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• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  tried to make the distinction. One way to think of it would be this ... /Queen, "Most Likely to Succeed," "I have read all of Modern Library's Top 100 ... One new section of our application this year distinguishes between

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  you think of a really good one, send it to me via comment or e ... this class should be back down to its usual difficulty level of "very ... going to be on Sunday nights, and one of the TAs wrote this apologetic e

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  to Killarney. I hiked about 4 miles of the Kerry Way before it began to ... to 23% when I charged it in the bathroom of an old abbey, and had ... am also starting to notice the amount of money I’m so blithely spending

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa

  

  found ourselves, at 6:30AM, at the beginning of the end, ready to make the ... of our nation, inescapable no matter where we travel to. In any case, I ... and so clumped together that all you can do is hope to hear snatches of

  • by Alina G. '11
  • November 27, 2010
• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  to do with myself. Today was a day of different feelings. Hope ... . Subconsciously, I've been feeling a lot of feelings. Sadness. Despair. Hopelessness ... , I was unfazed. Not shocked at all. The first thought that came to my

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Snot, Livers, and Fractals What a world.

  

  , essentially, that you could use in place of antiseptics/antibiotics to prevent ... Hello world! I have returned from the -- well, to be honest, I never ... I don't usually see students on a day-to-day basis.) Anyway, I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 25, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Nerd Love Beauty and the Science!

  

  Wartman to learn the ins and outs of dining etiquette and table conversation ... Innovation Economy crowd in Boston: that of iRobot CEO Colin Angle to Erika ... One of the stereotypes of sci/tech/engineering schools like MIT is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 25, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  ICIC A journey to deliciousness

  

  decided it was time to bring my casual bike ride form of training to the ... halfway through, I was kind of tired and really looking forward to that ice ... hope about the ice cream half-expected the ice cream to be at the top of

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  , probably more than you realize (ooooo, cryptic). Burton-Conner has all of its ... hundred shirts are sitting in my room), and I've begun to realize that my ... first day of CPW so they could study. Luckily our test is this coming

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Party pics

  

  pretty white dress and a crown of black roses, and is being led to the ... last year. Lots of people came to our party to watch the sacrifice ... hit the floor. Next to her, Mike '09, who I'm sure some of you know as a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  the wait was an hour and a half, so we headed down to Cafe of India ... , and I was surprised at the amount of respect the exhibits paid to the ... to post some photos of them over the vacation-time, as well as try to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  majorly Part Of The Problem. Going to college 5,000 miles away from home ... order to bring further use to my many hours of intensive research, I ... to fit lots of stuff, and also it was cheap :D 5/5 stars   Main

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  I was reading one of Laura's recent entries with a response to a ... " -- floors which allow residents to have a cat -- and Third East is one of them ... 's bed, Nixon sheds a lot of goldish-orange fur, Voight meows to himself in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2024 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 12, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2022 i3 videos megapost

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Seatbelts, Everyone! Interrupting Radio Silence...

  

  afraid to take advantage of that resource (and thank them afterwards ... speaks the truth. (for those confused, i must point you to the wikipedia ... television of our youth. guilty as charged). Because I graduated a little over

  • by Alina G. '11
  • June 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  I see that there's been a bit of discussion in the comments about the ... to help clarify things a bit. Scores: We don't need to have your full set of scores now; we won't need them until we go into the Early Action

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Numbers, Perfect and Imperfect Math geeking, and a guessing game.

  

  corresponds to exactly one perfect number. If you're even a little bit of a math ... A quick entry, before returning to reading applications... I am ... are pretty cool, and have been discussed at least since the time of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 4, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  even if there's no reason for me to get up, and usually get less, but ... tomorrow, it ends. Tomorrow, I get on a plane and fly to Newark, New Jersey. At Newark, I switch planes and fly to Geneva, Switzerland. From Geneva

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Halloweekend and the 7 weekends prior!

  

  way of getting to know them. Let simmer overnight. In the day time ... the FRESHEST of fresh, like the Fresh Prince of Bel-air eating crisp ... event that allows you- at absolutely no charge- to showcase your ability

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • October 28, 2012