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  Ring Delivered celebrating halfway at the finish line

  

  In this blog post, I’ll share the saga of the Class of 2022’s Ring ... classes’ Ring Deliveries (2022 and 2023), which I had the opportunity to ... Rat” emerged in 1929 to reflect the prominent beaver on the bezel of the

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 22, 2022
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Confusion, by the Numbers my high school experience, via a google doc and some python

  

  [/caption] Throughout high school I was often lost in confusion. I like to think about ... thing. In my senior year, I used a Google Doc as an agenda to keep track ... revisions). Date reindexing made it possible to visualize a weekly pattern in

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • November 24, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden a zine

  

  Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 25, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Brief History of Cars on Fire at MIT You didn't think I would miss an anniversary, did you?

  

  If you're the kind of person who remembers to look up once in a while, it's not that uncommon to wander MIT's campus and find ... , who mentioned it in an email to me: I saw the car after it had been

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 5, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice On The Essay The rules are simple: write your own.

  

  I recently opened my in-box to find an email from someone who "would love to interview an admissions officer from your prestigious university to measure the impact of the admissions essay on today's college

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions advice from someone who’s been there

  

  and Informed) Risk-taking: Going to MIT is risky in itself, considering ... have to be creative. There are a lot of ways to show your creativity in ... , outstanding intellectual aptitude, a desire to use your knowledge in the world

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  5 stories about MIT from non-MIT websites (mostly just Quora, though)

  

  for referring  to other bloggers in a blog post)), getting dressed for a ... in the worst imaginable case. Though it ended up taking me 5 years to ... each other. I finally discovered my passion in life, and now I get to put

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • March 5, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  boathouse to grab a sailboat (approximately a 5 minute walk in what felt like ... “Isn’t it crazy how we’re all a part of this?” my friend says to me ... , too.” These are the words that echo in my head when I remember last

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions of Travel a guest post by Spencer W. '15

  

  me some notes from his travels abroad, I asked if I could blog them to ... . After receiving the Marshall Scholarship to attend postgrad in the UK for two years, I faced a number of questions. This was due in part to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 16, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  demons on depression

  

  images in one's mind. It turns out the majority of people, when asked to ... that way to me. There's a Quora answer that describes anosmia in ... to stay in the Philippines. She called my dad, who was shocked, but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Burton 1 Social Club This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for my ridiculous, hilarious, amazing floor.

  

  most popular floors in Burton-Conner floor rush (which is similar to dorm rush, in which freshmen traverse the floors to see where they'd like to ... in Maine with the Burton 3rd Bombers, who were so much fun to party

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The future isn’t the answer reflecting on anxiety

  

  started a draft back in September about my anxiety problems. I was trying to ... near emotional meltdown in front of Logan International Airport to get me ... towards myself in this process. Sometimes I forget to forgive myself. It

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 30, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Last First Day Some musings from my last first day of classes

  

  try to figure out where my lecture hall is. It’s in a room I’ve never ... so we don’t really know how to do it). In other years at MIT, I would ... on more, I thrived. I felt I was doing the things I was supposed to, in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 8, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  East Campus, A Home *dons his historian hat*

  

  heading back to MIT (well, South Station in Boston) from my hometown of New ... Express, I'm in short sleeves. A few minutes ago, I got up to stretch my ... now—it's easy to forget that this kind of thing isn't really normal in

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • January 11, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  every single cookie jar of majors that MIT has to offer in one way or ... in the undergraduate curriculum, as well as giving opportunities to ... , come up with solutions, and spend weeks coding in TypeScript to develop

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Halloween is the best day of the year. Yes, I recognize that it is now closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween. Sorry.

  

  -to-in-ages-because-you've-both-been-super-busy give you a call, or send ... two of you set up a time to Skype. Mushiness also comes in cake form ... and ridiculousness emerge in costume form. Reason 3 of 1 bajillion: An

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There is no such thing as a typical day on energy levels and productivity

  

  done. I try to work, I really do. I spend time sitting in front of ... , trying to write a blog post. And on these days, I get constantly distracted ... is impossible; I’m lucky enough to have never experienced this. In

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 25, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  No Chance Why "chance" sites like AdmissionSplash are Bad Things.

  

  to create a helpful tool.* However, this tool is unhelpful. In fact ... process. Because listing the school you go to or ECAs you are involved in ... different social network sites, and been syndicated to CNN among a bunch of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  I’m not going to be in a Jewish wedding anytime soon, so far all I can ... here in Israel) is something that forces you to stop. It can be ... to Work 9:00–Arrive in Lab! Switch media for cells 10:00–Start

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  “youngest Asian American to run for public office” and “Forbes 30 Under 30 in ... to be painted in detail to fully appreciate its gore.  One of my ... have more time to hone my skills. But if I take an interest in chemistry

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020