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• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  I do at a nearby lab, or the volunteer trip I took to Africa. or ... are you most likely to ask on a campus tour?  what do you mean question singular bold of you to assume I would ever go on a campus tour

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT XC, looking sharp In which Maggie unveils the most awesome flowchart ever!

  

  feet happy. I also happen to think it makes a great fashion statement...) ... Now, I know I’ve had a tendency to bury the lede a bit, (although I ... before going out to dinner. Running is a great sport, but no one ever chose

  • by Alina G. '11
  • September 20, 2010
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life ... like a glimpse into how MIT students describe their own communities to ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  Harvard and MIT meet up on Thursdays for a nice bike ride to a new ice cream ... cream. A bit afterwards, I began to realize we had gone pretty far and ... going half a mile an hour to get up it. I've never biked up a hill like

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  reawakens - hence the name of the party. We help him reawaken by staging a ... pretty white dress and a crown of black roses, and is being led to the ... hit the floor. Next to her, Mike '09, who I'm sure some of you know as a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  's Lohengrin. Thanks to Zach for that random fact at the suggestion of a "barbarian wedding." There's going to be a great entry about all the fun Mitra ... tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new ... had lots of fun - including a hysterical presentation by an etiquette ... you know why?), and a flower-pot-decorating competition. To kick off

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  of hard to summarize our discussions, but I can send you a list of our ... ' stock prices to test a stock's reaction to the event. Other data in this ... intended for us to practice interpreting data and writing a paper before we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Notes From Atlanta I heart Exploding Bacon

  

  inspire students towards a lifelong devotion to science, technology, and ... designs (subject to a sort of "salary cap" meant to mitigate economic ... against a field of dozens for the chance to qualify for the Championship

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 26, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  by ridiculously fast, and now, I find myself back on campus, wondering ... mentioned in her entry, IAP 2010 is about to begin! People are doing all sorts ... , another is implementing a project in the Philippines, and yet another is in

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT’s Newest Nobel Laureate Can you autograph my problem set?

  

  autograph my problem set. Now to see if they want a guest spot on my blog ... EDIT: Matt mentioned there was a lecture in 10-250 by Prof. Schrock. I ... So it's Nobel Prize week, and this year, MIT has been able to add

  • by Bryan
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  scientific potential with creative vision to build a campus that was extraordinary and vibrant, and to make technological inroads that would change the ... nevertheless always trying to find some sort of point, answer, or solution in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  become the greatest band of all time (well, not quite) but they did make a ... Band Party Plus. Each year, they host a big concert in their dining hall where they have a bunch of bands come bring down the house at the lovely

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do with a bad grade in quantum? What is my life going to be? (Avenue Q, anyone?)

  

  It took me a while to internalize that a grade is fixed but one's reaction to it is not. Like I mentioned, 8.05 (Quantum II) was a rough time ... section that meant a lot to me, though, was: "no matter what, do not let

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 4, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  admission-related mailing from MIT. It contained a form to apply for my student ID, a form to apply for my athena username, some instructions on the ... to one of my (actually Jewish) friends as a novelty item. So then I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Senior Spring a little life update

  

  more classes to graduate, exactly enough to be a full-time student, and I ... extracurricular activity, and I’m hoping to spend a lot of time on it, especially ... optimization problems by Sunday.”[annotation note="to be fair, we do also read

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 23, 2021
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fig. 3: La dolce vita snaps from an extended spring break

  

  embarked on a journey to warmer, sunnier lands down south. Two weeks before ... proximity to so many different countries make it so easy to hop on trains or ...   Earlier this month, here at ETH, we had our spring break a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 23, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sophomore Fall Recap Entropy, Research, and Other Out-of-Class Happenings

  

  . Life’s entropy continues to increase. It’s a paradox: the more time I ... wasn’t sure whether to declare a double major or settle with a minor ... ’s harder to create a set of terrible questions and failing student

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 17, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some F Words ****!!!

  

  a dress to an interview or to work will make me seem too feminine to ... click bait-y title lol)   Feminine What does it mean to be a woman ... ” a bad thing--who wanted to be a girly girl??? Not me! I was rough and

  • by Selam G. '18
  • October 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 1 MITWE (+ FJE and VJE) go to Brazil

  

  heaven and earth behind the scenes to forge a meaningful connection between ... local music and perform in a concert! Day 1 Fast forward to about three ... the Amazon rainforest. What a way to start my spring break! Immediately

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • April 18, 2023