Search

Search Results

• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summers spending three at home

  

  MIT students, and probably college students in general. Many do ... our experience doesn't seem to be as common, and this is technically our ... that is not the case for everyone), so we didn’t feel any pressure to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • June 22, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re stressed. So are we; here's how we deal with it.

  

  opposite. MIT is great, but only because of the people who come here; it ... This is a season of stress. The release of Early Action decisions, for one thing. MIT finals, for another (AHHHH). Deadlines for regular

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  ) Scared about repercussions c) A member of the MIT faculty d) Tempted to e ... [at] mit [dot] edu and we'll discuss content and I'll go ahead and make ... nearly every freshmen male participates in Rush. This is totally expected

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  "]eduroam[/annotation] is giving me one bar. It actually loads search results and sends email ... -day hike around Kerry. This is also my only stop, as it’s the only hostel ... hair is white. He drives more aggressively with stick on tiny winding

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do You Want To Build a Robot? it doesn't have to be a robot (see: electric gokart section)

  

  Below is one of the robots I built for 2.007, MIT's extremely popular ... first day of lab and I'm a bit nervous. 2.007 is well known for its chaos ... manageable pieces.  Our first assignment is to build a "Mini Me" robot that can

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In which I “get a life” again reclaiming my childhood hobbies

  

  “get to know you” forms for roommates and advisors and whatever other MIT things were coming up. It was so exciting—MIT things!! They were already ... knitting is usually something you imagine your grandma doing as she sits by

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 12, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  ! Do you provide a fee waiver for the CSS Profile? MIT is not able to ... January 6th, 2021. If you plan to apply to MIT for Regular Action, you do ... ; January 6th is simply the new deadline for everyone applying during this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  know. During my hiatus, I also declared MIT's newest major: Computation ... feeling I know many of my peers at MIT have shared at some point. I think ... -fall-me, she didn't have any idea what "balance" at MIT looked like, for her

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Sometimes, I am invisible and other female experiences

  

  . No, this is a fancier event. The handmade cups here cost $68. And I am ... class of 30? 40? When I visit MIT and sit in on a similar math class ... personal identity in an MIT class, in pairs, and a classmate comes up to me

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • July 18, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Ode From A Science Fair Junkie in honor of intel isef 2018

  

  than others. If there is any such life experience that’s had a lasting ... an expectation isn’t met, doesn’t mean it is no longer achievable. It ... was going to become one wish shorter. If there is anything that I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • May 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  My “Normal” High School What it was like going to an ordinary high school

  

  Now, I can be pretty sure that most everyone applying to MIT has a ... terrified me. When I looked at students that got into schools like MIT I felt ... that this is not a statement about my entire high school. During my

  • by Ben O. '19
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  ="which is as nerdy as it sounds"]Reading Olympics[/annotation]and even ... ="1022"] i have no idea why my face is so distressed in this picture but ... technical school like MIT. Truthfully, I'm still surprised.  In ninth grade

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  ="564"] the North End is lovely at night[/caption] i've also checked out ... Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i ... way to the Western Avenue Bridge, which is near the Harvard Business

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  . (That part's the gravy!) MIT is a hard place - I can say that with ... , ESPECIALLY here at MIT, is that you get to meet so many crazy interesting ... " painted on its side, but I'm not actually going to tell you what it is yet

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Today Short and sweet.

  

  Today is a Junior Mint day.

  • by Snively '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I went to TwitchCon and met so many people!!

  

  14 years, Ethan, who is a student as UCSD and he kindly let me stay over at his place for the weekend. For those who do not know, Twitch is ... actually big back then too but I think this is around the time where the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 3, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  baby steps something tender and new

  

  enough. four years is a lot of time to change a person; reading my entries ... at 20, i’ve learned that staying kind is far more productive to myself ... is crazy. being honest with yourself, too. i’d say i’m a very self

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • August 25, 2022
• Blog / People & Identities

  love people. cook them. tasty food. meet pecker!

  

  thousand stairs, you could visit me in my gremlin cave, which is technically a double but is actually a very small single. My gremlin cave has ... sometimes we get too competitive, and then suddenly Eva is screaming and Dylan

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 27, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  on the atlanta shootings from an asian american woman

  

  a thinkpiece about race. This is just me working through my own ... Anti-Asian sentiment in America is not new, but this last year has given ... that feels lost in the conversation is intersectionality. Six out of

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... simultaneously is a blessing and a curse -- it takes the pressure off of work much ... start watching a movie every night for the rest of PNR. This is a very

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019