Search

Search Results

• Blog / How to Human

  rethinking perfectionism god i just want to get things done

  

  of thinking about old issues. This is all to say that I was doing ... hours ahead and it is not fun, ESPECIALLY since I’ve been trying to sleep ... , and not infrequently. And this contrast is key. Perfectionism isn’t a

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • November 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  I have a sourdough starter! His name is[annotation note="a Roman ... perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... 's right kids I'm cool (this is sarcasm) if everyone else is doing

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to ... . The brony fanbase is arguably one of the most accepting social groups in ... teaches fundamental values (the tagline is "Friendship is Magic," for

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  tell, this is a very expensive class for MIT to run and we're all really ... formula is written on the board, you think about it, figure out how it was ... ! Actually, the class is divided into four sections, and actually manufacturing

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Another week? It's all in the name of pass/no record.

  

  Well, look at that, the dawn of a new Monday. Light is gracing the ... is familiar, too. Work late all week because nothing got done, sleep ... . Hey! Darn those morning classes. But 3.091 is videotaped! Oh, but there

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 7, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  who didn't get into MIT but went on to thrive elsewhere (like this, and this). This is another one of those. It was written by Janelle Salanga ... write a post "about being someone rejected from mit & learning to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MOUT Training Exercise With UNH ROTC [by CDT Vikram Mittal] When UNH asked our battalion to supply people to act as…

  

  prison is fairly far away from MIT, but UNH had arranged for us to travel ... [by CDT Vikram Mittal, MIT '09 Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate ... a small shack with another MIT cadet where we set up an ambush. It

  • by ROTC
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking In Just a quick note to say hi from the depths of reading.

  

  you who want to come to MIT and explore in the name of all of this ... Kids Apply To MIT Each Year, As you may have heard, we don't read ... school sends as many students to MIT as yours does. Therefore, when you use

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Love that dirty water

  

  two years, is called January Scholars in France. MIT has all these ... of MIT's new president, a big Red Sox winning streak... a pretty ... , then off to do some bar trivia with some of my old MIT Quiz Bowl buddies

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 1, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Living Meaningfully and all the things that has entailed

  

  old! I only graduated 4 years ago, or 1 MIT generation ago. My yapping ... real words: since leaving MIT, I have completely overhauled my life twice ... Pinterest. My couch featured a rotating cast of MIT friends. When it didn

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 26, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What’s the MIT motto?

  MIT's motto, mens et manus, translates from Latin to mind and hand. This motto reflects the educational ideals of MIT's founders who were promoting, above all, education for practical application.
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hi, I’m New Here The requisite introduction.

  

  , it's absolutely fine. This is MIT. Many of us have spent years being ... show with WMBR, MIT's campus radio station. Our show's pretty ... , I'll leave you to wonder whether or not this blog is eliciting the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  In case you haven't heard, MIT has a new president-elect! This ... received an email letting us know that the event would be to announce MIT ... , avoiding all pronouns and listing the "who" as "18th president, MIT." I

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms see Gloria's post

  

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] the MIT picture scavenger hunt see alan's post

  

  https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/joint-post-the-mit-picture-scavenger-hunt/

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 12, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  ’t quite seen anything like it at MIT, let alone in my life at all. i do ... of college, and i guess life as a whole, is finding forms of it. i was ... ) the culture is rich with traditions, stories, and artifacts, and (b) the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” see kidist's post :)

  

  https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/joint-post-welcoming-you-to-here-at-mit/

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Touching grass scenes of spring

  

  's bad for my eyes and my back and my body. Coming to MIT gave me an excuse ... my room is nice and warm? The first sign that something was going ... . Look at all the grass around it. Look at how tempting that grass is to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 18, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dream Machine Wooden slabs and oil paintings

  

  care for a baby, but I think wood slab ownership is the closest I’ve ever ... . "This is insane. Why did we do this?" We bought an oil painting (on

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  'll answer these questions. Our approach to application "essays" is not a ... want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and why? (100 words or fewer) At MIT, we bring people together to better

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016