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• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  The last time I wrote a post as I was flying at some undetermined altitude over some undetermined state in the Midwest. I’m now writing, I can say with complete…

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a 7-9, 10-12 system) was being a member of FIRST(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Here are some updates from the Admissions Office… Applications: We have received 18,064 total applications, a 1% increase over last year. Your updates: We've been getting email updates from some…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Greetings from Honduras: D-Lab students in the field D-Lab students Chelsie, Miho and Nina report from Honduras

  

  D-Lab is an interdisciplinary program at MIT committed to working with people around the world to create and disseminate affordable technologies. This January, teams comprising a total of 35 students…

  • by OEL
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Why We Blacked Out The Blogs and joined the SOPA strike

  

  If you are visiting MITAdmissions.org today you may have noticed something strange about our website. Specifically the fact that it isn’t there. At least not at first. Instead, what’s there…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  If you go to MIT, the odds are good that you’ll get a B at some point. Is that one of this year’s end-of-the-world scenarios? Not exactly. Let me be…

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  It’s good to finally be back blogging (: As usual, there was the end of the year frenzy when finals come rolling out, and everyone was too busy studying (or…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  Oh hi there. I’m back on campus now for IAP (Independent Activities Period, but I think “It’s Awesome Pterodactyl” is much more descriptive), which traditionally is when all the students…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  Starting 2012 on a volcanic island bonfire! but no eruptions yet [photo-heavy]

  

  First time in a foreign country – the pace at which new things are thrown at you is beyond words. Thoughtful reflections connecting all these new experiences may come later,…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 11, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Wheel To Rule Them All one small step for boy, one large step for nerdkind

  

  My friend Stephan’13 exploded into Internet fame over the holidays after he built a motorized, self-balancing unicycle that a slew of tech aggregators instantly pounced on and reblogged. His own…

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  [by Emily LaVerriere ’15] First of all, I need to second Miren’s statement a while back about 21M.A12: Freshman Arts Seminar Advising Program (or FASAP, or Arts at MIT. It…

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  Within the last few weeks, early action applicants received their admission decisions and the last of the regular action candidates clicked “submit” as the January 1 deadline came and went. For…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  January is IAP (Independent Activities Period) here at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). And it’s AWESOME. Significantly less homework means significantly more time to be creative and pursue passions (at…

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  The most popular question in all modes of communication — blog comments, emails, phone calls, owl post — this week has been, where's my stuff? (Or, "OMG I sent my…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Reasons to Join ESG A Look at MIT's Freshman Learning Communities

  

  Freshman Learning Communities Your first year at MIT is all about choices that come in the form of Freshman Learning Communities. Because most Freshman will be taking their General Institute…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  Hello Internet! It’s been a while. I last blogged on EA Decision Day, 12/17/2011. But I actually wrote that post on the 16th, because on the morning of the 17th,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Terrascope Save the world. Go. (:

  

  If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my first semester at MIT is that there is a difference between a bad question, a difficult question, and a rhetorical question. If…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Ask Me Anything no, really

  

  My grades for the semester have finally all appeared on WebSIS, and I've passed all of my classes, so that means I am officially done with my undergraduate education! Phew. …

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • December 29, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Impulsive Decisions as expected, have consequences

  

  Happy Holidays everyone! I can’t believe another semester’s done and over with – pushing me officially past the halfway point at MIT. (AHHH). I’m now sitting at home, trying to…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Deadline Q & A Have a question about your MIT application? Read on...

  

  Update 01/01/2012 7:00pm It is now 7:00pm Eastern Standard Time on January 1, making the MIT Regular Action deadline 5 hours away. For those of you who have procrastinated and…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011