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• Blog / Admissions

  As The Saying About Assumptions Goes… Assume = Ass + U + Me.

  

  "just to get into college" instead of encouraging them to follow their hearts and true passions. I mentioned to the group that at MIT we look for ... . First, an applicant should never assume something to be true about a

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hello, I’m Anthony.

  

  -California border. A restless curiosity sheltered by walls of mountains gave birth to ... , nudged by teachers to bring home the win "because I could," without much ... It's nice to meet you. I'm a new freshman at MIT, a member of the

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  SIMMONS GOT A TRAMPOLINE!!! it's awesome, possum!

  

  set and are MAD expensive. I also need to confirm that getting a ... was passed to get an ice cream machine for Simmons, but the plumbing to ... one, except jump really high. My family used to have one in our backyard

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • December 6, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A lot about course 9

  

  Today was supposed to be my first day of lab work in our new lab space in the gorgeous new building, but it's taking longer to get the lab up and running than everyone thought it would, so I decided to come

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  name a living scientist. I wanted to help counter that a little bit by ... South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview for us! Listen to the full interview here: I hoped you enjoyed me

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  and most photogenic Golden Retriever on the planet. We had to stop by ... by this store. Good people/dogs. i) We booked it back to campus to ... things that you need to know about Ryan, and those things are: He loves

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  remember the first job I ever wanted to be was an interior designer. I drew lopsided houses in school and haphazardly scribbled drawings to proudly present to my kindergarten teacher, who graciously accepted them with a

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  first week class reflections i am home

  

  pretty simple, maybe would only take about 2.5 hours to complete at first ... two problems. it took us 5 hours to complete three. as i type this up, i ... i've been learning was what would eventually lead me to my downfall. i

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 11, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  One Year After Michael Jackson An out-of-place tribute to the King of Pop

  

  revealing about our culture that these events stand out in tandem to me, but ... remember exactly where I was and how I reacted. I don't mean to compare relative impacts and significances for those days by mentioning them together

  • by Cam T. '13
  • June 30, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  awesome opportunity to get hands-on experience that related to what I was ... The other day I dropped off my application to the International Honors Program in the mailbox across from WILG. So begins my journey to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  sleep and dares anybody who walks by to have a staring contest with him ... Meet Dennis Hopper. That was a portrait taken of him by Charles ... Krystal talked about had been picked through and claimed. I don’t like to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Was Great in the 1800s (and it's still awesome today)

  

  Previously on the blogs, I’ve written about MIT’s commitment to ... other institutions to do the same (more here). I’ve also blogged about the ... international students at MIT. The first part displays MIT’s commitment to gender

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 19, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  I had traveled to Maryland (where my mom now lives due to work) to ... travel. Wednesday was 13 hours including traffic by bus, just me and my ... , Saturday night coming back was 10 hours by car, just me and my dad, 1 phantom

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is ... flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to ... -o-clock hour encroaches. sewing shirts Est. time: 1 hour each Shoutout to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tech is Hell we are happy, tech is hell

  

  The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the ... . At the very end of his long effort measured by skyless space and time ... down in a few moments toward the lower world whence he will have to push

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  thousands of documents which came to us by mail and fax. We digitized them and ... College Board to go directly to MIT, we will receive them in time for ... unless we have sufficient information upon which to render a decision

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  'm in Moorestown, NJ, talking to students from South Jersey and Philadelphia. On our way to the venue, we saw a rainbow (just a single rainbow). We'll be doing more travel together as a group to meet with prospective

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Alternative Transportation Fast ride in a short machine

  

  , check. Ability to make R2D2 whirring noises and generate smoke by friction ... pedal and accelerated the motorized shopping cart from 0 to (approx.) 25 mph in the gaspingly brief time required to scream barely the first two

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  closer to the all important yet elusive conviction that I'm doing right by ... . Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet ... light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Punting

  

  Punting is a really relaxing and nice way to spend the afternoon if ... tomorrow. The really great thing about coming to Cambridge is that we’re invited to all the Fresher’s (that’s what they call

  • by Cambridge
  • October 3, 2007