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• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  Act of 1957 by speaking in from of the Senate for 24 hours and 18 ... three days of finals I packed my entire life into about twelve boxes and moved back to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm here for three days trying to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  C-Sail Jack Florey really went Captain Jack on this one.

  

  This might look like a regular old picture of the Stata Center on a ... a closer look at that sail! Looks to me like a sail with a C on it...a C-Sail... It's a C-Sail on CSAIL! (For those of you who still don

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Story Oh goody!

  

  "pretends" to cook. Sara's menu consists of two items, soup and cereal, both ... cook almost all of their meals there. I'm not very cooking-inclined, nor ... across the hall. Sara '12 is also a resident of Conner 2. You may remember

  • by Snively '11
  • July 19, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Sneak Preview

  

  Coming soon: An entry on The Tech Nomads But first: 26.2 miles of awesomeness Interseting story: My mom was seated on the plane next to a couple ... . And speaking of awkward moments: I ran into a professor on Wednesday

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 15, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  today: I received season 1 of Grey's Anatomy on DVD I went to Wellesley ... Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy first day. They both flew in early this morning, and we spent the whole

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• FAQ / International applicants

  What is the Secondary School Report?

  you submit your high school transcript with three years of grades and the results of any external examinations, such as the International ... entrance to universities in your home country. We understand that many grades
• Blog / Personal Projects

  [liveblog] presenting at the Open Sauce maker expo! built a funky microscope with my friends

  

  built Waterscope, a microscope that uses water instead of glass for ... Mateo, we’re at booth I22. If you’re around, feel free to stop by! It ... recovered in a year) More on this later, maybe. If you want to sign my cast

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • July 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  been walking a lot recently furthermore, i like taking pictures

  

  I'm not living on campus for the summer, but I have a lot of things to do on campus (tours, glassblowing, UROP meetings, seeing friends), so I've been walking to and from campus nearly every day. I

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • June 17, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is ... your legal name and the Office of the First Year may use your preferred first name. If you have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us
• Blog / Admissions

  2006 MIT Admissions Statistics Summary statistics from the past year.

  

  summer. I also hope to post an enrolling class profile and more statistics ... ,370 students deferred to regular action 295 deferred applicants admitted during ... waitlisted 30 admitted from waitlist Middle 50% score range of admitted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  oftentimes embark on library crawls, during which I visit up to 3 libraries in ... library for Course 14: Economics, Course 15: Sloan School of Management ... for the Dewey furniture survey. (Clearly, I don't have enough work to do

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  worldwide. It should be an exciting celebration of student achievements in research and public service, and it would be wonderful if you could come to see the posters, talk to the students involved, and learn more about our

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Watch Ceri on SciShow! teenage mutant YOUTUBE NERDFIGHTERS

  

  went in front of the camera to nerd-fight SciShow creator Hank Green as part of a science quiz series. I watched it and found equal parts ... Longtime readers (i.e., those of you who didn't first tune into the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  , filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of ChemLab Boot ... some sneak previews of some episodes (I’m an insider!) and I can vouch

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Kim Affair It's been fun, guys.

  

  the free food, and the best of luck to the Class of 2010. I'll miss you ... is, don't take this seriously. Read it with a sense of humor. Call your parents. Have a nice day. I don't know if any of you have heard about this

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  , Class of 2005, Course 1 (Civil Engineering) Favorite things about MIT: interesting and brilliant people; students of every major can take nearly any ... 't uncommon; people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences Favorite

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well. Acronyms I forgot: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program at

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Freshman App Questions We're happy to help.

  

  Application section of the site. I am happy to answer your questions (that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Odds ‘n Ends There's a video. And a SONG. Your lucky day.

  

  something from last year (20.111 Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems, Spring 2010) for the feature I like to call "Obligatory Doodle": Okay

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 26, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  up this morning excited to verify the existence of this thing you call

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006