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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights, Sounds, Smells, Tastes, and Feels of IAP photo dump

  

  time, the house is filled with the smell of Scrubbing Bubbles and Pledge ... is the first day of classes of the spring semester. Today is the first ... startup founders, rode an UberCHOPPER for free, and got into the Tech

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 9, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Fabulous Festivities & Fireworks for the Fourth The annual Boston Pops concert and fireworks show.

  

  in front of MIT, approximately in front of the Sailing Pavilion and ... Preview Concert three times, and it's a lot of fun. The Boston Pops program ... Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  brains and look at the neurons, study the resonance frequency of whiskers ... interesting (and for some, some of the requirements are interesting too). Both ... , and in general how have you experiences been with the classes at MIT

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  inspired and jubilant, saying something along the lines of this: "I'm going ... performance, whom I love, and the title line of one of his poems: "Even if ... magnolias blooming in front of McCormick, or the wind and the river and Kresge

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  . (Photo and survival of the author both courtesy of Charles Guan.) ... pedal and accelerated the motorized shopping cart from 0 to (approx.) 25 mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MISTI

  Lost and Found I've been here for almost two weeks, and been lost at least half of that…

  

  flights of stairs from the subway, then looked at my map and declared, "I ... to ask directions, to the first person I saw in the midst of this ... alleviated of their fatigue, and that the smell that'd been hanging over me

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 12, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  at. And generally, the programs that I'm applying to accept around ... for undergrad. So anyhoo, this is just the first hurdle. I still have to ... made the first step. I'll keep you all updated as time progresses.

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  southwestern corner of the city, and supposably there's an impressive view of SF ... length of the church, depicting the 21 Spanish missions and the day that ... the States, and I've been happily living at Berkeley, CA, for the last 2

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / How to Human

  end of semester reflections in conclusion, online school Ain't It

  

  honestly welcomed the onslaught of final projects and exams since it made me feel like I was nearing the end of my coursework and deserving of feeling ... hated the aimlessness and procrastination that comprised the majority of

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 15, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Nourishing bodies, enriching souls and minds There's more to the MIT community than just famous researchers and brilliant students.

  

  Jimmy and Howard Brown. The part of the article that most touched me was ... brothers' souls and minds, members of the Massachusetts Institute of ... enriched DKE brothers' souls and minds, members of the Massachusetts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 4, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Calm in Suburban Ohio sunsets, helicopters, and fruit

  

  and making flowers, so I squeezed a  on top of the cake instead. Then I ... my East Campus room, and attached to the outside of a house). Trader ... , in both distance and average age of resident. I’m back in the Ohio

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 16, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  , humorous, and convincing posts on our Blowback page, all making the case that ... will Alex go to school? -- the will, chutzpah, and bodacious craft of the ... of the votes from making it into the poll. The idea of outing the main

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Rockwell (where Marilee spoke and the Logs sang), picked up some liquid nitrogen ice cream via the Prefrosh Festival on the way back, and I've been back at the registration desk since a little before 10PM. I'll get out of

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  into my first class and sit in the front row like the nerd I am. I wanted ... , approved my classes, and (essentially) said Give it your best. At the end of ... advisor for the rest of undergrad, and he even wrote one of my letters of

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  day. That was also the day I broke up with my boyfriend of one and a ... around 4:30PM before heading over to HMart to have our first meal of the ... amount of stress and work that followed the breakup or if there's some

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  full of finding out about the lives of those who are applying to MIT and ... will be you must move on and should make the most of the school you do go ... with my admissions colleagues and the incredible alumni who interview our

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  rules of writing well. George Orwell's Politics and the English Language ... the degree to which the cliches and tropes of college essays had ... tripping over each other to get onto the page. Sometimes it is hard because

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  Infinite and tracking the intensity of smiles passing by. Students walking ... , and Technology (FAST) and is one of four mood meters installed by the ... faces. SO CUTE. The green and yellow faces are kind of haunted

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  adventures and exciting things to show you. Starting now. As my first ... . Literally. The likelihood of you seeing MIT quite like this is somewhat small ... long line of pilots, you see. My father was a pilot, and... yeah, that

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and ... , we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and ... . That same document (the Code of Ethics and Professional Practices) states

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018