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• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  they get to the author. --- CPW has been by far one of the best ... to hell" with an arrow pointing to MIT, but I'd have to get on the road ... attention to myself. By the way, those boards are amazing. The professor

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  BEST WEEK OF 2007 ...a self-rewarded happiness.

  

  by a little I mean a ton. I was invited to interview for my PhD at my top two choice schools!!! Needless to say, I did a happy dance. Still ... than when I got into MIT for undergrad. I knew I was going to get into

  • by Bryan
  • January 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  End of May updates More waitlist admits, no ARML, Bollywood in Boston, technical theater at MIT.

  

  remain on the waitlist.Unfortunately, I have to take back what I said in a previous entry: I am no longer able to make it to the Penn State site of the ... math people. I'll be seeing you.To answer some recent comments: Boston

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Examination Nation 9 hours to prove that I learned something this semester.

  

  live with thermo by my side. Then I spend so many nights getting all the ... Materials II Before I begin to arduously study for my 1:30 final, I thought I ... morning. To: Bryan From: Matt Sung to the tune of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will

  • by Bryan
  • December 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... 0.57 miles long, cost 500 million euros, and took six years to build and over eighty to plan. It functions as a giant bathtub, connecting two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Random Post While Reading Apps. Because we need some new posts...

  

  with the life of the Admissions Counselor at MIT, here it is: We get applications, we get a lot of applications. We then need to read those ... . Its a long story. Ok, I need to get back to reading. I have a lot of

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Angry Birds Fly at MIT Students construct trubuchets, catapults, and air cannons to take out the dastardly pigs on Killian…

  

  Mechanical Engineering course 2.009: Product Engineering Processes took to Killian Court (the big grassy quad by the Great Dome) to fire birds at pigs ... to fire I'm sorry, but this is the best action shot I could get -- it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 8, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  by ridiculously fast, and now, I find myself back on campus, wondering where the last two weeks went - and getting excited about IAP :) As Jenny mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How good are the academics at MIT?

  in the class and go work together to get it done. We do this because ... MIT is one of the best places in the world to be a student ... , all classes at MIT are taught by distinguished professors because we
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  head off to college. I'll often get emailed them, though this summer I ... ask me about (i.e. "Do any normal students get admitted to MIT, or do I ... the present day: this story was emailed along to me by Ellen Stordy, who

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Essay-M A representative collection of an MIT student's best writing samples.

  

  MIT application essay. I figure it's getting to be around crunch time ... specifically, I'm going to lead by example by posting some of my own writing ... get good schooling. I will go to college for six years, get my Master

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: The Snowsical The blizzard of February 13th

  

  plowing makes it easier for me to get to my class which starts at three ... , walkway, and a red thing... its uhhh, getting harder and harder to sing ... ;     an original musical by Erick '17    

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

   you have the length of an elevator ride to pitch an idea. You can't get ... from a direct application to an employer. Everything elsethat they ... networking is to talk to people. Well actually, there's a little more to it

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  much too busy laughing. By far the funniest moment to me, although it may ... by Donald Guy Oh I wish that I were back again at Tech.. Well, we ... ’m ready to head back to the ‘tvte. Though I have some great

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Community Projects

  Guest Post: Simmons Hall Finishes 18,239 Piece Puzzle in 40 days and 5 hours

  

  getting, we had one picked out and ready to order. The first day was a huge ... that this was going to get done. People’s level of interest was a truly ... , to President Reif stopped by at one point or another to check up on our

  • by Erick P. '17
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Things I Wish I Knew Coming In in retrospect,

  

  attempting to understand language by lysing the words and fractionating the ... to get a feel for what different research areas are like. Get to know ... figure out why. Get to know your PI(s). You want to get your name on a

  • by Abby H. '20
  • August 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  A Random [Hall] Sophomore’s Guide to CPW OMG! CPW! OMG! CPW! OMG! :D

  

  stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me) I ... you stop by Random Hall (and I happen to be home, and you recognize me ... , according to random people polled by Randommites outside of Random Hall

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  other and getting yelled at by the Sheriff for being too close to the ... ’re women. Did you expect this to be simple? By the time we get out of our $9 ... required to get across the bridge, even if you take Saferide, is sometimes

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/15, at 12:15 PM EST

  

  them personally to your house - you get the point. However, following ... officers have tried to mix in healthy snack choices (radishes or carrots) into their consumption, but the loud mouth-crunching tends to interrupt

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall 2024 🍂 aka, things settle down.

  

  hardware language, even though we didn’t get to work with hardware :( I ... . Although I didn't get the chance to take this class with Professor Sheffield ... my friends and I affectionately referred to by his kerb, elmos

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • February 21, 2025