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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  , watching these dioramas pass by your face as you are listening to this ... started out by going to the Whitney Art Museum. We got to see three of the ... events and is a great way to join an artistic community at MIT!  One of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  Here’s a little tribute to lobby 7. Since my start at MIT in January, I’ve walked through this lobby nearly every weekday to get to my ... taking pictures in front of the seal. I’ve stopped to watch the practice

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What do you do for fun around here? What,this isn't fun to you?

  

  . As I walked her around the myriad of different labs that serve host to ... me off guard. To me, this was fun. I get to spend every waking hour (which I've traded a few sleeping hours for at market price) surrounded by

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 9, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  tries to remember my blogging username/password. So then, where have I ... applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email), though I've been sure to take some downtime for Heroes, Veronica Mars

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  years: we notified 30 students by email that they have been admitted from the waitlist. Thanks to some good yield prediction this year, using the waitlist became a reality. We worked all day today as a subcommittee to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The First Four Days of the Next Four Years (Guest Entry) "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two"

  

  of my most exciting moments to life.) I started my CPW experience by ... By Li Brunetto '12 "STUDY. SLEEP. PARTY….pick two": this was ... at CPW, I came to understand the meaning and context of those words. My

  • by Bryan
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How do you know when you’ve chosen the right major?

  

  Sometimes I get so engaged by a project that I forget to eat. Yesterday, I woke up at 7:35am.  Starving, I got a sandwich to-go at the Student Center and then trudged off to the basement of Building 35. Along

  • by Michael C. '16
  • October 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  , MA 02139. Please mail excess pillows to address above. 9:20 AM: Conduct first-hand research on the process by which humans die by freezing. Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  feeling old and coming home

  

  BC. I'll check to see who's around, hang out for a bit. I'll make tea ... places students in schools abroad to teach short courses"]GTL,[/annotation] like so many of my friends had, but my desire to spend time working on my

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • February 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  opportunities to hang out by the river and actually get to know the city. I spent ... different options next summer... thanks." In response, I have to say that my situtation is pretty unique; since I live very close to the NIH, working here

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... the history of England, largely thanks to the catchy verses that were written to vilify them. To this very day, much of the United Kingdom

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• 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…

  

  have the official form that you'll need to sign and send back by May 1 ... '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

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Great Snowball Fight of 2013 fame. glory. snow. killian court.

  

  of the movie was a little joke by Pixar. And I refuse to bow to the ... 's that time of year that meteorologists call winter, characterized by snow ... of snow on MIT: What better way to celebrate than with a giant

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  : 4, graded Final Exams: 0 This class is also taught by three different ... recording of it. Tidbit #2: Professor Yaffe is also an MD. Thus, to prove it to us and also demonstrate the effects of EDTA

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  to take in life, and how we should do things that we like, not necessarily things that we are expected to do, etc.... and then when he spoke ... that there are still no answers to the most basic questions. Physics

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  ; Each year, fall semester seems to pass by much quicker. Maybe coming off ... TO SET THE MOOD: Eyes SHut - nocturne in c minor - Ólafur Arnalds ... excitement and optimism. We're recharged to take on the semester again, excited

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exhibitions@MIT [by Leah Brunetto '12] Something different amidst displays of scientific progress.

  

  [by Leah Brunetto '12] No matter what your background or level of involvement in the arts, MIT has a lot to offer. Aside from the numerous student ... am a freshman (soon to be sophomore!) very much engaged in both the

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  us on this blog. Marilee, Stu, I, and the other guests hope to each write once a month or so to tell you what we’re thinking about, working on ... to getting to know you. To tell you a little about myself, I’ve had

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Though I usually try to avoid being serious on the blogs, I've always felt truly honored to be an MIT admissions blogger, and by 'always' I ... doomed by a lack of substance. I can't be boring. It's started to carry

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  supposed to vote on slogans advertising a party thrown by Hillel, but I do ... game can never possibly end. Though I tried to help out by eating the pot ... -mails describing their kosher chili cookoffs, invitations to the sukkah they set up

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005