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• Blog / MIT Life

  Living in Random Hall or: i really miss loop

  

  groceries online and they'll be delivered to the dorm once a week for free ... 'll ever meet. And I wanted a single. I knew that for a fact. Post ... incredible f e a r. For a bit more context: On the Myer-Briggs test, I placed

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  your transcript as simply a P for pass. No it doesn't matter if you got a ... receive credit for a class by taking the final for that subject. Scores for ... fair and a common reason for taking an ASE. Go for it if you have a lot

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  spent a lot of time closely inspecting and growing a deep love for the ... of 1929 when senior class president C. Brigham Allen brought together a member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  written a week and a half ago (about when Caltech's Fleming House came for ... It had been quite a while since I looked at MIT's online Hack Gallery ... date, they've made a lot of updates to the timeline, and to the writeups

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  and i am afraid of falling a long winded chess metaphor

  

  . Why was I embarrassed for losing a chess game with no stakes nor ... went to New Hampshire with my roommates for a getaway, a break right ... I've been watching a lot of chess. Watching, not playing. My eyes

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  friend Tiffany (MIT '06) for lunch; she's interning for Accenture, a ... . ------------------------------ Thanks to Tiffany for a great lunch and lovely tour of the eBay complex ... with our friend Carter (MIT '07), who is interning for Apple this summer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule! Listen to me blather on . . .

  

  • by Snively '11
  • September 17, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Information concerning the 2009 freshman application!

  

  • by Snively '11
  • August 2, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Theme I've been looking at too many de-motivational posters!

  

  Because it seems to be the theme of Paul’s blog.

  • by Snively '11
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a ... twenty miles tip-to-tail. We’d speed through the middle for a few minutes ... of a machine learning conference, there are a couple of days for

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  How to jump out of an airplane and live We have football, pistol, fencing, and TKD. . . but did you know we also…

  

  of a lack of vehicle I should probably hold off on skydiving for a ... registered for the 6 hour ground training.  A week later I found myself sitting ... -nighter."  Apparently the club fell apart for a while but in March it was re

  • by Snively '11
  • July 31, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  how to succeed in business without really trying on leadership, being bad at things, and musicals

  

  deciding on a course of action, which is very useful for student government ... . This past month, I've been serving as the band director for a student ... piano was to fill a random spot for the State Solo and Ensemble Contest in

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 18, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  长大 on family, thanksgiving, and growing up

  

  Growing up, Thanksgiving was an extremely important holiday for my ... graduate students from the local university to our house for a Thanksgiving ... . Cooking for thirty people was no easy task. Every year, a menu would go up

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 28, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  interest in leaving the hospital campus except for food. About a week into ... it took a full embarrassingly long minute for him to relent and do so ... ethnicities, due to a variety of reasons; for example, Arabs were the first

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT how we practice and pursue it here

  

  high school we went to, and for 11th and 12th grade, we transferred to a ... semester, we each painted a mural and made AR animations for them! It was a ... for FREE !!! It was a crazy fun and crazy long day! Honestly, that day

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 30, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Raskolnikov as an Odd Metaphor on angst and deferral

  

  many healthy things to do while waiting for decisions like going to a ... .  # of times I've asked Mr. K for essay feedback. Mr. K was a math teacher ... ” — I asked 5 unique teachers + 1 friend a total of 9 times for feedback

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  . Hahahahaha. That plan worked for a while. But by the second week of classes, a ... even correct! I promptly took a nap, then went back to studying for 7 ... Fall semester began as expected, with a shot of adrenaline and

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  's) headspace for your essays. Here are a few tips, tricks, and aphorisms I ... We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  never be thankful enough for a good teacher, and in some ways you won't realize how important of a role they play in your life until you back at the ... for the show (which is a total bummer since it was such a great show

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  , probably. You can sign up for that on the MyMIT website. A summer visit can be helpful, too, and for many students/families can be a more ... circumstances a higher score could help. For the admitted Class of 2008, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005