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• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  , my degree will say 2020, and for the most parts my day to day classmates are 2020. On the other hand I am a senior. My oldest friends walked into MIT with me back in 2015, my brass rat says 2019, and despite not

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  unquantifiable growth progress that can't be measured

  

  easy to measure my life at MIT by courseload units, GPA, hours slept ... quantitative measures of growth. I first realized my tendency to quantify at the end of last semester. One of my final assignments in a literature class

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  a shocking look inside a macgregor single where my loners at

  

  I have to move out of my room that I've lived in for four semesters and a summer. It stings a little, but I figured I'd introduce you to my setup. (You might want to max out the quality if you really need to see

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  language, and to a larger extent culture. For many of my friends, language is the key to their culture; there was a big difference between my General Tso's chicken and my friends' 麻婆豆腐 ("ma po dou fu”) or my birthday party

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Winter/Summer/Where I’m From

  

  I grew up, from 13 to 18, and where I spend most of my IAPs and long ... melts during the day except in the shadow of the house. I call my grandmother on my dad’s side, which I only get to do when I visit my parents. We

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  far the experience has strained my brain in wonderfully new ways. Or old ones, considering that the readings activate primarily my math ... . Professors who interpret it later in class amaze me. My favorite readings are

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger Application 2014!

  

  It's summer in Cambridge, which means three things:  1) I've begun cold-brewing my own iced tea as per Kenji's ... on my air conditioner with a text message from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy This Week: Week 1 Spider-Man, Nina Yuen, and More!

  

  find my weekly/fortnightly blogs slowly phasing themselves out. As such I ... of my favorite movies and this movie knocked it of its throne. While I ... few weeks back my future boss sent me a few books to check out before I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  My adventures from the past month can only really be described, and my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  architecture that I would like to pursue in my graduate studies. [It] helped me set my goals for my final year as an MIT undergraduate. It also helped pin-point my area of interest that I wish to pursue in graduate

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Bloggerduction a challenger appears

  

  pronounce my last name. I only know one other person with the same first name ... what I know a lot about is math. I almost wrote one of my MIT essays ... amazing first two years at MIT, I decided to spend my junior year abroad at

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application now available Apply now at MyMIT.

  

  Happy September! You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Your MyMIT page includes interview ... ability to track the different parts of your application. On your My

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Q&A Vol. III Everyone gather 'round the laptop 'cause it's movie time!

  

  impromptu dance parties of my own... ...I'M HOME AND IT'S AWESOME. More entries to come involving my research and other jobs, but until then here

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • July 2, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Full Steam Ahead Leaving Boston for the final time

  

  ’t what I imagined my final moments in Boston feeling like. I expected there ... beginning of the rest of my life. But, in reality, there was none of that, as ... ’t be returning in September. At the start of May, the end of my

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • June 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Blogographical Biography ...although whatever 'blogographical' means, I somehow doubt it applies to a blog containing graphs.

  

  Institute of Technology, class of 2012. The topics of my application essays ... 'm Rachel, possibly more frequently referred to by my Athena username, rfong ... , that I might bend them to my will. My hobbies include anything that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

    One of my favorite questions to ask, when talking to ... decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in ... at least) Friday: 5:00 pm - helped my friend 1 finish a sudoku puzzle

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake ... : (half-asleep, dazed, thinking oh! it must be my wake-up call!) mmmmmmmmm

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Most Importantly, No Reddit This is actually how people lived.

  

  On Friday evening, I made the disturbing discovery that my computer ... was scheduled to arrive Monday, and while I knew I would miss my ... importantly, no Reddit. This weekend, I said to myself, was bound to be my most

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Application is now available! You can now access the MIT freshman application at MyMIT.

  

  You can now log onto MyMIT to access the application for freshman admission to MIT. Your MyMIT page includes interview information, personalized ... different parts of your application. On your MyMIT site, you will find the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  I first thought of giving this blog the fitting title of “My First Blog” because not only is this my first admissions blog, its my first ... extremely excited to share my MIT world with the blogosphere and to heighten

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010