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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  dream life. Well, no! No! It’s not fine at all! The first few weeks of ... at home, doing nothing, being nothing. Eternal nothingness. I did ... occasionally at my high school, which was a walking distance from where I lived

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Better Late than Never I wrote this post a week and a half ago. Note that the "better late…

  

  week. -Twelve jars of tuna canned at home by loving mom and sister. They ... confused at high speed than standing still for weeks on end. My 5 ... love my classes--but that doesn't mean I'm not completely wiped out at

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  restaurant hangout for the students at Lima High School. I am here to say that ... years out from a company start date. At MIT’s spring career fair at the ... the “other side” of hiring at the MIT career fairs. Both of them agreed

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  The Real Deal no impostors here

  

  actually smart enough to perform at this fabulous school with you amazing ... after they learned more about their fellow admits. Online, at CPW, and ... admission and high achievers, and especially at graduate school (one grad

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 27, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Q&A: Food on campus, UROPs, decisions Qs from prospectives and prefrosh, As from me.

  

  else) You're free to eat at any dining hall: the meal plans are not dorm-specific. If, for example, you lived at Simmons, you could eat breakfast there ... eat dinner at Next House. Even if you're not on a meal plan, you can

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  In fifth grade, everyone at my school had to pick an instrument to play in either band or orchestra. We had "tryouts": we took a shot at ... ANY NOISE! Matt stared at me. He stared at the flugelhorn. He reached

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  if you have any real problems but at least your summer will be in order ... intern, volunteer, or do research. Some options (at MIT) to help find ... an ambassador for such a cause. Now I am at home in Tulsa, OK interning

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the ... get students thinking at their seats. They responded by adding a few ... a lot of fun with the people at my table (yeah table 12!), it was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline MIT's regular action deadline is January 1.

  

  recognize that processing can take 2 weeks. You do not need to worry at this ... backlog into January. Do not send a second copy of any document at this time. Also, you do not need to call MIT Admissions at this time to check on any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Which I Get Schooled By My Professor This video does not contain an improvised song, but it does contain Peter Reddien.

  

  feet. Talking to Prof. Reddien reminded me of this a lot. At MIT and at ... -up routine at an open-mic night? Who knows. For those of you who were admitted ... determine how happy someone would be at MIT.” This school is not for everyone

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Events That You Should Come To! totally biased, but hey, it's my blog

  

  offered at MIT will be there to address your questions. There's always been ... how to pick up a humanities double major at a tech university! FRIDAY ... what you can be involved in at campus after you matriculate in the fall

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Shortest Blog Ever (update 3 =p) 19 days till Taiwan!

  

  bring up the average. And if you're at MIT, you know that "getting an A ... fulfill this small promise, so here it is =p At the CPW Festival, you may ... present ready for you at Meet the Bloggers. Actually, I did have that ready

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Leadership Training Institute My first guest blog!

  

  about all the activities/groups that I'm involved in at MIT. However ... . :) ---- Hey! I’m Jia Zhu, a sophomore biology major at MIT. Although my year and a half at MIT has been eventful to say the least, one particular

  • by Chris S. '11
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  spread them into a sheet on a baking pan. Cook this for a few hours at low ... at the inside. It contains a twisted bar of aluminum that plugs into an ... yogurt, pick up a cheesecloth at the grocery store along with a mini

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Thank Goodness! "There are bridges you cross / You didn't know you crossed / until you've crossed."

  

  allotted, and passed it with flying colors) - but I remember staring at ... representing MIT (well, and the nation of Belize) at WorldMUN. Should be quite ... the drama), he decided to leave off continuing at MIT for grad school

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The 2011 Brass Rat! Can I turn this in in lieu of my blank lab report for tomorrow?

  

  deal. Look at the application that Snively used to determine which ... out at the sea of faces and realized what a magical job it is to be the ... began construction during our time here at MIT... (which caused great

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP: The Class Edition I'm back in class

  

  power tools in their garage at home, and even for those that have worked ... most famous robotics class at MIT, and 2.670 exists almost solely to ... build stirling engines. At the end of 2.670 there would be a big

  • by Snively '11
  • January 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals Week, from my perspective My finals.

  

  actually try to recover from bad test scores and working at it all semester ... out of the summer all happy from working at Hasbro and building toys all ... walked out of the final at 4:30 PM on Wednesday and went straight back to

  • by Snively '11
  • December 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Days My traditional end-of-summer recap post, in technicolor.

  

  of what that says about our coolness it definitely implies that at ... ever. Living in Boston. I lived at Phi Delta Theta this summer for a ... living in Boston. Dressing up and eating dessert at Finale, having a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Jeff Karp and his gecko-inspired band-aid Mimicking nature to create a better surgical adhesive

  

  their attention to the gecko. Geckos can scale smooth walls at a whopping ... , and polymer chemists and mechanical engineers at MIT. They’re now ... decided to study Chemical Engineering at McGill University in order to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008