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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  romanticize a quiet life i want to be okay

  

  over and die. your grief at being neither splits you open. sometimes you ... thousand little losses, day after day. you idealize everything and you build up these unrealistic expectations in your head, and you have the nerve

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 28, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  fish metaphors on queerness

  

  usually the only Asian student in the classroom, and that was just one in a ... was awkward, always too busy reading to pay attention to others, and ... differently, and I no longer hated it as much, because, to be frank— Imagine a

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • June 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blended Learning at MIT benefits of technology in MIT classrooms

  

  on online components for prerequisites and extensions. It also frees ... MITx videos on the cell cycle and cell cycle terms by blogger Ceri R. ‘16 here) Online problem sets and exams Immediate feedback

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 23, 2015
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Semester (formerly MOSTEC)?

  MITES Semester (formerly known as MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community, MOSTEC) is a six-month hybrid learning STEM and college preparation experience, free of charge, for rising high school seniors. The
• Blog / Admissions

  Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!

  

  Boston, so your money goes to a good cause. (Feel free to download my band ... CPW begins a week from today, and I'm really psyched. The weather is beautiful around here (let's hope it lasts through next week!) and everyone is

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  neighborhoods we move into and come to love. What do pregnant mice, cheerleaders, and four-foot light-up tinsel giraffes have in common?

  

  diamond necklace and a four-foot light-up tinsel giraffe with a Christmas ... and brain and cognitive sciences, which means that I'm going to have my ... , and I live with my charming rocket scientist husband Adam '07 and our

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 27, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  and swaying branches. The conversation shifts to Myth Busters as a real ... strict word limit, and my first time working with a real, actual editor ... , setting the flat panel of the track, and a fifth, with dyed red hair

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  To the exclusion of everything else on making decisions, and how i chose mit

  

  haunting me in a much more real way than that, and it was in thinking that I ... ’ll call U, and my return flight to the Philippines had a connection through ... new itinerary leaving on Saturday morning, and I had to spend Friday

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 26, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  What getting an education from MIT is like according to students and robo-cj

  

  of money. —Robo-CJ combining the worst parts of imposter syndrome and ... free money. —Robo-CJ being sold a watch by some sketchy dude in an alley ... and discover that the real world does not demand every last drop of your

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 17, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  . The very real possibility of failing the class and having to retake it ... classes into two weeks. I made flashcards for specific terms and places ... and how to draw terms like sotdae and lingam and narthex and pendentives

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Thong I Should Be Wearing [UPDATE] Sexy sexy undies.

  

  accepted to several tech schools and the comic strip writer decided that he'd leave it up to a vote to decide where she went. He put up an online poll and, well -- I read this before I came to MIT and thought it was one

  • by Snively '11
  • November 1, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Bleary-eyed Some thoughts and reflections on this year's admission cycle - particularly for those not admitted.

  

  and re-read it so many times, and it rings true to me every single time ... eloquent as Ben's, but is certainly in the same vein - and is every bit as ... , in true form, what the term "bleary-eyed" really means. Mind you, I was

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Half-Century Retrospective Revisiting the MIT Application from the 1972–1973 admissions cycle

  

  long-term goals and interests—whether in a short answer response, in an ... ), Next House (which came online in the early 1980s), and the Stata Center ... Information Office located in Room 10-100, and until our recent move, 10-100 was

  • by Jeremy W.
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advice you’ve heard before and a story you haven’t you can just skip to the pictures if you want to, I wont be offended.

  

  online by a previous lecturer, and it was not long after I discovered them ... last term, I'd come away with 2 A's and 2 B's. But I was unhappy and the ... generally great lecturers this term and I like to have a face explaining

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 2, 2007
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Thoughts. Future. Kindness

  

  abruptly, too suddenly. The image of the Stata Center that you saw online and ... and Boston. Online, I saw that image of 19-year-old Tsarnaev being ... chose surfing online, indulging in social media and watching TV shows over

  • by Linh V. '13
  • April 20, 2013
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Different Voice some words about MIT, by someone who's not me

  

  takes the form of socializing, writing, and incessant online window ... articles ourselves. but in between the late night pranks and the casually vulgar conversations and the stupid, stupid things we care about–we’re just

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 24, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  WMBR: College Radio at MIT will anyone watch the entire 36 minute video? probably not

  

  even made a playlist before, and my voice isn't really the best for ... member, and was on air within weeks. I've continued to remain involved ever since, hosting my own show and eventually joining student management as

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  This post is written by the beautiful and talented Christina '10 ... is quite possibly the funniest (and happiest) Baker biology genius I know, as well as a poignant and accomplished blogger. Enjoy

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Making Connections we live in a society (affectionate)

  

  the names and emails of EC's Medlinks (students who are trained to provide first aid and basic medical help). By chance, I recognized the kerb ... Mondays. Then, I walk two buildings over and I go to office hours for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 26, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Admissions Excavation Chris gave me a box of stuff and this is what I found inside

  

  only printed and not uploaded anywhere online because the file size was ... current bloggers asking if anyone was on campus this summer and would like to help out with a side project. A couple back-and-forth emails later

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 17, 2014