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• Blog / How to Human

  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right

  

  the idea of an engineering school, and unsure what I wanted to major in ... -on stuff, outside of a lab, was scary), or any math beyond the General ... toward the goal of getting into a top school, and it's been portrayed to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  and running away. I recommend giving them all of the recommendation forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... date of birth clearly indicated -- and that the letter address the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  " 049. Song you've listened to? RHCP, track 9 on CD#1 of the new record ... you wearing? MIT Battle Of The Bands '06 069. What brand of shoes are ... . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to Do While Waiting for Decisions Like elevator music, except without the awkwardness of standing next to a stranger whose priorities…

  

  about your future. Then write a song about it. Preferably in the style of ... through the next 6-ish days! Hope your Thanksgivings were full of food and ... friends on the fourth floor have Guitar Hero II) was part of the reason this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  first regional meeting of the year, Thursday night in Orlando/Winter Park ... for you? We will of course talk about admissions, including the ... these meetings can look like. Doing the regional meetings is one of my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  , in exchange for helping take down what's left of the wallpaper in her ... had planned to go to the dinner mob of Nick "Nim" Martin '03, another 5 ... Coolidge Corner Theater to watch a showing of episodes of the 1999 TV show

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Xanga Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part one.

  

  to play the acoustic guitar. 89. I hate the feeling of failure. 90. i ... mail. 98. I have problems letting go of people. 99. I hate the feeling ... coke. 03. I'm the youngest child. 05. I like getting lap dances. 06. I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Classes

  thing that have changed not my class year...pls god i want to be a freshman forever

  

  the best use of my time anymore. time management comes easier — i was ... solving it is the highlight of my week. i'm a soPhoMOre — now, i'm on the other side of recruitment. I'M the one holding interviews and auditions

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 12, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Having Survived Rejection (guest post) About receiving a rejection letter from the 'Tvte.

  

  , but then he was not admitted to the class of 2019. Here's his story ... the MIT early decision would be released. I ate all of them. They didn ... any of my “reach” schools, which was upsetting, to say the least. I was

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 15, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  it’s ok that it’s not ok sometimes things will happen, and you have to just let yourself be.

  

  of MIT students this fall, the characters talk about two types of ... is, or how to go about acquiring it. The other type of depression is ... happiness; they are in acute anguish in all the small tasks of daily life

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 4, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2013! this is how i do this

  

  . However, the definition of "blogging" has expanded over the last ... want to experience MIT through the creative expressions of bloggers. That ... remember that I need to hire new bloggers 2) I frantically Google for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  zombies game. But that doesn't really answer the question of what Minecraft ... stuff like a scale model of the Starship Enterprise. There really isn ... released in two day's time, at 9 PM on Thursday. But because neither of us

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  No class Fridays, the end. (actually the above screenshot is a lie because I forgot to adjust for the President's Day holiday, oh well) 21W.735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice ... (the out-of-towners are exploring Boston) so I'm taking a minute to say ... hours a day? When I get back, I'll give you the play-by-play of each day

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  [Guest Post] Dating Is Hard anon has some feelings to share

  

  half of those people identify as male, you dwindle down the pool of available men. Factoring in the percentage of the student body that you ... involved you are, the selection gets smaller and smaller. Of course this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 7, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  of people based on a specific topic. It has its roots from the r ... ; The MIT Bloggers are hosting a 2-day [annotation note="If you don't know ... AM, I'm going to make a post (on the MIT Blogs) called "ASK US (the MIT

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Your credit history is too short and other adult things

  

  , for the longest time, I thought the idea of "building credit" was ridiculous. The going advice is that you shouldn't go over 30% of your credit ... that are defined by the things I do alone. I see growing up less of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 23, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  [GUEST POST] CPWgCPWaCPWyCPW huh...there are some lowercase letters in the title. that's odd.

  

  yeah...that’s the most apt way to put it haha), and we do a bunch of cool ... fluidity club on campus! Fun Fact: The exec people of all these four clubs ... have our tables near each other in the Gay corner of Activities Midway

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 11, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Katharine Hepburn’s Brownies How Kate saved my kitchen cred.

  

  the mood to experiment? It’s kind of a big deal, picking a favorite, and ... neatly to the story of the brownies; a few days ago, I decided to try my ... . Hepburn’s recipe in the midst of some online meandering, and decided to give

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Fashion Design at MIT calling all fashionistos and fashionistas [pictures inside!]

  

  'm personally a big fan of the red-grey-black color scheme, so this outfit from ... bunch of nerds who always wear hoodies and jeans!). Tonight, Kappa Alpha ... to become a better photographer, so I have a bunch of pictures for you

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 16, 2013