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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but ... plastic around and things. Apart from that I'll also be working with molds, cleaning pieces, and generally just being a helper around Hasbro's model shop

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  city (250,000+ college students can have that effect on a place), the ... . Check this out - I didn't even break 1400 on my SAT's, and yet I had the ... , a house, a job that I love, food on the table, and the means to follow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  can do is breathe deeply and concentrate on your passions. Let your ... If you had a rabid enough interest in MIT and resided in the ... being hyperbole. So let me clear up a few misconceptions. And a totally

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking 3 math classes this semester as someone who isn't a fan of math

  

  about that, and it keeps me motivated to not give up on the assignments no ... clear line of logic, y'know? But on the other hand, my feelings towards ... Elementary discrete mathematics for science and engineering, with a focus on

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 3, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  . Or you could just finish reading this picture entry and see the coolest of the bears. I'll be brief, for the sake of wit. First, Ling '07, Kendall '07, and I got a picture in front of the very popular United States

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Diary of an All-nighter 9-5 is so out! Try um, 5 to 9...AM!

  

  be a competitive energy at MIT to be the most hardcore and not sleep ... courses in your major) – and more pressure to be uh, mature and serious. (Also: I’ve had to accept the fact that at MIT, there’s only freshmen and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  being curled up inside with a blanket while, outside the window ... forecast the night before, and, when the call or text finally comes, the relief and joy in knowing that the day ahead of you has suddenly cleared

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo Goes Camping An adventure to the top of a mountain and a little cabin in the woods

  

  around 4:30pm on the Friday and stopped at Subway and Market Basket on the ... at 5am to be super hardcore, and the rest of us hung around the fire ... fantastic time together on top of a mountain and on the journey we took to get

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Welcoming Environment Because the best way to feel at home at MIT is to know that you…

  

  , noted in her own post on LGBQT life (and more specifically, The Rainbow ... on LGBQT life here. The short story: MIT has renewed their You Are ... of LGBT Services and a strong advocate of the campaign, talked to me

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day in the Life: Weekend Edition 80% more fun and 800% more apples in one serving!

  

  to be more active on campus than any of the other Asian cultural ... translucent silence filling the room. Dawn-ish grey light hung on the ceiling ... thought about the word indeed for a while too, and then I leisurely reached

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  the small classes, and having a place to chill on campus 24/7? Free food ... any fire alarms (I heard that last semester, on the first day of 3 ... 450), but it's definitely an awesome community to be a part of and a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  come to Meet the Bloggers so that you can meet us, the bloggers, and you ... weekend and I can give you a sticker, too. It can even have glitter on it ... reduction on food. 13:17 - 14:17 LN2 Truffles and the Chocolate Nash

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  schools and I can't afford MIT's application fee I need the new 160-gig i ... to MIT can be a barrier for those of modest financial means or those ... charge an application fee anyway? Between staff time and materials, the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  favorite contemporary artists and tracks on the playlists because they always ... , rdng szn, available on Spotify or Apple Music. And I’ll be adding more as ... not need to rely on a desktop for hefty exports and renders. Once the

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  Coming soon: An entry on The Tech Nomads But first: 26.2 miles of awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple ... their reasons for visiting Boston, and it turns out the wife is running

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What other student activities can I do?

  You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your ... what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from the Association of Student Activities (ASA).
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest blog] y(I)APping nothing crazy just another IAP blog

  

  differently and this was just what I found to be the best for me. I spent my ... and proctored the earth science exam and taught workshops on climate ... semesters behind me. I wanted to focus on the activities and classes I had

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My design won an MIT merch contest I don't know why

  

  Author's note: The original title was going to be "I DUPED THE COOP ... !). Four winners were going to be picked overall, with one undergrad and one ... $500, and four finalists were going to win $100. The objective was to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 23, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Wahoo! MIT takes over Doonesbury! Alex Doonesbury is coming to a campus near you.

  

  's Doonesbury: and see more at Doonesburg@Slate. The Tech covered this story in ... Cornell. When the poll closed at midnight on May 22, MIT had 48 percent of ... 32 percent of the votes, and 19 percent of the votes went to Cornell

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Visiting the Museum of Science science is cool

  

  dinosaur. But still) Stegosaurus And I think that the murals on the walls ... the Museum of Science in Boston this past Sunday. I love museums, and ... outside of the Museum of Science on a Boston Duck Tour before the tour guide

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 27, 2022