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• Blog / Challenges

  Bookends and every time / i leave this place / i'm terrified, terrified

  

  . I had my first day of classes in MIT. There's this saying I'm attached to: when you graduate from MIT, you die in real life. Implicit is ... enter MIT. You die when you leave, only to be born, or reborn, wherever

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 2, 2023
• Blog / Announcements

  A New Year, A New President Introducing Dr. Sally Kornbluth, the 18th President of MIT

  

  In February, MIT President —  and noted admissions blog commenter ... ,[/annotation] MIT Corporation Chair Diane B. Greene SM ’78 introduced Sally A. Kornbluth, the current provost of Duke University, as MIT's 18th President

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 20, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  I can’t feel my face Snowmageddon 2018

  

  tldr; If you like snow and want to come to MIT, read this post. If you don’t like snow and want to come to MIT, don’t read this post. If you don’t like MIT… I think you’re on the wrong page. Maybe you

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • January 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Aliens, Bitcoin, Camps now i know my ABCs

  

  things. First: some of you may follow alien/human (and MIT PhD student ... ) the MIT Digital Currency Initiative and the associated project to distribute free Bitcoin among MIT undergraduates to see how they used it. That

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 19, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hogwarts Institute of Technology Except we have 11 houses instead of 4.

  

  officially my favorite hack ever of my time at MIT thus far. It may not be the ... Night Market, an event held by MIT’s Chinese Students’ Club, Asian ... more attention to them. Despite actually going to MIT, I only really got

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 1, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  yet, you should! http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N59/pressure/index.htm It also includes an interview with fellow admissions blogger Lydia K! http://tech.mit ... students feel while being in school here at MIT. We ran a survey starting

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  [context for the non-MIT folks out there: a pset, or problem set, is MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a ... difficult" - by MIT standards] Dear psets, In the past week, you've tried

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pass No Record, Oh How I Loved Thee. A quick look at first semester!

  

  When it comes to MIT you can put everything you do into one of two ... fun?   FIRST SEMESTER   (Panoramic view of MIT from ESG ... survived, and I'm pretty sure I passed" about a semester at MIT was

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • February 27, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  model of MIT's famous Green building. Interestingly enough, this model was ... would have found this site: http://bad-ideas.mit.edu/ Bad Ideas Weekend ... at MIT. My weekend was unfortunately engulfed by other plans (one of

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Splish Splash ♪ ♫ great programs at MIT and beyond!

  

  people at MIT (undergrads, grad students, professors, etc) prepare short ... something, I strongly recommend doing a program through the MIT Educational ... passionate and pass along their knowledge! While Splash 2011 at MIT

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  I think are worth repeating about MIT. Things that make it such a great place to work and be a student. 1. MIT is very diverse -with no ... probably feel it. 2. And MIT has a non-discrimination policy that is worth

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  If you enjoyed the story of the MIT Blackjack Team -- the movie "21 ... story centers on MIT alum Mohan Srivastava '79. Srivastava, a Course 12 ... Srivastava take the lottery for millions, like the MIT Blackjack Team took Las

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  excitement for being here, at MIT, with some of the most incredible people in ... the MIT Media Lab arch: Perfect start to CPW, yes? :) This awesomeness ... not MIT was too hard, whether it was frowned upon to not be an

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of ... ! It’s been over a month since I arrived @ MIT and naturally, I have ... , in MIT lingo, is “accelerated” Calculus I, meaning we get a whirlwind

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  June 2008 seemed an eternity away when I first arrived on MIT ... members of the MIT community stood on Amherst Alley and Memorial Drive to ... about to fight with a tiger (though sometimes getting through MIT felt

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  For the past six months, I have been truly privileged to share my MIT ... prospective members of MIT's Class of 2012 - foremost in my mind. I hope I was able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  several renovations. What does the bookshelf of an MIT student look like ... How else would I know about all the awesome hacking that happens at MIT ... at MIT. Planner MIT gives all the freshmen a planner. This is mine

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to MIT Admissions' own, relatively young tradition: blogging Ring Premiere ... we first came to MIT in August 2006, and will be once again when we

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  express that something is rare or unlikely to happen. But I work at MIT, you ... people, I'm surrounded by MIT people. This is a good thing for many, many ... MIT grad when... I was thinking about your question and briefly started

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  MIT, with a unique talent for both writing and astrophysics. Perhaps you ... MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing and is now an adjunct professor. Last Thursday, I attended a Science Journalism panel sponsored by the MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007