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• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  city, and a lot of it is made out of concrete. This does not mean you can ... interrupted by herdlike groups of tourists each morning, I thought it would be a ... you visit. All in good fun, of course. :) Step one of the "don't look

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  tick tick tick and the euphoria of it stopping

  

  acknowledge all of the hard work I’ve put in? God. In high school, it felt like ... this club? Why am I doing… any of this??? tick I can’t get peace here. I ... of what we were taught. While I see the value in challenging students

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 16, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Freedom costs a buck-oh-five Question: What are two broke twenty-somethings to do on a pristine summer day in Boston?Answer:…

  

  was in college, but I had just never done it. Mostly I use the city for ... Despite the fact that I've lived in the Boston area for the past four ... winding through the city which connects many of the historical sites for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  of getting in based on your test scores/GPA/extracurriculars/social media presence/Hogwarts house. I did all of those things, back in the ... , chug coffee, drop out of school and go live in the mountains as a goat

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Creating the MIT-verse behind the scenes of this year’s pi day video!

  

  it out :'). wait are you in [annotation note="dynamics and control I"]2 ... " and "easy easy" instead of the solution Audrey: ok i'm going to ... frames we have to color the more pans of pastels we can con from them

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • March 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  those of you who don't know me, I'm the new Chris, replacing the old Chris ... rewarding of my life. I spent almost every day at the Center for Civic Media ... strange. It's wonderful. It's hard. It took the shape of what I expected and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel ... , $30 of which went toward buying me this awesome ticket specifically so I ... perspiration." I'm so glad I had the opportunity to be in the presence of this

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dear High School Senior I know you're stalking us

  

  decisions. Here is a list of things I came up with. (PS sorry it's all ... -page in-depth analysis on the tone of the main character’s dog’s whimper. Build a thing You are creative. You can do things. I know it. Does your

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • November 17, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  year just flew by in a weird sort of emptiness. It didn’t, of course. I ... only did I learn to live alone in all the practical senses of the word ... experiences – in the positive sense of that word. I wish all of you a happy

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)

  

  lot of things I was going to blog about. I was going to blog about all ... inevitable cry of "April Fools!" That's dedication to teaching. But then I got ... Saturday, when I was leaving on the T at 5:30 AM, I made sure to buy two $1

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  is iridescent, right? You can see streaks of all different colors in it ... , super biology queen Mollie says, "I'm sure at least some of the foam is ... chlorine in the water might have something to do with it. Now, I know Mollie

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  same city in the same house in Los Angeles for all of my 18 years. Life ... of people that I love more than anyone else. In the back of my mind, I ... most of < 8 hours of sleep. More significantly, I think I was in a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Update – Featuring Tim the Beaver as Miley Cyrus Everything is awesome!

  

  I am sitting in the coolest little corner of our courtyard I've ever ... incredible this experience is, and how grateful I am to live in a place this ... was tired, I don't regret a second of it.  I love learning more about

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  [] and a little art? If the hints aren't helping, I guess I can give you ... prototype ready in September for people to ride across the city. Eventually ... letting people ride it around their neighborhoods in the coming months; I

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  the introduction to E.L. Doctorow's novel City of God. I quote it for ... mine more exhausted than when I embarked. So I've spent most of the day ... , and take what comfort I can from the knowledge that I was gone but

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  , and functionality of every precious space in the modern city. It feels ... . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  in dozens of locales, including New York City, Dallas, Los Angeles, San ... in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can enter ... missing documents, get them in ASAP so that you can get a financial aid

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  say that kubernetes is actually kind of cool? ...nah, i can't say that ... 've used a lot of software-engineering-specific terms in this blog post ... lot of software specific terms. to be fair to both groups, i'll try and

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  when you buy/order something at a store. I think it's in their employee ... とうございます！） So I'm in Japan this IAP! Last IAP, I spent it in Madrid, with MIT ... it. >"< Last IAP, we had 3 hours of class everyday in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Yes, I am still alive My fourth of July in America's hometown

  

  Well, I spent my 4th of July in Plymouth with Adam's family and my ... place anybody in four generations of my family came from is Indiana. (I ... was kind of sad, because I like sitting in the graveyard -- it makes me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2006