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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the ... shoot me an email, and I can forward it on to her. Watch the videos! You

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A ... Subject Tests in Math and Science. Q: Should I rush report my scores to ... accept an unofficial score report faxed or mailed in the meantime. You can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  about that. To be willing to risk and to explore. I'm sorry in a way that ... ignorance, and apply it to the situations. I think kids interested in science ... who are just tuning in ;) I really should do this more often, since I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was ... hard to get caught up in this experience and miss the whole takeoff. I

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  conversation-snippits that I caught as I passed by people. In high school I was ... in an RPG, his charisma would be... cheat code." ***** "I'm convinced ... : Well, you can't put expensive things in public places and not expect them

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  weekends when I can. PA is colder than Boston, or it feels that way. In the winter the grass is covered in hoarfrost (иней in Russian, I learned) that ... I spent this past IAP at home in Central Pennsylvania. This is where

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  ’t notice, I’m a newborn in the blogging world, with this being my very first ... can happen, I’ve learned that sometimes they don’t, and that’s totally ... don’t know how long my body can sustain this level of non-activity. I do

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  -interpolated constellations swimming in celestial gutters cluttered with light pollution. As I ... penurious radiators, I can't help but rhapsodize my midsummer memories of ... packs of gum because I mentioned that the kind you had in your backpack

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  telling the tale some thoughts on acting, change, and meaning

  

  changed.  these days, i can navigate to most places in [annotation note ... -stage relationships. in general, as a writer and a person, i don’t feel like i can say ... i can figure out in the open. many of those big questions (like what

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • August 3, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  I can tell, they only make the problem more complicated than it ever ... may have sent in one of those little response cards asking if I was interested in a varsity sport, but I definitely didn't speak to the coach until

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  my sophomore year of high school. I went to a small school back in ... interested in doing something with EECS, so for the dream college section, I ... cultural zeitgeist in South Dakota; I know a lot of people at MIT who have

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will be a little while until all the dust settles and we can tell you more about the Class of 2009. I'm very excited to see who the class will be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  today it is warmer than it has been in a while, and i'm back in the lab doing bench work again after almost a year. i can taste spring on the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Events

  On Latin American Things Hablas español? Do you want to?

  

  , because I'm leaving for Mexico in a few hours and I have yet to pack and ... . Born and raised in the states, but I still love pupusas and fried yucca with a passion, and I speak Spanish at home. Though I can’t say I truly

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  October Questions Omnibus 1 More Q, and more A.

  

  condensed it to a 8-page report? Where can I add it in the MIT application? Can I add it in Section 13 of the MIT Application ?(where they ask you ... .e. can I get credit fo EPGY courses and will they figure in the Admission

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  . In class, I can't stand like this for more than 30 seconds or so. Try ... (I can file an entry on Yoga under "Academic" right?) Today I ... education office 8 weeks in advance of registration, so that arrangements can

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  My MIT Essay Revisions college essay things

  

  in its foods, language, and people. And through all this, I can now say ... was so shit, but regardless! I started writing my essays in early ... in what makes the most sense to you. I quickly assigned each bit to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 22, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  walked in, there was tons of bread at desk. Even baguettes, and I love ... ! - but I didn't go downstairs right away, I was in the middle of something ... miscellaneous. Hmm. In two and a half hours, I will be attending the "Petit

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Warning: Contains Biology This entry may be unsuitable for children, liberal arts majors, and mathematicians.

  

  As you hopefully already know, I am a sophomore in Course 20 here at MIT. Because we say everything here in numbers, Course 20 actually means that I am a biological engineering major. Moreover, even though I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  can tell, it’s quite useful :P This is what I've been playing with in ... when I planned to major in Architecture @ MIT, I thought I’d be drawing ... chemical reactions (reactions that oscillate in time and space), so I had to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011