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• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  AWESOME, perhaps the best, because it is on the rooftop. You get a panoramic ... residents can tap into 24/7. Since the [annotation note='the primary gym for ... your convenience :). Kano: Boston is an active city, and the gyms

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Masquerading as a Liberal Arts Student The life of an MIT student abroad

  

  , for society, for the environment. Behind every robot is an underlying ... organized chaos that is Hanoi, Vietnam, the last stop on my semester long ... counted traffic today!), for the most part our studies are focused on three

  • by Becca H. '12
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Perkus Nonacademia MIT will give you more than just an engineering degree.

  

  .But to me MIT is like a T800's mission: It's about the people. I've met ... make it happen. So Dave uttered the words every geek wants to hear (for ... , and after whitewater kayaking and wakeboarding, I ask how the server is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-Med @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  'm about to dive head-first into the craziness that is medical school ... gifs) I visited MIT for the first time during CPW, and I came in ... was the right place for me to be pre-med...despite the fact that I would

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 28, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Applying Sideways How to get in to MIT.

  

  may take many forms. What is it that you look for in an applicant?, some ... things, and, as a complete side effect, you'll be cast in the best light ... the best of both worlds.

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  ShuttleTrack and decide that I would get to work faster if I wait for the ... made out a detailed schedule for the week yesterday, so I already know ... bacteria. One of the ingredients is "extract of autolyzed yeast", which I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Random Ceiling Tiles The ceilings of Random Hall and a friendly message.

  

  :59 tomorrow. If you're on the fence, I have one small bid to make you fall in love. I came to MIT for the people here. I've had wonderful experiences ... Random Hall. Each dorm at MIT has a personality, and I think ours is at

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  I know you’re bad at something And here's what you should do about it. Hint: NOT "do something else"

  

  ! I took improvised solos for seven years. I joined the middle school ... , Fear Level is inversely proportional to The Number Of Seconds I Think I ... would ask for volunteers for the improvised solo section. For reasons that

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  am more his than he is mine), so I intercepted it for him. When he ... that our lab does is really related to anything the Echo can do, and they ... hasn’t been seen around the lab for several days in a row, he’s probably

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  must say, is endemic on campus. This semester, for the first time in my ... I recently saw a comic where a professor says "This is not the type ... certainly receive a hefty sum of homework, the main problem is time management

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My College Essay Early Action / November 2005. ~500 words await.

  

  Ahh, the application essay. Why is it so agonizing for students ... liked the drawing I'd made while waiting for him and seemed really ... correctly, nothing was actually lost. But for the trouble, we were granted a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 11, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  Nadya is a rising senior at Harvard primarily known for founding the non ... best or one of the best because distinction is a clear standard and goal ... up for a place that was supposedly going to unveil the mystery that is

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Guest Entry: Stephanie Lin Presenting MIT's most recent Rhodes Scholar!

  

  (sounds so official, right?). I made the decision to apply for the Rhodes ... . But this is what happened: Fun, right? The other applicants and ... applicant for a while, I was called into the room and led to the head of a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  already makes for a memorable life event, just because the next one won ... moment was something for the books, for the memories you recount to your ... while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Putting Diversity into Context The diverse ways that colleges and universities define diversity

  

  little of the confusion is actually about racial identity and identification.  In reality, most of the confusion is about how to best leverage a ... . In that respect, I appreciate the spotlight that is now shining

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • July 14, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  nREXt and other bad acronyms a SCUFFY post

  

  implications for all students, but one of them is the stipulation that only ... , taking up space. For[annotation note="this is among the many abbreviations ... list. The email asks for applications for the Next House[annotation note

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Room(s) Where It Happens You've hit submit. What Comes Next?

  

  . That we are there to judge them and find flaws in them. The truth is, we ... with the same people. Moving at a [annotation note='For those of you who caught the Hamilton references in the blog title, this is actually my most

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • January 9, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Let’s Go Fly A Kite Up to decision night!

  

  happen. Better news: everything is going to be OK. Best news: you can ... them still intact. Sorry for the “Admittedly” pun back there. I just can ... particularly helpful for passing the time on the morning of decision day. Have

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 11, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  My Product Design Internship in Austin how to build things: both externally and internally

  

  first and is now a G. Higgins is THE BEST CHARACTER he’s been a homie from ... ’s the limit. What’s important for you to remember is that this foundation ... Boy oh boy, what a summer it’s been so far. For the first time in my

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • July 26, 2024
• Blog / Blog Projects

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  GRA. Formerly known [annotation note='The T is for Tutor. You can tell ... . A hall feed is an event where people prepare food for the rest of the ... Jakob. "The hook above the fridge is mine too. It's the right height for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022