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• Blog / MIT Life

  An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey Sam's Mom dubs me Sami-stop-spleening-me!, because I am always spleening her.

  

  Very shortly, Sam's Mom and I will be on the road to Cambridge. So, I'll finish up this entry when I'm safely and comfortably back in room 224C ... yet by the portrayal of Alex or Jonathan, but that half-second shot of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wearing the apron This was written on an empty stomach

  

  cafeteria- you don’t have much of a say as to what goes on it. SAT Prep Pizza ... , I realized that not only had I started to pick up on some of the ... One of the greatest parts of college is independence. One of the

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Revolution Some really cool things are happening in Boston

  

  themselves. I'm standing on top of Sam Adams!!! I feel like I'm meeting a celebrity!!! On the FPOP, we got to visit the graves of many Founding Fathers ... being offered to meet the caloric intake of every student on campus. Plus

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ten Things I Hate About Europe Well, not really. More like, Ten Things I Like About MIT. You've got to accentuate…

  

  pianos in my dorm and on campus--sometimes in the midst of working on a ... Bohemian Rhapsody or one of the other two songs that I know how to play on ... DID YOU KNOW? The phrase "throw another shrimp on the barbie" was

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Rebecca Black, the Old Spice Guy, and How to Sell Staplers the makings of a great IAP

  

  : "Who is your favorite celebrity? Who is on the cover of the stack of ... IAP has been a time of very... well, different learning than I had ... wide assortment of classes that MIT offers over IAP, both for credit and

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 21, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not About the Name First impressions

  

  of humility here—a concentration on action rather than on titles. Here ... level of anxiousness climbing, I stepped into a taxi with a fellow ‘15er and just took in the imagery of the Charles River. The cab driver

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  't yet shown up on the tracking system. We're still processing lots and lots of materials, many of which were postmarked before the deadline. So ... are taken out of the envelope, given an official MIT Office of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  for the trophy, because the little guy kicking on top of it is exactly ... consisting entirely of "little people," and at least two of them are apparently engaged in some sort of war. Hey all, sorry about the relative dearth of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  TMI WRT MIT TLA’s Wonderful things happen that I can organize around a coherent theme. Also, I didn't lose…

  

  lot of similar comments on my hand writing ever since first grade, but ... opporunity to see War of the Worlds for free--a premium discount on the already ... TFP (an ETLA) was handing out in Lobby 7 and I wondered about the rate of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Likelihood

  

  some other top colleges do." For those of you not up to speed on what a ... top choices with notes of praise and hints of acceptance letters and ... student's essay or some other aspect of the application. The short answer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2005
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Applying Sideways (in Chinese) 橫向申請 / 横向申请

  

  give some advice on how prospective students —  and their parents —  should think about the process of preparing to apply to MIT. Since that time, it's remained one of the most widely read and shared posts on the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 12, 2021
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  As many of you know, Random Hall has come to represent much more than a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most favorite memories, events, and people, and it's an integral part of my MIT

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  So...the past few weeks have been CPW central for me - working on matching up all 1,063 of you coming this weekend with current student hosts ... . Rockapella is probably one of the most famous examples of a cappella.) Kim

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of my friends said she spent $700 on books already...we can find used ... questions...but I'll answer this one first.) Ahh, never spend $700 on books

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  Formal This year it was at the State Room which is on the 33rd floor of an ... Thursday: Medlinks auction So on Thursday, the Medlinks had a dating auction to benefit a scholarship fund in Louisiana. One of my friends, Mike

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Gala a premiere event celebrating fashion, arts, and culture

  

  reservations, and safety plans. Even with years of detailed instructions on how ... Koch building, but I had no conception of how those clothes would work on ... it's incredible that MIT Gala could centralize various facets of art on

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making my Ring Delivery Dress and some reflections

  

  In my junior year of high school, I had a phase of telling everyone ... from years of watching [annotation note="my favorites are coolirpa ... celebrate completing half of our undergraduate journey through hell the

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 21, 2022
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and ... a strength to go on every day. From one of them: “I was a mess when I ... At 12:20pm, on December 4, 2013, Wednesday,  I had absolutely no idea

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• FAQ / Testing

  Will MIT accept November Tests for Early Action?

  that become available after you submit your application. To submit new results, simply click the "Add new test scores" link in the application
• Blog / MISTI

  Need help choosing a MISTI program? MIT-Germany alum Nina Sinatra advises incoming interns to keep an open mind

  

  Nina Sinatra Class of 2012 Materials Science & Engineering ... students who are considering MISTI to think of the program both in terms of ... research involving polymer chemistry. I enjoyed the best of a friendly

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 3, 2011