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• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  floor, maybe even passionately make out with said airport floor ... ritual to prepare for the start of each new semester. I think some bullet ... internalize information. So, if you're looking for inspiration— or just to

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

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

  

  undergraduates with my last name. Through ~careful analysis~ of the cuisine in the area, the perfect candidate for the dinner was found: Mu Lan Taiwanese ... last time, although forgetting to ask for names in a Google Form isn’t a

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

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  looked forward to entering ~introvert hours~ all day... alas. A chase for ... student)[/caption] research group chat All evening, my [annotation note='with the Accelerated Materials Laboratory for Sustainability, headed by my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  application to us by November 1st, especially if you are still dealing with ... typical SAT/ACT requirement for this year, due to the pandemic.']take tests ... our inbox, these delays have been the source of considerable anxiety for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I Haven’t Been Blogging I, uh, don't really have an excuse

  

   police for getting too close to the front while both my friends met Tim Cook ... stop typing for more than 7 seconds.   This works to cook up a first draft, albeit with a lot of misslepped words and grammar errors. I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 1, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  We've gotten some questions about our essay prompts for the ... application, with 5 short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the ... you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (100

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  in Maryland for about two weeks now, all by myself, working this NASA ... online and below for your general reference and watching amusement, because ... apologize in advance for any bad videography/sound quality/general sloppiness

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  for a good half hour. For what purpose was this? ^We lined up with ... to design the class' ring. For such a small piece of jewelry, it has so ... pendulum for brave prefrosh to take a ride in. You can see the double

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  I've been putting off writing this entry for a week, because I simply ... moments of one's childhood. I think I'll just start with the facts and save the long, introspective part for a later entry, once I've had a chance

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  Gann has just arrived! He's dressed very nicely for a telethon, maybe he ... phone with Marta from OR (represent!) and had a great conversation with ... digging around through bunches of paper. Score one for blog comments being

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  visit him for his 20th birthday. Before I made it there, I experienced my ... is a spaghetti covered with chili, onions, and shredded cheese. Twas ... actually won a game for once. Highlight of the Game: When the mascot did the

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Schools of dreams

  

  ), which I'm currently reading. So, I sit here on Amtrak with the book, and I come to a section about a student coming in for a mock college interview with her guidance counselor. Her parents and peers, often without knowing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Postcard From The Green Building postmarked july 5th

  

  Yesterday I took photos from the top of the Green Building. MIT sprawled far below us, the lines of its normally inscrutable architecture recognizable for once as the Hacker's Map. Even Stata finally made visual

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2017!

  

  are looking for bloggers with good judgment who can write clearly and ... old girl at nerd camp yelled at me for being part of the globalist illuminati responsible for the common core 2) I'm trying to learn to spin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  what’s happening on campus tl;dr packing up & freaking out

  

  I think I speak for every undergraduate when I say: holy fuck.  The ... will see again. There's barely any time for real goodbyes, for send-off parties, for thank-you cards, for savouring the moment... Even at the best

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • March 11, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  elusive skill of patience – waiting for the bus, waiting on a friend at a ... because I left them on read for too long last week, or perhaps something ... else. Variable weather calls for variable coping mechanisms (especially

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Itinerary: IAP 2017 4 weeks in a suitcase and carry on

  

  with three of my friends from MIT also externing in the city for the ... -long excursion around the country. I carried with me, too, my New Year's resolution(s). My one goal for 2017? To get back on a normal sleep schedule

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • January 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Test Time! All my classes managed to schedule tests within a week of each other.

  

  up until 3am almost every night for the past week, studying for tests. In fact, right now I should probably be studying for my math test ... screwing up my grade for the rest of the semester. It all started last

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 5, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  , telling me that we're going to school (for some odd reason, I never used an ... managed to get one percent higher than what I needed to get an A for the ... to anything significant (like graduating, for example), I

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Eletha Flores The awesome Eletha Flores '10.

  

  recipient of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation's Gold Medallion 2006 award for ... . However, rather than settle for a second choice, the valedictorian at Charles Herbert Flowers High School started applying for scholarships early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006