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• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  well as you can, it does not mean, "not winning") it is only because ... loved coaching MIT students; they know how to focus as well or better than ... coaching, largely because I had been coaching for a while and I thought it

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... ?" I scrolled and scrolled. "Here, I've got it," Ajay said, taking my ... ." "My rap name is Flavius," Wenjun offered. "No, it's not," Lupe said

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Hacks

  Tricky Questions A follow-up entry to answer all of the 50 million comments I got about the…

  

  set up, right? How were they able to set it up quickly enough? It must ... while they did it. I'm sure you can see how many problems that would cause ... . When they went up to remove it, they found full documentation about how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  majoring in 21E: frequently asked questions what it's like to study humanities at a stem school

  

  . This is because when I write my major on my resumé (and how I write it on ... poetry in Spanish, and learning how to code intelligent systems. It has ... all its worth, but I still gets lots and lots of questions about being a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Why Leadership? (guest post) Inclusive leadership and vision-building at LeaderShape 2018.

  

  to my own, Air Force members who show me how it’s possible to lead with ... Shape program. As a student—at MIT or anywhere else—it can be easy to lose ... shoulders. It asks you to look into yourself and think deeply about who you

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  even before getting here that emphasize how well-known it is. There are the stereotypes about its prestige, hacks, and even teary stories about how sometimes people don’t have any clue about where MIT is. My simple

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Undecideds VI: The Undiscovered Country Even more undecided students' questions & answers.

  

  which MIT can and does prepare people superbly. In the end, though, how ... might help you be a good lawyer, but it does nothing for you on the LSAT ... as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  pretty surprising to see how frequently it occurs. 54. To prevent the ... I saw. 60. Want to know how to say "Yes, We Can" in Japanese? It has ... Shibuya (I actually just figured out what song it was today -_-) 53

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."

  

  . Look, I know how anxious this topic makes you. Guess what, so does your ... with loans. Does it come with a minimum GPA requirement? Some ... pitfalls that make this process focus on the wrong factors and make it a

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • March 29, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  failure, no matter how counterintuitive it may seem i don’t know how to ... my favorite part of ancient greek literature is its treatment of self ... important role in how i experience attraction. i remember a few years ago one

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  them are meaningful.   let's get right to it! https ... , regardless of circumstances, get everyone on the floor hype. it was [annotation ... first heard it being played during REX and continues to be an essential

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  as work ethic, stick-to-it-ness, how you overcome adversity. When we ... possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social ... the freshman application process. What is an LΔ? It is all of the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  What Should I Do Next Semester? i'm making a list and checking it twice

  

  about it), so I can travel for long periods of time if I want. I mean ... math blog, but I thought it would be interesting to write it again for a ... the list.) Fortunately, that's it; after this semester, I'll be

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes I almost did it. Rather I almost didn't do it. And all for a class…

  

  celebrated just about every week it could. These included Career Fair Week ... musical is not for the weak stomached. It involves mild acts of cannibalism and bad haircuts. Wednesday night, I braved the long lines to wait for

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Intertwined Relationships — for me — have always been about choices.

  

  ? Doesn’t it ache? How someone can carry the knowledge of someone else on ... I think about how you told me, maybe it isn’t about not making those ... know how loving ends:  “Because it’s worth it.”

  • by ana~
  • February 14, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  I’m nervous to meet you A letter to the prefrosh at the dawn of CP*

  

  captions? No. Way. It took me a long time to truly accept three things: 1) my ... talk about how dumb Facebook is! And if you decide, despite it all, that ... "]CPW[/annotation] 2020, except it isn’t. It’s the first day of CP*, a virtual answer to

  • by Powers '23
  • April 17, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  . But Piper, you might ask, how can you possibly show me a new view of MIT?     I call it a Cessna 172 flying machine. I come from a long line of pilots, you see. My father was a pilot, and... yeah, that

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  The Art of Trying New Things V.2

  

  individual in society? How does the way society is organized affect the behaviors and beliefs of people who live in it? How can we change our ... , but it also filled me with a deep, deep regret of how I've spent my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 2, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Staying in Touch Family back home or here in Boston!

  

  front door where I’d scream, “MA, IT’S ME! OPEN THE DOOR,” so I could get back inside for a home-cooked meal, seems so long ago. In reality, it has ... not alone in feeling this. It never truly hit my until just a few weeks

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  My Favorite Spots in Cambridge/Boston well-trodden and well-hidden alike

  

  there for the dodecahedron jungle gym that's in front of the pond area. It ... . :) 2. Paul Revere Landing Park Another interesting park! It connects with ... . It features a spinning disk that's SO fun to whirl around on. Honestly

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 19, 2020