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• Blog / Challenges

  Twenty thousand paper cuts and twenty thousand leaves

  

  things, I'm on top of things, because everything I need to do gets done and ... , which was weird in the sense that I had to actually get up from bed to ... anything, trying to get things done but never really starting. In the process

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 13, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  overcome their fears, to just pour their hearts out on the internet (rip your ... tinged with a deceptive dearth of day to day drudgery (how do you get a ... meaning of the word love with chicken noodle soup and shoulders to cry on

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist, Etc.

  

  admitted, do you guys get to just relax until fall travel starts up again ... 've likely seen on Matt's blog, we went to the waitlist today and offered ... Oh, boy, I feel like I have so much to tell you guys and yet things

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  incoming freshmen to the new curriculum. And 6.001 doesn't really have a ... . And just to put their own stamp of approval on the class, some hackers ... 't really like the new curriculum, but for the most part, it seems to me that

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Thoughts In which I didn't try to acquire 50 different company shirts

  

  becoming a camp counselor or taking time off to spend with your friends and ... throughout the Z-Center. This year, I didn't succumb to the frenzy of: This is mostly because I've given away far too many company shirts to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 21, 2014
• Blog / Hacks

  Fall Hits MIT… in the form of a Giant Spider! I promise I'm not a blog-hog, this is just too good!

  

  couple babies! But how did the little spiders get all the way to Lobby 7 ... Let's cut right to the chase: THERE'S A HACK IN 6C! Natanya's already told you about 6C, but I'll bet it didn't feature a giant spider on

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  The Abominable Snowman If you can't see the Yeti, make the Yeti.

  

  .) On Sunday when I heard there was going to be yet another snow storm ... base. The next task was getting the middle portion of the snowman up on ... -like strength we finally managed to push the middle snowball on top of the base

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh Sam Guess what? Ben's mom. Ha!

  

  my friends have gone back to school because I have to wait to get the ... horror....) Well, that's all from me. Back to your regularly scheduled ... CONTESSA blog entry to me. I know how much that entry must mean to him

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  collegial idea-sharing, I've returned with some thoughts on how to improve our ... international applicants, and I want all of you and your counselors to understand ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Checking My Calendar I know I'll eat my words come late September, but I'm looking forward to three…

  

  many classes we wonder when they get a chance to eat (if you don't have ... to take on 15+ hours of lecture a week (although probably not attending ... The New York Times has had an interesting set of articles over the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  EECS student Michael McGraw teaches STEM concepts in Regensburg, Germany As part of the Global Teaching Labs program, student Michael McGraw taught Physics, Biology and…

  

  returning to Germany to work and find out about country's culture. On ... circuit to model public power supply using lightbulbs, hand ... to learn about power distribution and to gain a sense of the how the

  • by MISTI Program
  • May 8, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  involved in applicants and prefrosh that it's hard not to get excited ... 's completely impossible. Some people we just didn't get to in time (and it was ... . If you didn't get a phone call, your file was put aside into a separate

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  Philadelphia. On our way to the venue, we saw a rainbow (just a single rainbow ... or otherwise, if there is anything we can do to help you make your ... For next year's prospective applicants: This week, I'm out on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging ... . I'm closing comments on this blog post to concentrate conversation

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling grown up walking in adult clothing

  

  . getting asked questions on slack. having to put out bugs as they come up ... 's evening. on the weekends, most of the time i'm too tired to organize things myself, so if i don't get invited to anything, i stay at home and sleep

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 17, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Reaffirming our support for transgender students in light of the military ban and our ROTC program(s)

  

  on behalf of undocumented and international students, to reaffirm our ... equal treatment for all our students. In the face of the new ban on ... banning the recruitment of transgender people to the military. While the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 3, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  in JPAL, and more. When I would be able to get back to India I'm ... /Math/Computers to the novice monks, and some local school children, and participating ... , postdocs, visitors, etc. from all over the world. I was exposed to big ideas

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  don't even have to leave your room to see people. This particular room ... 335, the wonderful lounge-side 5-room on the 290-side third floor. My door opens up to the hallway connecting my floor’s lounge to the back of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  ceased to amaze. But at this point I imagine you're anxious to actually ... Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG ... lucky enough to video tape. Covering topics from why he majored in physics

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  need to decide on a major (sometime during sophomore year) and then study ... . Ask yourself questions -- enough to make yourself see your own personal ... hands on work or theoretical studies? You'll want to figure out how MIT

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008