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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  about the current weather and the sudden drop in temperature from last ... live in Cambridge, MA, how do I come to terms with the fact that I will ... ways to enjoy a New England spring and it does have its' charms, I

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  they want to see you fail managing others' envy

  

  ’ve never really known how to deal with others’ envy, and it feels weird to ... spectacular that others might want it, and isn’t that a boastful claim to make? And isn’t it presumptuous of me to assume someone else’s underlying

  • by Rona W. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week in the Life Hello, Google Calendar.

  

  semester, and I'm going to explain my classes and how I spent my first week ... " meaning "sick of" and not "finished, because I have landed my dream job, see ya next year"), so I sort of just wandered around and chatted with

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.

  

  and operating conditions, a building designer can simulate in realtime ... her high school, Stuyvesant, and on the way there she pointed out the ... is designed to be super energy-efficient and requires 67% less energy

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One weekend in New York, two (very different) operas And I didn't pay a cent.

  

  , purple diamonds on white canvas, and green circles on white canvas, but one ... campus happiness between today and yesterday is the biggest i've ever seen ...   and laughing at a bizarre article about the "craziest items seized by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  had to laugh out loud when the presenter hit the button and put the live ... half a squirrel (and not the pretty half, let me tell you). ~300 people ... stuff like this. Zack and RJ (both MIT '09) have completely transformed

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fran Sancisco and Spother Oonerisms Racing tays and fighting lires

  

  44th President of the United States and Beyonce is identified as an ... student had "tasted a whole worm" (wasted a whole term); our Lord was a ... -boiled icicle" (a well-oiled bicycle); and so on. These became known as

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 7, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  everything is online and future employers are privy to any activity on campus ... in their wake, there are fewer free-thinking and experimental ... ('22) and Wesley Block ('22) on the history of the Institute, spanning

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

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  unknown. And not getting into the “right” college meant that the future was ... field to love, Political Science, and thinking of my thesis experiment now ... “right” for the field. And I would have overlooked the Institute that was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If the roots are imaginary, then the dots will be blue… Diff EQ what now?

  

  . This being 18.03 and not real life, we can always factor it." And my ... still am - I just got out of my 8.02 final, and I have 5.12 tomorrow.), I ... for over 40 years!) These quotes have peppered my notebook all term, so

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 21, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  all my TV online and/or several weeks after its initial airing, and I ... small breather of vacation time between reading Early and Regular applications. 3. The end of the year is near, which always calls for lists and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  8 / Fresh start A month of eating and sleeping and other fun things

  

  Soundtrack   This IAP, I... My first, second, and third IAPs brought me around the country and world. This IAP, however, I had the most free time since I started college and tried my best to make the most of my time off and

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • March 3, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures of a Prefrosh: My ‘Year On’ ...and why you should listen to Matt McGann. [by Vicky Thomas '12]

  see a bunch of fairly young people making a difference and solving real ... , and feel free to ask me any questions! The class I taught in St ... , when I was sitting at work... er... my room... and I noticed Matt's entry

  • by mitblogs
  • April 24, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and ... - Shakespeare, Western Civilizations, chemistry, Pre-Calc/Calc, band, and so on - and was enamored by the possibility of doing research that bridged

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  complete the MIT application Part 1 (biographical form), and if you are ... Early Action, and up to January test scores for Regular Action. Q: If I ... your application is complete by then and you did not match. We can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2015 FAQ All the questions!

  

  complete the MIT application Part 1 (biographical form), and if you are ... Early Action, and up to January test scores for Regular Action. Q: If I ... your application is complete by then and you did not match. We can

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  different. For me, I spend the mass majority of my time on my Physics and Real ... be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off ... same week, and in some cases the same day, and I felt overwhelmed beyond

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  thank you notes before i go

  

  , especially this last semester, memorable and good. Here are just a few of them ... CPW. And that I made the decision to walk up to Bryan despite not having seen him since the fifth grade. And that you took the initiative in the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 31, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  sunshine - and that was it. Part of me is still wondering when my next problem set is due and why I'm not stressing out about it. The other part of ... 'm heading home to South Bend for a week to recover and recharge before

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  grants of between $50 and $250 to pods and virtual groups for art supplies ... , pleasure, and community building," and anyone of any level could apply as ... a blue moon, but my roommate is artsy and paints pretty often, so I

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021