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• Blog / Hacks

  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  of my dedication to bringing you interesting campus news and rants, I ... daylight shots have their own merits. The fire truck looks all red and shiny ... ...we've been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... you see the situation from a strategic and global vantage point. Before ... are a great many more of you that were deferred that admitted. I'm sure

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those ... MAKE Magazine and MAKE blog. Both the zine and the blog highlight many of ... things like the American Mathematics Competitions, and science students can

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  What have you been doing lately? SPOILER ALERT: Mostly StumbleUpon

  

  surprise projects for when I get back to school, and watching lots of How I ... the wildfire burning 13 miles south of me. I'm also looking forward to ... masochistic way, I miss the tooling until early morning learning all of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi, I’m Lulu ...a different kind of blogger; I take pictures.

  

  . You'll probably like her better but I hope you like me, too. Most of the ... there in a valley between the mountains, moved to the outskirts of DC when ... essay. I was admitted Early Action and withdrew most of my pending

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  Given that it’s the day before Campus Preview Weekend and I have two papers to write and a problem set to start, it’s clearly the perfect ... much free food, but the opportunities exist (if I only had the time and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  what your favorite study spot says about you badly stereotyping places to work on campus

  

  working on your own and getting things out of the way before you go hang out ... a table. nature inspires you and you love the outdoors, but you're so ... flow and rolling with the punches. you're either a morning person or have

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  're an MIT student, and that there are people outside of MIT who ... forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded ... 'd need to call the main number and be more specific. guy: well, i was

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Candyland @ MIT Not your average gingerbread houses!

  

  My dorm’s study break tonight consisted of a Gingerbread House Making Contest. Armed with candy, graham crackers, frosting, and ingenuity, seven teams of Baker House residents built architectural masterpieces in only an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  So this week, each day of Orientation, the students have been getting a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to ... this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  The PBS show NOVA scienceNOW had a wonderful story last week on MIT Professor Cynthia Breazeal, Director of the Robotic Life Group. It featured not only her robotic "children" like Leonardo and Kismet but also her

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What if my country has a different academic calendar?

  We're aware of the different academic calendar in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and other countries in the southern ... in their home country and begin studies while they wait to learn their
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tell Me Baby ..what's your story?

  

  Red Hot Chili Peppers, despite the title of this entry): Of Montreal and ... 's favorite people ever, and I called Jess the minute I found out I got into MIT and went crazy over the phone. And Jess went crazy back, because she

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  weeks but the weeks seem like days. I'm scared of complacency, and I ... the rest of my time fall into the ether. (And when I say ether, I mean ... part of why I chose my company this summer was because it paid the

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  , thousands of pieces of mail a day. Between the US mail and processing delays ... This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... of admissions decision letters. Joanne writes: Having worked in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  .735: Writing and Reading the Essay. It's my last class in the HASS ... blocks of class, and many 1.5-hour long blocks of class. And no, my ... , and of course I have APO meetings on Wednesday nights... but that's just

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  15.27182 – Lecture Anatomy 101 Prereq: None, Units: 1-0-1, Lecture: M EVE (11 PM-midnight) (iHouse), NO FINAL

  

  Practical introduction to the theory of lecture seating. Revolves mainly around the Oasis Model of Lecture Seating, along with practical applications to demonstrate the concepts. Emphasizes applicational examples, such

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know No official mail date yet.

  

  Hi everyone, There have been a lot of comments in the blogs that we're going to mail on Pi Day this year. This was indeed the case last year, but ... factors, one of which is how long selection takes. And as you know, we

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  . Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend ... -written. Two of the forthcoming entries will introduce you to two new additions ... MIT in the comments section of their posts. I'm disappointed that I didn

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Does MIT offer Army, Air Force, Navy ROTC?

  commissioned from MIT, of whom more than 150 have reached the rank of general or ... group and two hours a week of a hands-on, cadet or midshipman ... MIT is proud to offer Army, Air Force, and Naval ROTC programs on