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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  More Milk Please And a cookie too. If by cookie you mean an awesome metaphor.

  

  MIT is a lot like a bowl of milk. A really really big bowl of milk. The students, accordingly, are a lot like tiny kittens (or any milk-loving entity of…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The second-to-last first two days of class Having classes 3 days a week rocks.

  

  After talking to my friends during the first week of senior year and getting cold glares cast my way each time I shared my schedule, I’ve realized I may be…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  “Okay, everybody! Shut up!” Aaron*, dance coach of the MIT Ballroom Dance Team, stared out at the crowd of giggling students attempting, in pairs, to stumble out the steps of…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  I know what youre thinking.  You’re thinking, “hey, you missed an apostrophe!”  You’re also thinking, “what does a second-year know about being a mechanical engineer anyway?”* *you’re probably not thinking…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  In the comments section of my last post, Confused Frosh asked: “Can you leave a post with your course history? I want to take every class eventually and I can’t…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  Ah, Reg Day. The day when *ALL* (except freshmen) MIT students meet with their advisors to sign up for classes. The day before the first day of classes. The day…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  New Year’s Resolution …of sorts. Since New School Year’s Resolution doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

  

  Thanks to the agrarian principles our society was founded upon, a new year within a year is beginning. The school year, to be precise. Crops have been harvested, children are…

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  Here at MITAdmissions we try to be transparent as possible about our process. This includes publishing admissions statistics beyond those contributed by MIT Institutional Research to the Common Data Set (i.e.…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  The arrival of September 1st signifies exactly 4 weeks until I board a flight to the U.K and embark on the second half of my college journey. And over the…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013
• Blog / Hacks

  Laser Graffiti I found something cool on the way home.

  

  A Cosi smore-eating fest is a French House orientation tradition; we spent about two hours there this evening, then walked home. On the way home, we passed the Green Building. You…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Questions What questions can I help answer about the application process?

  

  I can't believe I've been blogging as an admissions officer at MIT for 9 years.  Over that time, I've periodically opened up the comments to your questions, and then tried…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 28, 2013
• Blog / Events

  DEALicious in which i counsel an FPOP and come out with free candy. also how to…

  

  First things first — I took a weekend trip back to New York and stood in line for three hours to taste the fabled Ramen Burger. Best 8 dollar investment…

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thanks, man I'm feeling human again.

  

  Santa Fe is elevated 7,260 feet above sea level. It is not overcast. When there are clouds, the sun fills the space around them and splotches the mountains with their…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • August 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  I was having a chat with my friend Matt O. ’15 when we both agreed on a few aspects of taking care of yourself we wish we had learned two…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Open Sesame…Ring. RFID magic + a ring = wearable CharlieCards

  

  The future of, well, pretty much everything seems to be coming to us via 3D printers. Even my completely unhealthy obsession with burritos — I made a point of eating…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 23, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing… Maker Portfolios! Making the world better, one portfolio at a time

  

  Please note that, as  Hello World! I’d like to introduce you to a project that we’ve been working on for a while. It’s a Maker Portfolio, and it’s one of…

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  Just one year ago, I had arrived at MIT as a prefrosh, ready to start my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre-orientation program (FPOP)…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Skies over MacGregor Views of campus, Boston, and the Charles River from ten stories up.

  

  This summer Random Hall was under construction. When I was in town I spent a lot of my time in MacGregor, which is where Cory was living for the summer.…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  I’m sitting on my bed, back against the windowsill and sneakered feet dangling off towards the garbage can. There’s a box sitting on my otherwise-empty bookshelf, a shirt and a…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / How to MIT

  HT@MIT: Academic Resources How I Learned To Stop Slacking and Love the Office Hours

  

  The last two years at MIT has been a large exercise in learning how I learn best. What I found after Interphase was that lectures alone didn’t cut it for…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 19, 2013