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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... 'm pretty sure that you're a bit more likely to get a bid if you appear on one ... . How many get rejected by fraternities and what happens then? There are

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of hacking and what it really reflects about MIT. If you're looking for an unusual but relevant introduction to MIT, I highly recommend this video on

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sometimes a whale is just a whale Humanities classes make me roll my eyes sometimes.

  

  . To be honest, I was completely and totally sick of snow by the end of ... different Sam asked if it was easier to get into MIT grad school if you go to ... probably everyone else). It is significantly easier to get into MIT grad

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Some Saturday Thoughts a meandering, journal-type blag post

  

  advance by how meandering and rambl-y this post is about to be. Last night ... depth of my identity. And somehow, I seemed to reach a new level of ... --I worked really hard to get into a place where I would have to work even

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Closer Calls and rising unease

  

  or buy new paper sheets, to upgrade my iPad’s internet plan and most recently, to get a small phone to use while in Nigeria. It always pulses with ... , and second by the distance. We worked ourselves into a frenzy trying to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Second Semester Senior What you should do after submitting your application to colleges

  

  your other work. Mine was learning to longboard, a couple friends of mine tried to learn elvish from LOTR. Search “things to eat __(your city ... . Get some ice cream. Whatever. Use a countdown app to countdown the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • November 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  said to me many times last year by half-hearted well-intentioners who ... , I have to get at least 6 hours of sleep the night before. If I get 5 or fewer hours of sleep, I have to get 7+ hours the next night. I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.2050 – Field Programmable Gate Awesomeness Featuring my “aggressive and weird” cat robot

  

  [annotation note="Joe, if you’re reading this, Fatema asked me to ask you to ... now that I’ve taken the class, I get to [annotation note="Turns out FPGA ... questions, it helps to understand how the computer/phone/smart fridge you’re

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  impossible to ever find and to get into, being at the end of a winding series ... heart-rate monitor to track additional variables. By comparing and ... Requirement, always provided the empty space and mirrors necessary for us to

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Face Book And Study I have been doing all this and more. But mostly not this.

  

  morning to find rows and rows of laptops accompanied by nametags and setup ... their laptops on a couch after a hackathon. Again, we don't get paid to ... ’ve sent 150+ emails and made 20+ calls related to housing, because I decided

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Summer

  The Summer Before College (what not to do)

  

  . Swimming pools and ice cream sundaes.  Long road trips to new places. Countless visits to the local diner to savor every last bite of your favorite ... , are going to be just fine. And even if you do trip and dislocate your

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 12, 2019
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Thoughts from the Other Side MIT through a different lens

  

  ways at MIT where you can get help if you want to. Office hours (an hour ... problem, it was easy to get help if I needed it. We don't have office hours ... with a graduate student to review your assigned work. While I did enjoy

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 30, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Seattle The siren call of real adult life

  

  of getting to them without a car was too high. I've found that the ... well"]seems[/annotation] so small. I want to see new places and ... a masters and/or PhD and go into industry research. I would get to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 3, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  sometimes I get to unleash it. The professor makes sure to highlight the ... , Wonder Woman, and Batman. I've been introduced to many new comics, too ... 'm trying to be more involved in clubs and to meet new people. I also have

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  is no online application for MIT transfer. To apply, you should print, complete, and mail the MIT Transfer Application to MIT Admissions ... entry in the Fall of 2013. To enter MIT as a transfer student, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  REXachusetts Institute of Technology your guide to the daily confusion

  

  where you're going to live, REX is the perfect time to explore MIT’s dorms ... years and upperclassmen, and get a feel for everything MIT has to offer ... . According to MIT's Dormitory Council: Residence Exploration, or REX, is a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT Mini Maker Faire Celebrating STEAM and creativity

  

  seemed to showcase this idea of demonstrating your artistic creativity with ... according to MIT News) it was a huge success! My photography skills are less ... written already, even by people at Make Magazine, and I’m not sure I can do

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity

  

  try and get things done to graduate in June (eeep! real world! yikes ... people are excited by that, because the cold, bleak winter is a tough time ... to handle. The cold though, especially up in the mountains, is

  • by Chris M. '12
  • March 2, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  if you're looking for a new one you can probably find one. Oh and by ... harder to notice them when you're not. This shouldn't surprise anyone, as it's much akin to trying to appreciate the shirt your friend is wearing

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Deep Breaths Perhaps wisdom, perhaps not. See for yourself.

  

  / : -verb to calm down; to release oneself from inhibition, worry, tension ... as you right now. I'm about to submit the application to my top choice ... , but I got hit by a jolt of admissions reality just now. 1. The deadline

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2006