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• Blog / Challenges

  Together. thoughts on today's tragedy.

  

  Patriots' Day in Boston, about my first time watching that most unifying of ... rate in the triple digits.  The wailing of sirens and the steady chop ... happened next was inspiring.  I've always thought that you can tell a lot

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 16, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  my application essays try not to cringe

  

  identity. In addition, I want to study the roles writing can play outside of ... outside of the upper-middle-class suburban bubble I resided in. Through poetry, I met kids from all over the city. Each one of them had something

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  HS Juniors/Sophomores: Upcoming MIT Events MIT will have events with Yale and Brown Universities in Southern California and the Mid-Atlantic…

  

  counselor about the state of admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale ... be visiting a number cities across the country in the fall (cities ... road with Brown & Yale Universities for meetings in Southern

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  particularly difficult during the month of December. Anything I can't buy in ... exception of the past couple of days. I've been through this seasonal dip ... the bright side, I have been doing a lot of sleep... maybe even too much

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  how to spend a summer Spending a summer in Boston a la Bryan

  

  off, I think one of the biggest reasons why I had such an awesome time ... lot of things that I've missed or forgotten about, so if you have any ... buying one, but this summer it made for a great resource. With my T-Pass, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  to have some sense of as much of America's cities and towns as I can ... I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... Grand Theater in Tacoma. I hopped in my car and drove down I-5. The film

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  Jack of Some Trades, Master of Absolutely Nothing feeling mediocre at mit

  

  . I hope that, by the end of this year, I can find definitive peace in ... expert. What I do take pride in, though, is my understanding of the media ... have been exacerbated by my relationships. As I sit in a New York City

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 12, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of ... updating the CityLab article accordingly. I was forced not to look away. At four thirty in the afternoon, I needed to. News was not breaking so

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’ve got Mail! And a LAPTOP! Why I can breathe again, and the 10 most recent emails in my inbox.

  

  a few times to me. One of these was when I was in high school and ... Snapfish account when I was there for a MISTI internship in the Summer of ... then, but I can't take advantage of any of their offers now because they

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Celena in CPW-Land (Guest Entry) Skipping school to have fun, duh!

  

  the sucky-ness of being home, but rather, I'll reminisce on the good ... Californian (Nor Cal REPRESENT!), 5'2", and a lover of all things food. I was one of the students that matriculated before coming to CPW; so I came to

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nothing Gold Can Stay some reminders

  

  reminders. Of things I believe strongly in and hold near and dear to my heart ... process thing as they happen. But all of a sudden I'm at home again, with no ... thoughts carry me away. The morning before I left campus, a group of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 28, 2019
• Blog / Events

  (Still) Celebrating the 150th! Boy oh boy is it delicious (and free!)

  

  . In fact, I don't think I'd ever had any sort of Mexican food beyond the ... close-up shots of food, as I think they're quite overused; however, in a ... what I can get from the little taqueria right in MIT's front yard. For $4

  • by Cam T. '13
  • July 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  goodbye after so long and with so much love

  

  -five blogs. Although I can still bring it up in my mind, the MIT that the blogs ... , I hope for you, sometime in these past years, I've drawn some of the ... fill in a few of the details. I hope so. After five years of blogging, I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ides of March

  

  On the ides of March, I attended the awards ceremony of the Intel ... , it made me feel like I was at the Oscars of high school science. And, in a way, I was. Science isn't celebrated enough in our society, and I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  emergent forms of tactical urbanism can respond to alterations in the nature ... to make time. The rest I'm hoping I can store away for future use and unpack later (in some imaginary future wherein I have ample unstructured

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  semester. Unfortunately this semester, I left the selection of my HASS class to last, so I have to find one that fits my schedule instead of ... interested in the material and can therefore contribute and participate more

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  I really like driving. I wanted to go to college in a city with ... /con Should I go to MIT? list was "I can't take my car with me." Freshman year I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reflections Some thoughts on the admissions process, both to those who were admitted and those who…

  

  of you to help make the world a better place. And I know you can ... staff, I want to say thank you for your interest in MIT, and for sharing ... your applications brought back some memories for me. When I was in high

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Reading folders A little bit more on evaluating applications.

  

  application by thinking a bit about the applicant's context. I can see much of ... throughout the reading of the application), I'll dive right in. How do you ... it's a "Reading Day." I have already picked up a big stack of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  mango juice in a turd mug. I ordered a House of Poo Poo variation of ... This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns ... 10 weirdest restaurants in the city. Naturally, we started at the top

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011