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• Blog / Athletics

  The Swim Test Saga Four laps (and zero displacement) closer to graduation

  

  stomach, but the last one can be on your back if you'd like." Me: "Okay ... hobbling around on crutches, and didn't get to take the swim test with your ... is right near the range*, so you put on a swimsuit and head on over

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 22, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Playing Doctor… Are people REALLY impressed by big words? You be the judge.

  

  and everything, I'll be able to join MIT's EMS squad for the spring ... New Jersey so I can join my local EMS during the summer. Plus, it'll be ... 've randomly accumulated over the years. Today, aside from being both mine AND

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  When I used to run A reflection on sitting still for a semester

  

  something, the more it fucks with your life so you can be fUlLy SeLf Ac ... touched by the world and everything in it. It's absolutely shocking to be ... . Maybe I’ll write a longer post on that sometime soon, but the short and

  • by Powers '23
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being a lab rat I flail around trying to explain what I do at work every day.

  

  proteins, staining them with fluorescent antibodies, and imaging them on the ... the results of that project is currently being reviewed for publication ... the cell gets both a red (your gene) plasmid and a blue (unknown gene

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  are pretty cool, and have been discussed at least since the time of ... geek (like me), it's hard not to be fascinated by perfect numbers and ... this year will be published on Tuesday. To make this a little fun, we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  ; recommendations will need to be on paper and mailed to the admissions office. We ... received and processed the letter on your MyMIT tracking page. Please allow ... language; the letter can then be translated. There are many sources for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT gave my pod free art supplies!! and despite being hosed, we used them

  

  medium, and I wanted some good copic markers, but quickly realized how expensive they are. I settled on gouache and acrylic paint bundles ... is a painting I created to explore the use of color, light, and shadow

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  twenty minutes, taking notes on all the portraits and the carpet and the ambiance and the kinds of people I saw wandering around (you can recognize ... with a blank stare, he groaned and slapped his face on the table in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Everything You Ever Wanted to Know All your wishes have been magically granted.

  

  (and Google) know of is the MIT Concert Choir. The choir can also be ... call and the next day the MyMIT page was updated with my new interviewer ... 's and women's varsity teams. I know freshmen on both the varsity teams, so

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  it'd be good to blog about it. We arrived at the Museum of Science and ... thought up a lie, and I thought it up quick. I walked over to the ... I urge you to be creative and try to guess what the lady at the booth

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  the tip of my tongue, and i can see it in the smiles that come more ... that i can bring fresh air into my room and let my cat hop onto the ... cynical and jaded about. it's amazing how much the professors can care, and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  and boy are my arms tired." (rim shot) But seriously, I have been on the ... Meetings for the better part of September. Here is a quick update of what I ... that my seat could be used as a floatation device even though the entire

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  In many ways on average-posting

  

  blogs seemed like a good platform and the bloggers, a good community ... and my voice. I decided to make the three posts different in some ways ... ’s what they say, the mortifying ordeal of being known.  Perhaps because

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  ). Although this might viably be a mistake on the movie producer's part, it ... be. General Observations: * The movie is very loosely based on the ... on the second floor of Building 4 and Sloan lecture halls. * Random

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the admission council very well. They have a criteria of 5 things, and if you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Samantha: The Automated Nerf Gun Turret a personal project by raymond t. '23

  

  Raymond's website and you can find the original post here. Part 1 ... the left and right axis. Then, he quickly realized that he needed arms on the side to move the gun up and down. It's a relatively large gun so

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  the big picture of Development and more on Design; every group of four ... design so that the ambulances can also be used to carry vegetables to ... plants grow quickly and their roots stabilize the soil. If we created the

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2012 Profile Posted 49 states... what's missing? And what are the most popular names?

  

  I know folks love to see the numbers, so we've updated the Freshman Class Profile page for this year's incoming class, the MIT Class of 2012. Check it out! (If you were looking for the Admissions Statistics, just

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  'll provide advice and tips wherever we can. Money and financial aid will be ... students on our database (MyMIT registrants and others) inviting them to the ... , Illinois, the DC area, Florida, and more. Complete list of MIT Central

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Just 41 Pictures I Took in 2017 Yultide Day 2

  

  in this case being the 1E cats" - credit for caption and images goes to ... frosh spray paint it. You can see from the bit on the left why the ... page with a series of six consecutive posts. I am calling the takeover

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 26, 2018