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  I Remember…

  

  in my own MIT application. I remember the day I brought it to the post ... -- when my acceptance packet arrived in the mail. I remember driving ... . I had the unique privilege of creating my own MIT Blog in my freshman

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 7, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  unicorns-and-narwhals awesomeness and my ... I thought I’d try to capture my last three Fridays and compile them in ... them, so without further ado, here are my last three creations. Friday

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-Thanksgiving Post-stuff and Foodstuffs In which I'm reminded I have a life, and am thus eligible to give a…

  

  've learned a number of things: At MIT, the week of my birthday has always been ... I've had to study for? It wasn't to make my birthday not fun; it was ... on my birthday, because now I know that it's a sense of responsibility

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  . Which brings me to why I was riding through Central Square on my bike on ... perfect opportunity to get off my butt, ride my bike, and save $3.40 in T ... , it was weird enough to draw my attention from the cops and look around

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to ... 't like feeling a vibrating reed on my tongue, I shuffled into the band room ... , occasionally painful (my lips hurt!) reconnection with my lovely set of brass

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MCAT Advice For the pre-meds out there, MIT or otherwise

  

  I'm finally done done done with the MCAT, and my summer has ... , trying out my new bike, spending time with friends, and watching a ... instantly: flowers, a card, and ice cream! My lab is the besttt. ♥ In

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Veni, Vidi, Jamba I came, I saw, I conquered a lot of smoothies

  

  be mainstream curiosities. Recently, someone from my high school threw ... had my first 9-5 job this summer in a California cancer research lab, I ... because this is what happens when my mom tries to take a picture of me. Mom

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 15, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Questions about Blogging Some friendly advice.

  

  about the time commitment. My on-campus job is 6-10 hours per week, and I ... blogs, but I don't want to ruin someone else's chances if my applying isn ... ! After a little consideration, I sent back this response: During my first

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Summer School's out for it

  

  There's something I've noticed about the summer (well, my summer): It ... good at keeping myself busy, be it building stuff in my garage, wandering ... to find ways to occupy my time, they found me. Trips to Boston, chillin

  • by Snively '11
  • June 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  the advice I received from an MIT alum a while back. Throughout my time at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My ... , Cambridge, like…here? Or are you from England?" My trek to MIT was very

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How hard is it, really? Let down

  

  'd gotten a 730 on my SAT II but only because I'd crammed two days before the ... hardest) is best for you. The results of my math diagnostic said that I was ... background. I got an 80/100 on the first pset while all of my friends got high

  • by Snively '11
  • April 9, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  One Extraordinary Week, Plus Ferrets I suit up for surgery.

  

  sets and no commitments other than my UROP - which gives me quite a bit ... little bit more about my UROP, but also show you a small sampling of the ... wit, I... Threw a late-night Diablo II LAN party with my fraternity

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 14, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Didn’t You Graduate? I refuse to accept my new label...kind of.

  

  I'll begin with a flashback. Scene: On my way back from my daily ... my research and being able to continue looking at unanswered questions ... my UROP advisor, Linda Griffith, with a variety of projects pertaining

  • by Bryan
  • August 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  colleges, so I thought I'd offer you a little advice of my own. More specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing ... applying to MIT this year. In this vein, I thought I'd post some of my old

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am a hapless klutz Stories about Nobel laureates.

  

  straggling onto campus, and I could not be more psyched. Rush/orientation is my ... bucket of ice. Since my lab's ice machine has been broken since, like ... trudged upstairs to scrounge up some ice. After filling my bucket, I was

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t forget to check in with yourself On living with intention

  

  When I think about my time at MIT, my first thought is: it still ... chance to walk through campus, down the infinite, with my 9-month old baby ... thing? Someone let me know in the comments 😉); my favorite Hayden Library

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  [Guest Post] A Whiff of Nostalgia Amidst the Scent of Youth by Daniel Barkowitz

  

  he likes it that way! If I ever write my autobiography, I’m going to ... .” No, that doesn’t mean my homeland fell into the ocean, or was destroyed ... my birth has become an accident of human history. See, I was born in

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Becoming a Mad Scientist a required class for all meches!

  

  taking different MechE classes the past two years, my classmates and I all ... didn’t take me very long to figure out what my project would be. When I got concussed my sophomore season and was returning to play soccer, I

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • June 24, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  About a year ago, I wrote about the origami I’d made at my internship ... discovered that origami encompasses so much more than that. During my first ... intricate structure. The Five Intersecting Tetrahedra (FIT) is one of my

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  why i chose mit the paths not traveled

  

  that didn't flatter my face and blunt bangs I cut myself. It was spring break of eighth grade, and my family was on a vacation visiting the East Coast—of course, as was typical for my academically-serious parents, such

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 21, 2023