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• Blog / Admissions

  Clarification On Last Post I was really just trying to say that when I look at your names in…

  

  folks with brilliant essays and accepted folks with less-brilliant essays

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 18, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Navigating MIT is like flying a spacecraft* the most important things I've learned here so far

  

  they’re equipped with suites of sensors and actuators dedicated to ... life shoves you. *(Credit for this analogy goes to retired astronaut ... rewarded for a lack of preparation, so when you find yourself in a situation

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Out! before and after pics of my MacGregor room, featuring a view of New House

  

  empty, 5/25/19 full, 11/3/18this is a cropped panorama, forgive my shaky hands + the warping at the top

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 27, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  comic: submitting assignments how it feels

  

   

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 25, 2019
• Blog / Residential Life

  who started the fire? (not clickbait) playing detective

  

  For the last few years, I've been living off-campus in a house full ... , short for Women's Independent Living Group. Last summer, there was a fire ... , along with the report[/caption] A lot of the report was redacted, as this

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 28, 2022
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i walk through campus and say stuff i cannot vlog to save my life

  

  thought there’d be more. So one of my jobs is being a tour guide for the ... things. If you turn on captions for the video, and choose English (United ... are affiliated with a sorority. 08:22 ≈25% of undergraduates live in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 23, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  verbal final presentation is also given to a panel of specialists (for this year - biologists, oceanic researchers, fishing representatives), with a ... did for the last eighteen years of my life - and it really gave me an

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fear of Flying Shake the haters off.

  

  words may never hurt me." If only. For a long time, I questioned whether ... other than my potential to do well at MIT. For a little while, I even ... my experience really reflects the desire for some of the people who

  • by Bryan
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  for meeting students all over New England. In keeping with MIT”s Latin ... umbrella organization for the nine historically black fraternities and sororities. Similarly, NALFO is the umbrella organization for 23 historically

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  was expecting. "Um . . ." I wavered. I hadn't prepared for this ... . Well, first I lowballed myself. The suggestion I had given was too low for my ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Characterization This might or might not enrage you.

  

  same thing will happen with Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, or ... for school. For some reason, the whole sci-fi/fantasy world has never ... which for some reason look like people (vain creators perhaps?) creep me

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  Middle East last fall with Professor Susan Slyomovics, who is just awesome ... it, and we met in the Anthropology Department's conference room for ... " and refuse the food. For some reason, this really bothered Sam -- maybe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yay, weekend!

  

  about the culture I live in is that many alunmi stay involved for years ... was really supportive and helpful to me back when I was running for UAVP ... are good photographs. I was going to leave the party and go out with a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a ... official member of the broader MIT community, I find that it is difficult for ... Kendall/MIT stop on a daily basis, and I no longer spend my days with the

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  I can give you a basic feel for what I do. I'm given bags of action ... plastic around and things. Apart from that I'll also be working with molds ... discount I got him at work for $7.00. My work has a toy store in it, does

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  One of my favorite things to do that I don't really have time for is ... into the reality TV show business too with a show called DesigNerds which ... technological world: what does this mean for human life, both individually and

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... ). But before I know it, sophomore year will be right on top of me ... programming/designing for cool things for school. Other than that, enjoying the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  MIT PUMPKIN DROP 2012! chucking pumpkins off the highest building in cambridge. that's an exclamation mark, not a factorial.

  

  midnight.  At 8 pm, they go around and beg for candy from dorm desk workers: (I was supposed to be a Wellesley girl.  No, I was not prepared for ... the Green Building (fun fact #1: it's the tallest building in Cambridge

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 28, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Lots of questions today! Lots of answers, too.

  

  every day. I actually do cook for myself almost every night, but I haven ... go out to a restaurant for dinner. I haven't been to one of the dining ... elective credits for that exam? Information about that can't be found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  with many doors, and cats walking through the open doors. Each door has a ... pretend that they're balls for now.) These little balls cause little ... big sticking-together force! It's also possible for the forces to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024