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• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday on 16th Street A Day in the Life

  

  think about the boy I met earlier this week, at the light-rail station. I ... at the weed culture in Colorado. I said I thought stoners were boring ... textbooks until I graduate. But mostly, I’m just eager to go read, up at the

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 11, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  good morning, MIT Guest post by Piper L. '17

  

  flattened into words on a screen. and then i threw myself at the in-class problems, because i didn’t want to start crying at one in the afternoon for ... a few flat words on a screen. marvel at this fact. and then talk to

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Writing code, making models, reading, buying comic books, eating brownies, playing Guitar Hero 3...

  

  've pretty much given up on the first one at this point (I am a shameless comic ... ? Sunnyvale, CA What are you doing this summer? Working at HP researching ... a nutshell? I'm working as a counsellor at a math summer program

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 26, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  How To Write A College Essay and other things too

  

  perfume. Hint: These books exist because people at name-brand schools ... Science program at the University of Okoboji because as long as I can ... rule of thumb is: imagine that someone at a family reunion — a cousin

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  students they need to admit. At this point, colleges will begin admitting ... ;unenroll" at the first college and enroll at the second. This shifting can lead

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome Home Like what we've done with the place?

  

  family attic storing years and years of toys and photo albums. At some ... favorite thing about the new redesign is our new feature at the bottom of ... randomly into the grid at the bottom of pages, so that new visitors can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Math. by Joy ‘13 I’m not a complete nerd…but I am convinced that math is a language

  

  the greatest things about being at MIT. We learn a lot about how to use ... rate, we are no longer alive. If our blood pressure is at a certain level ... .2-7.4…we die. Is it really coincidental that a neutral pH is at 7? Is it just

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  REAL people who, at the end of the day, are still just your [somewhat ... people at least 20 years older than I am. Ryan is no philosophical sage, so ... shoots me a peace sign, telling me again to “chillax” and do things “one at

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  street sweeping, knowing which spots will be free at which hours, and ... , that is, or can't find it -- you have to pay it in person, at an office ... out for the day or had left early (at noon!). What's that? You'll just

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being an Upperclassman Less than two years left

  

  , but transportation is definitely there, though not as much at the ... semester and loving it. Recently I’ve started looking at companies I might ... generally covered in 2-3 semesters at many other schools. It is a follow

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  passion I'm glad I've been afforded the opportunity to develop at MIT, it ... everything we planned. Now I have to confess, when we stopped at "Great Cats ... make a compelling case for themselves. You can look at pictures, but you

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Time to Complete the MIT Midyear Report Applicants need to fill out the form on MyMIT by February 15th.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... : Organic Chemistry (via dual enrollment at BHCC)A- ...or... AP Chemistry ... you at that time." Some of you have graduated already and have no new

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Blogs ...for the price of one! (a.k.a. robots)

  

  : maslab has a youtube channel! Snag it at http ... 's team before leaving to start a team at my high school, with three of my ... development. Since maslab occurs at the same time as FIRST does, this January

  • by Cam T. '13
  • January 13, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Paper Planes You ask, I answer

  

  : Great Question “Anonymous Applicant #3’! At MIT, we practice something ... helpful, but only to a degree. Class Rank means different things at ... at MIT have not even attended formal high school. (We have a wonderful

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 18, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  At MIT, we require all applicants to send in two letters of ... forms for every one of the schools you're applying to at once. This is ... translation, and one that you may find helpful is an English teacher at your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  Six Recent Life-Changing Thoughts on Food There's six lessons (and a recipe) somewhere in there.

  

  claimed off of MIT's reuse mailing list at 2 AM one night. One of the GRT's in Random Hall bought a small nation's GDP-worth of cereal at Star ... and 69 cents-per-pound price tag at your nearest grocery store. Cereal

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 21, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The rest of my life is a black hole. But not the fascinating kind that's the topic of extensive astrophysical…

  

  , at noon. I'll pack up my belongings and move away from Boston forever ... to try to figure out what's at the edge of the universe. Is there a ... 't really hiring, at least not college grads, so I've got to whip out that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mikey’s Meta TV Post ...In which you find out about the good, bad, and really bad shows I love…

  

  below, I love watching food-related shows, even though I hardly cook at ... of Cakes - Food Network (I think if I ever met Duff or anyone at Charm ... single episode of all of these shows (though you'd probably be surprised at

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  are at least two reasons behind this, one that's my choosing and the ... little saying "Getting an education at MIT is like drinking from a fire ... have an evening class at the same time! As such, I am now scheduled to

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So, uh… help me pick classes I have no classes.

  

  auditions. Islam happens at the same time as both my choices for the last ... are one of the most painfully complicated things currently at MIT. So ... quite tedious from almost everyone who's taken it). At this point- senior

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 2, 2008