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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  soldered with my dad as a kid (the solder was much more temperamental ... when you create something with your hands. This is my baby! I brought it ... when I made my choice: it is nice to have someone checking in with me

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / People & Identities

  H I C C U P S takeaways from a Bollywood film

  

  musical sequence. When my younger brother hit the play button, I was already half-asleep. It’s been a while since a movie has kept me up past my ... . And as I’ve navigated my way through those dangerous waters, I like to

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 15, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  I learned that one of my closest friends Kate had passed away with ... such a close scale before, so none of me knew how to react. My head was reeling, my heart dropped, and my body didn’t know what to do, so it decided

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Three Tales of Junior Year Accidental Harvard Class, UROPs, Experimenting in College

  

  seemed ideal—an elective for my Philosophy (Course 24-1) major and the final class for my Education (Course 11) concentration. Just in case, I ... fulfilled a pre-thesis requirement). On the first day of class, my classmates

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 10, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  from them as I could before I started my own venture. Then on late Thursday night, my friend told me "Hey Erick, tomorrow morning is Ask A VC ... ; Reasons not go: The event starts at 8am. My sleep schedule has been

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  College is generally held to be the last enchanted shore of youth. My ... washing machine up stairs? why doesn't my apartment have a pot rack?), her ... my home for four years. But that's just a hallway covered in sharpie

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  There’s No “I” in Team There's also no "Tennis" or "Senior Day", but that won't stop me from writing about…

  

  In just four short weeks, my time as a MIT freshman will draw to a ... when I was 8 years old at my local community park, the majority of my time on the court spent running around in circles and laughing with my

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 1, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  “There is No Place Like Home” ...especially when you are a long way from home

  

  admitting our students. I had at times been a bit jealous of my friends and my younger brother who lived in fraternities and independent living ... great opportunity. It would solve my problem of needing a place to live

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • July 12, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  This blog post is by my brilliant Randomite, computer scientist, and ... than an 80 minute climb through the mountains, but I revised my opinion ... . '14 joined me in my quest for a downhill KoM, but we got stuck behind a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Applying Regular Action – Q&A

  

  interview report has not yet appeared on your MyMIT Tracking page, your EC' ... . Submitting & Tracking Documents: The MyMIT Tracking is up ... worry if documents you sent are not showing on MyMIT; they have stacks of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 20, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  's false humility with a point. My case illustrates how success is always ... talking to my dad about my job - this job - and how much I loved it. I told him how lucky I felt to had the opportunity to do it. My dad, in his

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  ... Early Action Tracking: Please be patient with the MyMIT Tracking. We are ... not worry if your interview report has not yet appeared on your My ... to contact your interviewer (EC) is December 10. My recommendation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  This Entry is Really Long. And my pictures won't upload :(Edit: Actually, they finally did! Yay!

  

  to our suitcases. I probably should’ve put my suitcase on the luggage ... that high above my head. Yeah, I know, I should work out. This past week ... time of my life – outside in perfect 75-degree weather, the one jacket I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Burchard Scholars Program (old time stamp: 11-21-09) - this entry is five months late >___

  

  . When my daughter was living in McCormick, I asked her one day what she was planning on doing today. She told me, 'My Physics pset ... in many of my old blogs, but I never wrote about it in a single place

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  *, probably because it was taught at 11:54 AM and my watch was running fast that ... test,” my response was along the lines of, “Cool, you sound like a ... less I'm sure of what a vector is. Right now, my internal definition of a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  http://my.mit.edu. To announce this, Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill has ... your MyMIT Tracking page, http://my.mit.edu. Complete your MIT Midyear ... school. Finally, my colleagues in the Financial Aid Office are happy to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  once. I still haven't even read all of them. Which is my loss, really ... freshmen. Paul: What Though the Odds My experiences with MIT's freshman ... of saying, 'go to class,' my advice will be as follows: pick classes

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  ). After working for 3 hours I decided to study for my 18.03 test that I had ... my right took a picture, the lady behind her took one, and then another guy took a picture. I stepped out of the crowd and got my camera out in

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office ... an ego-boost, or even to crash on his couch. And so a few of my friends ... -birthday party in his office. The preparations began last Wednesday night. My

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  You've now had a chance to post lots of questions. Now it's my turn ... . But i have decided that now my only aim is to get in MIT so i need your ... taking admission in IIT Bombay this year. I dropped my one year after

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007