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• Blog / Personal Travel

  Nerdy adventures on the West Coast Q: What changes when you transplant a few MIT students 3,000 miles? A: Not much.

  

  to document on my blog, is the sheer nerdiness of most everyday ... photographic documentation to jog my memory. So without further ado, I bring you ... titles to my personal library- Eragon (which I've wanted to read since

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Pink Hair Problem What do you do for your college interview if you have dyed hair and a…

  

  ring i could always take out but my hair?   That's a good question! Here are some of my thoughts. We want you to be yourself throughout this ... nose ring. (Or, for my friend Alvar '98 PhD '05, a lot more than just a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  attend the first lecture because of a conflict with my physics class but ... competition. After it was explained to me I was a little stunned. I looked at my ... of my roughest days. Try to imagine breathing lead for 9 hours. I had

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Choosing a Major I hope this is helpful to you at some point

  

  harder than others and omg my friend says this class is impossible and don ... . Really. Which brings me to my main point: You hear it a lot. Do what you ... my switch into 8 halfway through sophomore year. Watch out, it's a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why Course 2A is Cooler than You I'm back from the dead, to tell you all about my major and its ridiculously…

  

  feel awful about it. =( But, my field hockey season is over and now that ... . But I'll probably fail. The topic of today's entry is my own amusement over the number of characters in my major. Most of you are familiar with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  process. I think my favorite is the private jet/financial aid story from ... my help," Mr. Conroy recalls. The young man wanted advice on where to ... lyrics. "My mother was cracking up," says Ms. Fisk, who will attend Loyola

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  detail like I usually do in my blog entries; rather, I'll just discuss the ... my summer vacation. DID YOU KNOW? Portland, ME was once home to the ... meantime. In my old age, I've come to realize that it's really the little

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 4

  

  @mit.edu, or call the office at (617) 253-3400. Thomas wrote, "In my planning to attend CPW I called one of my friends who is a student at MIT. Although he ... MyMIT portal. I wouldn't worry about it too much, though -- focus on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  field to apply my knowledge about math. I want to explore the possibility of applying my skills to design vehicles or systems used in space ... . "I was shocked but really glad. I showed my mom the acceptance letter

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Recapping Trashion 2015 sustainable fashion == trashion

  

  .   Designer: Li W. Model: Amber G. Title: My Colors Description ... , "My Colors" was constructed out of unwanted and reuse career fair, club ... is a wedding dress partially made of books—both ideas associated in my

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

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  -along It's hard to overstate my satisfaction with how much this event is ... , Oh My! Release your inner cat lady and make experimental toys for the ... wondering who a waffle is before my cover is blown, or I trip over something

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  like 30 spins, you'll think, "OMG, 28 is totally due. I need to put my ... acceptance rate is 8.2% overall. Now, I'm not the top kid in my school and I didn't build a rocket in my backyard, so I'm extrapolating the 8

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  Rob's chagrin and my everlasting delight and gastrointestinal distress ... to Denver. My buddy Ben - whom I've blogged about before - lives there ... , different parts of the country. But my trip was not quite done. After

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 2 Hold on, this is a long one. Tons of pictures though!

  

  I wore my tennis shoes and a baseball hat for the trip. We hopped on ... at us and goes "Um, are you two over 18?" My Brain: "Of course we are ... 'm representing Hasbro? The one I got when I showed that lady over there my driver

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  The Cost of Living at MIT alternatively, how to spend money at MIT

  

  does not have an Elon Musk-sized inheritance from my parents and who has ... anonymous poll-answerers: "Food cost is low because most of my meals are ... mean of $30/month my freshman year to $900/month last semester…" It

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I swear this isn’t an ad for Google But Bard is so much more fun than ChatGPT

  

  quite amusing because my blog post is probably [annotation note="After all ... quotes the 20 HV value from my blog post, but with a twist: It appears ... because it’s the [annotation note="Last year, my friends and I were trapped

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 31, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  ‘Til the Net Breaks Championship Szn

  

  never crosses my mind that we won’t pull through and come back — and I am ... , our fan section is cheering, my voice is gone after screaming so much ... win. It just somehow didn’t happen. Later that day, my dad tells me that

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 3, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  17 Ridiculously Useful Tips Every Blogger Should Know i am the entire circus

  

  ' Day, after all, and I'm making light of my style of writing blog posts ... my tangents to a minimum, or inside footnotes, when possible. Yesterday ... details. My apologies to everyone, and I hope the joke doesn't distract you

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome Center

  

  , including human-centered design workshops run by (my friend and grad school ... that work was done by Ceri (as mentioned in my post last year), who wrote ... ="79779" image2="79778" image3="79780" /] Meanwhile, I'm spending my fall working

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 19, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  problems, if i choose this hobby i’ll spend my free time on these activities ... while letting all the other details fall into place the other day my ... ’d want to feel each one day in and day out. how can i move my cart towards

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022