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• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  professor teach? [answer at the end of the entry] I remember sitting in my MIT freshman calculus class back more than a decade ago (wow, I feel old ... person I had ever met from Singapore. He was very nice and extremely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  ...? (Hint: see the title.) Aren't you fortunate that I'm here to help you ... the best for you? Great question! I'm so glad that I asked it. Here are ... will snap like a maple tree in a hurricane. (I have no idea what that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  pretty stressful since I've been unbelievably crappy about making progress ... physics psets which I'm just a little psyched about. So to share my excitement I thought I'd start the photo series on my classes this term (the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  equivalence. I actually thought it was just a rabbit-shaped handbag or something ... strange because I had heard a story the previous day about somebody bringing ... was particularly boisterous at this weeks game, and I'm sure that our

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

  Let’s Get Physical Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend.

  

  Olivia Newton-John, I am not, but I can still pretend. MIT ... units of PE credit will most likely not be difficult. Though I run 4 miles ... -wannabes were), I need to get my 8 units the old-fashioned way: PE classes. (I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Spreading the word Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for the annual conference…

  

  Yesterday, new father Ben and I did a presentation on blogging for ... conference, Ben, Marilee & I attended a talk entitled "Lowering the Flame ... Parker and Milton Academy Director of College Counseling Rod Skinner. I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 2, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... the MIT ROTC cadets, but I couldn't see them from where I was sitting

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN?? I KNOW YOU DO

  

  RAHHHH IT SNOWED AGAIN!!! As the blogs’ resident snow enthusiast, I consider it my sacred duty to announce the [annotation note="i.e. the first one where snow actually collected on the ground and that I was awake for

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/17/24, at 6:28 PM ET exactly what it says on the tin

  

  Sometimes I feel like an alien because [annotation note="a fact that ... there's SO MUCH MEDIA OUT THERE and I don't mind sitting/driving/walking/doing dishes in silence"]I don't really listen to music.[/annotation] So I asked

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 10, 2024
• Blog / Announcements

  A reminder that there is no advantage to applying Early Action to MIT As always, you should apply when you feel ready

  

  I'm writing today to remind our applicants that we do not give any ... both cycles. So, [annotation note='I realize this is like the third time I have stated this in this short blog post, but there is a lot going

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2017-18 Application Essay Questions

  

  to begin thinking and planning ahead of time, which I respect and value ... application, with 5 short-answer essay questions (I've blogged about the ... manage the situation? (200-250 words) I want to quote Mikey from his post

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 31, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  , picking up long-dormant projects, and starting new initiatives. I'm currently at nerd camp, but anytime the blogs go unblogged for too long, I get antsy, so I wanted to make a quick post and point your attention at two

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  . Dirks, and Brown University President Christina Paxson. When I arrived to the event I saw fancy cameras all over the place, so I knew if my video was to compete, I would have to get a great view. Shuffling my way

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT. I have to tell you, this is one hell of a team. Every year I tell ... painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... wherever you go, if you choose to do so. I'm closing comments on this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  LCC board for a semester, it's become that place where I go in between ... , meet Franky '15. I met him during CPW a number of years ago that I won ... towards the end. (No, I am not responsible.) But hey, at least even if you

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  What do Chancellor Grimson, The Salvation Army, and I have in common ... junior year thus far. Let me elaborate. Around 1 pm on January 20, I ... , each with its own faculty facilitator and student co-facilitator. I was

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  ;   This semester I will catch none of these lovely bugs, because I ... efficient. When I showed up at the student center this afternoon there was no ... MIT sucks. About two weeks ago I stayed up until 3 AM baking a cake in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  of free food? I'm excited. So much so that I'm running two East Campus events. Guess what they are based on this picture of my bookshelf. Since I ... official schedule, so I'm just going to tiptoe over the bounds of propriety a

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  voicecracks and so forth. However, I am happy to say this is quite false. True, mirrors break when I look in them, but that is because I am so handsome that ... shoulders!! But seriously, let's talk life and love at MIT. I'm not talking

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Judd Logan is my homeboy He's amazing, so amazing

  

  Every time I give a presentation about MIT, I always try to emphasize ... addition to this wonderful community. I really love this place. It's all ... home have, as a resident of the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation. "I don

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • July 14, 2010