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• Blog / MIT Life

  The MySpace Survey Mid-summer frivolity, part two.

  

  choose Random... 066. How much cash do you have on you? Approximately $37 ... . How old are you? 32 003. What is the link to your website, blog, or myspace? um, you are currently reading it General 004. What is your height

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life is like a Game Elaborate metaphors from an amateur comic artist

  

  It's been a pretty rough week, so I took a break and drew out my struggles. For some reason (mostly the fact that I'm a media dork at heart), a video game metaphor was easiest to conceptualize in comic form, so enjoy

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 7, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  . It's your chance to play whatever you want! Maybe this sounds ... straight up told me that I was going to do it. I practiced hard at home and played it well when alone, but in class my hands shook and I pressed my

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

  If man is five Then most people are six, and if most people are six then pre-meds are seven.

  

  process that a chemist has given you already, look at it, and say "Hmm, HOW ... ! It was for like 30 seconds, for a variety of reasons, but it was cool ... said 'when you look at dirt, realize that it's not really dirt.'" That

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  smoke and spice my comfort meal

  

  how to make it. As I did, they jotted down notes and prodded with ... see people not only enjoy the dish, but also learn how to make it ... to make it, but, at the very least, how I do it. Grind up Thai chili

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 9, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Some Advice Sometimes I wish I could tell freshman-me that everything's going to be okay

  

  how you work best and stick with it. Even though so many people advocate ... beliefs, where you fit into the world and how you want to change it (and so ... born. Maybe this will help someone, or maybe it will be totally

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 20, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Beacon Hill in the Fall More door.

  

  steep slopes on narrow brick and stone streets; it is hidden alleyways, tiny doors, and secret gardens we aren’t allowed into. It is my and Cory ... at night is like dreaming. Pretty houses, pretty fences—it is our

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 17, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find yourself wondering: How did THAT get there? Four score and zero years ago ... from the ground. It caught the attention of many in the area, including

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

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

  

  last year (junior spring). Long story short[er], I wanted to be a ... – long story). Oxford has some really interesting programs and a very ... -ish October, each District emails or calls its Finalists to let us know that we

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 12, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Are people on the East Coast friendly? An entry especially for those from the Midwest.

  

  given it a second (or first) thought, except for a conversation I had with ... , and it is plenty friendly. As for Boston though, it might help to share ... about their children or where they were going or how to get where she was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 21, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  . But you…you're getting into MIT. I know it. How could they not take you ... how it ever got to the point where I put so much emphasis on a place ... ," moments. It was difficult to decide whether optimism or pessimism was the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Folding While you wait for decisions...

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 13, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cynic This is mainly a reminder note to myself.

  

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Painting by number The anti-formula

  

  response to “how” is that it was facilitated by parents and their connections ... on that notion because it remains apropos today as students continue to ... , generally the best that it can aspire to be is a convincing counterfeit, which

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Defying That Sinking Feeling On learning to swim and envisioning success

  

  you need to."  That's all common sense, but it was surprising how ... seven weeks in, it's a bit more like learning how to swim. You can cling ... On my application for MIT, I made it a point to mention that I couldn

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 29, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Early History of International Students at MIT studying the people MIT made, and the people who made MIT

  

  MIT accepted its first international student in 1866, only one year after its first classes were held in a storage warehouse. By 1895, 39 from ... early international students. I'm an immigrant from Ukraine, so it was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  continuing to those not admitted, waitlisted, or still waiting

  

  always judge harsher in hindsight, just because it’s easier to; we know how ... trying, because future-you will have always wondered how it had turned out ... ” or “tenet”). In response to “how’s it going”, I sometimes respond with

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • March 16, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  simply wasn’t enough time to come to terms with it.  It was hard. All of it. From long phone calls with airlines to making sure everyone in our ... , it was really really hard. But, when it was time to leave campus there

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  his visit, but at the same time it made me soberingly-aware of how much ... 't know how to run a company, but he also really lucked out in that it seems ... collaboration with people here. It's neat-o business, folks. And as of last Monday

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  tell your friends you love them for we are but blips in a timeline

  

  • by Anika H. '26
  • May 9, 2024