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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  I especially love all the year in review lists. Because this was my first year in the Admissions office at MIT, I thought I would post 10 ... . 5. Blogs and more blogs. I love the new look of our admission website

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  Procrastination in the Time of Corona i have so much time and so many ways to procrastinate my work

  

  [/annotation] on [redacted crossword puzzle website], as well as other puzzles. I ... now, and I've been spending literally so much time on it. I can ... that I started watching in an effort to make myself stop watching Love is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 24, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  awesome things (including making this website)-- I'm so proud of them!) We ... on rare earth elements, to be brief (more info in website!^^) If you ... there was a storm coming in from the west. Not cute. Luckily, I had my

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  on campus, apparently by one of the Marathon bombers. As of the time I ... , and another is reportedly on the run in Watertown, a city that borders ... local ABC affiliate, boston.com, and Reddit. In light of these events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  PSA: anyone in the world can stream this MIT class about coronavirus for free this fall the new subject will be broadcast to the public beginning tomorrow, sept 1

  

  . From the website (biographical links added by me): In Fall 2020, all MIT ... up for classes. I'm co-teaching an a first-year advising seminar on media and the election, and so for the past week I've been meeting with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 31, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  Learning to Spend Better This not a budgeting post.

  

  in Boston will stay horrible, I can better do my part by defaulting to ... every single in-the-moment buy that I didn't end up making. Knowing You ... I can't find a job. In addition to the 2 months that will be all

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I My Spanish adventures!

  

  decir "la noche madrileña." In other words, I'm totally settled in ... Telefónica in Madrid. Well, I got here last Saturday, so I've been living here for a two whole weeks. I have a room in Puerta del Sol, a new cell phone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Love is Blinds A short, fairly irrelevent entry, as told from the perspective of the 7+ people who…

  

  last night, in the hallway ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning. ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds ... Hardware ANGELA: Oh, are you buying 37"? That was the kind I was returning. I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 31, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Memory Quilt insert many sobbing emojis here

  

  in the quilt. I can always buy another shirt. MIT equation shirt ... to get rid of. Besides, I can wear those to work or game conferences in ... that even in a couple of decades, I can still look at this quilt and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 27, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  , the Ballroom Dance Club offered lessons in Mambo. My friend Jackie and I ... be offering their lessons. I actually became intrigued in ballroom ... parties where we can show off our new moves. Hopefully, I can make it to one

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  one weekend in March a play-by-play

  

  wade in. It’s the coldest water I’ve ever swum in, but it’s not as bad as I imagined for water a few degrees off freezing. We stay in the ... might try to make this a habit in the future. 12:00 p.m. I have leftover

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 22, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  . Tenors are always in short supply, so I sign up. It’s a pretty good gig; I ... that I’ve been able to sing with a large ensemble in person, and it is ... school year, I spend a lot of time completing assignments in the evenings

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  July Questions Omnibus 1 Answers to the many questions left in the comments of McGann's Factors.

  

  in "Professors Get Low Marks," I don't buy it for a second. I ... applying? Can I send any?" Yes. We're happy to accept extra materials if you ... explaining a special circumstance in your case. anonymous wrote, "I am a high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  I've got about an hour before I'm forced off these blogs temporarily so I thought I'd squeeze in one last entry before decisions came out ... that's the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, then I have a nice

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy! REALLY don't even think about bringing a car to MIT - sans elephants.

  

  you can find him walking from his residence in East Campus to class ... are wondering, the admissions blogger of whom I speak is me. In the ... about keeping a car in the city and commuting to work this summer :) I

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for the Applicants I was in those stressed and anxious shoes last year.

  

  , interviews were in frequency of about two per week, and I was focusing more on ... than I did now that I can look back on and think about the different ways ... tutor some students in physics, and I would then head home. Here, the day

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • November 24, 2017
• Blog / Classes

  A Major Crisis haha get it..cause..yeah,

  

  Logan. But I don't hate flying. In fact, I kind of like it. Sure ... crisis. Literally. I know it's only freshmen fall, but I can't help but ... , with a minor in biomedical engineering. Then, that changed when I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 12, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  , programming, and video games. I can't wait to see what they do in the future ... that confident in my coding skills back then, but it was something I remembered. When the CodeIt application opened up in late August, I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / How to MIT

  “Learning To Learn At MIT” guest post by the plaz

  

  first semester at MIT was pass or no record, I was in real danger of failing. I had done ok in the semester, failing or barely passing most tests ... problems on the test. I had to step it up and give it my all in order to pass

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  within my lifetime (in 2050), this is something that I need to care about ... taxa currently fished by the mid-21st century (in the year 2048 ... can be done, but it must be done soon. We need a shift from single

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007