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• Blog / Challenges

  Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare

  

  issue with my group was that we had no idea how many people would able to ... , no matter how frustrating it is! Questions To Start: How big is your ... and a common area is quite difficult, and it's annoying to not have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 11, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  What are my chances of admission?

  As much as we love formulas, you're not going to find one here! We ... well. We want to see that students are involved in things because they care about them, not just because they think certain activities would
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  books I’ve read this year slowly but surely completing my 2020 resolutions

  

  the thoughtful gift. I say this to show how biased I was against Kaur ... current thinking of charity as something that is good to do but not wrong to ... to donate should not affect your desire to donate. Especially since now

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • November 19, 2020
• Blog / Majors & Minors

  What is engineering, anyways? i promise it's more than just math

  

  these projects alone. You are not expected to know how to build robots ... idea of coming to MIT and not learning anything? The idea of being ... air out of the room to create a vacuum (this idea was not approved

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • March 10, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Remember…

  

  actually succeed in the environment of your choosing. MIT taught me how to ... (and conversely, what I'm NOT so good at), so I've been able to ... , unbridled passion, and you leave with a plan for how to channel that passion

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option ... click of a mouse button. Many childhoods of anticipation will come to an ... dreaming about big envelopes the way you used to dream about reindeer. You

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2010! By now many of the Early Action admitted students have received "Da' Tube".

  

  Effect a line and we'll chat! Tell us your story. I especially want to hear from those not given to post regularly to this (or any MIT blog).

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  . You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not you go to MIT. It's the truth. -B ... compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  so i guess fall is happening kinda hard to believe, huh?

  

  out how we want to deal with all the things that come from communal ... forest trail and trying not to trip over stones. there are many small good ... past few months). i want to write more, and talk about my classes and how

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • August 23, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  , My first priority was to focus on eating well and to cook most, if not ... learned how to set type, design a layout, and print our work on a handmade ... To set the mood: Armstrong Cabin - Justin Hurwitz, from the First Man

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  in the pursuit of knowledge want to see a MacArthur Genius dancing to gangnam style?

  

  whether or not to weaponize, though a military strike on Iran would almost ... sound smart) likes to talk about how the electoral system is "broken ... my final draft) In spirit, not much has changed since I wrote that

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  attend to the tour guide not spend their time asking me questions. Alina ... and athletics and where she likes to study when she's not at the house ... I have confession to make...it's somewhat embarrassing but I think it

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  , just to share how my semester is going. somehow, 1.5 weeks into classes, i'm already inundated with work--but i'm not complaining. after two ... write such a post. i'm not planning to put as much energy into

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Life of a Black Person A followup to the amazing Black Lives Matter Post

  

  presented themselves to both black minds and not: "I am not black, can I ... spoke with an icy frustration. My parents were not new to this process. At my first elementary school, they had to ask the school to not put me in

  • by Ben O. '19
  • July 11, 2016
• Blog / Uncategorized

  168 Hours and how to spend them

  

  of the week based on how you plan to spend them. Athena and Leo have ... to, very objectively, determine whether or not you’re overcommitted. It ... reflection that I was, in fact, fairly curious as to how I actually spend my

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • March 21, 2023
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  've at Simmons and chose to eat healthy. That's not to say that Simmons ... Disclaimer: This post was supposed to be written a whole 6 months ago ... down my to-do list. But here it finally is! Hey everybody! I'm Lady

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Way We Live Saunas make me think

  

  once in a while. OK I may be an Internet addict, but I am not alone. According to a recent New York Times blog titled "The Rise of the Toilet ... think of. As our Internet culture continues to mature, words such as

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Show In Town [by David Freilach, Guest Blogger/Assistant Director, LVAC] ARTalk guest blogger David Freilach checks out the…

  

  outside. It was tough to see how they would be finished by opening night ... forward to seeing how this new model works out. One thing I do know is that ... entrance to the new Central Square Theater. (Photo by CST) I had the chance

  • by ARTalk
  • August 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  . Everything feels good. I'm independent. I'm myself. But that's not to say that ... — with no final exams. To be fair, instead, all my classes had assignments ... to go on the last day of classes, a week early. And after my last class

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Pieces Check your application tracking.

  

  . This is a good time for you to check your application tracking on My ... system is missing something? First, do not worry. We do not assign blame on why we don't have it, we just know that we have not processed it. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 24, 2007