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• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  1940s after a high volume of drowning-related deaths at war. It’s been ... yoga for the majority of their credits."]quarter[/annotation], and at the ... continue for the foreseeable future.  The idea of the test is that if you

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  The Starving Student’s Guide to Cooking For Yourself it's easy to ditch that meal plan and save loads of money.

  

  to a restaurant for dinner instead of eating at the dining hall, you ... .  Either way, that's a savings of at least $70 per week, or $1050 per ... done a lot of experimenting). 2. Take your steak out of the fridge at

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  So, by a show of hands, how many of you are stressing about college ... that’s a lot of you! Last year around this time I wrote an entry called ... a read, because I give an in-depth account of how I managed to

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wooo Summer The goal as usual is to do ALL the things

  

  touch with.  In fact, just last week a bunch of us got together at my dorm ... continuous nucleation of pharmeceutical ingredients on polymer surfaces at the ... and be inspired to apply and hopefully come to MIT! FPOP At the end of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Updates Some helpful tips for those working on their EA apps.

  

  [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]   *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... Action deadline of November 1! I'd like to use this entry to answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  17,707 words writing at night like you're running out of time

  

  Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything which I’ve read at least ... some essay advice from the bloggers of yore and a few words from me. But now that that’s out of the way, hi hi hi! Last week, I finished up

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • October 24, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  🦆🦆🦆🏳️🏳️🏳️ 🦖🦖🦖 SIMMONS!!! RETREAT!!!

  

  , October 14th at our Heads of House’s cabin in Concord, MA. As we drove, I ... unpack and set up our beds. We got a tour of the cabin, and then three of ... way, we saw the shell of a blue car, and we chained together clover

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 17, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  field. One of my professors, T.L. Taylor, was also at TwitchCon to attend ... Back in October of 2022, I flew from Boston to LA and drove two hours ... 'm a huge fan of streamed content and consume a lot of it! Games, IRL

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  probably more drinkable at a 1x dilution, but I have three boxes of 10x PBS ... media is, in fact, drinkable. It comes in a whole range of pink colors! It looks like it would be berry-flavored! At least two people I know have

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  . Luckily, there are a surprising number of insane people at MIT, and a subset ... look at 3:47, when I knock off a sizable chunk of ice that hits my ... definition of ice climbing, I don't know it. But a layman's definition might be

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large population out there of parents who are readers of the blog. While most of those who leave comments are applicants, I would love to hear from some of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful situation. The feeling of anguish and helplessness can be overwhelming. Life ... all of my colleagues in Admissions and across MIT have those people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  arms in the air, and yells: "I'm SATAN!" The man at the register looks ... thought I'd been there all along, working at this godforsaken JOB!" The ... !" , and piggybacks out at a sprint. "Order up for Tasha?" calls an

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  the forge, cropped ones for social events that don't include bits of flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to shape the world around me, and clothing mods are a great part of that. So

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  decisions, decisions why are there so many of them

  

  -so-put-together parts of my existence at this college. The musings, the worries, the ... will 2020 throw at us next oof"]one year[/annotation] of saying words ... -decent way of introducing myself to the world (and give a decent overview of

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 9, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the "cons" on my pro ... I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I ... food I go to the Ocean State Job Lot, one of the best stores for $5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when ... Allan G. ‘20 are identical twins ….” At the time, and up until about 1 ... misinformed about their babies, with 179 parents of identical twins mistakenly

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  ; It’s ridiculously cool. In the period of one semester you learn how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me ... different types of documentary, from the classically framed interview to cin

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  A few hours ago we finished processing the final segment of tens of thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and entered them into our system. At this point, if we have your documents, they

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  instead of 450 — they will be wider, at least 20 inches instead of 17 inches ... copy of "The Tech" after work today. I was very excited to get my Tech ... skimmed it, looking for any mention of chairs. Nothing on the front page. I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008