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• Blog / Hacks

  Hack to the Future all futures have a past, and all pasts have alternative futures

  

  remembered that we can. All futures have a past; indeed, one reason we do ... future, arriving in the same place, at a different time, to save the future ... , October 21st, 2015, I walked into Lobby 7, and was greeted by a hack; a hack

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things besides reading applications to MIT. One of the things I enjoy doing in my ... , Stephen Colbert interviewed Richard Hersh, a former university president who

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Awesome Autobiography in rage comic form

  

  have learned now in my advanced age. On the same day, in a very different ... a tesseract - an 86 year old man posted his autobiography to reddit in rage comic form. I don't actually read reddit, but most of my friends do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  mean...) school is open tomorrow, so it's back to a mostly snowballfight ... !!! (The state instituted a ban on cars from 4PM on 2/8) There is kind of a lot of snow now -- and the only vehicle is a plower. Nothin' to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  World AIDS Day 2008 Spread the word.

  

  lighting up with little red ribbons as well. Do your part, spread the word, spread awareness, wear a ribbon, post a ribbon. There are also some events around campus, including a "film" screening by lbgt@MIT. Tonight at 5

  • by Snively '11
  • December 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  aren't expecting. I plan on doing a bit of that myself actually, so ... ! Please excuse the lolcat/EECS reference, it was a necessary evil. Surprise and happy New Year! There's a new kid on the blogs, halfway through the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  before I graduate... basically this means I have a lot to do in a very ... flew in from Texas, we now have the beginnings of a competition routine ... bodies. One of our flyers, Ami '06, looks like a leopard because she has so

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  you can’t be everything to everyone you just can't

  

  friday night was the beginning of teammate hunt, a puzzlehunt written with ... to work on the hunt. so i was looking forward to it for quite a while ... field a team for puzzlehunts and work together for a weekend. i did work

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 8, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  and L.L.Bean duck boots are popular.  Since I do a lot of hiking ... ^ how not to do it.   "Help! I'm from [Los Angeles/Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  sitting at home with nothing to do for a couple of days was definitely a ... spend a bit of my time at home stressing over all the work I wasn't doing ... -filled time, a time to relax, hang out with your friends, and have the

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  children? If not (or if you are a male), do you expect your spouse to take ... decision the most? If you are a male, do you plan on putting your career on ... across a front page article titled, "Many Women at Elite Colleges Set

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  An Origin Story Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Jinchūriki

  

  after that, but I do remember everything going dark. A few days passed ... start at the beginning. Now that I think about it, the beginning makes a ... students who are about to start a new chapter in their lives. So, where’s my

  • by kellen manning
  • January 28, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  from whom you received the best grade. You do not need to choose a senior ... recommendation -- one from a math or science teacher ("Evaluation A") and one from a humanities teacher ("Evaluation B"). If you are applying this year

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT, You Make Me Wanna Wait! Between high school and MIT, I took two years to travel and work as a…

  

  sitting in a classroom, but you’d be doing a ton of that "other" kind of ... are as a person, and what you were put on this earth to do. It’s a fact ... CPW. There will be several of us, including a MIT professor, talking

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What Is Your LΔ? What about heart? What about determination? What about resilience?

  

  ? Did you do a realistic self-assessment? Did you view the decision as a ... tell us how you will do? To get a more balanced view we ask you to also ... possible. You can imagine how disconcerting this can be for a social

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  to do in Cali. In other words, I had to find a job.... On the eve of x ... campus to dispense food and swag to interested students. We even have a ... Friday!   It’s even crazier if you’re a first-semester freshman and

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  certainly a valid question, as some colleges do track this type of information ... You may recall back in March of this year there were a couple blog ... a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions for 2016 And what I gained after a semester at MIT

  

  I have something of a love-hate relationship with 2015. Last year was ... second half of the year I was thrust into a new, thriving, churning ... ’m on a completely different path than I was last January. Most of you

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  when just doing so for a single day was excruciatingly boring, so i might ... took a break from school that spring to do an internship, i told people ... where we want to be. R: Which is? Where do you want to be? B: Taking it a

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• FAQ / Interview

  Do alumni conduct interviews?

  MIT’s Alumni Association is involved with everything MIT—from providing admission interviews all over the world, to sharing in commencement exercises 50 years after their own graduation! They’re members of one…