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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Oh, the things I can nerd on about not comprehensive

  

  ’s actually in the sense of, “the place where something originates”, like alma ... meaning of the word enough, could also mean something expensive, valuable ... words are used. I trace a lot of the influence in my writing from spoken

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 9, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Experiment… featuring Emily '22, Felix '23, and Alison '23

  

  work in admissions last July, and by mid-July I was part of the team to ... "]Felix.[/annotation] The next idea came from a student who drew an image of herself ... it -Emily"]class of 2024.[/annotation] And, just like the previous two

  • by kellen manning
  • July 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , had probably the second best time of my life (getting accepted and ... place justice, though citrus tastes oh-so-delicious. The best parts of my ... , "Ohmygods I can't wait to watch bouncy balls fall out of the sky and play in a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Set Theory and other Shenanigans *Literal* Set theory

  

  cards that, for each of their four characteristics, are either all the same or all different. A set must meet ALL of the following conditions ... fillings have all the same number of symbols, or all different numbers of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  As Vincent mentioned, the MIT Class of 2019 freshmen are currently ... Water War and for the Top of the Sponge roofdeck party. It's funny to ... head and roll some blocks of ice down the hall! because it's not the ice

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  an outlook on emails a week of my inbox’s pain and suffering, compartmentalized

  

  A couple of weeks before the school year started, I spent countless ... .01 (Physics Mechanics). But emails being amongst the overwhelming aspects of my ... was interesting to see directly the amount of outreach that’s been done

  • by Waly N. '24
  • September 21, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Application, I included as one of the optional essays the following prompt: You ... excerpted on the entry announcing new bloggers: The smell of decomposing ... voice. The Gods of Metal replied by raining down utter carnage. Lightning

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A catchup I answer questions, now that I'm no longer drugged...

  

  of right now, the corners of my lips are raw, and I still look like a ... get a copy of the detailed syllabus for the GIRs so I can start ... classes. Keep in mind that this is only current for the Class of '10, so the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As ... The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  of the city where I was born. I felt the calling. Actually, I also ... high school. I take the free bus down to the other end of 16th Street ... to the ticket window. I give people the benefit of the doubt, but I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  The Day Before Selection Begins "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."

  

  freshman here at MIT now, although I have no way of proving that. The irony ... down a notch - otherwise the lives of high school students are destined ... MIT, and even moreso, its dean of admissions and the office she has

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  + piccolo) below the seat in front of me just the way I was taught by ... of background info: The MIT Concert Band is a student organization, as ... that we were playing in the verdant lap of mother nature today

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The story behind TIMtalks In other words, a story about stories

  

  “Think. Inspire. Motivate.” There has already been some coverage of the ... , but as one of the handful of inaugural TIMtalks speakers, I got a unique ... happen. I included videos of the talks in this entry, and I highly

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  start the essay. Of course, it's different for everyone. But I found that ... the personal details, but really, this was the essence of my application ... bring people together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  how to restore an old whiteboard, mit style four years of whiteboard wear and care

  

  this recipe in the summer of 1963, the hottest summer we ever had…”"]seven introductory paragraphs of backstory?[/annotation] Those are the worst. So I ... ’s a timelapse that I recorded last week of me cleaning the 6

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ‘Twas a good semester ‘twas :’( the end of Pass/No Record

  

  millions of nighttime lights. I pressed my face to the window, not quite sure ... ’ve seen all week. From the ululating screams of the women followed by fluid ... feelings were often buried under the breakneck pace of classes and piling

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 29, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rewind the Tape b.good so you can find the golden ticket.

  

  somewhat reminded of the day I turned 18 and tried to buy a lottery ticket ... office decided to take the monthly company party outside of the office and ... them. They've got a lot of healthy alternatives to the typical fast food

  • by Bryan
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  Every summer, I tend to get a lot of the same questions about life at ... monument of Coastal Redwoods near the bay area, came into family discussion ... choose from, although some of the trail names were misnomers: We passed

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  you pictures of the muscles I have not sustained, and I drew a bunch of ... isn’t the same tired refrain of me listing the number of espresso shots I’ve had that day or the hours of sleep; one too many, the other

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  data justice for senior house

  

  surrounding the conversion of senior house to graduate housing. joon included full transcripts of emails sent from the chancellor's office to ... first semester at MIT had the lowest graduation rate out of all the other

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 17, 2017