didn't mean to; I guess that's what

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  Tabacco sought to teach organic chemistry in a rapid, compendious, yet still ... to the right, we got more than a little excited and decided that Dr ... fluorine was a good nucleophile or if it was possible to do an SN2 reaction

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Alive and Kicking I kick, therefore I am ~taekwondo~

  

  Wouldn’t it be cool to try something new? A new sport, perhaps? Or, maybe try and improve at one of the many sports you know how to play in a ... committing to MIT or any college for the matter. I had a strong desire to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • August 3, 2021