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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  i don’t know where you’re going but do you got room for one more troubled soul?

  

  some grad school in the UK. Or I would've told you about living life as an engineer or veterinarian in London in my apartment for 1 and some ... him close by at App State or some UNC. It was biomedical engineering and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / How to MIT

  in the prospect of leaving are you proud of the work you've done?

  

  permanent or constant in my time here at MIT except for blogging. Even my ... ="business management"]15-1[/annotation] to finally [annotation note="humanities and ... 've really learned at MIT, or if I've only learned how to ask for help. I walk

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  wayfaring a pile of stuff that's happening

  

  now, and I don't have the time or headspace to write them. But, like I ... necessarily offering clarification or description of any kind. Like a medieval ... items loosely joined not by logic or power or use but by the gentle knot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  (two weekends ago) Members of the BU or MIT MUN program are given the ... ? Basically if you took a sizable amount of AP exams in high school (or courses ... (basically a humanities class that involves more writing of essays, talking, or

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  Hollywood fantasy. NEWSFLASH... NO ONE MAKES IT AT MIT/COLLEGE (OR IN LIFE ... type 1 - we'll call her Stephanie - is the type of student who defines ... looks to his or her peers for validation or rebuttal. He is overly

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The interview life Recruiting for MIT on the west coast, plus answering questions.

  

  undergrad level. So if you come to MIT (or any other top undergrad school ... undergrads at these interview weekends -- there were 8 or 9 of us out of 75 ... ?) So if you come to MIT next year or in the next few years, your TA might

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Once upon a time Who I was in high school.

  

  ?....did you like it or hate it? I think that's an interesting question, albeit ... strong!), and I personally didn't care one way or another whether the other crowds knew I existed or not. (When I was in elementary school, one of the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  ??: 1/10 “You’d probably throw up before you can drink enough for anything ... probably more drinkable at a 1x dilution, but I have three boxes of 10x PBS ... strong acids and bases with a drinkability rating of “No, please don’t,” or

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  points = Exam 1 100 points = Exam 2 100 points = Exam 3 45 points = the 9 ... decided that Exam 1 would be dropped from everyone's final grade (even for ... boundary (almost an A! or more likely for me: almost a B!), the score on the

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Toons and Tasty Burgers adventures in chalk and tasty-burger-tasting

  

  ...later! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/10/2013: The burgers were fairly tasty. On a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 would be a high school cafeteria burger and 5 would be an In ... married to them (or be successful and wealthy in life, depending on which

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  , second from front) which means that I 1) am now deaf, 2) am really mad ... went. I'm not sure whether he was startled because I remembered him, or

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  for you. We should have the following: Application Part 1, Application Part 2, Secondary School Report and Transcript, Evaluation A (math or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  wild game or poach a cow from a nearby farm. (Actually, I think the only ... . Questions, answered: 1. thekeri asked how much course 9 relates to psychology

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT writing faculty comment on GPT and other AI assisted writing in education

  

  technologies, and especially if and how they will complicate or obviate the college (or even admissions application) essay, to say nothing of broader ... these systems; for instance, to stimulate thinking or to provide a variety

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 24, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton Center, where I work most mornings. As usual, I looked up in Lobby 7, more ... actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summertime and the living is slightly less difficult than usual MIT = Masochists in Training

  

  the fact that I've been ODing on labwork this week. I was in lab until 7 ... today. To top things off, I went in at 7 AM today, and will probably go in at 7 AM again tomorrow. I guess the real issue here is that I (like

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  Things I enjoyed reading in 2022 (ok, i didn't enjoy all of it)

  

  and poetic and pretty. I'm not quite sure what any of it means or what ... about beauty or grace or the body. Men may profess their “love” of sports ... , technical analysis, tribal and/or nationalist fervor, uniforms, mass noise

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / How to MIT

  Laptops! It goes on the top of your lap.

  

  you will see three varieties: 1) Mac 2) Dell 3) Lenovo IBM Thinkpad ... into a Dell and I've never had a problem with delivery or tech support ... computer on 1 gig but it won't be a pleasant experience. Idling, Windows

  • by Snively '11
  • March 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Campos on Campus A True Westside Story

  

  live across the country far from any parental supervision or family ... to do a good job and impress everyone. I worked 12 hours a day and was ... involved in things that you love or interest you, because you need to be

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  Hamilton College, in Clinton, N.Y., has been offered bribes four or five ... it helping their son or daughter," she says. This spring two parents ... an all-day open house, he pulled a deck of cards out of his jacket

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006