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• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Heartbreaking Lunch of Staggering Genius I'll write about campus dining some other day.

  

  Three days of Manhattan ended on Monday afternoon beneath a dripping ... and breaking like bones on the trash-encrusted sidewalk. Jess Lin and I ... my left kidney on the infallibility of my internal compass. Did you

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  five questions: On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest and 1 ... 's opinions on the types of people at MIT - I know there are a lot of different ... personalities of the students. thanks for any help anyone can give. estelphoenix

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  , absorbing impromptu lectures on algebra, number theory, and the analogy of ... sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The ... limited example of my hall, I will do my best to explain how. On First East

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  was the monkey that I was, 360ing on monkey bars and cartwheeling off of ... . And four, I can finally kind of sort of walk (more like stumble) my way ... shared stories of broken toes and bicycle catastrophes, I thanked God for

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just a little advice…

  

  Just saying hello from the middle of my peaceful and relaxing ... 'm so and so and I read and comment on your blog all the time," I want to ... those of you who were rejected: that really bites, and I'm sorry for you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  , faculty, and members of the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and ... felt. The message of "being" vs. "doing," quality over quantity, and ... , members of the class of 2011) - that our admissions process is, and always

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  outside of what I'd watched in movies, and I didn't really plan on joining ... cool events, and I must admit the allure of steak and lobster dinners did ... finding a house that I felt really at home at, and ended up joining ZBT

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  . Chesterton. In any case, the entire point of that little tangent was to get on the topic of knowledge, and from there, school. Classes have started, as ... books on the topic, and used to be the head of the MIT AI Lab (before it

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  -American appointed to the cabinet post of U.S. Secretary of Commerce and former ... . Byrd Scholarship. Craighead is the son of John and Chaney Craighead ... quiz bowl format features teams of students from each school competing on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  , who has spent much of her August sitting on my couch and assigning ... So here's a sneak peek at what I've been working on all summer... the ... , regardless of author. You will no longer have to check each blogger's box to

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  one hour in which i am Holden Caulfield (but more tragic and less hero)

  

  water or eating healthy at all, and how all of this is documented in a ... class, a wide array of digital food and habit trackers, and work from when ... money as possible.   out of curiosity, i click on my November bullet

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 14, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  wait for it for those awaiting decisions

  

  , chug coffee, drop out of school and go live in the mountains as a goat ... of getting in based on your test scores ... college apps. A lot of universities have January 1st deadlines, and that

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 6, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds and the Order of the Phoenix Answering the important questions of those still making their decision.

  

  't teach.) Many of MIT's teachers are truly excellent, some are good, and ... Lander rated a 6.7 out of 7 for teaching 7.012: Introductory Biology, and ... in their freshman year and goes on to graduate. You can do it. And how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  Nazi prison camp, and was premiered to 5,000 fellow prisoners of war and ... any inside info about the choruses and performance classes at MIT? The ... 'd like to know about the time commitment and competitiveness of the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / CPW

  the two sides of CPW CPW as told by a prefrosh and an upperclassman

  

  screenshot of my spreadsheet. I went to 18/33 of the events I put on my ... . Our spreadsheets were notably less exciting than Ankita's, and most of ... cake on fire" event. Apparently to set a cake on fire, you need a LOT of

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 24, 2019
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Labor Day, literally Moving back into my dorm room

  

  flight of stairs and down the hallway to my room. My boxes...home at last ... -Haul advertises a price of $19.95, but they kind of nickel-and-dime you on insurance ... steps to the process, and all of them are inconvenient and involve lots of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 3, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  still a physics major against all odds

  

  hinged on me really enjoying physics classes, and I’m just not sure how ... ’t live in a vacuum, and it’s stressful to waste energy and time on ... general relativity, and all of a sudden I was reminded of just how

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 9, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2014 Wait List Decisions Will Be Sent Today

  

  “closed” and will not be admitting any additional students for the Class of ... decision, and you should receive it shortly thereafter, depending on how ... updates that many of you have submitted, and appreciate the time and effort

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An MIT Week general structure and personal experience

  

  numbers are, of course, mere approximations. Depending on the professor and ... and 8 hours at home, a 4-0-8 scheme. Lab/design/field work classes have ... full-time registration is 36. The strong may take on 60, and some have

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  did, but because of the behavior of admissions officers and parents ... , and pediatrician Kenneth Ginsburg. Q: Why the extra focus on college ... take so many AP classes, we fixate on the scores, and oh, by the way

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006