MIT Admissions

I first saw the MIT application in AP Physics C, on a screen that wasn’t my own. Sitting at my desk, I had my laptop open to a google doc containing all of my college supplementals. Early on, I had decided there was no reason for me to ever want to leave Texas, at least not for college. It was big state, with plenty of room to build my own life away from my family, and there ...

One uneventful morning, I sat eating a breakfast of quiche with a side of hard boiled eggs accompanied by a pile of scrambled egg, chased down with an egg-coated bread (french toast). My friend across from me chomped on an omelet. It occured to me that we eat tons of eggs at MIT.

I eat probably 3-4 a day, and since ~42 days have passed, I’ve eaten ~150 eggs so far. I ...

The freshman flu has long since arrived, and it will be longer yet til it releases its talons from student bodies across the country. A couple of weeks ago, like many of my compatriots, I too fell victim to the plague. I had mostly mild symptoms that disappeared quickly, but for some reason, the terrible, hacking cough that was scaring my suitemates never got the memo. It con...

I used to play a lot of Pokemon on my DS back when I was a kid. When I got to MIT and found out there’s a whole (Video Game) Orchestra for not only playing but also arranging video game music I was rapt: I had to join, especially since I needed an outlet to continue playing music (I was in band and orchestra in high school).

This past summer, I worked on a chamber grou...

hello i was informed that i was doing this blog maybe two minutes ago. why am i doing this? well tetazoo (my floor) has something called frosh scavenger hunt, where the frosh are made to hunt scavenged items across campus, but it’s not only items it is also just do tasks

one of my tasks is to liveblog this. i get 500 points. but also i hope you get some insight in...