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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  Over the next week (or so), I'll be publishing newspaper articles I've collected from across the web (via newsfeeds) about members of the Class of ... 'll start with an article about the awesome Eletha Flores, and I've got about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  -100 after exiting lab and found the lecture hall in a standing room only situation. Outside, there were a few robots on display: The actual ... Today, most of the IAP robotics competitions begin to wrap up

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  of this afternoon and evening sitting around the lounge, eating pizza, watching DVDs, and generally bemoaning the fact that school has, in fact ... holiday in October. To celebrate the year's start (and because I'm lazy), I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  , you may be wondering, dear reader, why I'm pontificating about the joys ... more importantly, and more to the point of this entry, some shirts I ... college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  's—we're really interested in the few things that excite and motivate you.   ... realize our applicants are very committed to their schoolwork and with their ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... doing quiz bowl in high school, even though I'm not on the MIT College ... County. 3. The third-largest city in Ireland is called "Limerick." ...and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• FAQ / Afford

  What is need-blind admissions?

  MIT's need-blind admissions process ensures that you will not be disadvantaged in the admissions process because of your financial need. Our admissions process is need-blind for all students, foreign and domestic.
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  The streets are paved with slush, everything is cold, and my pajamas have penguins on them. It is decidedly winter. But at pika, it's spring ... ; chocolate-coated candied orange peels (and the preschool next door)  

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Room Tour 2017 edition

  

  2021s, can't wait to meet y'all this week! To give you guys a sneak ... and edit videos. Here's my first shot at it, and a room tour to show for it. Enjoy! Shameless plug -- stop by the Meet the Bloggers event

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 6, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2016 Ring Delivery! MY RING IS SO PRETTY!

  

  rings to show to the world on our beautiful 2016 hands! LOOK AT MY PRETTY RING! It feels so good! I have many pictures from and of the event ... 's together! Here are some pictures of the event and of my beautiful friends

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 25, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  I should be studying for my 1.00 and 3.091 exams right now...but I ... the end of the show...and here is how we kicked off the beginning of the ... footage...but it needs to be edited. So get ready for an entry filled month

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  January, and 1 in February. All else being equal - for applications for which Salvador and Amy are the two readers, what is the probability that ... Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Check out these t

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  kidnapped Baxter because he smells funny and no one on the floor likes him. If ... place it on the dining table of the 132 suite at precisely 12:10 AM on ... back home, and I would like to thank everyone who helped in the effort to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spotted: A Brass Rat in the Wild? Is this an alumnus hacking McDonald's, or McDonald's hacking MIT? I can't tell

  

  . This is the first rat I've seen in a commercial, though. And it leaves me ... attend MIT and decide to wear the ring in the ad? Is this deep-level nerd ... Early this morning I got a text from my friend and former student

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  -- and we've each come up with a unique product, and have spent the last ... asked my teammates, too. And everyone delivered! In the last two days I ... with warmth and reminds me to cherish the community we have here

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you want to know? Tell me something.

  

  I could say a million things about MIT and what it's like to be here, but I think it's probably best if I share information that is of ... about and I'll try my best to write about them over the next few entries.

  • by Bryan
  • October 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Stop You're hurting the wrong people.

  

  To the person who keeps posting hurtful things to my blog and to Matt's, pretending to be "YJ" and others, please stop. It's one thing to mess with me or Matt - understandably, we represent MIT, with which you are

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Using Fireflies.ai to Write a Post About Fireflies.ai behind the scenes: it's pretty meta

  

  was still unfinished, and so I finshed typing it on the bus ... I would write about Fireflies.   So, I clicked on the “export ... proofread what Sam had sent me. The last task on my list was to add in

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 20, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre-orientation program (FPOP) Discover Biology. We'll be out until midnight, but i'm really

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  . In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... connection and decided to walk around the airport, and apparently, I'd ventured ... hope. The next morning I managed to get a flight out, and I was off to

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005