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• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  around to call for climate justice. At MIT, and other schools in the area ... Hall Plaza, but I made it for the main rally. There were some amazing ... representative for just ten minutes, all just felt so incredibly unimportant

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  , and the freedom to innovate, for example). Disobedience Award objectives ... done around the world, and to promote role models for younger people ... -violence, creativity, courage, and responsibility for one’s actions. The award will go to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Thanks Guys A thank you from a blogger to the best audience ever.

  

  pictures on my phone for nostalgia purposes and I came across this: For ... you change your major, how is cooking for yourself, do we hate Harvard ... confused and won’t understand things like my awesome hashtag.) For my year

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 27, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s May 2nd. Have you replied to your colleges yet? The music has stopped -- the last dance is over.

  

  the right students who could be great candidates for our institutions ... process, picking and choosing which colleges they want to apply to. For ... . For the last several weeks, we've now been doing the same. Every day

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • May 2, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  Houston. For the next two weeks, all I did was read at Barnes and Noble (I ... . At the beginning of January, I flew back to Boston for a month ...  externship program is a pretty cool opportunity for MIT students to take advantage of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for ... . The same goes for materials submitted by your teachers, counselor, and ... 1. We will wait for your materials. We are not going to be mean to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  laureate, a spiritual leader, and one of the foremost advocates for peace and ... people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three events for this week, all of which were made possible by the Dalai Lama

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  I don't much care for this nickname, lol...). I have three suitemates ... -profile vaccines like Gardasil (for HPV) and Zostavax (for shingles) has been both humbling and amazing. I found out that it takes 20 years, on average, for a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Current State of Mind ewoufbwu iyfh[things I must do]w39478ry3927rhiwf83tr

  

  Verdes, looking for my debit card with which to pay for my peanut-butter cup cookie ... and covered themselves in ink as well. Yay! >.< For the sake of ... , how I'm going to China for a week over the summer, how sometimes I feel

  • by Ana V. '15
  • May 6, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  While many of our students have known for a quite some time that MIT ... have thought that another institution was a better (gasp) match for them ... as CPW. As for CPW, I don't think it goes according to plan for most

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Free Flu Shots Better than free pizza.

  

  , humans, and pigs, but it has been more widespread than H1N1 for the past ... got vaccinated! For free! Every year, MIT administers the seasonal flu shots for free to students, employees, and dependents. Last month’s clinic

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be ... spontaneously reaching for the flip video camera when my son refused to eat his ... direction.  Frequently, the hardest thing for me to do is nothing, because I

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living with Rain Beyond the umbrella

  

  consistently for the past two weeks, and I’ve realized that after 2 years, I finally feel prepared for the rain. I come from a place where rain means that you can wait inside for 10 minutes, and then it will stop. I had

  • by Becca H. '12
  • October 6, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Admissions Valentine's Day Cards! Welcome to your moments of fame, 13's.

  

  without further ado, let's roll out the red carpet for our first 3 ... peace sign, but, and I quote, "as an otaku, that can only be 'V for ... this out. Fun fact. Anyways, Nathan goes for inquisitive look. Nathan

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 14, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  , I had Orientation at the Broad Institute for my UROP there - which ... on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... Python programming. So far we've gone through functions, conditionals, for

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  a hack! For those of you just tuning in, a "hack" at MIT is clever ... interesting physical and logistical challenges for their perpetrators. As you ... , no one really knows for sure who executed the hack, but I figure some

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  , Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Virginia. For a complete list of sessions, click ... MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... discussed. How do you apply for financial aid? Should you apply for it? What

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  be rectified continued for a number of days, and due to finals and ... House residents that had originally applied for the Ring Committee. The candidates for this position will be notified this week, and their interviews

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  paper or musical staffs, so that you can actually use them for something, instead of just killing trees. They're also useful for clothing, as Ruth ... header page for scap paper and thrown it into the recycling bin earlier

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Order of Operations In what order should your application be submitted?

  

  registered for MyMIT, which, if you haven't yet, you should do as soon as ... for anything you might mail in (like a fee waiver request or ... scores in the Part II, but note that we ask for "Date taken (or to be taken

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 18, 2007