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• Blog / How to Human

  how do i button up this coat? a clothing conundrum

  

  + connections on LinkedIn, but he says it's because I dress like a kid, to which I ... coat outside in the process, to create a collar). then the buttonholes on ... 's true; I used to wake up at five a.m. even though school didn't start

  • by Rona W. '23
  • March 29, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  She works hard for the money So hard for it, honey.

  

  be able to hold a job and successfully complete their schoolwork, so I ... the less money I had to beg from my parents, the better. They paid a lot ... having a job impaired my ability to do my homework -- in fact, I've found

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  From the eyes of a newly minted EC A flashback++

  

  on the weekend. With that said, I began applying to colleges where I ... calling to congratulate me on being accepted to MIT!!! zomg were they ... So I'll admit that I haven't written in a while, and sadly, I have

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  a normal mit, and i didn't want to spend one and a half more. it ... to study somewhere else, but this isn't it. in a stroke of ... psychiatrist put me on a higher dose of sertraline. instead of taking one tablet

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laurie Burns: Studying Triple-GEM foils Senior Laurie Burns is conducting a comparative study of foils used in triple-GEMs.

  

  if a few electrons were to come near the foil, the charge on the surface would be amplified below. It may be easier to think of the GEM as a ... well-known physical principles. When a voltage is applied to the foils, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas ...and the universities that encourage them.

  

  things. For me, there is nothing to be said for locking yourself in a room for countless hours solving really hard puzzles on little to no sleep ... much of Bad Ideas, unfortunately. But I did make it a point to go to one

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 30, 2008
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Waitlisted

  

  A lot of students applied to MIT this year, and unfortunately, we just couldn't accept them all. We have placed a small number of students on the waitlist. If you would like to be considered for the waitlist

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• FAQ / First-year application

  Does my transcript count as official?

  entity. Our Transcripts page has information on how to have your counselor submit your transcript to us. Please note: If you send us a copy of your ... and processed, we will add it to your application as a placeholder until
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  -post-finals-limp-noodle lethargy aside with a song. Not just any song - a chemistry song. On the last day of 5.12 (organic chemistry) our professor offered a free t-shirt to ... chemically and lyrically acceptable to say 'get your H on' or 'get your benzene

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Now An Option for RBA Freshmen Next House's freshmen, starting with the class of 2012, can now participate in REX. !!!!!!!!

  

  .. can I have a look at those?" She says, "No." "Oh, and also, you have to ... - freshmen are temporarily placed in a dorm, then given the choice to relottery ... and illogical to keep a few freshmen out of the rest of the system. In

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 30, 2007
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Things I Know to Be True: Addendum One A post I hate, and some truths from my first year at MIT

  

  to Be True. It was meant to be a simple introductory post, and I ... artifacts of reality crashing to the floor. If it was a creature, it would ... won't like in the future. As a challenge to myself, I'm putting my

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / MISTI

  ~*~Thoughts Are Like Traces of Birds In Heaven~*~ (P.S. I finally added pictures to my last entry - sorry about the delay!)

  

  I blogged, I was on a train from Darmstadt to Salem; since then, I ... 'Germany 2010' album on my computer currently contains 1,563 photos - and a ... yesterday that I took a train from Berlin to Frankfurt - for what is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  working to establish a Standing Committee on Investment Responsibility that ... documents that would come to be known as the Pentagon Papers (Ellsberg was a ... ; activism has largely been confined to a few small groups, many of which have

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-contest: Your Application Reflections I'd like to share your application experiences.

  

  I'd like to publish on this blog some of your reflections about ... for you to share your thoughts and feelings with a broader audience. My ... applying to college. A funny moment while filling out applications. What it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  previous entry that a little over a week ago on 5th East we had one of our ... feeds on our suffering. Hey, it's MIT, you need something to feed on your ... there's not enough suffering for him to feed on. Once term starts, he

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  put on a strong front to avoid feeling the disappointment of the ... in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions elsewhere, and who ... rejected from MIT, but went on to become themselves and do interesting things

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Gerald Fink’s “What Is a Gene?” one of those cool talks that happen at MIT all the time

  

  a gene is because of our newfound reliance on computers to find them ... for fun. I am a nerd. I don't think I became a nerd UNTIL I came to MIT ... grabbed a program to read while waiting for the lecture to begin. That

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 11, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Flipping Failure an IAP update

  

  Failure. In this workshop, I and other participants worked on developing a ... MIT. After debating between a couple of topics, I chose to tell a story ... the downs. I am glad I got to be a blogger over the last two years, and

  • by Paige B. '24
  • April 28, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  to say, take a look at admitsphere.org. Admitsphere was devised by a ... a central, open-source, online hub that high school students look to ... near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012