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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  that she’s part of a money-making industry, and ruthlessly cultivates a ... does is write great music, and put real smiles on the faces of millions ... ’ll be a great time constraint on difficult problems, and an attendant

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I’m having a hard time completing the recommendation requirement?

  recommend having one letter from a math/science teacher, and one from a ... these letters from the people who know you best and can advocate most ... curriculum. You should do your best and use your judgment in asking for letters
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  aesthetic workspace with color-coded notes, DIY pencil holders, and marbled ... seldom has enough free space for me to actually get work done.  [caption ... Katie Zhao’s new novel, [annotation note = "Katie and I have the same

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  roped my friends Cathy '17 and Tara '17 into making a video for all you ... about MIT, life, the universe, and other super specific things, like grass allergies and how to pronounce the word "Stata". If that sounds like a fun way

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  nerd out hard core, so feel free to go back to homepage and click on a ... A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of ... up this Thursday ( O.O ahh ), and in the process of studying for it, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t worry, the king lives…

  

  responsibilities in the Admissions office and my assumption of said responsibilities ... employ some different tactics in addressing this issue. In my free time, I've been cataloging and evaluating these tactics and I've come to a

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 7, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  be a fun diversion for you as you wait. And for those who are not ... 's Today's Big Thing: And, of course, the Pi Song: And actually, if you ... an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  Orientation 2006 and the status and future of Orientation. It's finally in its ... plans the prom and the homecoming dance (that's about what mine did). Once ... 's case, as it's more advocacy and representation than actual government

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  a diverse group of ECs (just like the MIT student body) and they may ... you and the way you go about pursuing those interests. The interviews ... 's been a student there. College admissions is all about the "match" and

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  free toasted sandwiches! And Professor Colton was chopping tomatoes when ... Syndrome. I love the way Frau Jaeger raises her eyebrow and the weird scarves ... reduction to the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and how Professor Dalzell is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  .014 exam: doubt. Now that I was working at a real job and living in the most ... packet to a TA and I waltz out of the Z-Center, the sun bathing me in its ... economics, and am ready to embark on the next adventure: an internship in New

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  , fluorescent, and high-intensity lamps) can be doubled or even tripled with the ... While bloggers Jess, Paul, and Snively will be listening to President ... clean energy technology. Dr. Susan Hockfield, MIT President, and Dr. Ernie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Throwback I'm gonna throw this out there. If you don't like it, you can throw it…

  

  Egg McMuffins and there are no free massages ever! Who told you that ... of clothes in a pile being sold at a dollar fifty a pound - and I think ... rolling backpacks and headgear. It's not that my throwback to the early 90s

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Living in the Past The one where people drive up just to visit me.

  

  , and MIT Medical hands them out for free. So, the five of us all went up ... Boston, I'll find you a place to stay and show you around and we'll all ... , happily turning turkeys into oil and running HPLC, when who should call but

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  hot chocolate as a panacea navigating through a chaotic first week

  

  I landed in Boston on a cloudy day about a week ago, and...it sure ... —shoutout to Selena and Sarah—mostly so I can spend some time away from my parents and get to know other people within a pandemic pod. It’s really

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  Conner, work a few hours at night calling alumni and asking for money, and ... I think I can/should do. “Oh yeah, I’ll take 60 units this fall, and help design my class ring, and have a UROP, and blog for admissions

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Newsflash! Guess what!

  

  do is study real hard for the written test...yikes. And then maybe I'll actually get to be a real, certified EMT. Plus, I got an A on the paper I ... continue the streak of awesomeness through the 8.02 exam tonight. =/ And if

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  So about those flip flops… snow part deux

  

  See my last entry about No Flip Flops Looks like the snow has finally arrived for real. Woke up this morning to these sights in tree ... turbine and avoiding anxiety and stress from schoolwork.

  • by Bryan
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  application. In the span of a lifetime, two years is really not that long. And ... week. The mini prep and plate replications I have to do in lab tomorrow ... justice to one of the most beautiful productions of theatre. Of writing and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  synthesis on changing my mind

  

  first 21w.755 (reading and writing short stories) lecture last semester ... the relationship between masters and slaves; someone else said it was about the id, ego, and superego; another person said it modeled election

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • April 12, 2022