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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  You see, the thing about Halloween is that it gives you a reason to act like you’re in elementary school again. You wanna become Doctor Who? Go ahead. You wanna go…

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  year 2 of the course 2 how do you become a mechanical engineer, anyway?

  

  Cambridge-MIT Exchange (CME) one semester program, which would take place ... school but haven't really had time at MIT to join the Tech.  So this class

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Picking A Southwest Flight Seat How to Make Flying Bearable

  

  Entering college has meant I fly at least 6-7 times a year and I sketched up this guide on one of my flights after 4 hours of intense analysis. Or…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 22, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Mistakes & the inspiration we need to move on

  

  My lack of blogging this semester is largely a reflection of how this semester has been going. It’s been incredibly busy, almost to the point to which I’ve just forgotten…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  College Interviews a survival guide for the high school senior

  

  laugh upon the discovery of MIT greek life (but here I am, in a sorority ... years ago I had mine for MIT, and I had no idea what I was doing coming

  • by Connie H. '15
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life Update It's been an amazing year!

  

  Hey guys, it’s been a ridiculously long time since you last heard what’s been going on in my life so I thought I’d throw together a giant life update to…

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Over is the Wait Just thoughts...

  

  , I had no idea what MIT was. It could have been in Michigan or Maryland ... tired and sore. I’m human. You, too. Being accepted into MIT or any

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 18, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  set the stage for a positive next two years at MIT. 18.06: Linear ... improved over the past year at MIT. This class used to be hard; this time

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  charming chocolatier from France. Thanks to my three French classes at MIT, I ... a professor from MIT, here in Cambridge!!! How awesome is that

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / Hacks

  IAP=Watermelon in January I honestly can't think of a better analogy.

  

  My computer reminded me of what we’re all thinking. Independent Activities Period (IAP) is long gone —-> You, like myself, may be wondering why it’s been so long since I…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: It’s Amazing Pterodactyl I'm not good at acronyms

  

  Oh hi there. I’m back on campus now for IAP (Independent Activities Period, but I think “It’s Awesome Pterodactyl” is much more descriptive), which traditionally is when all the students…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 14, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Lesson Planning When in doubt, get Legos involved

  

  You’ve read in my blog entries about the weekly Engineering Leadership Laboratories (ELLs), and one thing I’ve realized since I became a second-year GEL student (hereafter referred to as a…

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • December 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  We often discuss diversity here at MITAdmissions: specifically, the importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like to share a bit of my own culture…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  about. But instead of a police presence, and maybe a trip to MIT Mental ... Capstone courses, and it has to be the best class at MIT by a long shot. You

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I would like to find an astronomer to talk to No admissions. Just good writing.

  

  I just returned from a week’s “vacation” with family and friends. I put “vacation” in quotations not because it wasn’t wonderful – it was – but only because, as is…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Best (Work-Related) All-Nighter Ever Stressfully fun times at the Institvte.

  

  easiest semester at MIT so far. Don't let this scare you, prefrosh. MIT is

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Learning Time Because that really is what we are here for

  

  of my classes is 1.00 (or in non-MIT speak, Intro to Computers and ... papers done. 21M.460 (MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble) – I wouldn’t quite

  • by Becca H. '12
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Art Imitating Art well, at least blogs.

  

  Happy Labor Day Weekend y’all! I’m up north in my ancestral woods of New Hampshire this weekend, but I wanted to take this brief moment of consciousness between an otherwise…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 5, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  Thanks to the carefree nature of my elementary and middle school years, I have experienced a fair share of field trips, including a couple to the Museum of Science, one…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Passions (No, not that kind)

  

  MIT's >_<), is fairly flexible, because it's designed to let you ... . Go make 'em great. Err, disclaimer: Despite being employed by MIT

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 1, 2010