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• Blog / MIT Life

  Colin Jackson is awesome So is my life, but not to such a great extent.

  

  the world was like, "Ives, your music sounds like it was written by an ... shaped to remind the consumer of a child's arms folded in prayer. 6 days ... . So I would sit down to write something, like a blog entry, or a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions: Thursday 12/16, 9pm EST On Thursday evening, our admissions decisions will be online.

  

  password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... 've forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to reset it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Early Action Decisions: Wednesday 12/16 Decisions will be available online; be sure to verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online ... 've forgotten your MyMIT password, you may use our automated system to reset it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

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

  

  stuff (by switching to CMS). At the end of that post, we concluded that ... -quadruple-booking-yourself-and-forgetting-about-all-four-things hard Because you’re-too-busy-trying-to-prevent-your ... just finished sophomore year, confused about What We Want To Do With Our

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

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and ... to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UPOP Program and a look at Jay Dweck (‘77) UPOP is a one-week seminar that teaches leadership and work-place dynamics to sophomores studying engineering…

  

  get to network with professionals through networking lunches ... the entry number?) Now to the meat of the story, get pumped! After he ... goal of this program is to teach leadership and work-place dynamics to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 5, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  A Physics Metaphor Featuring destruction! and sledding! Oh, and some serious stuff too.

  

  theory) ranged from rubbing dead cats on sticks to pouring super-cold liquid oxygen over a magnet to playing a physics guitar. That class was cool enough to make me continue in the physics track, so I showed up for

  • by Kate R. '14
  • February 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Congrats Jenn Lai ‘11, Rhodes Scholar This blog entry does not contain video of Jenn playing "Rhapsody in Blue" with the…

  

  did a lot of legwork to try to get the performance videotaped, so we ... guess i'll have to start spelling jen with two n's. Posted by: jen(n) '11 ... Jennifer Lai '11 has won the Rhodes Scholarship. This brings MIT's count to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tour de Frat house tours of pbe, dke, and sig chi!

  

  Welcome back to another tour – and I hope you're excited, because ... only a few seconds for us to be greeted by one of our next tour guides ... thought it would be fun to show what Greek life is like for them. (You can

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 28, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Impressions of a Harvard Class I’m taking Irish Folklore and a writing seminar on fairy tales!

  

  courses are referred to by the material they cover, like ‘abstract algebra ... get from my Irish folklore class to a MechE class at MIT. I’m going to ... bear its name are sold everywhere from the airport to Boston Commons

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 12, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summary of the Semester I'm a senior and it's super weird.

  

  to be a real person. Like a real person who pays bills. But then I paid ... Do you want to see a picture of my cat? Of course you do! SHE'S SO ... : Also, we just announced a new printer - the Form 2. All super exciting! I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 9, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tale of the Midnight Tool! Simulcast in 1337 for our viewers at home!

  

  MIT, rather than work on your ability to recognize problems you already ... smart! That girl you have a crush on thinks your ability to derive is sexy ... being annoying to those around me under the guise of it having no

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  't always open. Everybody wears masks. Many of my friends are gone, off to new ... required. I'm probably going to take AI. Then I head to Abstract Algebra (18 ... . Afterwards, we get lunch at Starbucks and she tells me about her gap year

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  goodbye, thoughts; welcome, semester tfw classes are my saving grace

  

  get used to this new paradigm. IAP was as fun as it was tumultuous. I ... , so I'm not frazzled like I was last fall. I feel like I'll be able to devote enough time to all my responsibilities without feeling hosed

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 19, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  science, and mathematics majors united by a love of cocoa - and close to 500 ... Laboratory for Chocoloate Science. According to their Wiki, LCS can be ... (LCS) is a student club dedicated to spreading the appreciation of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• FAQ / First-year application

  How can I explain the context of my grades/scores, and/or provide additional information?

  would be helpful for us to know about your circumstances, you are welcome ... On the application, there are designated spaces to provide additional context on how the pandemic or other circumstances may have disrupted your
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I defer my enrollment?

  If you're admitted to MIT, you may defer enrollment for one or two years. After confirming your intent to enroll in MIT's first-year class, you will be asked to submit a formal request for deferment to the Dean
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  important items that engineers should add to their personal wish list. Now it's time to blog about something I feel particularly passionate about: public ... snickers, like "why does a chemical engineer want to be an actor, too?" But

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  for providing their take on the Bono article? And now, your regularly scheduled entry.... One of the things I like about being home is getting to ... Magazine In Style--featuring tips on buying your own helicopter and $5000

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005