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• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 2 The next installment of my saga...

  

  of the process instead. Most of the comments/questions I received last ... how they evaluate the student. I can’t cover all of it at once 'cuz it ... . Instead it’s about the complete picture of who you are as a student, as an

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk? creative furniture

  

  corner. the blankets on the floor are on top of a standard foam mattress ... Doctrine -- the enthusiastic belief in the liberating power of technology ... cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory nature of online

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 8, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Monday A Boston institution.

  

  around 11:20 am; thanks to the number of spectators heading that direction ... intermittent use – i.e. when one of the Phi Sig brothers (or friends of Phi Sig ... the Back Bay are. The number of spectators increases one walks the

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • April 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to ... of two constants during the four-day trip was the cacophonous racket ... Student Center to Skullhouse across the river, music of some kind never

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  ”. Short of having her come to MIT and feel the fabric herself, there was ... of. Unfortunately, by far the most common scientific test for silk is ... of the question, given that they might be made of real silk and my mom

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  the start of one of the most curious experiences I have probably ever ... where we stayed in stilt houses characteristic of the Black Thai, an ... made this field the site of strange experiences. A late night stroll down

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  That fear of “falling behind” Exploring options @ MIT

  

  so into the hectic rhythm of classes, psets, extracurricular commitments, that "soon it's like, 'Oh yeah! The rest of the world! I forgot it ... to do. And I finally understood the appeal of a semester or year off

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / Events

  The Boston Festival of Indie Games In which I geek out on campus with a bunch of gamers

  

  Boston Festival of Indie Games! The 2nd annual convention hosted here ... things. (Also kind of humorous how the remnants of an 18.02 lecture are on ... and executive producer of the game Journey. Her talk reminded me how

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  destroy the organic unity of this entry. Anyway, in the midst of this not the greatest week, I was thinking about limericks, which of course led ... the work of William Faulkner is set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  61 Things to Love About Boston Give or take a few.

  

  A lot of the day-to-day communication at MIT happens, not through ... the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nothing, after all ... magazine article that one of the admissions counselors had found. The article

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County Part 2 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  , got coffee in the lobby, and checked out of the Hyatt (still no sign of ... 're looking for. So this was a great school visit, despite the lack of student attendance. Alison was a wonderful host and gave me a great tour of the entire

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  We have nice things on the walls And I have pictures.

  

  French House occupies the top two floors of House 6 (one of the six towers in New House), and the top floor of House 5. There are around 27 ... own bubble wrap to it. This is on a wall in the same part of the house

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  ;class="photo"> Um… Speaking of pictures, I apologize in advance for the poor quality. Most of the time, the issue was due to my own ineptitude, but the fact ... ’t want to read all of this boring stuff, skip right on over the stuff about

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  notes from a week of new classes the prettiest peril of higher education

  

  (highkey) bad. The structure of the class really is made to give students as ... the info on the slides (but not all of it?). Already, I don't know if I ... handout. Then the professor writes on the blackboard during class, none of

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • February 15, 2025
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Did MIT invent hacking?

  unique sense of humor, as expressed in the arena of hacking. Hacks at the ... creativity, cleverness, and difficulty of execution. A 1958 prank in which the ... Earth. The bridge still displays its quirky unit of the measure today
• Blog / Athletics

  Dirty Little Secret? Free concerts rock my socks.

  

  entry So this weekend, me and my friend Yonas went to Head of the Charles. For those of you who don't know, Head of the Charles, is a regatta where ... pretty big sport at MIT. This is one of the few sports that you can just

  • by Bryan
  • October 24, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of ... , and that we wish you the very best of luck wherever you choose to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2015
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  This year was one of the most competitive admissions cycles in the history of the Institute. Because of the incredible size and strength of ... , and that we wish you the very best of luck wherever you choose to

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…

  

  " new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came ... obligation, is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of ... work of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). Founded in September 2006

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goldilocks and the n HASS classes too hot, too cold, just right. on picking a hass class.

  

  semester. Unfortunately this semester, I left the selection of my HASS ... models of policy-making. Considers the significance of the democratic ... Space and Society (M) Focuses on how the spaces of the modern city relate

  • by Bryan
  • August 10, 2005