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• Blog / How to Human

  i wish we’d grown up on the same advice alternate paths

  

  goodwill, and how, if you’re a smart young person working on problems that ... ’s similarly unfair how only 25 people get to take that class each year, how more people can’t get access to that incredible feeling on the other hand, it

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 18, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See your name among the stars… Forget having your name written in lights, get it written on a spacecraft!

  

  For $35 to $250 per square centimeter, you can have your name written ... spacecraft and get pictures of your content photographed in space. Choose a ... 'll return to you the actual piece of spacecraft hardware which carried your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... to get to know different aspects of each individual. Here are this year

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Questions Omnibus 2 I should probably stop stealing entry titles from Matt McGann.

  

  flexibility in choosing your classes; you get to pick six electives from any of ... convince your GRT to get you a cat or dog and keep it in their apartment ... me a bit of time to finish answering all your questions (one all the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  Teachers Association, to help let teachers know about the challenge and how ... a student or a parent, you could forward this to your math or science ... homepage) is an international challenge that introduces students to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  was little, I used to always get a 96-box of Crayola crayons for the ... biology research is one of the loves of my life). So I decided to devote this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Inside vs. Outside How MIT changed for me after being admited

  

  'm working on getting a better camera so apologies  ahed of time)"   I ... nevertheless every piece of your life seems to fit into the right spot. You ... perfectly describe how I felt when I first put foot on campus, but sadly I don

  • by Ben O. '19
  • October 28, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Massachusetts: The Geek State I less than three (

  

  went absolutely nuts over, and I'm so glad to finally have enough time to blog about it. If, for some reason, you don't like following links to ... 's as good a measure as any of geekiness, at least with respect to the

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 7, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Burning Question "Can you tell me why I didn't get in? Why was I not good enough?"

  

  come to that conclusion on your own. As you know from some of my ... every right to be asking it. I certainly would be. I wish I could get ... most likely, you are absolutely qualified to be here. Can I look at your

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  On any given day, you'll totally forget how awesome it is that you're ... 't really know how to do that. MIT has multiple science departments, so you ... automatically assume that you're some crazy child genius and an expert in anything

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Introduction To MIT World ...and my blog's first feature: Akamai, Clever and Cool!

  

  My first blog entry! Let me begin by introducing you to MIT World, a free and open on-demand video streaming web site that features public ... one to be the first one to reflect on in this new forum. So, I thought

  • by Laurie Everett
  • January 11, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you ... goes. Originally, I just planned on showing up to the lecture and maybe ... together." Prof. Jenkins talks about how he used to be the Green Lantern when

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom ... organization, and we needed his help to keep Voldemort from getting in because the blue paint on our walls wasn’t magic enough. And then I had to blog

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  in order to learn how to win at high school, college applications, and ... counselor to get real college essays and relevant advice. Through ... near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  ! If you're not, well, to quote Phyo '10, "GET PUMPED!" I didn't get to ... chance. Wouldn't want them to get jealous or anything! So tomorrow, while ... get institute holidays and have to still get our problem sets done), I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Blog Projects

  i made a dress out of target bags i also edited a video about it

  

  on my Google Calendar has been blocked out to finish my Target blog and ... needed to get through this. And thank you to the Academy. See you next ... Hey yall. It's been a while. On Sunday June 21st I texted Ceri that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • September 21, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back Home No Strings Attached

  

  . Yum. No pictures though, it wasn't on my plate long enough to photograph ... semester at MIT, something I didn't get to do last summer. I went to bed ... 've flown in the summer since I came to college in 2007. My only experiences

  • by Snively '11
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mens et Manus: Building a Camera at the Hobby Shop [by Biyeun Buczyk '10] If you have an idea, you can build it.

  

  semester dreaming of how the camera would look like--promising myself to start on the construction after finals week, for fear of not getting ... stuck and have no clue how to begin (like me). I’m constantly

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  know that there are four different states your interview can take on the ... 'll focus super-hard on all the other pieces of your application. No worries ... with your interviewer to send us an extra (first?) copy of your interview

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004