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• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the ... Anna '11, who loaned me most of the costume, including the marvelous coat

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Just Desserts No metaphors here...

  

  ) promising. You push open the door and smile as you hear the familiar jingle of a little golden bell. And then you see the dessert case; instead of ... it belongs in Plato’s theory of Forms; it exudes the very essence of

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • March 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  hue of morpho butterflies, the super water-resistant Lotus leaf, the highly maneuverable fins of the Bluegill sunfish: all of these natural ... . The initial discovery of the science behind the gecko’s stickiness

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m so ill. like, in the bad way

  

  obvious drawbacks of being sick, it's impossible to catch up during the ... yourself healthy. Take this advice from a hypocrite. At the end of freshman year, I somehow managed to come down with a strain of the flu that left

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three ... someone out there is reading, learning something, or just caring out of the ... announcement that I'm throwing my hat into the ring with the rest of them. Nobody

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Setting some expectations, discussing myths & realities.

  

  Since nearly two-thirds of the admitted students are attending Campus ... of you a well-matched host for the weekend. Like online dating ... ": One part of CPW mythology is the "Weather Machine" -- that somehow, the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What career services are available?

  that can help. Approximately 44% of graduates go directly to employment, and 49% of the Class of 2024 went directly to grad school. The average starting salary for an MIT undergraduate—regardless of major—is $126
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music in Springtime and MIT [by Ken Haggerty '11] Music at MIT can be both beautifully melodic and destructive, and…

  

  beautiful spring day... ...when pushed off the roof of a 7-story dormitory ... should have tossed the upright piano onto the baby grand instead of the ... friends and I gathered around the frazzled remains of both the upright and

  • by ARTalk
  • April 25, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  Registration Day for MIT students (the official start of the new academic year) I ... opportunity to help people discover the MIT that I know. Those of you who are ... at MIT, I wish you the best of luck. It's a fabulous place, and I hope

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  wrote down "computer science" on the line of my application indicating my ... has one of the nation's top undergrad business schools, and I could even ... of shaping new developments in the world's train networks were starting

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  play dough

  

  things are out of place, which is funny because to the average viewer, my ... out and the thought of having random paint on my face always disturbed ... of all, I disliked play dough. I hated the way that the kids around me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 28, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  holidays in boston a photodump for you to procrastinate with

  

  're awaiting finals, admissions decisions, or just the general end of the world ... responsible for the bad quality on half of these pictures. Blame the tech, not ... turning off all overhead lighting in favor of string lights in the halls

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 16, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Poetry from 5 AM This Morning Don't worry, I drank an entire MUG of espresso

  

  had today and failing pretty miserably. So, for the sake of my sanity, I ... hold, I kind of dropped it. Maybe the exhaustion kickstarted my creative ... all of last week's craziness, watching the sun rise with toast in one

  • by Powers '23
  • September 30, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  cooling off it snowed? snew?

  

  seems to go right. Frustration is a part of the human experience and a reminder that you care about some things, regardless of how much you say you ... Sometimes it's easy to get frustrated with the world. There's too

  • by Abby H. '20
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  to support the parents of a 2010 alum, who were both victims of the ... that may never happen. My heart is broken for Boston and the victims of ... a photo of his dad in the news reports of the bombing but had heard

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 play by play It slices and it dices.

  

  Her name is Betsy, and she got me to the finals of 2.007. This ... yelled my name out as the winner. The finals are tomorrow. 64 -> 32 -> 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> winner. More pictures of some of

  • by Bryan
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal ... history of the MIT Department of Economics and its graduates. MIT ... MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  Sunday night. There are many hundreds of thousands of women across the ... .R.O.C. (the People's Republic of Clay) was generous enough to invite me to Clay's Boston concert. The Bank of America Pavillion is right off the Silver

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  of the shifting admissions landscape, our applicant pool was slightly ... represent some of the best and brightest stars of our future. We are honored ... , but because of the highly selective nature of our process, we did not

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• FAQ / Transfer

  Does MIT offer transfer credit?

  description of the Institute's academic programs. Transfer students typically ... sophomores, regardless of the amount of coursework they completed at their ... If you're admitted, you can expect to receive credit for subjects of