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• Blog / MIT Life

  #tbt: MIT Cribs Digging up some old freshman-year blog posts

  

  myself, I found the old blog that I submitted as part of my blogger ... unread in a tiny corner of the internet, so I can dust off the MIT-related musings (as opposed to the completely random posts or deep and sometimes

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 5, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Now and Then and Maybe Later Tying up loose ends and weathering the calm before the storm we call "Fall Semester"

  

  , Saturday, August 30 whenever the words decide to magically appear on my Word ... , Right now, I think I shall sit here indefinitely. I can see the sailboats on the Charles from the window, And all the people walking, And running

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • August 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions? Answers. A valiant attempt at creating an entry that fits as many categories as reasonably possible.

  

  Thanks to the miracles of modern transportation, I'm wringing out this week's MIT roundup from the wrong side of the Mississippi. (Internal aside: The previous sentence sounds like it was written by a cattle

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Four years, four summers The stuff I've been up to every summer at MIT.

  

  Summertime, and the livin' is easy... and there are tons of awesome TV shows to watch. Adam and I have been eagerly awaiting the season premieres of The 4400 and Hell's Kitchen, both of which we watched religiously

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Dorms: Burton Conner House Why is BC awesome? Because three bloggers live there. Plus, lots of other stuff too.…

  

  the dorm before sorting, editing, and writing captions for them. So if you think the entry sucks, keep your mouth shut. =P First let's start with some dorm-wide facilties and common areas... The first thing you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  emergency blog post because Lilly Chin ‘17 just won Jeopardy and is also the greatest of all time "who is the spiciest memelord?" it's you

  

  MIT senior Lilly Chin just won the College Jeopardy championships! And she was ahead by so much at the end that this was her final Jeopardy ... befriend some of the best and brightest minds in America and around the world

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 24, 2017
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch the “Wild” 2023 Final Presentations for 2.009: Product Engineering Processes something to watch while awaiting decisions

  

  (Mechanical Engineering) and one of the most famous courses at MIT. For my ... . Check out the "build challenge," which is used as a big collaboration activity early in the term and you'll see what I mean. https://vimeo.com/893853200

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 13, 2023
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can a family member contact MIT Admissions on my behalf, or ask questions about the content or status of my application?

  question, please email us from the email address that you used to register for the MIT application portal.
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ultimate Recognition You probably don't know what that is.

  

  I got an e-mail the other day from a deferred applicant, who said that getting into MIT would have been "the ultimate recognition of all the effort I've poured into everything in my life thus far." I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  .P classes because of the budget cuts in my school. So only the students with the highest averages got into the A.P classes. On the other hand, I will ... 't have any A.P classes and I'm not in the Intel Science program in my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be a blogger to write for tenth grade me. i want to show him, the kid ... the very fact that i'm becoming numb. two. i spent my entire weekend

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Travel

  [liveblog] morbing at the airport the flight is delayed for several hours because of toilet issues

  

  I'm doing a misti internship in the uk this summer, so I'm at the ... airport) for so long that blogging is the only thing that can keep me sane. the toilet got clogged and the gripping plot is slowly revealed over the

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 1, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  MIT thus far.   the weight of the world felt so heavy i was ... okay and *deeply* grateful for the people that supported me through my beloved friends student support services the fli community and more you

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2029 are now available in the application portal. To check your decision, login to the ... the MIT Class of 2029, and as of *checks watch* right now, we have

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  the exam :("]8.01 final tomorrow.[/annotation] And despite the genuine ... 're awaiting finals, admissions decisions, or just the general end of the world ... responsible for the bad quality on half of these pictures. Blame the tech, not

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  From First Visit to First Week A Reflection on Independence and Making Decisions

  

  would’ve meant the world to freshman me back in high school. But as I ... trip to this campus which I think really changed the way I’ve viewed my preparedness for this next stage of my life. More specifically, the independence

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  I'm briefly emerging from hard work in the application mines to share ... . You've probably seen some of the recent news about GPT-3 and Chat ... commentary in the popular press (and Discourse™ on social media) about these

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

  dont want to write ah

  

  the past month, not here nor in my personal notes. i want to say that i ... 's see, december. towards the end of the semester is the time when all the ... of the time it was because i couldn't be bothered to get out of bed. i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 11, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  ('22) and Wesley Block ('22) on the history of the Institute, spanning ... footage to illustrate MIT's place in the world and its swift rise to the ... tremendous impact across campus. Understanding the historical forces that shape

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Events

  2024 ring premiere! amogus??

  

  The 2024s got their first look at the class ring on Friday! Having a class ring, or Brass Rat, is an integral part of the MIT experience. It ... student group that designs the Brass Rat and manages events like Ring

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 13, 2022