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• Blog / Admissions

  Do You Like “Like”? What to do about social sharing.

  

  publicly on your profile. And that probably isn't what most users wanted ... the Like button instead of Share, since it's a simpler and easier to ... "Likes and Interests" section of the user's profile." As I said, if I had

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 9, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friday Afternoon Props Props to ten people/committees/inanimate objects that deserve props.

  

  Here are ten people, groups, and inanimate objects that really deserve some props, and dare I say mad props at that, for genuinely improving my quality of life over the past 48 hours. 1. The Burton

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump News and updates for admitted students from the last few weeks, in no particular order...

  

  Marilee perform with my band at ZBT's fifth annual Battle Of The Bands on ... 're a [insert gender or ethnicity of your choice]" - and this year has ... thought I'd share it here: I'm so sorry that some of you have been on the

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

   EVLA time, and 4 free hours of VLBA time: that's free time on two of the most ... -rank score" of 5.74, and an explanation that this is on a scale of 0 ... ), Spitzer (infrared), and the Very Large Array (radio). Some of these

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 7

  

  three stars that have the largest diameters of any normal stars known ... caught the attention of many reporters and resulted in stories in a variety of media, from USA Today to CNN and space.com. Full article at http

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Q & A Answers to questions on being in a fraternity.

  

  In response to my latest entry on being in a fraternity: Leo asked ... 't honestly say I've been to every house, I've been to several, and the rooms ... normally everyone has ample space to live and enjoy. For example, my current

  • by Bryan
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  Chair for one of the final times. (Ruth has never held any position on the ... Jones has a post-it note on his wall of a joke note passed between two of ... tried the gift out on me, and I dutifully followed his instructions. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  A on the exam. Fast forward to the end of the semester and we see that ... learning process. One of my good friends is a professor and administrator at ... is not just based on results, but includes effort and hard work. Many

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  what I’m doing this IAP mostly physics and musical theater

  

  the month of January: some people treat it as a four-week extension on winter break, some people take classes or work on campus, lots of people are holding cool events and workshops. IAP is my favorite time of year

  • by Kai V. '25
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  necessity but out of enjoyment, and wakes up when it can no longer be ... MIT freshmen that instills subject mastery of calculus, physics and ... .01), and Humanities(21W.XXX), so I'll take you through a day in the life of

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  on top of being an active member of East Campus Exec. And on paper I ... the last week of classes. I did not take any of my finals and OX’d all ... spring here! Yet, despite all those years of dreaming and planning, none of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life etc “fine,” “nice,” “good," "quiet"

  

  . I hadn’t made progress on any of these things before I looked out the ... schedule at all, and then trying to fix that by listening to the advice of ... yourself of society and Vitamin D and disrupting your circadian rhythms, not

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • December 2, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask A VC Boston 2016 networking with over 20 venture capitalists all over the startup scene

  

  Pad but in the shape of a sphere and it goes on top of your car". Towards ... than a block away from MIT campus and I could ask them any question I ... could pitch their startups to the venture capitalists and get feedback on

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 1, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  May we offer you a drink of water? Because you're just so thirsty for what I have to say and all.

  

  , the 350th day in the 50th week of 2011 and 282 days ago, no big deal ... : "May we offer you a drink of life's water, a water so replenishing and ... description of my weeks here and a whole lot of pictures will probably answer

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  fixed by now, but i noticed more jittery movement on top of boats and of ... underground, mining a good amount of gold and lapus lazuli and a couple more ... walked. and so the idea slowly came to me: what if i just kept on walking

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Religious Discussions Yes, there are non-atheists at MIT. But they still like science jokes.

  

  of where you are on your spiritual journey, come and pose your hard ... opposed the apointment of a chaplain, and, as you can imagine, a few ... published on 1/23 One of the speakers wrote on the board, "Is there purpose

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Protocol for MIT Admissions Essays Chemical SOP: Pen, paper: irritant if digested; Brains: gateway to thinking

  

  and acknowledge yourself and your growth, say goodbye to this stage of ... willingness to handle failure Hands-on creativity Intensity, curiosity, and ... , on, in, heavy words which slow the pace and make your essay less

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 26, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  and see if I responded. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can ... groups, Schrock metathesis, Schrock-type carbene complexes, and so on... I ... quite a bit to be desired, and all I really know about the rules of tennis

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  the college of my choosing. On this second and more thorough trip to ... family to go to college, and being from a town that sent few of its graduates on to highly selective schools, I wasn't really sure of what I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 1 Post-decision questions answered.

  

  students posting on the blogs and other message boards are just a subset of ... student and not having won any kind of prize, I have been looking at other ... folders. Do they open them again? And if yes, what impact do they have on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 24, 2005