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• Blog / Challenges

  art and work i really struggled with titling this one

  

  - specifically, art that takes a while to experience, such as books and movies and ... - watch the first two episodes to get a sense of what each character is like ... . sometimes i’ll write blog posts where i have a few key points i want to

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 27, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Updates from Admissions The latest from the home office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  

  Philadelphia. On our way to the venue, we saw a rainbow (just a single rainbow). We'll be doing more travel together as a group to meet with prospective ... testers: Good luck next week! For students on the waitlist: As I mentioned a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Almost Famous You probably think this entry is about me.

  

  's ultimately better for society that they put a picture with me in it on the front page of The Tech. Because, really, if you're going to run a marathon ... DID YOU KNOW? "This Jesus Must Die" from Superstar really sounds a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summertime Science Got that summertime, summertime science...

  

  summer, I did as any nerdy sister would do to remedy the situation of a ... here we are, me crufting on the blogs, you not knowing who I am. I never officially said goodbye, and I STILL have that post. I'm working on it. Proof

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 14, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow Day? No Way! I'm totally counting down the days until the spring equinox.

  

  As you may have seen from Shannon's blog, everyone at MIT woke up to a rather snowy view outside. Here's what my fraternity looked like: Fortunately for me, my first class on Mondays is at noon. So the roads looked

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Don’t Dump I got stopped by the police.

  

  Awesome title, right? In short, my Friday involved graffiti, press conferences, and getting stopped by the police. Just one photo to whet your pallet. A series of updates on Orientation and the start of Rush are long

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2006
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Where can I find parent info?

  We understand that helping your child find the right college is a daunting task and that many things have to be considered. We have information and advice that we hope you find helpful on our For parents page.  
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  here, at MIT, on September 17th 2011! Our office worked hard in order to ... Women Rock, but let's broaden the pool of rockstars a bit. The Math Prize ... the country come together to compete for $49,000 in prize money

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Maine, Episode I: Hey Joe The one with the game of ultimate frisbee in the rain.

  

  I assume to be "Be Cool" on the bus ride up and I saw a brief where ... 40 minutes late. It's kind of disconcerting to wake up on a bus in ... not while friends are on vacation in Maine and only get the chance to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 10, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Caltech, Bring IT on Just some harmless rivalry...

  

  From the Caltech homepage: Caltech Pranked by MIT Today MIT pulled one over on Caltech today. MIT students stole a 130-year-old, 1.7-ton cannon that has been on the Caltech campus since 1972. It now sits in a

  • by Bryan
  • April 6, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  head in. Lisa: Anna, does being born on Halloween mean that you're a ... -year-old a short bus ride away. One day, while I was explaining how to add ... . I was getting a tuberculosis skin test, which I needed in order to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Starting over sucks but sometimes you have to do it

  

  —because I have to change myself in order to move on after a failure. I have to ... my job as a puny mortal being on this earth to answer them. In the ... , so I knew what to expect by the time I became a senior. Each round had

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 16, 2022
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  tinged with a deceptive dearth of day to day drudgery (how do you get a ... subsequently danced a jig while waiting to be swept away to MIT, then envisioned ... , incomprehensibly massive on a personal scale yet in turn cosmologically insignificant

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Class of 2009 Ring Delivery The '09s get our brass rats. We think this makes us like, so cool.

  

  attire was "encouraged," so I sucked it up and put on a dress. I left ... . Adelaide sits on the floor in the hallway to strap on her heels. Adelaide is ... As a lot of you probably know, the MIT class ring is a little more

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 24, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  An Exchange Student enrolls at MIT to take classes as a non ... application to apply as a visiting student. Instead, individual faculty members must invite you to their lab to engage in research. If there is a
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  GEL-ing Gordon Engineering Leadership program, that is

  

  those of you up to speed on the course numbers), I’m pursuing a Theater ... robot, never coded on my TI-89, never watched Star Wars. I did not get a ... the campus life center, gently harassed a staff member to let me use his

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 14, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  socially aware hacking, part 2 this time, it's personal ((last time it was also personal))

  

  I wrote a little while ago about a hack on the Dot raising awareness ... . Installation runs November 11th to 17th Commissioned by the MIT Committee on ... doing great on the climate change front. Here's another one by the same

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 4

  

  Barbecue. At lunch, we had a visitor: Akash, a student admitted to the MIT ... chatting, Akash got a call on his mobile phone from another MIT '09, Anthony. Ben answered the phone and they chatted for a little while... On our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 3 Showtime!

  

  finally complete! Djuena then taught us the lyrics to a song in the Ticuna ... accompanied us on indigenous percussion (such as a washboard-like instrument ... an hour. The rehearsal stretched on for so long that we didn’t get to

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 10, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Blogger’s Block a hiatus from writing (but not memeing)

  

  was always trying to process too many bits of life at once. It's a ... challenge because I never had the mental space to reflect on my situation. I ... determined to get good grades and maintain a healthy social life, so I traded

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 23, 2020