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• Blog / Admissions

  TEDxCambridge! 1. How TED talks can improve your life 2. Recently hosted and filmed right here…

  

  to not only ways I can cause change on a large scale, but also within ... a goal to have my own one day. Hmm.. what's a good first step but to ... we were going to host a TED Conference right in our very own Kendall

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. As you know, the ... Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that aren't already answered on the site) about the MIT Freshman

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

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  that, in the footer to each email, we include a line explaining to the ... admissions cycle: a list for admitted students, who receive updates specific to ... are admits. Earlier today, I was working with a colleague to clean and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s Up With The Mail?!? Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. But I'll tell you everything I know.

  

  to the holiday season, and (2) we had a major blizzard the day we ... same time on Friday afternoon, 12/9/05. If someone received a piece of mail that was postmarked on 12/8/05, this was a postal error - I can

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  the bridge that sometimes detects me as a moving entity. My record on my rusty old bike is 19 mph; I wonder how fast I'd be able to go on a sleek ... romanticize rain when I'm indoors listening to the drumming of droplets on my

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mathisms and other linguistic quirks of the nerd incubator

  

  into lalaland’ (the way that a line tangent to a circle moves with the ... : ‘There exists’ is just a fancy way to say ‘there is,’ while simultaneously making the syntax way more complicated than necessary. It’s just a way to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 15, 2024
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Black Lives Matter until they don't.

  

  . Suddenly I was on the other side of the line, separated from my family by a sign that read “ONLY PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT”. Suddenly, I was on a ... to pop up with surprising regularity. A lot of my newly made African

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  -circles-of-hell-on-a-good-day-was-even-cold type of cold. But seriously, I ... probably one of the more epic things we’d done in a while, and proceed to ... to be taught how to make a snowman, which I feel is some essential life

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cute! an MIT mood meter – Are you smiling today?

  

  awkwardly on the side taking a picture; the camera's hiding my face. harhar ... through can look up to a screen and see if there's a hysterical green face (smiling!) or a mellow yellow face (not smiling...)... plastered on their

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 16, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Making your college decision May 1st! Have you decided?

  

  League school, a college with easy access to a beach, or one with a top ... one of the billion activities going on that weekend, or peeking into a ... . There are a million ways to get involved in a million different activities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 28, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  Class started today and before we know it, a lot of us on campus will ... quoting fellow blogger Elizabeth. Every time I see a baby on campus, it ... to do. And I finally understood the appeal of a semester or year off

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  So we’re actually *identical* twins which is surprising to absolutely ... no one

  

  to a study: They found that 191 couples — 14.7 percent — were ... told they were identical. Here is a diagram to sum up the relationship ... identical, and the only way to know for certain is with a DNA test. If the DNA

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • January 27, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ... two PSETs due on Wednesday) or about how long days can be (9 AM to 10 PM ... . Sounds simple on paper but in real life it is enough to actually make you

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a full week. There seemed to be events going on 24 hours a day! While this ... not, Orientation is also a great opportunity to learn about internships

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Even More for Admitted Students: Share Your Story Another open thread for '11s.

  

  ? How excited? How did you react when you found out you were going to be a ... a month. I was barely reading the blogs, just trying to get two ... ). Only two kids from my school applied to MIT early action - Curtis, a good

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  For applicants affected by natural disasters

  

  ’s understandable that there’s a lot on your mind right now, and the last thing we ... Admissions officer available to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure ... If you’re wanting to apply Early Action (EA) to MIT this year but

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 25, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  the day by which admitted students need to let colleges know their ... decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Residential Life

  Don’t Stop Believing you can take the east camper out of east campus but...

  

  was a little room for sadness to creep in around the edges: as my room ... having a chance to say goodbye, another person I would never again bump ... committee. Last party, on the last day of classes. Last time linking arms to

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  on a team Fellowship project initiated by the PSC... You do not need to ... Fellowship -- you would "need to identify a community or community organization ... to produce a detailed project proposal and supervision plan." c

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  ; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play ... the courtyard and crowded on balconies for the pit lighting: A ... Feast, and at one point on Saturday morning I managed to fill all of the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008