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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  companies in America, William I. Koch is an international businessman ... students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting. Look at the good weather, even in November! I wonder how long this will

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist ... —if you look beyond the thing you’re waiting for—it can also be full of ... have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is an open forum to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2026
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist ... —if you look beyond the thing you're waiting for—it can also be full of ... have complicated feelings; that’s okay too, and this is an open forum to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  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 ... though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  World’s Largest Collection of Brains The new Brain & Cognitive Sciences Complex opens tomorrow.

  

  There was a nice article in yesterday's Boston Globe about the ... brain scientists under one roof in the world. The new 411,000-square ... , stands on what must already be one of the brainiest corners in the world

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Failing and perfectionism

  

  what exactly I want to aim for in the near future. Basically, in the face ... -achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but ... reach a lofty bar that you set for yourself. It’s a challenge.  

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • June 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Other Side from prefrosh to cpw chair

  

  throughout the course of the day. All the things I’ve taken for granted in a ... . 16 events in 3 days. We’ve been planning for months. And as our CPW ... before our eyes, I can’t wait for all that is in store. My own prefrosh

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i ... see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... against my will. i keep insisting that i’m in my cool color era, my green

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  pictures on my phone for nostalgia purposes and I came across this: For ... you change your major, how is cooking for yourself, do we hate Harvard kids, where does the illuminati stay on campus, can someone major in a

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  separate instances in which I was booted for violation of some security or ... searching for the unzipped MATLAB installer in my Temp folders. Well, I found ... time, always amidst great fanfare and in every creative, apocalyptic way

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Take THAT, Microsoft Firefox rules.

  

  ) headquarters for awhile, duffel bag in hand. Seven hours of puzzling later, I ... just for the sake of doing puzzles in sleep-deprived delirium. I ... -shaped paper cut-outs in a complex word pattern. For those of you who are

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  ever. Living in Boston. I lived at Phi Delta Theta this summer for a ... , and it's truly worth fully soaking in for at least a couple months. For ... that girl who sits in front of me in class. I also took out the trash and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  befriend some of the best and brightest minds in America and around the world. But right now, I don't think I've ever been prouder to be an MIT ... Jeopardy, and featuring Lilly as she sat in her extremely tricked out dorm

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Birth Of Baby Nance Regular updates from labor through delivery (guest-hosted by Ben).

  

  Hi folks, Ben here, with an update from The Nance, who called me at ... . Bryan says that anyone who guessed over 8 pounds is going to be in big ... ] Noon on 1/12/06: Finally got in touch with Bryan! Alas, Baby Nance was

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 11, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  send you an email in early December asking you how you would like to ... All QuestBridge College Match results are announced in early December ... be matched with a non-binding school (MIT). In this case, you may
• Blog / Admissions

  What Essay Questions Should We Ask?

  

  blogger applications; this week, I'm modifying the Maker Portfolio for ... at old requirements for admission.  Last year I posted our essay ... , not only through what they literally write (i.e. "For fun I like to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 27, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  alongside the start of the semester, but damn. I was in this relationship for ... I've never been so excited for a semester. I'm taking classes that ... spent a lot of quality time with my roommates, and it was helpful for me

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  playing for EC had played badminton in high school, and mine had won the ... It was cold today. So cold. My dad put my winter coat in the mail and ... night I stayed up til 6am purely out of habit. For the next hour I read

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  If strangers meet life begins you shall above all things be glad and young

  

  , drawing my eyes like a beacon. And in that moment MIT unfolded for me, as I ... interest in bioengineering and biomedicine to his passion for electronics ... I. Flying back home to MIT from home in South Bend (not a typo), I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home! Part 5 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  day, which was neat for me because I was actually born in Philly. My ... 's another story. You'd think that I, having lived in Boston for 7 years ... Finally back in the office! When we last left off, I'd just finished

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2005