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• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  interpretation of a given individual and how applicable it may be to them.  I ... Very early on in my Admissions career I happened to take a slice from a cherry pie that someone had brought into the office to share. As one

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get ... their college destination. As such, the parent wanted to know how best to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  consider how important location is to you, and possibly how important it ... offers 57334534923 (not a hyperbole) convincing reasons to attend, to me ... Frank Sinatra in New York, New York: these vagabond shoes were longing to

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  : Last night, LSC hosted the Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie, who came to MIT to describe some of their work and how they get inspiration for what ... Mythbusters are not foreign to MIT. (Hops into Time Machine) The year was 2005

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  lesson to everyone at the performance to highlight how dangerous it is to ... is basically a talent show with acts ranging from magic acts to dances to serenades. Some of the acts from the night included my former

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  each other instead of simply strategizing on how best to stay on top. He ... My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest ... , education and business to assess the challenges we face and to offer some

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  't begin to tell you how that feels, after all this time. Maybe I'll have the ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things ... admitted, do you guys get to just relax until fall travel starts up again

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  just vibing tough times out here

  

  ."]I cannot do everything I want to.[/annotation] And this teaches you how to ... interview; you know how to prioritize, triage, get stuff done. But it teaches ... mistakes, and decide how you'll try to improve and be better next time. Can

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2017 it's never too early to start reminiscing

  

  I didn't want to go, but after I saw how happy all of my friends were ... Commencement day, I almost got grabbed by police for getting too close to the ... , junior year, post-grad, first job, etc, etc. I originally intended to just

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 9, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit ... down Boylston towards Skullhouse. All was going well - I was nearly to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  's Worcester. I'm going to teach you how to pronounce it now, you ready? Pretend ... . Very few people actually know how to pronounce "Stata." I've had just as ... actually know how to pronounce it. The nice compromise I've come up with is

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  want to know is how invested the student is, what has the student learned ... school? More importantly, what was your LΔ as an applicant to MIT? How did ... tell us how you will do? To get a more balanced view we ask you to also

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

  Bad Ideas events I went to (another late IAP post) i can’t believe ellie beat me to the punch

  

  wrapping station. I learned how to wrap them properly from my family ... showed new people how to make them as they came in. I don’t how much we ... how many I ate, but got Spagetti-o’s once and decided to call it a day

  • by Anika H. '26
  • March 8, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Observations of an MIT Sophomore Advice and insight.

  

  's taught me how to keep walking, even when I'm going against the wind. It ... I didn't mean to write this entry. I sat down to write about some recent events I've been meaning to blog about for a while - and well, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the ... impossible to know. We will have no idea how many people we will take from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reg Day collisions People should transfer to other colleges once they dump you.

  

  be a couple dozen student groups at various points, I know how to reserve space on campus for events, I know how to apply for funding from a ... deadlines, I know all the best shortcuts and how to use the tunnels when the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 18, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Hold your breath my first CPW

  

  prefrosh, as so many hosts refer to theirs, arrived on Thursday morning. We talked about logistics; this is how you get to East Campus, this is the ... ever thought about how you're going to die?" Or, "How much sleep do

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  few weekend trips to New York. these helped me realize how feasible ... , given how much work we have at ALL times. surprisingly, I was able to pull ... 't bother trying to venture out into Boston very often. over the summer

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  tidbits i answer a bunch of random blogger prompts

  

  to every 24-hour day. How do   you use those extra sixty minutes? Sleep ... signature beverage? How did it achieve that status? It would probably have to ... fundraisers, but fortunately, I’ve learned how to make my own, reasonable

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 18, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  on knowing what I’m doing in which I decide to go to grad school

  

  of what research is and how it works. I learned how to read scientific ... learning, how to present in front of audiences, how to write personal essays ... treatment of the question of how to make useful forecasts, this time when

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • July 3, 2022