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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  new trails to follow. For each reference, I made a new entry in the ... joined new clubs, worked with a second UROP, and took on a TA role; and ... Cami '23 and Shayna '23 —  spent the last few years working on a UROP

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  us? Not much, I'm off to bed. But Marilee has a new post for you ... Hi everyone. I'm so exhausted so this is going to be quick, but I ... accessibility of the admissions officers, etc.). We try to connect with you on an

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  is leadership the same as management buzzword alert

  

  across. how to set up a meeting. i've learned that mit also runs on when2 ... provides an environment for students to test new ideas, develop leadership ... : how to delegate things. delegate is a fancy word meaning getting someone

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 7, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  , there's a department-store-sized Goodwill on the way to MATCH that sells ... a thick layer of college-related paperwork on top of that unholy ... 't involve converting to spherical coordinates and taking a triple integral

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  extra spots on the map. We saw a lot of stuff -- took the metro to ... When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when ... to look pretty appealing. And besides, I wanted to keep computing as a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales of a College Froshling Okay, so I'm not a frosh anymore. Meh, whatever.

  

  roommate or a room on another floor; of course, you might also decide to move ... and is already planning to accidentally-on-purpose show up at scheduled ... available to you (such as living group websites and the Guide to Residences in

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 3, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during ... remember all the times my professors stayed a few minutes after class to ... remember taking a weekend off to visit family, to rearrange my priorities

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  , but I'm summarizing because this is a live-blog. As such, on to a ... Barkowitz and I have decided that today would be a good day to ... before so be easy on us, but the way this is supposed to work is that we

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT: Round 2

  

  heading back to Cambridge for a quick apartment move before the start of ... to explore a new area and took a class simply titled “Urban ... the course of my life and set me on a path to learn more about

  • by Becca H. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• FAQ / International applicants

  Can I apply if I am undocumented?

  those students who face financial barriers, we offer fee waivers on our ... that meets 100% of a family’s demonstrated financial need. For more information, check out the section of our website for undocumented applicants.
• Blog / Admissions

  The New MIT Viewbook! Last week, after a year of intense introspection (and a ton of work) we saw…

  

  Taking a break from reading today, I saw Matt's latest post and had to chuckle. In looking back a year, he references this post, in which I discuss embarking on our new viewbook project. I can't believe it's been an

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  'm working on a project that somehow has managed to capture everything that I ... their UROP. Basically, in a nutshell, I spent 2 hours sending emails to ... possibly interesting to me. Not having much exposure to a lot of research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The New Year Barging in on the new blogger party.

  

  on campus at the ungodly early hour of 6:30am, then headed off to the Roxbury area of Boston, home to the largest mosque in New England. But, with ... accommodate everyone, and so the main event (the holiday prayer) was held on a

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  seemed like a solid second bet. Besides, I’m out here to gather new skills and experiences to weave into stories later on. Blacksmithing, as a ... , to make a hook. Repeat that on the other side, so you have two hooks

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Welcome our new bloggers! Huzzah!

  

  summer, we are happy to announce our new bloggers! Please give a warm ... Carolina, who went on a quest to find a Pink Lemonade Celsius near her ... a freezing New England cave. Victor D. ‘27 from California, who

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  sophomore spring in hindsight reviewing my journal

  

  .  I went to Veggie Galaxy, a vegetarian restaurant on Mass Ave, for the ... remember this moment being a wake-up call to check-up on people regularly and ... ."]shows[/annotation] that were on my list. I’ve been ~trying~ to keep a regular workout and

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I Never Thought I Would Join a Sorority ...but here I am?

  

  new group. To make a long story short (one for a whole other blog post ... anything remotely close to "greek life", or in my case, a sorority, in ... new sorority coming to MIT. There was an increased demand for greek life

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer Season Taking things into my own hands.

  

  working on a new project, I'll "think inside the box" so to speak, and ... sometimes. Thankfully, the semester is over and it's on to bigger and better things! So what exactly am I up to for the summer? Well a little bit of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  I Hate Change but at least, I'm creating it

  

  bookshelf more filled than before, a new coffee cart with 16 mugs, and me, sitting on my bed typing a blogpost. I've started waking up way too early ... from). Waking up this early was a change. One I didn't intend on, but a

  • by Paige B. '24
  • February 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  sclerosis, aka Lou Gherig's disease. The challenge is to dump ice water on ... the video onto social media with a list of new nominees and a link back ... , according the ALS Association's website. Reif dedicated the event to Karolina

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014