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• Blog / Admissions

  Yes, we care about your stories Reflections from the road

  college admissions, I often get asked about how hard it is for me to read ... staying to get some home-cooked food from my mom during travels). There were ... hardships to get into MIT (or that hardships are the only way to get in

  • by DJ Rock
  • October 10, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Schedules and expectations The do's and dont's of freshman scheduling, and what to brace yourself for.

  

  Class of '10: getting super ready and excited for school? I hope you ... probably take you a while to get used to college life and on P/NR you ... to use Freshman P/NR to take the absolute hardest classes and get them

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Vivek Venkatachalam- Constructing a Very Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope Vivek Venkatachalam worked with researchers in the Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Lab at MIT's…

  

  's advice to people looking for UROPs is to make sure to look for UROPs that ... at MIT's Center for Materials Science have completed constructing a ... an ultrahigh vacuum. The microscope will now be used to image the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  regrets about college and the pandemic

  

  look for the true source, or at least i wasn’t able to get anywhere ... given information i never had access to. it took a while for me to realize ... about for now  people are often skeptical when i mention this to them

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • September 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  first real snow!! wow so magical

  

  them and was immediately seized by the need to try them, even though i ... snowflakes on our tongues. except for daniel, because apparently he tried to do ... and behold -- snow was finally upon us!!!! at 3 pm i walked to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • December 11, 2022
• 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.

  

  computer program ever. GAMIT How to Get Around MIT, the one stop shop for ... Review and Manuscript Book Everybody at MIT gets a free subscription to Technology Review. The manuscript book is for scratch work on PSETS. How to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  the weather finally getting better, I rallied my hall for a picnic ... admission letters to your hearts in a sleepless fervor of joy, I've been putting pencil to paper(s) and finger to keyboard(s), writing my first

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 18, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  36 Units of Class To make room for 12 units of Life

  

  Lives, and eager to figure things out. For those that haven’t read it yet ... stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that ... really embody the word maximum, made it difficult for us to go through with

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 13, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  , however, get a fairly decent photo of those people who decided to watch the ... it. I know I will be. Really bad photos to follow. Also, if you ... by the moon") is completely inappropriate, I will be very impressed

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tetazoo is not a Hivemind Haha... just kidding... unless?

  

  up for the freshmen and other hall newcomers. We have tasks to complete ... ’re moving locations, so I’ve got to get going; the clock is ticking. Wish me ... soon), but right now I’m coming to you LIVE from from Tetazoo’s freshman

  • by Powers '23
  • November 24, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  was a long trip.) I'd been to Paris before, but I wanted to ride the Eurostar train through the Channel Tunnel, referred to by some as one of the ... -Elysees Here's a small tip for your next visit to the Eiffel Tower: Don't go when

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  write moving your mail closer and closer to your mailbox. We have mailed ... received a decision by Wednesday. On Friday, we'll begin giving decisions over the phone to the applicant only. People have asked about the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to ... wood. This year, some of our wooden structures were connected by bridges

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  the npc life office hours with lupe fiasco

  

  various ridiculous schemes to get in, since we were sure it would be ... up with that on the spot? Well, you do get to rhyme things with your ... . . . there's rapping in this class." Being flip wasn't going to help me get in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 26, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Alpha Phi Omega Leadership, FRIENDSHIP, Service

  

  't enough for you or right for you, it's easy to start your own. Some past ... to walk rush from my 6.336 lecture in 10-250 to the 6.131 lecture in 34 ... to much around me, when suddenly someone said, "Hey, Kim! Want a roll

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  "I like to build things. What can I do to show my stuff?" I get this question from time to time. Many students know that math students can do ... for inspiration? Let me introduce you to a few really wonderful

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  looked forward to entering ~introvert hours~ all day... alas. A chase for ... ='with the Accelerated Materials Laboratory for Sustainability, headed by my ... so tonight midnight +-2 hours seems like the best time to view for the

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  I saw a turkey the other day… hello, world!

  

  and I had just woken up to go for a run, so at the time I pegged it as a ... ...which may not be a big deal to most of you, but since I was on a ... their behalf). One of my favorite places to run in Boston with the cross

  • by Alina G. '11
  • July 14, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  the senior mindset gnothi seauton

  

  ="Sort of. I'm probably sticking around a little longer to get a master ... 'm cataloguing them all for a blog post, but it's not ready yet; I want to collect ... down to this. I know what's best for me. I know that what's best for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  education is perfect for the modern word. With the ability to outsource ... -based course led by Professor David Wallace. 2.009 is required for seniors in ... The Festival of Learning is an annual event organized by the MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018