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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Career Fair Round 2 less shirts and more interviews.

  

  It's been a week since the Career Fair, which still feels like ... amassed a large collection of various colorful shirts and trinkets This ... learning the importance of placing school first and jobs second. But a very

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 29, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  in an otherwise formal job, like taking a selfie before giving his ... , President L. Rafael Reif was doused with ice water from a ten foot tall wooden ... as by volunteers in the audience. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Admitted Student Gathering Thank you MIT Club of Northern NJ for throwing a great one!

  

  held at one of the alum's house and started with a typical question and answer session. A New Jersey MIT freshman had come from her spring break to ... span of just a few years. The gathering also got me really pumped me up

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  /17, we should know this. Please fill out this form, so we can add a note to ... looking for missing documents until we post a blog entry saying that we have ... this form. If you have a recommendation from someone who is not teaching

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Unlikely Candidate Finding the unexpected “right fit”

  

  in high school, she invited me to go to a MIT info session with her. At ... information session was a stellar opportunity to "spend time with my friend in ... , I thought, Wow, this is a sign I don't belong here...   But the info

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Rainboots, Math, and M&M’s Because I have a bunch of little stories to tell, not one big one.

  

  got them at the COOP on Monday after coveting them for a year. I had been waiting for a rainy day to wear them, and today was the day: it came ... like stepping confidently into the center of a deep puddle, knowing your

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Terence ‘13 The second in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  school and to get accepted into a great college. Sometimes this dream can ... family. I’m going to a whole other area." Graduating with a 4.0 GPA ... crime per person." Terence Dalbert: "People have broken into our house a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hits from the ‘90s ♪ Why can't we be friends? ♫

  

  I, like most college students, have a Facebook account. Actually, for ... 's right, I have a Twitter account, but I DON'T USE IT, SO STOP FOLLOWING ME! Honestly, I'm amazed, I have tweeted exactly 10 times in over a year and I

  • by Snively '11
  • July 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  , Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year ... school year, the class council announced its decision of a ring committee ... be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT Spring Concert An annual tradition bringing famous bands to campus.

  

  . Every year, MIT brings to campus a national act to headline a big concert ... from the band (if different). For some of these bands, choosing a favorite song was really hard; sometimes, it was a near coin toss. 1966: The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The State of Things Deflated, that about sums it up.

  

  internet a little bit, and then tip over onto my bed and fall back to sleep ... , slightly delirious, and posed for a quick picture with him before he grabbed ... that I have mastering physics tonight, a test on Wednesday, and a ton of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  All these days I spend away What does "home" mean to you?

  

  Institute. These beautiful, glorious lulls come in a variety of flavors ... in a reasonable amount of effort over the break. (Kind of like high ... the MIT populace as a whole, but I have some amount of work to do - or

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 25, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  After the Storm Thoughts about decisions from someone who's been there.

  

  able to help you get to know MIT a little better than you may have ... sure there is a single "right" answer to that question. I wish I could ... no way a judgment of you as a student or as a person," everyone at MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II ... scope of a semester-long language course, which means 3 hours of class ... can still fake it pretty well in just a language class, since it's just

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  couple of days, and it's time to take a break. As you wrap up your ... a pile of transcript/recommendation request forms to the Counseling ... so memorable - it was a time of reminiscing, a time of thanksgiving

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  There is a whiteboard in Ben's office which was apparently once used ... with a bat." -Christina '10 "It must be finals week!" -Ben Why am I ... you get to choose where you live and stay with something like a family

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  My Mondays are horrible. I'm thinking about bringing a camera with me next Monday so you all can see what they're like, but until then here's a ... a couple of hours, and I found myself lying on the floor of the lounge

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Harry Potter and the Infinite Corridor (updated!) Don't even try to post a spoiler.

  

  ... try the Kickboxing PE Class Looking for History of Magic, try: 21A.211 ... 've never had a professor I despised as much as Harry despised as Snape, but I ... BOOK FOR NINE YEARS ... ZOMG Oh and if you think you're going to post a

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  comments are so genuine and thoughtful, and it really makes a difference to ... longer a freshman, which entails five exams, three papers, and a ... had by all. Meet the Bloggers, of course, was a huge success, even if I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  for more than fifty years, stretching over the tenures of half a dozen ... demonstrated results. The admissions office has a profound responsibility. We love what we do, connecting world-class students who have a passion to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007