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• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you could track minute-by-minute data on yourself, would you? 4 Weeks of sleep, activity, heartrate, and computer usage data reveals something

  

  impossible to ever find and to get into, being at the end of a winding series ... device (lab computer, phone, athena cluster), or at events, or reading, or studying from hard copies, or doing psets, or tutoring, or at meetings, or

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / IAP

  IAP & Senior Spring ... I'm almost done?

  

  feelings tend to sneak into my experiences at MIT, but I think I've found little ways to fight them off at this point. But, back to IAP. I wanted ... silent at night, except for the occasional other pair of adventurers or

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  prepositions at the ends of sentences and phrases. See how annoying I sound if I ... ' essays. Don’t read the anthology. It won’t help at all. Find a voice that ... ? Minimalist applicants are at an advantage. Don’t over-describe. That shiny

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

  My Last First Month Because I procrastinated too long to say 'day' or 'week'

  

  by comic book writing, now by this) and I'm able to look at media ... bloggers) have said this is one of the best classes they've taken at MIT ... time I've dropped a class at MIT because 1) the amount of information

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Felines of Fifth West meow meow

  

  floor where I live. On this day let us take a look at the dynamic ... generally social and likes to follow people around and meow at them, but if ... to work and just sits on your keyboard and stares at you, which I would

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  think about the boy I met earlier this week, at the light-rail station. I ... at the weed culture in Colorado. I said I thought stoners were boring ... textbooks until I graduate. But mostly, I’m just eager to go read, up at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  flattened into words on a screen. and then i threw myself at the in-class problems, because i didn’t want to start crying at one in the afternoon for ... a few flat words on a screen. marvel at this fact. and then talk to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  've pretty much given up on the first one at this point (I am a shameless comic ... ? Sunnyvale, CA What are you doing this summer? Working at HP researching ... a nutshell? I'm working as a counsellor at a math summer program

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  perfume. Hint: These books exist because people at name-brand schools ... Science program at the University of Okoboji because as long as I can ... rule of thumb is: imagine that someone at a family reunion — a cousin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  students they need to admit. At this point, colleges will begin admitting ... ;unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  family attic storing years and years of toys and photo albums. At some ... favorite thing about the new redesign is our new feature at the bottom of ... randomly into the grid at the bottom of pages, so that new visitors can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  the greatest things about being at MIT. We learn a lot about how to use ... rate, we are no longer alive. If our blood pressure is at a certain level ... .2-7.4…we die. Is it really coincidental that a neutral pH is at 7? Is it just

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  REAL people who, at the end of the day, are still just your [somewhat ... people at least 20 years older than I am. Ryan is no philosophical sage, so ... shoots me a peace sign, telling me again to “chillax” and do things “one at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  street sweeping, knowing which spots will be free at which hours, and ... , that is, or can't find it -- you have to pay it in person, at an office ... out for the day or had left early (at noon!). What's that? You'll just

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  , but transportation is definitely there, though not as much at the ... semester and loving it. Recently I’ve started looking at companies I might ... generally covered in 2-3 semesters at many other schools. It is a follow

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  passion I'm glad I've been afforded the opportunity to develop at MIT, it ... everything we planned. Now I have to confess, when we stopped at "Great Cats ... make a compelling case for themselves. You can look at pictures, but you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... : Organic Chemistry (via dual enrollment at BHCC)A- ...or... AP Chemistry ... you at that time." Some of you have graduated already and have no new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  : maslab has a youtube channel! Snag it at http ... 's team before leaving to start a team at my high school, with three of my ... development. Since maslab occurs at the same time as FIRST does, this January

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  : Great Question “Anonymous Applicant #3’! At MIT, we practice something ... helpful, but only to a degree. Class Rank means different things at ... at MIT have not even attended formal high school. (We have a wonderful

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... translation, and one that you may find helpful is an English teacher at your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009