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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Freshman Summer plans and progress

  

  shitty first draft of my resume by the end of August. I improved on it in the subsequent month, and by the end of September I got a ‘pretty good ... spent most of my free time in October and November polishing up on my

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • February 10, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  On Tuesday night, Diana '08 baked a cake. Since she borrowed a bunch of my kitchen stuff (bowls and spoons and so on), she promised to save ... room to find a slice of chocolate cake that literally had my name on it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes 'What the hell is water

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How To Make (almost) Anything

  

  good idea for a while, but after an hour of congratulating myself on how ... . Each seam overlaps on both sides so there's 0.8mm of overlap for each ... hedge my bets, I've set out on a crusade to learn more about regular old

  • by Joel G. '18
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT EECS students travel the world

  

  field (Physics, Mathematics, Urban Studies, etc). One of the most popular fields among our students, however, is Computer Science. In the summer of ... Computer Science than from any other major. Here is brief look at some of

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Wrapup I'm done!

  

  Point in a couple of days (this one) and I plan on trying to clean my room ... 't work. I've tried it on a computer more than capable of running it, I ... sophomore takes during their IAP since it leads into 2.007, one of the most

  • by Snively '11
  • January 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admitted Student Spring Meetings… ...the event when I decided MIT was for me.

  

  at the MIT Club of Greece event. Tuesday The MIT Club of New ... Okay, I admit it! I decided to come to MIT without the benefit of an ... , was a meeting held in the home of an alumni volunteer named George

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Homestuck Day! and advice about college decisions / cpw

  

  % acceptable to choose based on whether people recognize your Homestuck jacket ... 's admitted student weekend, and Homestuck Day, 4/13. Check out the new ... ="attachment_88335" align="aligncenter" width="600"] source: @A4MP3R10S on Twitter

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 13, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  , and of course I have APO meetings on Wednesday nights... but that's just ... enhancing acoustic quality. 4.502: Design Scripting. A new class, this one is ... regardless of your major..) 4.292: Special Problems in Architecture Studies

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  . Uglier than anything you've ever seen. On the other hand, you may instead think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is quite simple: MIT has a middle school crush on weird

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember to Breathe Chicken Soup for the Applicant's Soul

  

  So many of you are starting off with college applications trying to ... OMG there aren't enough blanks on my application to talk about the 20 million extracurriculars I was involved in. A word of advice: Take a deep

  • by Bryan
  • September 17, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  : Focus on taking care of yourself, your family, your community, and your ... that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your mind, and that you may need to focus on other things, or be temporarily
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  recommenders may use any one of these systems. Emphasis on one: please do not ... *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  , it needs me - in many of the same ways that MIT did four years ago - to ... say, and yet so many of them don't attach well to words - only to strong feelings and emotions, the way certain songs bring back the intangible

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  on its way down, but I do have these pictures of the flaming pit (which ... Feast, and at one point on Saturday morning I managed to fill all of the ... while she was on Meatwatch (what, you think six sides of steer just roast

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Metabo lite s Why the Broad Institute is inspiring my exercise goals

  

  , almost 85 percent of MIT students will have collaborated on research. Chew on that! Well ok, you can, but from the looks of the research, I need ... metabolism. I’m on a mission to figure out what the heck is going on here, and

  • by Kris Guay
  • May 27, 2011
• Blog / Residential Life

  water wars, lovecrafting, and 361 other REX events your annotated guide to everything currently unfolding on campus

  

  ) are a great way to get a preview of what campus life is like at MIT ... The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the Class of 2023 is arriving on campus for their orientation, which happens contemporaneous with

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 27, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  A few days ago a young man posted a confession to the Class of 2016 ... people!   In the comments some of his classmates shared similar ... * because i feel pretty much the same way... 0.o ... I keep reading about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  on the turf of knowledge, or begin life as blindly wandering, major ... after he built a motorized, self-balancing unicycle that a slew of tech aggregators instantly pounced on and reblogged. His own blog (incidentally, a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • January 10, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  focusing on the play, but the work is certainly there. For those of you who ... , or am some sort of walking good-luck charm, believe me when I say that ... of image concerning my life at MIT: While true some of the time, I

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008