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• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  Oregon for work.  I found a real estate agent, found a lot, and built a house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing ... market for $250k.  Not a bad amount of appreciation for 2 years of

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  :03 PM: Oh. My. God. I have a writer’s meeting for my [annotation note ... to a three-hour dance rehearsal for [annotation note="It's the musical ... group trip to 7/11 to buy some Hi-Chews. For the first time all day I have

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  also have Mastering Physics due twice a week (Thursdays at 11:00 PM ... greeted by a screen like this: Click It is then up for you, the student ... for it. If you'll remember, Chris posted a lovely little tale about

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  video games that much, hm. - i ran a panic! at the disco tumblr for three years before creating and running a one direction sideblog for two years ... interview prep, I've come up with a pretty cohesive storyline for me as a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  metaphorical plot, it's a true inspiration for my secret pipe dream of becoming ... about having just tested negative for strep. One and a half weeks later ... 'm getting flown out to NYC soon for a full day of being wined, dined, and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  treadmill. And the world is a better place for it. ... "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is ... today, a colleague sent me a news article called From Wilton to Wall

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s the middle of November. Do YOU know where your Early Action application components are? How to tell if they are missing, and what to do about it

  

  is the more important one for us. Please fax them to 1-617-687-9184 by ... (relatively small but still nonzero number of) Early Action applicants for whom we are still missing a component of their application. Typically we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not your stereotypical sorority girl Tonight is the first night of sorority recruitment!

  

  popular (and untrue notions) a little later on. First of all, I should just clarify exactly what a sorority is. According to the Panhel website ... Alpha Theta, and Sigma Kappa. Each sorority has a different group of girls

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  re-orienting REX et al.

  

  one"]REX events.[/annotation] There was a different excitement for each ... dear past me,  I moved in last year on August 17th, a couple days ... , where a lot of big Orientation and other events happen

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • September 19, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  International Men & Women of Mystery

  

  international students.   I've been promising a post about international admissions for a long time, and (finally!) here goes. First, an important definition. For purposes of MIT Admissions, an international student is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  from home for months at a time, but I also believe the general atmosphere ... for recreational purposes, and when I decided to apply I went back, but ... had everything ready already, but hitting the 'Submit' button takes a

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  HT@MIT: Cantab Lounge Poetry Slam An Amazing Show For A 10 Minute Walk And $3

  

  night the Cantab Lounge hosts an Open Mic followed by a Featured Poet and wrapping up the night with a Poetry Slam where poets compete for a few bucks ... Slam is held in a different exotic location in the US and, for the second

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Potpourri Blog Post food... etc.

  

  , Physics Quiz, CLASSES!!!] For the moment, I have no profound thesis for a ... really grumpy. But I had a movie screening to take care of. I write for ... , there was a special screening for Red Cliff, an epic ancient Chinese war

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 21, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  never actually tried suicide, but has willed for unconsciousness for a ... performed badly (my father’s theory) or simply did not work. Ruth was ok for a ... had An Episode, for the first time in a long while, and felt in every

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  So you want to be a student-athlete? Finding the balance

  

  and management. The big drawbacks of playing a sport at MIT, for me ... project (see D-lab). It's a trade-off. For spring break, I am already ... sacrifice. For me, the tradeoff makes sense. Staying healthy and being a

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to work

  

  st is the deadline for freshmen to declare a major. Technically, it ... Sloan faculty heard the desires of the MIT community for a recognized ... . Where there's a will, there's a way. More later about Course 11, the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Slowing Climate Change, One Steak at a Time final project for 24.03 (The Ethics and Politics of Food)

  

  a vegan diet by 70%). Cows and sheep are responsible for 37% of the ... :  70% of the world's fresh water is used for agriculture. Almost a ... longer. A vegetarian diet costs less for consumers. Vegetarian diets

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • May 11, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  semester! For real! Okay, sadly, it's a remote program, because *gestures ... : Introductory math classes at MIT don't always work for me. I had a wonderful ... people) ended up in one room, waiting for the professor. A half-hour past

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  Jill Biden waved at me D.C. during inauguration

  

  decided someone important was in the restaurant. We did eat at a relatively ... took me a noticeable and important effort to check myself in public, to ... heckled and yelled by visiting tourists for wearing a shirt they disagree

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  diverse class that reflects the values and goals of your institution. For a ... act as an Admissions Officer for a fictional College or University ... Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005