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• Blog / Admissions

  What My College Essays Were [Not] Unsolicited advice about writing.

  

  shed light on how you think about the world and how you grapple with ... . Often, you have to struggle really hard with something before you are good ... you were just trying to pad your application with random, impressive

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  , the one with the pure 4.0, 2400, 36. The Captain, President, Leader. The one dedicated to excellence and service. Decorated with medals and ... fun with the application. Really, it’s possible. Application Season is

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  Life is back on the MIT track… I ended my most recent blog post with ... with catchy slogans like “Dreamers welcome” or “Wanted: insatiable ... . Working the dream. Moving up. Outside, there are food trucks with long

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  -to-be-(and-still-current-)boyfriend flirting with me over a 6.02 (digital communication systems) pset.  I ... job interviews then applying for more online. I remember playing with ... in Killian. I remember huddling with friends, soaked, holding our

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  Matter Group in collaboration with MIT's Department of Mechnical ... synthesizes modern technologies, with age-old established glass tools and technologies producing novel glass structures with numerous potential

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  college life. Would my sister Skype with me often? How could I stick all my ... Maseeh (rhymes with “classy”). A senior who could tell all about the MIT ... . This time with 2 peers who traveled π hours from Indiana to celebrate the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  wearing a red dress with white polka dots to match her red (pink?) hair. She acquaints herself with the room. I tell her she should come sit on the bed, if ... ,” and I agree with him that it doesn’t have to be. I’m not sure in reality

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  associated with the class lecture from the week. What's really cool about these ... awesome- they had balloons with the equations for surface tension on them ... known for his egg sculptures. We began our tour of chocolate with a

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  to the AeroAstro Centennial (which closed with an Elon Musk Q+A). We ... most of all, bonded with each other. Even though we'd been in the same ... , living, and eating with each other let us connect in a different way, at a

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  My IAP Mugs, polymers, cats, and pineapples.

  

  Coffeehouse 1369 in Central Square with one of my favorite persons in the world ... excited to spend my Monday nights making mugs with a great friend ... I'm taking so many vitamins and washing my hands constantly with the

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  with my friend Sally M. '16, I spent the next few hours CNC machining two ... core design with new eyes.   I declared Course 2 (Mechanical ... these 18 months can't be described with equations or Greek letters. It

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Deadline where I attempt to reason through an approaching all-nighter

  

  . Weekdays are a blur of work and socialization, with lines between the two ... lets one test the extent of knowledge, and the efficiency with which the ... am peeling off a Brain BandAid with every problem solved or line of

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Grads Design the Jolt Sensor to help high school athletes detect concussions better

  

  worked closely with the MIT Venture Mentoring Service and is even a 2014 ... can vote fr their school teams to be equipped with Jolt sensors funded ... to networking with startup funders to spending long hours working hard

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 2, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Guests on The Colbert Report All the MIT guests Stephen Colbert has had on his show.

  

  ) sent out an email with a link to a retweet by @cmsw_mit of a tweet by ... Colbert's interviews with various MIT guests. So basically, there was a long ... 'm sharing with you now. Have fun watching. I included the descriptions from

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s Making Me Happy: Week 2 TableTop, Net Neutrality, Complexity Theory And More

  

  construct an argument, with sources, about what would have happened. Here are ... slowly making sense. Apologies for breaking the Zaxxon rule with this one ... book.   And with that I'll finish asking you guys a simple

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • May 9, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  my IAP with my head in the books, trying to absorb as much information ... - Mechanical Engineering When I was a freshman, I filled up my IAP with so many ... with teaching the class, but this year I’ve been on my own. MIT Hillel

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  , grew up with a classical music-loving mother, and now live with a ... with saying a piece is pretty -- but I've always wished that I could say ... had characteristics I could recognize and identify with a particular

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  the city of Boston. Baker’s annual piano drop (this time, filled with ... travel to New York, wander around the city, meet up with friends from high ... , to dress in cosplay and geek out with other fans, to go to a city where

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Art and Craft of Taking Notes ...take note.

  

  physical sketching something out and labeling it with your own handwriting ... --the atmosphere is rich with fodder for music, art, and poetry. You'd think a place ... 's performance of Avenue Q (complete with puppets) that I went to see it twice, and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Weeks of Freedom What I'm doing for my last 4 weeks in the US!

  

  I make a plan and here's what I've come up with. Discover New Music ... is to continue broadening that range with at least 4 albums/mixtapes a ... related to my major so these four weeks will be filled with trips to the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 2, 2013