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• Blog / Admissions

  Flow: Writing Like Yourself *insert prospective 2021 clickbait tagline*

  

  very far removed from the circus that was college applications for me and likely for others. Therefore, I feel a sense of duty in debunking my own ... to a prompt. You are not your résumé. Specifically for the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 19, 2016
• Blog / Events

  MIT’s Once-a-Century Party

  

  towards MIT, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Killian Court had been ... rehearsing the lights for MIT's 100-year-anniversary of its move to Cambridge ... themed for a certain decade and most featuring open bars:   And

  • by Michael C. '16
  • May 8, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  invests money from the venture capital firm they work for into those ... for one's company. I wanted to meet as many as I could and learn as much ... sleeping from 6am to noon for the past month so I wasn't sure how my body

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  , for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how ... those steps was moving off campus. And that is why I moved off campus for my senior year. It was the absolute correct decision for me. Now, my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Hospital State of Mind The things I hate about being stuck here

  

  are restrictions that are unnecessary for you (I want to crotchet!!) and ... again, or at least for a very very very long time. Also, now I'm terrified ... cat waiting for me. I want my cat!!!   And that's it. I'm here

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 6, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  someone on Quora who claimed that 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. worked pretty well for ... schedules are problematic for your mental health.. While I don’t think I feel ... actually 9:47, but I stayed in bed for a bit longer so that it was about ten

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  dates back about eight years created for the purpose of showing off some ... and also raising money for the Big Jimmy Scholarship Fund.  The Fund ... side 2015 calendar today at wotes.mit.edu!!! And pick up/pay for

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Case You Were Wondering… Here's what I do when I don't do anything

  

  at the Z center for morning lifting. 7:53 AM The view as soon as you ... start catching up on my HASS reading for Neuroscience and Society. 11 ... robot as thanks" in return for 15 minutes of my day, and because I am a

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Doggy Birthday Meet Simmons Hall's smallest - and furriest - new resident, who just turned 8.

  

  for Tai Shan, the giant panda born at the National Zoo in 2005, whom a ... , delighting a contingent of residents who'd spent the past year campaigning for ... the attention, begged for pastries, and generally took advantage of the

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Alum FAQs I'm baaaaaaaaack

  

  my First Year. My First Year Out Of School. I worked part-time for Admissions and have been doing my full-time gig for the Office of Digital ... really, I’ve spent the last two days working on a script for an episode on

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/14, at 12:14 PM ET

  

  I've ducked out of committee for a moment to let you know that ... lost password link. There is a similar link for forgotten usernames. If ... decision, so make sure you are prepared for the fierce wind of knowledge. 

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 6, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  , and the possibility of a full-time job; occasionally, it comes up for ... 's an argument for applying. What kinds of fellowships are out there ... audiences. For astronomy graduate students, this website has a pretty

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best of Times summer at the NYTimes

  

  about it. I also did good amount of UI/UX and product design for an intern ... Times was not at all what I expected, but everything I could've hoped for ... brief stint in Canada for my older sister's wedding. Bonnie (my parents

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 14, 2013
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  Did you know? "Nemo" is Latin for "no man" or "no one", and the name ... Weather Channel's new ratings-driven non-scientific naming system for winter ... , cold, and snotcicles.  Actually, it's been winter for a few months, but

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004. Outside his door hangs a red sign with black letters: 'Having Abandoned My Search For Truth…I Am Now

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  least one hug for every other participant, to be distributed at random ... loudly and obnoxiously for two hours, exchanged some hugs, then went outside to throw a Frisbee around with two non-French House friends for an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Just Run With It Never waste inspiration, even if you're running with it for the first time (in years)

  

  inspiration.” I looked at him for a few seconds and realized that he was dead ... missing for me, though, was physical fitness. At some point, and almost on a ... was perhaps, then, the best kind of pressure that made me run for my

  • by Emad T. '14
  • June 9, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  workshop in Building N51 and saw for myself everything that they do. Check ... for some hot weather, special times with family, a road trip with friends, and a conference for Camp Kesem. More updates on the flip side of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST who are you

  

  As the committee meets for the final week of the Early Action cycle, I wanted to duck out for a moment to let you know that, as the title ... lost password link. There is a similar link for forgotten usernames. If

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning ... individuals, who are on fire for God, in order to learn Israel's importance to

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011