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• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  a "Counselors College Fair" (I may have even said hello to your ... is greeted with generous aid packages. It was also nice to get to ... many ideas, and having learned something new. This year, some of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  a jaunt to Philadelphia We went to the AWP writing conference!

  

  ago, to go to MIT. I was struck by the fact that it would be waiting for ... . “Disaster Management” by Ariel Katz, if you’re interested. It was about two ... different fields for me, new avenues to explore. Right now it seems like the

  • by Amber V. '24
  • May 26, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  you laugh and to keep you from crying. So just remember, when you're ... : Integrated Chemical Engineering 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Lunch/Time to breathe 1:00 - 2 ... was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  . If you're wondering what it's like to go to MIT, it's pretty much like ... treadmill. The treadmill just keeps going and going. You're trying to reach ... to get sucked into the MIT mindset (or as I like to think of it, the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  seven scenes from Paris a simple story

  

  rhythm of speaking to your best friend again, after forgetting—but not ... saw were working on a new rendition of its elegant figure to stack onto ... ’d have to draw, or if they saw their home in a new light, with sharper

  • by Kai V. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Mocktails happy new year new you

  

  break, let's share a celebratory non-alcoholic drink to ring in the new ... , microwave-safe cup. Helpful tip: If you can't get the powder to dissolve, try ... to be in this post!   $picy     Happy New Year! Hope

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  vertebrae that give structure to your neck and can be destroyed by the hit of ... 1949 to get his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rennselaer Polytechnic ... automotive seating manufacturer was approached by Cadillac to design backseats

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  us. And so, MIT tries to get as many researchers as possible to come to this by bribing us with things we would otherwise not be able to afford ... turns, but managed to get back in time within the last hour. At the end

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  gets two reads, what is the probability that both of them read your ... -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if ... ,500 applications this year, what is the probability that one of them read your

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  and ready to mail. And again, you will have to wait to get your letter in the mail to find out your decision, as it will not be online, in ... mail all of the letters together in the same batch; we hope to mail by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  it's good enough to take the place of all your future gifts. :-) I was ... what we want to do with our lives. We're supposed to experience new ... leaving your high school friends and making new college ones. Maybe you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a compilation of creative projects creativity? at MY institute?

  

  anything, and I ended up being assigned to two duos—“Maria, mater gratiæ" by ... through different lenses, or to implement a new feature in Curveship. I ... Charlie gets stuck on the MTA (now MBTA) because he can't afford to pay the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 16, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  a conversation with my mom at 1 am about cacti, writing, meche, and chess

  

  . And I’ve worked to teach myself since then, by getting my [annotation ... that. Also, my little sister just got permission to get her first tattoo in the coming month, so I felt suddenly inspired to get one now. It

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 11, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Second Home You're in your room doing a pset. I'm in my lab making science happen.

  

  new peripheral parts, sadly. Even computers get worn out by the labors ... worm - not bad eh? Not to get into the science too much here, but the ... as a model to see what these genes actually do by knocking them out in

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 30, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  'd wake up at 5:30am to get ready for my 6am-2pm work day (Hawai'i is three ... shop at Don Quijote, and then go back. By the time I'd get home, it'd be ... -year-long passion and getting enough money and experience to apply to vet school and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Tips for a Pleasant Olfactory Experience how to make your room smell good

  

  dorms, it can be hard for freshmen to get singles, since upperclassmen get ... time can lead to frozen pipes. Don't eat in your room – Snacks might be ... when you're hungry, it can be irritating to smell hours later. Take out

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • February 9, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  check your decisions, DO NOT listen to Vienna by Billy Joel immediately ... the furtherest from them, I want your help. Sooo, what I should say to ... ME  IN A MICKEY MOUSE HAT kellen: but they won't be able to see your

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pommes et manus Turkeys into oil, apples into beavers... it's all good.

  

  ! Apples will be provided by your GRT on Friday, October 21. Entries are due ... your floor's chances of winning by entering in all five! Happy Cooking ... to step up and become the floor's new Apple Bake Chair (TM). No other

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tying up some loose ends On getting old and doing things I hadn't yet done in Boston. Also, hot dogs.

  

  began packing to move into my new apartment, for which we've already paid ... stuck in your head for days on end, returned to conducted the BSO (he was ... those papers - which did get finished, by the way, something else I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  comments and questions! Please continue to do so...or, if you're lurking, don ... : "Did you have to do the lab by yourself? no lab groups? Speaking of which ... 's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005