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• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  which an institution offers you glory, but at the cost of sacrificing ... accomplished what I set out to do: earn my graduate degree…at the cost of ... : Memorial drive. As I drive to my apartment, I can’t help but feel at home; it

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Like a G6 except for the wings, the engines, the flight controls…

  

  taking advantage of opportunities I didn't have at home ^_^)  In any case ... that there was no massive video-game-esque explosion at these crashes ... ... that is another bite of my life at MIT. As has been a frequent

  • by Piper '13
  • September 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  A Maple Peach in Cambridge They have some weird fruit here

  

  ). I, like many (but not all) at MIT, knew I wanted to go into math and ... was at home (unlike that school down the road where I didn’t even bother ... ’ll feel once I get situated at MIT, I do know I will learn here. About the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 5, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  remember videotapes - it was, at the time, a major production. It cost ... range of social and cultural activities that round out a student’s life at ... prospective students, to showcase life at MIT “as seen through the eyes of a boy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  “Choose Your Own Adventure” MISTI edition

  

  for Malgorzata and Melanie. We gathered at a restaurant that specializes ... , so we get to manage our time for work, travel, leisure. (At the moment ... old, 70-years at least I'd say. She's not very pushy, as is often the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To the future! and beyond?

  

  with a mug of tea contemplating how I've reached the point I'm at. If ... international development.  It's amazing how things change. At this point in the ... to potholes, looking at how federal policy affects local projects

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons Learned in Lab Applicable to life.

  

  for help. I've asked so many questions at lab that I've probably driven my grad student crazy at times. When something doesn't make sense, it ... solvent buffer in and then the 2 microliters. My grad student just looked at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  when I started, and I get to look back at all I've done. Not gonna lie ... , everything was completely new, and there was a lot. At MIT I learned how to ... both myself, engineering, and life. Plus, I mean, really, look at this

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Linkdump: Smart Leaves, Burritos, and Shaq cool things on the Internet

  

  from every song I ever heard at a dance from 6th-8th grade. Could my ... them. Others are just cool links for things that happened at MIT. The ... organized by students — at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." And

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Sneak Preview (to next) Weekend let's just pretend I managed to backronym CPW in the title

  

  and compacting all the fun parts of a year at MIT into three days. Thusly, five minutes at CPW will leave you far more informed about campus ... . At least I wasn't dropping his class. Know this: average MIT frat

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  News for Admitted Students Some next steps for those who received the good news.

  

  MIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only available to ... (s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap year, military service, or other reason ... visit through our Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  “Help!” by the Beatles. Relevant verse reproduced at the bottom, for your ... time at all, I could bang out essays that I was proud of, and loved ... . Phew. That first one WAS just a fluke. And then I looked at the comments

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Life as an Artist things I discovered about myself as it relates to the artsy stuff I have in…

  

  before). I also get the chance to sing at my church (Pentecostal ... friends are in a band at MIT that is affectionately known as Love and a ... I am a PRO at stick figures. Just wanted to show you some of my

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 2, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  MyMIT Portal: Over at MyMIT, you'll find a bunch of stuff only ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap ... Overnight Program. Please register at least two weeks in advance, and we'll do

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  work at it. If you have three tests coming up in next week, you might ... to get all As at MIT, and I know people who have done it. Plus, there ... office hours are more or less lifesavers. What exactly happens at CPW? The

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  action decisions came out last year, I was at a debate tournament, with no ... couldn't find her; she'd disappeared to go eat lunch at a nearby Mc ... it this far :) I can't wait to meet some of you at CPW! To those of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On Time That which I do not have.

  

  ?! I'm sitting here, in my room, at my desk. It's nearly 11:30 pm on a ... reading assignments with only a moderate degree of success at remaining dry ... color pencils and drew for fun. 7. Learn how to iron my clothes - At

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 7, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  essays while you're at it) FUNNNNNN. (especially after spending the entire ... read through at least 3,000 pages of material this break. if you think ... regret that I have but four IAPs to spend during my tenure at MIT. =p

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  at the College of William and Mary before swiftly transferring) so when ... woods shooting fireworks at Jewel Trolls. Ah, youth. Why am I posting ... . I can't wait to get back up north and start skiing with my family at

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week It's the final countdown.

  

  painfully large stacks of notes to review. I'm feeling slightly panicked at ... in that class! I'll be glad when it's 12:01 PM on Thursday, at which ... for EA decisions: yes, they're still scheduled for Wednesday 12/16 at 9

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2009