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• Blog / Challenges

  my shattered laptop in the midst of pre-finals season

  

  Media Lab, a classmate accidentally shattered my laptop screen. While I was with my group presenting our project, I left my coat on a chair ... there. When I returned, I was surprised to see someone in my seat. I

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  In less than a week I'll be hopping on my flight back to Boston, and ... -journaling-sleeper-agent in my brain kicked in orientation week freshman year, deciding that a ... my brand new Goodnotes subscription to create my own digital planner

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  things on my closet that I could use as costumes (blame the Assassins ... choose to accept it) is to pick my Halloween costume. Voting will last

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT Status Deadline to schedule interview for EA applicants extended.

  

  As you've likely noticed by now, the MyMIT site has been down since ... sure when it will be back online. As MyMIT is the only place to view ... updates as I receive them. Edit: As of 11PM today (thursday) the MyMIT site

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  updating my blogger bio because its no longer accurate

  

  A couple nights ago, while my friends and I were wasting away in Simmons Hall, we somehow stumbled upon the topic of my blogger bio, to which someone read aloud: My name is Cami. I'm a lil bi filipina girl from LA

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 24, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  flight that had been delayed by two hours. So, I got out my laptop and ... folder called "Old." Eek. In "Old," I found a folder named after my high school. Inside are e-mails that I saved from my high school days, back when

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My new job @ admissions like nick saban, but for nerds

  

  I was rewriting my profile this morning - the first substantive update in five years - to reflect my new role and responsibilities in the office when I suddenly realized that I hadn't actually blogged about my new

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  my freshman year playlist 2/3 of a year in 25 songs

  

  playlists is one of my favorite things to do, so i decided to create a freshman year playlist before i started school last August. and since my ... associate with cool experiences. as of my last [physical] day at MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  I have an interesting MIT “story.” It wasn't my first choice school ... to build my list in August of my senior year. We had done the campus ... in, so I decided to apply early action. My dad went to MIT for

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  I got this postcard from my dad a few weeks ago. It's funny how when ... blue - I had no idea that my dad went to Korea (and from there, to Singapore and Cambodia). I like to think that my parents were actually secret

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  about all our results that you should definitely check out! My own Spotify ... ;1/3 of my music listening. It’s mostly to discover new songs/artists, so I only actually recognized one out of my top five artists this year

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Visit I... got lost on the tour, actually...

  

  I realize that some of my readers may not have had the opportunity to ... . So the story that follows is about my first visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The context of my trip: New York City is a few hours

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  I've lived my entire life in Salem, Oregon. I like Oregon, it's clean ... traffic laws. My grandma lives in Vancouver, Washington, about an hour drive from my house. In fifth grade my parents and I were driving to my

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my day in pictures

  

  ):   this class is eating my life. i hate it. i love it. it sucks. it

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  I painted my door! and it only took 2.5 years

  

  In my dorm, East Campus, residents are allowed to paint the door to ... current resident or someone from years ago. But when I moved into my room at the start of my sophomore year, the door was not only blank, it was

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • May 19, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  .735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS requirement, and my second writing class at MIT. 4.440: Basic Structural Design ... runs until March 17. Oddly my largest class (like 70 people showed up

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Classes

  Rate My Setup a guide to my room in Simmons

  

  double. My room is huge, and I have two sets of furniture, which really ... Engineering), so I converted one of my desks into a lab bench: When I took ... into getting electronics equipment of my own. In the very back of this

  • by Alex M. '21
  • November 17, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  I saw my first Tesla in July, 2009. I knew what Teslas were but it ... house in 2013.  $11k down gets you a $205k house.  As my house was nearing completion my real estate agent swung by to check on the progress.  She was

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  Well, Parents Weekend was last weekend, but my mom is unconventional ... left my brother (age 16) and my father (still not old enough to cook for ... just sounds cool.) My mom arrived in Boston at 5 PM, just in time to eat

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MyMIT is fixed! The deadline for EA has been extended to November 5 due to the recent MyMIT…

  

  The site is back online and peace has been restored to my world. :-) The last two days have been somewhat insane, but I'm glad everything has returned to normal. Maybe I'll actually have some time to blog next week

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2004