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• Blog / Athletics

  Go, ninja, go. A four hour tour of Boston, with Gilligan, and the Skipper too.

  

  year. Maybe your friends have promised to take the bus out to Wellesley to cheer you on. Maybe your parents promised to come up and watch you ... --there's a nice one in Cape Cod. Take the Bolt Bus down to New York (not the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  moral: there is more to MIT than earning your degree. Without further ado ... bring in speakers, travel to New Hampshire and Maine to observe, and are hoping to conduct a research project with Harvard this fall. On Wednesdays

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Flood, an Ark, a Third Word I Am Missing Sophomore year starts out a little wet, and what is a community, really?

  

  ’t blagged since the fall semester started due to trying to get on top of ... , thanks for sticking around, and to new ones, I hope you’ve been enjoying ... impacts have you made on your community, how could you make your community

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Central Ohio Summer Send-Off Event celebrating the Infinite Connection

  

  sure to check if there is a Summer Send-Off Event in your area HERE ... The first MIT sign appears on the corner of the gracefully named ... . The marker points to the location of the MIT Club of Central Ohio Summer

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  XREG

  

  you for your birthday wishes =) I'm in the office today, reading applications as well as giving a presentation on MIT & admissions to a group of 175 juniors who are doing a college tour of New England. It was fun

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 5, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  The Gender Problem Reflections on a year of Silicon Valley upheavals and confused HR departments.

  

  tied to any high school. We were the only 2 girls on a 8-person team, and ... , very strange year at Uber” on her personal blog. The post quickly went ... my FIRST Robotics Team. “Why do you want to spend your birthday in a

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 8, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  school friends who happened to be on break with me. Oh, and eating REAL ... can now vote on your favourite "FIRST anthem": http ... you're coming to CPW, be sure to check your schedule for open houses and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  controller, using an accelerometer to detect steps on a virtual piano keyboard ... wires, you can suspend the cube between your hands. Each face on the cube ... -Saëns' The Swan on it as a nod to the very first lecture, where Ian showed us a

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT: Coding over Cookies sights from the hackathon [pictures inside!]

  

  motivated to build the skills to become a hacker by next year's HackMIT. New ... flocked to HackMIT to crowd themselves into a gym for 30 hours and make ... a steady flow of snacks that ranged from burritos to late

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 13, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host ... hear from your CPW hosts tonight or tomorrow. Even if for some reason you ... the CPW Closing on Saturday was me and Samuel L. Jackson reciting lines

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  The Quest Continues and into the open world i go

  

  all actually happened. But it did. When you’re not actively making new ... translate to a day in my life where I feel like I'm on top of the world, doing ... 't really relevant to my life anymore, so I think it's time to set some new

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 29, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  putting on too much makeup to joining a club to enhance your applications ... 've already compressed your life into four lines on a piece of paper and sent it out with your heart to a bunch of strangers. A little scary, isn't it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Roundup Some Links to Summarize this Summer

  

  . You're young." Rob says the same thing. Also: "Commit to it." I've heard that before, too. "Commit to it," he urges when I step on the gas. I ... Santa Fe, New Mexico   What: Working at Surroundings and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Your Dorm Room a Piece of Art! [by Elise '14]...and how MIT'll help you!

  

  . Most dorms allow you to paint your walls. Simmons allows it as long as it ... if you aren’t artistically inclined, you can get your hands on ... weight of any furniture you’d like to stack on top of it. These

  • by ARTalk
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  anything, and as a result, the burden rests completely on your shoulders to ... your hall to get things done. Two people working on a problem set ... and an A on the assignment -- heck, I could. But if you try to do that

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  dealing with loss it ain't easy

  

  I visited Japan on exchange for the first time. he lived right next to ... condition worsened rapidly. on April 3rd, my mom came to visit me at MIT and ... . on Thursday afternoon, I returned to MIT for CPW. I'm CPW chair and was

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Last Look Back 201920192019

  

  as a New Englander now?) 29) Went to Salem, MA on Halloween Weekend ... With a little less than an hour to go to 2020, I'm feeling some kind ... land that is Texas. I've been catching up on some much needed REM and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Checking in with EA Applicants because I just saw Chris' post, and you probably did, too

  

  . Sometimes, students here live for weeks on a deadline-to-deadline schedule, so ... ’s hard anywhere to achieve your dreams. It’s going to be a tough ... to show you why MIT is not the goal. From The New York Times, &ldquo

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 8, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  my problem list weird brain things

  

  least.) anyway, every day i'd wake up to a new message from someone ... said. "i think it should be on your chart? maybe you just can't see it ... -diagnosing depression this WHOLE TIME, and you're telling me i've actually been going to

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 8, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  compelled to log it here before hitting the sack... Please, please, don't take the MIT admissions decision as any indication of your potential. You are all superstars, truly. And each of you is going to make the

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004