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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  the weekends and spent a week at the end of her internship traveling to ... bridges, the Ponte Celestia and the Portanuova, for a military area of ... site layouts and she was given the freedom to size the elements of the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT TechFair THINK Competition A national science competition "intended to motivate high school students to think about problems related…

  

  worked on, and any ideas, through the ideas proposal format. In its first ... and an all-expenses-paid trip to MIT - to the top three winners. To ... Catherine Huang '10 just sent me this announcement and asked me to

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  missed the class last week because we were all THAT sick. And one of the ... saw these two posters on the wall of a bathroom: (And then a girl ... santizer dispensers next to the buttons of elevators on the first floor

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  -obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements ... points (mwah-ha-ha) The number of possible classes are extensive and ... of us have heard the names of (the "warriors", the "dogs") and some

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Friendly Neighborhood Dream-Destroyer "How Could You Work There?"

  for a living. And yes, turning down applications is a huge part of the ... basis, none of us particularly enjoy the rejection part of our job. And ... the only host of America's Next Top Model and RuPaul hadn't purchased HD

  • by DJ Rock
  • May 30, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Homecoming some musings on memory

  

  truly happen once, and I have squeezed out every single drop of the ... which have seen what the campus looks like in full bloom, and the rest of which have not seen that in a year and a half. The torch of institutional

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 13, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Halls are Alive with the sounds of students...

  

  , just more questions, and the lab is the epitome of taking an idea ... and report the locations of the signals. How often do entreprenurial ... ' return to campus, I reveled in the laughter and greetings heard down the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • September 25, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply as a permanent resident?

  , you may notify MIT and send a copy of your green card via the ... citizenship status. In the MIT first-year admissions process, you are considered ... applications from students in the process of waiting for their green cards. If
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  þrym gefrunon hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon… Those are the first words of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to ... poignant account of the Crucifixion (The Dream of the Rood), and a host of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  mathematics are very much a part of MIT's curriculum and culture, so too are the arts, and lovers of the written word are well-served by the Program in ... when I read the Admissions Blog entries of a certain biology major

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  stuffiness and pretension of the Ivy culture. Plus, I was confident I could get ... accepted into the University of Chicago early action, and life was set for me ... of humor to the academic rigor and prestige. It may have been the pure

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  housemasters), and other members of the administration first. You can also try to ... stupidity. Especially if you're distracted by the thought of taking your first ... San Diego to Los Angeles, Flight 264 from LAX to Logan Airport, and the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  courts the first, and so on. We spend time and money trying to identify ... , and do all kinds of outreach--traveling the country, visiting high ... dance that happens between students and colleges where the power dynamic

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Classes

  the classes among us reflections and too many flashbacks on classes ft. ESG

  

  from my professors and throughout the wider ESG community. Just a whole ... freshman lecture size of 400? One of the quintessential features of American ... intimidating as well. Not in the number of people. But because of how I

  • by Waly N. '24
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  for you, and has a zero percent chance of coming with the bitter ... was and did my first open-water swim. It was cold. Seriously, all the ... water, stop hyperventilating, and let the cold take over. But the first

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  I need to dew was to trek up into the mountains of Switzerland and see ... their albums, even the really terrible ones like News of the World and The ... presents, local CD stores, and eBay. Now, I'm not normally in the habit of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  . There were a few giant red flags on the first day. I won't go into all of ... anymore. Sunk cost fallacy is a fallacy, after all. The first week of school ... only be made if I have the privilege of stepping aside, and to be honest

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Events

  East Campus REX Events! welcome to the wild wild west

  

  . Come party with us in the completed fort and participate in a variety of ... variety of harmless water-based weapons and launch an attack on the West ... of the dorms, and an even better time to have fun. We at East Campus

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 20, 2018
• Blog / Events

  DEAPS 2005 Yellowstone freshman year.

  

  huddling in one corner of the tent and leaving the rest empty and cold and ... and after the first I never laid out my clothes to dry on the ground ... ) and looked up. I was seeing the milky way the cross-section of our own

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  ADITL My wednesday.

  

  Watching with Mitra and Sam for the first third. TV watching with Sam while ... the weather. I actually wear flip flops until the first snow, so yes. 8:28 - 8:40 AM: Breakfast made to order, the wonders of having your own chef

  • by Bryan
  • October 12, 2006