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• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  If you've read any of my other posts, you probably know how much I care about my dorm and floor communities. I've talked about my ... formative in establishing my interest in preserving student culture across MIT

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  are no longer relevant. Last spring, one such email caught my eye with ... the prompts and the titles of my stories: 9/10 – Includes words (1pg ... my free time. I can’t thank Marjorie enough for how kindly she guided

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Kids These Days Don’t Know How Good They’ve Got It and they need to get off my lawn

  

  even have to be at MIT to do it.  Art of Problem Solving My first encounter with Internet mathematics occurred when my high school ... point out my mistake. If I wrote something unclear, someone would ask me

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • October 26, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  on a tangent about my sailing PE class at some point. (If you were ... about sailing. I’m a “story” kind of a person. I structure a lot of my ... was doing during the sound check for the webcast: telling my sailing

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  persuasive five-paragraph essay, my three thesis-support arguments would be: (1 ... ) nobody in my family has ever won the lottery, suggesting that my otherwise ... my genetic misfortunes, despite the misguided expectations instilled in

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  As if course numbers weren’t enough: Learning your A, B, Cs, and OEs Different majors at MIT, and why I chose mine

  

  It has been far too long since my last entry, and I have an excuse for every day that I have neglected my blog. The short story is that I ... from Paul ’11 many weeks ago that asked about my choice of major (a sub

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  October ‘06 Questions Omnibus Some advice from MIT interviewers, and answers to your questions.

  

  fulfilling for me. Many thanks. As you may know, I do my best to answer every question that is asked. Below, and in my other Questions Omnibus posts, I try ... (which has been my excuse for the past two days). Anyway, as an EC, here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  New month, new classes, new semester, yet still my cramping hand ... should take my own notes, write on the slides, or write on the notes ... and drop different parts of my notes on my IPad so I have space to edit

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The [REDACTED] Family Dinner 🥟 family matters. very tasty family matters.

  

  . My aim was simple: to organize a dinner consisting solely of MIT undergraduates with my last name. Through ~careful analysis~ of the cuisine in the ... . [annotation note="And try their highest level of spice."][/annotation] To my

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • November 4, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2024!

  

  's my turn to take up the mantle of "person who announces the admissions ... Center, most of my summer is spent in Framingham, where: I go on my ... call my virtual critters in the OTHER Nintendo-affiliated Niantic game

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 1, 2024
• Blog / Classes

  Me and the Firehose on balancing classes, and choosing next year’s schedule

  

  take less than 60 units? As of writing this, I’m finished with my ... . My mom once told me about an experiment where lemmings learned to swim ... ="" align="alignnone" width="267"] for reference, a lemming[/caption] My

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 30, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  silly tradition, here is a picture of my old room. the move was ... weight between my boxes evenly. i realized that the heaviest thing i had to ... . it's nice being back in this room. it's warmer than my room in simmons

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  My entire professional life has revolved around education and college ... . In my work with prospective college students, (as an admission officer ... .   Conversation #1 Student: What did you think of my essay? Me

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a ... 't from one particular category of my thoughts - they are very random and i ... routines is also hard my body really has aged and no longer can function on

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  -August. 2 of my courses are project-based. For those 2 classes, my project ... . For my German course, we had our final exam last week. As an exchange student, I was able to request to take my 2 session exams as distance

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  king cake and a run-on sentence busy week

  

  at 1 where I worked until 5:15 and went back to my dorm but on the way ... cake and I finished it at like 9:50 and messaged out to my entry to come eat it and then my dad called to talk about a car dealership that opened

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Christmas: The Playlist and much music was had.

  

  this album from my brother so I expect it to be amazing. Soundtrack to The Polar Express: This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and the ... 't find the fireplace in my dorm room to hang stockings on...) My Only

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  World! (That's my Arduino talking, sorry. I've been having some fun ... , while I've been making things in my spare time, we've also been getting a ... knitted fractal, or a computer program/app.   Q3) How do I submit my

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  I'm sitting at my desk in my robe right now. I'm on my 5th cup of ... a new text editor that supports my retina display resolution. (recs?) 4.) The fourth is also Chrome - where I'm doing some research about my

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Almost a Real Engineer my foray into the world of professional conferences

  

  I am currently in Washington, D.C., to attend my first Transportation ... ’t had much structure to my IAP thus far, mostly just focused on moving ... summer. My view of the field had been pretty narrow before the summer, but

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 22, 2012