Search

Search Results

• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  . I've learned that fear is often rooted in the unknown. Fire spinning ... I've learned (you can even hear Petey SM'13 saying "woo!" at 0 ... developing countries). They can be used instead of modern fuel sources in

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 18, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  night, I took a Zipcar up to a college fair in New Hampshire. I'd say the ... /MArch program, which student can apply to in their junior year. In the junior year ... to support students. I considered majoring in Architecture when I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  regular action, and I'd guess that number will be in that neighborhood again ... action decisions in mid-March. In my experience, I don't find extra formal ... if you can still send in music or art or a response or Question 13, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  up with M I T. Seems like no one can truly escape the firehose, no ... breaks, where I can catch up on my life, focus on myself, take a moment to ... , mindful, intentional. Last Monday for Veterans Day, I slept in, went to

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’ve Been Up To No, not back around finals week - still not thinking about it... DURING IAP! When…

  

  Hey all! I haven't been around this site in months, and rather than ... , I'm going to go right in and cover everything interesting I've seen ... class called the "Nuts and Bolts of Engineering" in case I, y'know, decide

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • February 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  digital age that I can't take an architecture class without having to ... partition my macbook to install Windows, so that I can then install Auto ... (Preface: I am also sorry for disappearing. D:) -- So anyone who

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Mikey Yang ‘05 Name: Mikey Yang; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Troy, MI

  

  : The people. Hands down. The people at MIT are not what I expected them ... side, and we embrace and accept that. Someone can tell a nerdy joke and ... community here is so open, friendly, and accessible. I love being able to stay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  these tools in better ways in the future. The message was: how can we even ... teens hadn”t seen me for four days in a row and I knew that they would ... transformative things can happen during these moments of being present in a space

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  pictures can you fit in a blog post?” The answer, it turns out, is a lot! I ... origami pleated designs I folded in my freshman year. These pieces only ... “crumpling” techniques taught by Vincent Floderer in his workshop. I feel

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  a fun bet spicing up the admissions process

  

  When I was once a high school senior drowning in college applications ... represent everything about who I am as a person in 250 words? I couldn’t, so I ... research , or swing from a giant rope in the trees, I held it with such high

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  hey kids you should apply there's still time!

  

  painless in retrospect but I was a little stressed about it. On the ninth, I ... and I still got in. (Note: This isn’t me bragging about myself being t ... great, not the other way around—you have it in you already (I wrote this

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  : Yeah, I put up a letter addressed to stalkers in my public folder, and ... now because they can never, ever top it. (Actually, I think Sam is just ... 're obligated to blog about it. Me: Definitely! But how can I construe it as

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  page has your MIT username in the top corner, so you can quickly and easily find your printouts in the massive pile of stuff that has been ... another test, which was just in major scales but still hard because I suck

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  Almost forgot... In all the laziness surrounding my vacation, I ... some from the Conner 2 holiday dinner. Unfortunately, I can't find the ... Thursday for all of IAP in a classroom. As long as I pass all of the tests

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  process and your talents can be considered with your other talents in your ... pursuit or it requires further explanation than what you can fit in the ... , one or two of these extras can help you in providing us with greater

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  in that world where you just left. I just got this message out of the ... keeps track of funny quotes. Two years ago when I was in South Caicos for ... gems as, "Can I use your conditioner for my face?", "I cook with MY

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  summer, but then I got the ambulance job up here so I'm staying in Boston instead. But I can email them for you!" In response, I said this: "At this ... that can only be described as Full-On Panic Mode. (I didn't get final

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  pretty much everybody. (I, by the way, still believe in Santa. I just can ... recall that I'm in an a cappella group with a lot of really great people ... inclusions: Wrapped in Red by Kelly Clarkson: I haven't actually listened

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: A Smile Worth 1,550 Words guest post by Mariam D. '20

  

  closed my eyes, I knew I was back in Jordan (and I honestly say this with ... . But in writing this (and trying my best to keep it short I’m sorry!), I ... , it’s 3 AM (MIT prime writing time, I know) and I’m sitting in the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  been crammed full like my carry-on. In fact, I just returned from a trip ... after finishing my last final, I was landing in Portland and being greeted ... some rocks to bang on the bigger logs like a chimp in a lab until I made

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010