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• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  ...that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT. Bryan, President Hockfield periodically has lunch with a small group of 4 ... available to join her as part of the next group on Friday, November 18 at noon

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  another name to it's list of professors, affiliates, and alumni who have won ... Nobel prize for his "for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis." Courtesy of the MIT News Office: Schrock was cited by

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Kresge Info Session Come integrate MIT, at least for an afternoon.

  

  powerpoint presentation thousands of miles away. I remember hearing talk around the office about a slideshow of MIT images or clips of MIT music to help ... deceive you. Kresge is 1/8 of a sphere. I once walked by it and remarked to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Katrina I can't stop thinking about it.

  

  Oh my god. I can't stop thinking about all of the people who have ... too). It's a feeling of helplessness - other than donating money I don ... really have to happen?" Those of you who plan to be engineers, perhaps you

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  Mollie's neck of the woods (Note: as I am being greedy and co-opting Mollie ... one of these dorms, you're required to buy a dining hall meal plan, in ... an awful lot of meals in a dining hall. Notice that I said "a dining

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Tomorrow, we will mail out the first of four batches of letters ... invitation to our meeting in your neck of the woods (haven't yet signed up for ... different member of our staff will visit different areas of the country. In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across ... a lot and discuss it with some of my superiors (for those of you just ... issues such as suicide. I respect the sentiments of the original poster

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  subcommittee was Ben and another student, a great team. The three of us worked ... Class of 2009. Akash, Ben and I had lunch together, and while we were ... , as it turns out, was on campus with most (all?) of the MIT 2009 Early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... soups of advanced academic programs. We like to see that students have challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  human being who has dreamt of being an admissions blogger since August ... deadline of 4 weeks and an MIT undergrad in the midst of classes, clubs ... unpredictable, as things usually tend to do here. Here’s the unfolding of my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  the view from my window and netflix's view of my window through another window

  

  's a screenshot from the Neri Oxman episode of "Abstract: The Art of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • January 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  last minute application panic for the procrastinators

  

  , please watch this calming .gif of a cat: Take a deep breath. Mmm, embrace serenity with 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and small amounts of argon ... deadline. Most schools will take letters of recommendation and other

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 22, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Getting Stronger the never ending cycle of trying and failing and trying again

  

  , my suitemate and I had gotten into the habit of it. We’d[annotation note="a near impossible task to ask of two 19 year old college students ... basement of Senior Haus every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Very few of the

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 13, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for October write those personal essays! submit those early apps! get PUMPED UP

  

  Last month, Petey posted a motivational soundtrack for the month of September. A lot of y'all seemed to like it, so we made another one for October! This month's theme is to get hyped up and get shit done! :) Give

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  road trip here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors…

  

  plenty of free parking (oh the naivete). One of the "cons" on my pro ... I got kind of used to walking places and taking the T. Eventually I ... food I go to the Ocean State Job Lot, one of the best stores for $5

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 21, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  the last last cohort of bloggers, and if you remember reading it when ... misinformed about their babies, with 179 parents of identical twins mistakenly told that their twins were fraternal and 12 parents of fraternal twins

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  a day's worth of classes and found this printout of my blogger bio ... ” OF MY BLOGGER PHOTO WITH HEARTS ALL AROUND IT. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA… I ... dorm. And if that wasn’t enough of a surprise, the next evening, I

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Skipping Class and Failing Bio A practical guide to poor life choices

  

  Fall semester began as expected, with a shot of adrenaline and confidence. This translated into a flurry of calendar-marking, schedule-planning, promise-making, and more personal resolutions than all of my New Years

  • by Joel G. '18
  • December 29, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  ," a night of spoken word, collective art, and informative camaraderie. I ... months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of ... justice instead of problem sets for a night. The week continued. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Fantasy Feast Fantasy foods and costumed friends.

  

  Yesterday evening Random Hall residents prepared a CPW fantasy feast. Below are some of my beautiful costumed friends and some of the food they prepared, photographed by the amazing YQ ‘16. The foods highlighted in the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2013