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• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  running and seeing one of your professors in the locker room wearing only ... morning, I felt a faint red soreness on my uvula, which can only mean that I ... pipe flow. This is what writing a 21-page proposal on drag reduction in

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Advice

  The Art of Juggling please take away my balls

  

  , sorry! Adios!" and be on my merry way.[/annotation] To me, dropping the ... that I'm meant to be here. That I can make a positive impact on the ... My brain's been on overdrive from the moment I stepped foot onto MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 23, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 5PM on 01/24/06.

  

  the SATs and did extremely well on the math section. I know I can make ... optional interview claims to be the part of the admissions step that can help ... that was used in EA will be back on the table for RA (with any additional

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  things students can do and has had a UROP in the MIT Center for Space ... I have always been proud of the fact that there is a star and a minor ... to be in attendance. Emily's connection to outer space is not the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why I Love Taylor Swift I finally explain the reason...or at least try to...

  

  ’ll be a great time constraint on difficult problems, and an attendant ... smile as heavy as dumbbells and carry on with the rest of my day with that ... I could want and be fulfilled by. I was at the point where, even in my

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 6, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Cassava Connection Part 1 of a series, starring a man, a plan, and a root vegetable.

  

  interned with GM over the summer on the driverless car team, and worked on ... Ethiopia hung on for twenty, and even now, the major tenets of the system are ... ”) and use the profit to fund a connectivity company. But on a more serious

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  international students.   The Early Action season is shaping up to be a ... for Early Action.   Early action applications on the rise ... , which would be 800 more than last year's 5,684. The increase in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  new nature. I make skeletons that walk on the wind so they don't have to ... surviving the elements such as storm and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  while the doctor listens to my lungs and winces. I went on antibiotics ... to Be True. It was meant to be a simple introductory post, and I ... throw down the anchor. I could revisit what I knew to be true. Looking

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  , students who have graduated, and international applicants. The form will be available in your application portal in late January and should be completed ... midyear grades to us. Students simply list their grades on the FUN Form
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  Today is Registration Day at MIT, and tomorrow (Tuesday) is the first day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes... though, due to my time restrictions during application season and the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence halls. You can read more about housing on our page Housing at MIT. Just ... you live, and each living group is a community with its own distinct
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to be a doctor. The summer ... statements the same? Nope. So since I'm from the 80s, I can tell you that I ... , video game designer...you get the gist. And then in 6th grade at the

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW time waits for no man, woman or beaver

  

  first CPW, too, and I can tell you that the sheer quantity of options is ... do is go to the source: MIT's CPW gurus Lauren and Jennifer. They'll be ... be tempted to break out the blink tag. CPW is an enormous event. It

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  operated on my sense of time, then the concept of "morning" would be applied ... unless I'm being paid to do so. When my alarm clock goes off in the morning and I'm tempted to cross the room and hit snooze, it's like a little

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  invented the Robosnail and Robostrider. Jason’s origami page can be found ... , Brian’s shrimp is on the left and Jason’s is on the right. Who do you ... week and is open to people of all levels. Jason Ku, the president of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  I’m Poor!!! But I don't have to be!

  

  's another quick, relatively low time commitment (depending on the class) way ... school year, and then worked the summer between high school and college. I ... . This turned out to be a good thing because it made the summer pass by

  • by Snively '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [joint post] Welcoming you to “Here at MIT” student art in the new welcome center

  

  out a call for artists.  I saw the call for artists on dormspam and I ... because of our iPads) and it seemed like it would be fun to do together. The ... mentioned the call for artists and said that it'd be great if Black students

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • October 3, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode II: Amazing Rain The one where you rapidly cool hot metal.

  

  property and to your children. The Y-Knot's rope can be used for other ... most interesting events and you can fill in the rest with your overactive ... 's all a state of mind. Read on and find out how I spent the second day of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  countries ( a minor part of the project), it can be quickly assembled and is ... climates have streams that are dry or have low flow most of the year and can ... that can be quickly assembled from easily available materials will be

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012