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• Blog / Admissions

  Turkey Time MIT Admissions will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

  

  MIT tracking shows a missing component, please fax it to 617-687-9184. Note that ... .T.) Chain Reaction What is the F.A.T. Chain Reaction? Better to see it ... a link, which is then connected to another link and becomes one giant

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  IAP, and trivia answers IAP begins tomorrow.

  

  )! IAP is one of the most fun times of the year. It is a time where ... an externship, some will learn a language, some will do research, some will build a Stirling Engine, among the many options. A couple IAP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Library Battle: Harvard vs. MIT Harvard and MIT Libraries are given a theme topic and each an afternoon to compile…

  

  's a picture of Harvard's Widener Library to serve as a transition ... seven floors. It's home to a GIS lab, as well as the resources of courses ... form-filling out process takes a while, unless you go to Rotch. Hence, it

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Combining the Arts and the Sciences Some of the best science writing is happening at MIT. Find out how to get…

  

  , as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone ... science journalist. I went there just to get a feel for what a career in ... (many) graduation requirements is to get a “concentration” in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  (My Third) First Day In which I attempt (and fail) to do a timelapse vlog

  

  you try to speed up an already-wobbly video to 800%, it becomes a blurry ... -processing software couldn't save me; I spent a couple hours trying to stabilize the ... 's definitely not what I expected to produce, but at least I have a basic idea of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 7, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Snow has arrived and shut down the Institute

  

  a hotel, add two practices a day, access to a hot tub and a television ... dolphins. After a tumultuous journey home due to bad weather in Philadelphia ... I woke up today to blowing snow, the sound of fire trucks (from the

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 12, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  ! Beyond these valuable life lessons, I've also been lucky enough to take a ... to possessing one or more of these qualities: being a simple story ... a bit of a different spin, bringing in guest speakers every class to

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Before MIT goes APE, I learn how to eat dumplings FAST. ...or at least learn how to morph into a dumpling eating machine.

  

  'm not. It has been a while since I uploaded a video, I have a lot of footage...but it needs to be edited. So get ready for an entry filled month ... show... * Please excuse my lack of acting skills :P Credits to Travis

  • by Celena C. '12
  • March 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  freshman blogger, sophomore student a reflection on some new and old things

  

  freshmen that’s inspiring and a little nostalgic. I didn’t come to MIT with ... gifts as a way to distinguish the recipient of each gift. Then sometime in ... got called ‘kebet’ at school many times, which roughly translates to a

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • September 21, 2019
• Blog / MISTI

  Manage Your Future

  

  been a very good opportunity to learn how the economic theory can be ... . This experience has sparked my interest in getting a job related to International ... to work in their chosen field. In 2010 & 2011, we sent 66

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 30, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  spiffy new building every time I walk to the supermarket or to Harvard and when I found out that they were giving a tour to people from the Bio ... Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The sun comes up, then goes away Graduation day with pictures!

  

  weird, and I'm not sure if I'm going to believe it for a while. Thanks so ... -- you have a lot more patience than I do! (I was threatening not to go to ... gave the guest address, and he gave us a lot to think about. My favorite

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Sweet Transvestite "Round of applause for the man in stilettos! I can only run like that when…

  

  Let's start this one with a picture. So, we went to see the weekly ... can get up to Boston on a Saturday night. Basically, the company gives ... in similar attire to mine, as well as a stormtrooper, a ninja, and an 8

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  'm getting kindof hairy, much to the chagrin of my wife. There's a story behind this: I challenged the other admissions officers to a "no-shave" reading ... , a quirky, uber-creative guy who likes to stay up late every night and

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Stealing from the Class of 2016 And you'll have to work to get it back

  

  allow people to contact a large number of other people whom all have a ... happen from time to time. Finally, just as a reminder, we were all ... lists. It's impossible to avoid getting added to many MANY mailing lists

  • by Snively '11
  • September 27, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  classes i’m taking this spring study abroad edition

  

  for this class mostly because the pure math major requires you to take a ... variables it takes to describe a space. for example, in order to describe any ... ), and then adjusting your views or beliefs after looking at the data to a

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • March 22, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  Opportunities Program - a way to do research for pay, credit, or as a volunteer ... , which is important because you have to write a thesis to graduate ... get a UROP in EAPS - generally all you need to do is find a professor

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Hint of fall A Sunday adventure

  

  adventure to see all. of. the. pretty. trees. Through a combination of biking ... the city. You get to check them out for 30 mins at a time before you need to find a station to check in). This general lack of planning and

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 21, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... Andrew Luck:     This is unquestionably a tribute to me ... Ben and Stu once grew beards throughout a reading season, I am, to my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  , to say the least. I've also been out of town quite a bit thanks to the ... we shorten to ICE (because we're so cool.) ICE is a capstone senior ... biological engineering. To "prove your worth" to the department and earn a

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007