Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  were invented at the Pillsbury Bake-Off. It's not the holidays unless Sam ... liked cooking, and it's actually really come in handy in college, since my ... groups, it's a lot more interesting to cook for myself. By the way, I hate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  on how the internet isn't all it's hyped up to be. excerpt from the ... Internet, cyber-utopians did not predict how useful it would prove for propaganda purposes, how masterfully dictators would learn to use it for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  , but it made me realize how physically dependent I am on this substance ...  I survived my first semester at MIT, and it was hella dope. I can ... two things. it’s like a venn diagram: (excuse the dark photos. I'm on

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Interview Tips from an MIT Educational Counselor Thoughts on how to prepare for your alumni interview

  

  the Educational Council but think it would be helpful for you to hear ... enough to be back on campus it immediately feels like home, and I remember my own interview like it was yesterday. I’ve been an EC for six years

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Library War there's nothing about war in here, that's just my fave imaginary band name

  

  , like, figure out how to put it back, but o m g they were so huge and many ... embarked upon a journey -- a long journey! An arduous journey! -- to visit ... perusal in the tome below. Depending how you count, MIT either has a lot of

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 15, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  reviewing my classes this semester but unthoroughly

  

  months, it felt really cool to have the tools to understand and analyze key ... make some neat stuff! It was also a tiny class, only about 3 students ... with less than 700 lines of code. However, we made it through 🤞🤞 with a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • May 17, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  . It's virtually impossible to summarize yourself in a few paragraphs ... significant challenge may seem insignificant if you compare it to other ... or even suffering. It's not a competition--just be honest. 4. Your

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  to walk how we want it to. At the end of the month I'll try to write a ... able to see how insane it was, but on national television, which makes it ... mechanical engineers love the math and physics behind it all, not everybody has

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  hazy mid-semester days what i've been up to lately (mostly, psets...)

  

  work. It's a long process, with breaks in between each step; I'll do ... It's that point in the semester when days and weeks blur together in ... this time when no one's life looks like it used to or like they expected

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 2, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  my own MGH ID card! I know it's not really a huge deal in the long run ... So it's been almost exactly a week since I last put together a blog ... it's IAP, the MIT tradition of "work hard, play hard" absolutely still

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report ... Optimist" and I love it. I picked it up soon after returning from my 4 month ... into it. Ridley starts a chapter titled `The invention of invention

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  ASK US (the MIT Bloggers) ANYTHING! YES

  

  , MITERS and the forge.) Wtf is ham radio and how do you get into it EAs ... you don’t know what an AMA is, it's basically a Q&A session with a ... be ignored and possibly removed."](within reason).[/annotation] It can

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 18, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your coursework, access to testing, and extracurricular activities. If you feel it
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  looked the same. Long, white corridors—white tiles, white ceilings, white ... . When it was our turn, we hopped into the stall, emerging about five ... dining hall. It was a single large hall on the top floor of one of the two

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Videos Over the Years The 90s were, uh, different

  

  silent film that was almost an hour long! An HOUR! What was it even like to ... before, and you can see a more complete history here, but I thought it'd be

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2017
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  is visible from Boston across the river. MIT hackers have long used the ... now here it is, as I found it at 3 AM Saturday morning, just 17 hours

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  Ok, so long story short (I'll blog the whole thing later), I use firefox to remember my password to login to the MIT blogs website. I ... very well, which is why I told Firefox to just remember it. It worked

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  Okay, so I agree that it's been far too long since my last update. I've been dealing with work issues, and have been in California for the last ... when I return. Take it easy, guys!

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back ... upcoming nationwide tour, and an in-depth look at the application and its

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Bad Haiku What better way to welcome spring than to write some awful haiku? Help me create…

  

  Break, and somehow it feels like the whirlwind that surrounded the mailing ... long). Sometimes quiet is good. A lot of the snow melted this past ... toy, it accelerates particles Too... fast... black hole... oooooops.

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 21, 2005