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• Blog / Admissions

  Boing! Boing! Maybe not the best writing ever, but the pictures are awesome!

  

  different halves of the dorm. The numbers refer to the floor number. I live on ... huge chunk of money that is allocated to the floors to have activities ... forms filled out (take note, do not try to fill out all of the forms on

  • by Snively '11
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  everyone i know goes away in the end why i've never done misti

  

  i've never done misti, which is mit's international experience thing. i was given the chance, in april 2021, to spend the first half of 2022 ... live within a few minutes walk of each other, ever again. we went to the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  the past preferred to release decisions on a Saturday; December 13 or ... Counselor (interviewer, or EC), I recommend you do so very soon (right now is ... contact information on your MyMIT page. Note that this deadline is before

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  the best of you. The college essay is the time to shamelessly (but ... essay is your chance to shine; it's a lot of work, but it's where you ... left the house, and then forgot to publish it. Well, here it is, a year

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / How to Food

  “I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong

  

  think the key, for me, is to trick myself. I can’t think of sushi and then ... vegan eggs, which are made of dye and other beans, and actually kinda slap). I tried to go vegetarian once before, in February, when I stayed on a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 0: from DC to Quito A rough morning, a long nap, and a kindly neighbor

  

  at which the rest of the world was moving. After listening to a very ... , we opted to buy a bottle of water, which somehow cost $4. A Dunkin ... January 10 On the plane from Panama to Quito What a goofy

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  College The path to self-discovery is lined with my blog entries.

  

  understanding from the fabric of the universe is like pretending to be a salmon ... of junior year, I got into MIT. “Got into” is here used idiomatically ... student if I wanted to. (I am, of course, blatantly ignoring the huge mass

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Accountability Some thoughts on decisions and school

  

  effects)...to produce one drawing? Which is what is actually printed and ... reviews, but it’s Spring Break now and time for all of us to take a ... decision you’ve made/ You’ve put a stamp of approval on every part of the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  to would be in the Parent’s Hospitality Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee or ... welcome to attend either of these programs on the hows, whys and whens of ... of our admitted students and those parents who are on campus as well

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So you think you want to be a doctor: Pre-med at MIT

  

  to focus on biology or chemistry) Physics: -1 year of physics with lab ... Does the smell of latex make you smile? Think Grey's Anatomy is the ... -thorasic surgeon like Dr. Burke or Chief of Surgery like Dr. Webber? (do NOT, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described ... was delivered to the front lawn of MIT Fraternity house Chi Phi on the ... substantial entries to come this week): First, I saw a link on a military blog

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  This Day, the Year I Applied what I learned in college about application struggles

  

  bit of my inner self for flaws and merits. Why, on December 13, I had to ... go to bed early. This is all pure speculation, of course. But in the ... , and MIT is on a path to it. Not the only path. Not even the definitive

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 20, 2015
• Blog / Events

  I Survived Week 1 and All I Got Was 10 Lousy T-Shirts a pack rat’s post-orientation reflections on miscellany

  

  tennis court on any of my walks to or from MacGregor. So kudos to having a ... of a process than an event; sure, the main goal is to get the frosh ... ’s worth of orientation events that you really should go to. Why? To enhance

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Application Advice v2.0 How to survive the application process without losing your mind.

  

  back, which is basically required reading if you want to understand what ... without going on the Internet and trying to find out what is the least ... ’s pretty sad that they have to spell that out on the application. Is it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  of anchoring it to a particular modern-day place or person. The set is ... Show One of the most fun parts of working on a show is being on the ... people. The indication of rank we chose to makr the King is a royal purple

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  generation I grew up playing Starcraft, which is to say spending hours ordering ... more. Vultures@MIT, or, What To Do With That Leftover Pizza First of ... of things to do, the struggle instead is with the firehose: learning to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  , which are then modeled on our runway. Trashion was founded in 2011, is an ... : Continued on Page B13 Description: This dress is made out of newspapers and ... skirt is made of plastic tablecloths, and the corset is constructed on a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  unending drive to do better is built in them. However, as I said before there ... science programs and a history of sending students to big schools. In group ... , these students put in an immense amount of work and were able to overcome

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... a transcript of the email that was sent this morning: From: Erin To ... on Elizabeth's "Pi-nal Countdown" blog post: Courtesy of my

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  West Coast Trip Report some work, some play, lots of nerd stuff

  

  is to take Monday and Tuesday as hard vacation: no work or email, just ... great competition that sends many alumni to MIT and is broadly aligned ... this week, but for now, here is a photo of us having an ice cream reunion

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 30, 2017