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• Blog / MIT Life

  and i’ve come to terms d to the phi! phi to the e! d! phi! e!

  

  being able to sit in a lecture hall again and walk from class to class ... people moved into the house and I've gotten to know a lot of people in it ... me incredibly giddy knowing that I get to live in the house with

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 7, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a ... , the internet is forever), and I look forward to the ones I’ll have in ... , practices became focused and I began to compete in individual tournaments. I

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What have I been doing this break?

  

  most days - occasionally two meals and/or no dessert - but when I'm in ... house in Woodstock, Georgia, a town which appears to be half farms and ... office is looking in a transfer applicant. Thanks." To answer this, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  deferred or those of you still finishing up your RA applications in time for ... -300 students were admitted in RA. It could be more or less this year; it depends ... only need to send in your February Updates and Notes report, which will

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / Blog Projects

  What’s in an MIT Student’s Bag A sneak peek into what we carry

  

  as us, and I want to represent them, even if only in small ways. (Note ... in ways that are nonverbal, which largely has to deal with the things we wear and the things we use. In high school, I used to joke about how

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  school year and you're likely to have gym classes here, so why not get ... filled up, to avoid being spotted and identified as the creepy girl who is ... 't have to wait for a machine. A view from outside (it's distorted

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  feels like to apply to colleges overseas or out of state. The pressures ... your friends or family. The hardest part of applying to college. The best ... moment or breakthrough moment in the application process. Some ground

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Singing with a Local Filk Group [by Susan Shepherd '11] At MIT, I discovered that my "unusual" hobbies weren't all that…

  

  a treat to join in on. And if you enjoy guitar or the flute or the ... hear about and have the chance to particupate in. And that's how I ... to meet others who share their interests. More broadly, crazy or

  • by ARTalk
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What makes me an MIT student? Some thoughts about blogging and a special question for returning readers.

  

  whether you're a student or a parent, though, to put things in perspective. ... in more than a month, and the time had come to catch up on MIT ... longer term than, say, to the first-time visitor. Bearing that in mind

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  or profound. People are able to get in even with spelling errors in ... ; Fast forward to today, and I can point to every misconception in the ... . It's virtually impossible to summarize yourself in a few paragraphs

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  someone’s gotta do it, but not me is it cool not to care?

  

  or sipb? i used to care about them more. i wanted to fight for their ... to programs and take silly hour-long classes about fandoms or quantum ... , whether it's writing blog posts or talking to friends or walking outside

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... half in now, it’s safe to say that I will have learned a lot by the end ... plan is to post more in depth about this in the future, after I figure

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 1 The next entry is for the kids...

  

  ! For the last six months I've spent time in cyberspace talking to your ... to sift endlessly through web sites or spend our summers studying for ... mumbling to his 13 grandkids, "Youth is wasted on the young." In this post I

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  to "have fun", or that 3 weeks into school they don't already have ... time here, or that you should feel superior to them if you are. Yeah ... requirement in order to have friends. It's not a requirement in order to have

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  ", or the costs attendant to searching for employment in down labor ... Prize has been awarded to either an MIT alum or MIT faculty! Don ... excellent age for wine, or so I'm told by the sommelier app on my phone. It

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  this dichotomy in which you have the power to either save the world or ... accelerator. This accelerator is to be used to detect fissile material, in hopes ... fissile material used to make nuclear weapons. My part in this is to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  reviewing applications, our first duty is to try to understand the world in ... application from a student in rural Arkansas who has limited opportunities to ... students experience bullying which could contribute to different behaviors in

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal ... for you guys -- I wanted to take them when I was in early, so I wouldn ... this figure in Paint. How rude of you to suggest that I did. This is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  be programmed to light up in different color patterns or move to the ... will pay for our flights or not? Does this apply to students who live in ... possible to get in with a lower SAT score, or does MIT automatically dismiss

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  ignorance is a virtue

  

  too much. or, when a deadline for a decision is coming, i don't have to ... information to come, and trusting that my gut can process it in the background. or, when the news breaks and i am not in the right state of mind, i don

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 8, 2022