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• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breath what's next for all our applicants

  

  - almost like a legal brief - for the committee. These briefs, along with ... Today is Veteran's Day, a federal holiday honoring military veterans. So I'd like to begin by giving a shoutout to my grandfather, who, in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A ... week for at least a few hours. There are intermittent milestones to help ... prototypes for a presentation every day for several hours. I was in the shop on

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  there enough air for everybody to breathe?" Just as I've never noticed a ... those who are interested, there are a lot of resources for female students ... was for female students, and whether I had experienced discrimination as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  optical illusions don't try this at home kids. use the crosswalk whenever possible.

  

  to get into the Museum Of Science for free. A few weeks back, Diana ... night, I went out with a few friends for a late night dinner at the Asgard ... burger because I've decided to become a vegetarian for the rest of the

  • by Bryan
  • August 4, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  because it means I am a different person than I was in September. For many ... to Do It. A few weeks ago, I was searching for 8.02 ASE materials for ... that I was working 12 hours a week for virtually nothing. Get funding

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Events

  To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Love You THANK YOU LSC

  

  've been sat on the ground for all I cared. I was practically V I B R A T ... A couple nights ago, Shayna messaged our very miscellaneous group chat this: HELL. FUCKING. YES. For those of you who don't know me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Right back where we started from You can call me Dr. Mollie.

  

  cortex of mice. (I wrote a review! And drew the pictures for it!) I ... defended my thesis come hell or high water. I hung around my Ph.D. lab for a ... close to winning.) When I started blogging for Admissions, I was dating a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 6, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Disappointment I know how it feels...

  

  didn't get in: I have a story for you! And hopefully, it'll make you feel ... school's nominations spots. I spent a week preparing for my MIT interview ... with friends. In the end, I didn't get a nomination spot - and for about

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  They may take our lives… ...but they'll never take our free Celtics tickets.

  

  also describes Liechtenstein thusly: "Mountainous, it is a winter sports resort, though it is perhaps best-known as a tax haven." Poor Liechtenstein ... then go to them for free and pretend that I'm promoting socialization

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  I had a funny realization. I found myself setting something on fire 3 different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each ignition taught me something new. For the Spinning Arts club, I went to

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  morning, I peddled a small piece of my soul in exchange for my academic ... thought of the title. After my advising meeting, I loitered for a few hours ... resumes in twelve hours, a carton of eggs waiting to crack and hatch their

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  're in a major for which it's required. Also, because they're computer ... . I'm in it for two major reasons. The first is that I'm a systems geek ... I haven't posted in a long time. This is largely because I have been

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  a poem. I was especially proud of us for the rhyme "three eight four ... fifth one was breaking out a laptop for verification as we spoke. Now ... . Protection from small insects 4. Never mistaken for a girl if somebody looks at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogger Freebie #2 And a plot twist!

  

  .022 for weeks, and taking 18.02 -- a less challenging multivariable calculus ... Kemp -- and talked with him about it for a few minutes. He was busy, but ... discuss it. After that, I cheered up a good deal, and distracted myself for

  • by Cam T. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  transferring student culture online virtual rush? it's more likely than you'd think

  

  though—you can't live there for a good while, and neither can we. but ... having lived there for only a few months! Later, I represented Burton ... made a Kahoot with two truths and a lie for the freshmen (and some

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 8, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  To give you a flavor (well, many flavors) for what MIT students do ... as you reply to this email? I am currently replying to you as I eat a brownie from a mug (an activity I highly suggest) in my apartment in Boston

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  My roommates and I haven’t had an outing for a while, so we went to ... to make them float within a certain section of the column for about ... ? jenny: yep! i tried getting some, but i got blown up by a creeper for the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  PSA: there’s a new mit.edu!

  

  thoughtful and fast search, a goal of being extremely useful for the user, and ... This is just a quick blog post to tell y'all that there is a new ... for this site, though it was carried through by the team at MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 25, 2018
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these ... you shoot for the moon, you miss, but that doesn't discount the bravery it took to try. The comments on this post are an open forum for those

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Leslie Jones Was Here and I Saw Her can't believe I haven't posted about this yet

  

  A couple of months ago I got an email saying that Leslie Jones (from SNL and Ghostbusters and others) was doing a show at MIT and that tickets were being awarded based on a lottery system. I entered the lottery

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 11, 2017