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• Blog / About Decisions

  This One is for the Families… ...but applicants can read it as well...

  

  and tried to keep it in mind at every stop I made. In a few days this ... , but at least you will know that the wait is over. The first question ... “what did I do wrong?” It tears at my heart to hear this because I know

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  that made all the difference in the world to me, or none at all, depending on how you look at it. I was 8 and lived on the outskirts of one of ... research, progress at a standstill-- that is still what I love about it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  . . . have at it. You get me for three hours, go.

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  family like mine. Unfortunately all this came at the cost of 2 full days of ... . To see The coming together of things.   Then Tuesday at 1pm I ... if you're not sure you're going to go right away" (oops), we ate at The

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  We plan to post Early Action admissions decisions online at 9pm EST on Monday, December 15th. In the next few days, we will send EA applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  two things that I want to throw at you today in this entry. The first ... ) January. January is different at MIT in that classes are optional and ... days, just look at the M-F. Click here to tell prefrosh when to visit

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  . Each semester, the Math Department (and most other majors at MIT) hire a ... ...ever since I finished a linear algebra test that let out at 12:30. I'd gotten ... set is due at 5 PM, but everything's going smoothly - I started with the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Transporting In & Around MIT Everything you need to know about how easy it is to get around MIT.

  

  station on the Red Line at "Kendall Square/MIT." The routes the T covers ... : How often do people at MIT take these things? Well, some of you might ... : Saferide. This is possibly the highest-volume shuttle at MIT. There are 4

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  have them take a look at me. Being sick in college is not fun, no matter how good you think you are at taking care of yourself, so it's nice ... headed off to Urgent Care, where - at this point, I was pretty woozy, but I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  experts in what being a student at MIT is really like because they ... 't already know. But, they are students too as they are at the interview to ... , what you do in your free time or if you have any free time at all. They

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  sometimes 2 days can feel like 2 weeks? I felt that the first 2 days at ... arrived back at MIT and started dealing with all the conveniences bought by ... held at the same time as both those classes, down to the last second. It

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  by volumes of different people at all hours of the day. What can I say ... cooking for yourself at school, or even if you haven't, it's pretty awesome ... ..) * All things not associated with cities. Like seeing the stars out at

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in Texas and Arizona Learn about three great schools at once in the American Southwest.

  

  , including Q&A, will run about 90 minutes. You can RSVP at brownmityale

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  "mitt" then you will be stared at strangely, no joke. If all of this ... schedule. I'm up at 4:45 AM each morning and get back to my room at 7 PM after work. Time not at work is usually spent sleeping. I write in the

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

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  , helpful things to guests. As I walked by the security tent at the foot of ... commencement staff weren't the only people who'd gotten up at the butt-crack of ... waiting at the gates: That's awesome though because they then got the

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  at MIT. ----- Discovery. Discovery for me came in many forms - I ... . Discovery is finding out that I needed to draft a study plan for my courses at ... the United States, and taking a walk around Philadelphia at two in the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  Ballad is a must watch. He performed it at the Conner 2 talent show tonight

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  inside buildings but nobody has yelled at me yet (well, except for Copy ... . This morning I woke up at 5:30 and went skating for a couple of hours. I ... talk a bit about transportation at MIT. Things you'll see used are

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  to two synchrotrons: The one at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the one at Cornell. Synchrotrons are pretty cool, check out this Wikipedia ... (linked here.) My third and final UROP was at the Plasma Science and Fusion

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  If you didn't already think that this past weekend at MIT was jam ... Feast, and at one point on Saturday morning I managed to fill all of the ... the time to get out the DVD, here's a YouTube video of them wrestling at

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008