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• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  so tonight midnight +-2 hours seems like the best time to view for the ... the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807 ... ='with the Accelerated Materials Laboratory for Sustainability, headed by my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Andi and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week :(

  

  surprisingly frictionless. Until it was time for the diagnosis, that is. The ... for that type of problem. Anyway, I tried my best to live with the pain ... post. Not exactly the best way to start the semester… But don’t worry

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • March 3, 2024
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can a QB Finalist that didn’t rank MIT still apply for RA?

  . In the email, please include your full name, date of birth, and the email address that you used for your QuestBridge application. Do not ... the MIT QuestBridge Supplement. We submit your QuestBridge application
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  spork is titanium, light, and little. But what’s not little is the ... SingleUse pledge here! (thanks to Lydia for the, uh, blog challenge to "write about ... There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spork has been high

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  incredible distinction, and one of the best things I've enjoyed at MIT is that ... So over in the world of UROP, things were pretty exciting this week. Now here's how the morning started. I'll admit that I don't read the

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... -six back to back 4:45 miles.  How do they do it? The answer is that they ... , sustained periods. What's sprinting for us, is a comfortable pace for them. A

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  events for first-year students, followed by acapella auditions and the ... off-kilter for the entirety of junior fall. So, this year, I proceeded ... mode for the Asymptones. Auditions lasted from the following Saturday to

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  want to talk to us in the comments below, we’re here for you. We ask that you converse civilly and with the best of intentions, even though this may be a difficult time for you, as that is the spirit of these blogs

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Like Burger King – Only Not (Guest Entry) That ain't no Etch-a-Sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet.

  

  , had probably the second best time of my life (getting accepted and ... absolutely for sure hands down no doubts that this was the place for me. If you ... place justice, though citrus tastes oh-so-delicious. The best parts of my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Victorian Literature? MIT, perhaps surprisingly, has top programs in ethnomusicology, the history of Islamic architecture, and more...

  

  school is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after all. Even as I ... example, do you know that we have one of the best faculties in the country ... recognition is largely focused on the reputation of faculties that have not only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  good place to start. And, maybe the gym just isn't for you, which is ... myself. In retrospect, the logic is kinda ironic because asking for help actually does the opposite of what these thoughts claim: asking for help is

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  ; Planning, Jeff is now a city planner for the city of Cambridge, MA) watching ... evenings. BoA's "My Name" is down to #10 this week. The #8 video, "Windy" by Eugene, reminds me of a Dance Troupe concert (Dance Troupe, by the way, is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  For the third consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... the best of luck at the college they've chosen. We also will keep some students, approximately 70, on the waitlist for another few weeks until we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  (the tagline is my favorite line from Wicked, hahaha - how "philosophical" it is LOL) So hello from the other side of a terrible week of ... last 40 hours because of studying for the test). Sigh. Any hints on how

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  A Running Journey ft. running 13 miles in the middle of nowhere with petey

  

  vivid memories from childhood is nearing the finish line of the end of ... tune of the first Attack on Titan theme, which is still on my running ... ran for the next week or so and then stopped because it was allergy

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 19, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  i was sick when i wrote this :( a largely unedited post where i ramble about getting covid

  

  someone on Sunday who tested positive for Covid a few days after. The ... before the semester starts is not a vibe. Wednesday wasn't the worst day ... the hallway. Which is great. My appetite was also coming back again

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The other 2 of the 3 R’s About reading and writing on campus -- forget the 'rithmetic.

  

  Trivia: What is the name of MIT's literary magazine, and which MIT Admissions blogger is its Editor-in-Chief? [answer at the end of the entry ... out. Well, the fact is we often find ourselves saying something similar

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  still in the tunnel for five minutes. So, when it finally pulled into ... homeless shelter just in time. The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter is the ... organization on Harvard's campus. The shelter is in the basement of the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Love, organically Mitra and I feel it in our fingers and feel it in our tosylates.

  

  FLAT. 2. Stereochemistry is the most important thing in the world because of THALIDOMIDE. 3. Fluorine is a TERRIBLE nucleophile. Despite the 59 ... unsurprised to find that Mitra had almost exactly the same experience except for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  can learn it, and that the best way to learn it is to do it without ... undergraduate research work. The best way to learn is really just to work through ... -closed hard. But people like to stay active; my hall, for instance, is currently

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015