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• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  ). In fear of what awaits me, I'll venture to your door tomorrow in hopes ... calming stream trickling down a gently sloping hill in a meadow full of butterflies and bunnies. I await your response in eager anticipation. Love

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  ice skating don't fall

  

  wayne: it's just like walking, you put one foot in front of the other ... bikes i just don't like riding them. have i told you how i can't ride blue ... cj: pushes feet apart wayne: no i mean you need to keep your center of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 16, 2022
• Blog / Hacks

  This was meant to be written a week and a half ago

  

  . Because it was 6:45 in the morning. And I'd gone to bed sort of later than I ... Yeah, I've been a slacker about writing this up. So in my last entry ... I'd heard rumors of Caltech coming to claim it. The Monday after CPW

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Finals Week at MIT Free food, procrastination, cats, free food...

  

  It's finals week! That dreaded time of year when people hide away in their rooms and in the libraries and delve into deep bouts of sadness ... as we passed it around. They say it sounds better in French - but I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 19, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT HSSP and Stanford Splash! Seven fundamental questions, and a field trip to the west coast

  

  prayed that I wouldn't make a fool out of myself in the classroom. It was ... just the ones I'm aware of.) We want Splash programs to learn from each ... 12 (the last day of CPW :( ) Chelsea and I boarded a plane to San José

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 4, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to accomplish by the end of the school year knowing that 90% of the items on this ... you all know which of the maybe 3 things on this list I actually

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.

  

  hear from your host well in advance of arriving at CPW [and even if you ... Tonight, as MIT's Spring Break was wrapping up, we gathered up all of the student hosts who have returned from vacation (hundreds of them

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITwitter That's possible the worst portmanteau I've ever made.

  

  opposed to all things apple, I've shared my dislike and disinterest in the ... that I now have a twitter account), plus there's a lot of corporate and ... Hello Interwebs, it's me Chris. As you can probably guess from the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  coming of Anna's. Let's face it, you can't eat burritos every day, but DD coffee - yep, I think I could make that a daily event, especially in the ... new neighbor this summer - a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts, right in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I submit the MIT application with my QuestBridge application?

  cycle using your QuestBridge application, you can do so, but must let us know in advance. Learn more about this process here. If you applied for
• Blog / Admissions

  The Waitlist This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. No…

  

  This is not an easy entry to write so I'll just keep it short. In a ... to meet our target class size. With that figure in mind, I was ... you with whom I've been corresponding these past couple of months - I

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  ). Students in those dorms will have to sign up for a meal plan that consists of ... included in the weekly meal plans. Because of this, students are worried ... their opposition to the plan (not, of course, to suggest two thirds are in

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  Admit Letters... Actually, this photo only shows about half of the admit letters, as overall there were 4 buckets of The Big Envelope. Speaking of envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  72 Hours Later… I have the "morning-after" syndrome.

  

  myself this weekend, courtesy of you guys: 1. I apparently do not look like ... , you don't sound like a college professor in real life!" I'm sure now ... next few days. But I just want to say something. In a word, you guys are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

   http://bit.ly/whalleyrecovery. My name is Jess Kim, and I'm a 2010 alum. I've tried to make sense of ... a photo of his dad in the news reports of the bombing but had heard ... Hi everyone, The short version is this: please give anything you can

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  sponsored a Pi Day Celebration of sorts. This was the email I received advertising the event.   This Wednesday, 3/14 at 5pm in room 2-102, the ... of Pi apparently, I made a few news appearances for Pi Day: Associated

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  from the waitlist in the past few years? Should I even bother staying on ... can I do to help my chances? The best thing you can do is simply to stay ... The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Boris Alexeev: Solving Graph Theory Problems Boris Alexeev spent five months working on a math UROP with Prof. Daniel Kleitman.

  

  judges and the general public, and I had the privilege of being assigned to ... .) Next, I naturally asked him to give a brief, layman's description of his ... understand!) A graph is just a set of vertices connected by edges. You can

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the ... SAT class of the semester, and I suddenly saw specks of white fall from ... flurry specks of coldness brush my cheeks, and I'm like, "WOW IT REALLY IS

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  choosing a major."][/annotation] This made me kind of sad, because I felt like it was silly to limit what sorts of classes and activities I did in ... intended to major in here at MIT. [annotation note="Of course, it makes sense

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019