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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  chocolate on campus, and to bringing opportunitites for learning about ... the surface or "bloom," causing it to take on a whitish sheen or oily texture. (Hence the film you might find on last year's Christmas candy.) "It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  /kimfad/Public/rightsize/MarchingBand/newspaperarticle.pdf">fascinating piece of history</a> from 1978, we see on page 12 that "the band ... player on the left in this photo:</p> <p><img src="http ... also on the new football team as well, and gave up his halftime break to

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  up as a pencil on the Entries page it was probably red-flagged by half ... bring the wrath of higher-ups raining down on the admissions office again ... fraternities...how many boys choose not to join one and what do they miss out on

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy May! Everything I owed you...

  

  runs out the door* *begins epic journey on bike across campus (~1.5 miles ... blogs, at CPW, on Facebook...etc., and as you make your final decisions ... couple of weeks I set foot on campus, I've been involved with the SAT

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 1, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer Lovin’ Tell me more, tell me more!

  

  Matt mentioned on the page had passed, oops =/), and from the standpoint ... (towards the end of the camp, the counselors try to do 30 distinct proofs on ... from the head coach on the third day of training - "Do you think you are

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Paul’s Top Ten Common-Sense College Application Tips Patent pending.

  

  suggested that I should write a book on college applications. Although I ... help you get a new perspective on the application process. I don't expect ... application. On a more personal note, throughout the admissions process last

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 19, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  can access the internet: 1. The Turkish internet cafe on the corner ... has been shut off because you looked up Dan Quayle on Wikipedia!" Then I ... 10 minute walk from my house. They advertise free wireless LAN on the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  extracurricular activity or two, plus a UROP, and still graduate on time and happy ... inclined to waste time on the internet. A blatant plug for cheerleading An ... 've been on the squad. Join the cheerleading squad! It's fun! :D HASS

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  . Anonymous asks: "How many people on the waitlist actually get to go to MIT ... : "What made you decide on MIT in the first place, and what are the major ... come to MIT?and...how stressful does it get on an average day? thanks

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Congratulations! You got the job. You start in 6 months.

  

  rejection and sexism. I am just plain moving on people. Here we go. This week ... , right? I don't think I'm going crazy. On Monday I had my first shift on ... allowed to discuss calls we've been on. That won't be hard- there weren

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Application advice Read this. Now. It's important. Promise.

  

  become so famous due to the sheer concentration of bloggers on the floor ... . "We want to go to MIT?" "So do lots of people!" On that topic, I feel like the time has officially come for Laura's Entry on Unsolicitied

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  “I’ve Got 99 Problems… Admissions Is Not One” Really 52, but who's counting? I know that you love numbers, stats and checklists, so…

  

  , I've been on an AWARD TOUR WITH MOHAMMED MY MAN. And everywhere I go, you want to know the skinny on how to get into MIT. The more I try to ... of your essay. Avoid slang. Use "street cred" on your own time. If

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  On the hallowed grounds of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... on Third East. In the lottery, you are assigned a room in which you ... a space on East Campus' strip of paper spanning the entire length of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Railroad reading A Thursday evening book review that nobody really asked for.

  

  to come to MIT, so I'm a total authority on all of this. Plus, I ... figured I'd pick it up. I took it on an eight-hour train ride back home ... that everybody should probably read it on some rainy afternoon or bus

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m a Muslim Woman and… on this #MuslimWomensDay, meet some p cool ppl

  

  , they’ve become my closest friends, my shoulders to cry on, my ... . Your personality doesn’t solely depend on being smart. And that pushes ... . I struggle with my identity on a day to day basis. Racially and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  the threek post! my lovely lovely year on maseeh three

  

  students to explore MIT dorms and find their future home on campus. REX ... ’t too important, and I ranked it first on my housing intent form when it ... create our own culture.” - Lisa “I don't even live on M3! It was a twist

  • by Angie F. '28
  • May 27, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Every class I’ve taken at MIT RANKED!

  

  others liked are at the very bottom. It really depends on the person, but ... kids stuffed in a New Vassar study room, being on campus during my first ... : Ancient Perspectives on the Good Life (CC.110) → Rank C This was a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 26, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  was the first fly-in she applied to.  Daymé had her heart set on MIT ... in STEM and chemical engineering, MIT was on her list of schools to ... “sitting in the basement with glasses on in the dark,” and she would not know

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 2 our experience trying to prepare for the animation industry at MIT

  

  that we have [annotation note="emphasis on (?)"]kind of (?)[/annotation ... have been reflecting on what skills related to animation we’ve learned at ... cross-registration, watching youtube videos on our free time, or creating

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 22, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  to every class and completed all of my assignments on time. Freshman ... ever taking extra time to do the problem again on my own. I ended up no ... and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014