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• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  though the bullet is already long gone. Technically, the hardest part is ... instructor) tells his classes that shooting is 90% mental and 10% technical ... I skip pistol class to fly to Los Angeles (don't worry, Mike is cool

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The MIT Midyear Report Further information about completing the MYR.

  

  The MIT Midyear Report is now available! You can fill it out now at ... Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be ... your midyear grades are available or by February 15th, whichever is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  A slightly snarkier guide to visitors How to not be the kind of MIT visitor who drives me up the wall.

  

  nice time to talk about MIT's campus organization. My goal is to teach ... like a tourist" guide is not to stand around like a moo cow in front of ... ! Step two: This is our campus. You may notice that the buildings on this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... happy, and enjoy the small distractions of life. Graduating high school is ... and with the best of intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2023
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Not Admitted

  

  pebble. The place you want to be is farther than this, right? That’s why it ... who fall into this category, this is an open forum for you to talk ... intentions, as that is the spirit of our process.

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Pros and Cons, as Told by Residents "because EC is home 400ever"

  

  , East Campus is not a dorm for everyone, but neither is any dorm at MIT ... , visit This Is the East Side blog. Also check out this presentation by Maya ... grouped together). Anonymous '17: Pros: -- Is the coolest place to live

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  school adventures. MIT is not the goal. It never was. No one can see the ... 't analyze your application while you wait. That one is hard, but try. You may ... . MIT is competitive, but it’s not a competition. There are no judges to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  The Great Dome, Marriage Equality, and a Proud Hack Better yet, all three in one picture!

  

  Great Dome is one of the most iconic pieces of architecture on campus, and is visible from Boston across the river. MIT hackers have long used the ... now here it is, as I found it at 3 AM Saturday morning, just 17 hours

  • by Joel G. '18
  • June 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  My IAP All the snow has melted since I took these pictures.

  

  What am I up to? My Thesis This is probably any grad student’s answer ... started working in the Sabeti lab at the Broad, my thesis lab. This is the ... , but just kind of maybe her). The fact that I am here is mindblowing

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 19, 2015
• Blog / Events

  HT@MIT: Department Lectures and Final Presentations MIT's Best Kept Secret

  

  ; For anyone that's used the elevators in Stata this is a common sight ... undergrads that you can't find in most classes. The first opportunity is an ... in. A lot of the research that is being done is years from becoming

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • December 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Another Cat Post We have kittens and people are sad - thus, there shall be pictures of cats…

  

  This is a really difficult week for every single student at MIT. I do ... are all alone sometimes, you are not alone. MIT is here for you, the students, and everyone else who is a part of our community and more. And so

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 25, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MITAdmissions.org: Now 100% More Clickable also, report any other bugs you have here

  

  first blog weren't clickable. The upshot is that our CDN was for some ... application information and stuff, which is probably more useful than not being ... toupee" is not a bug, but expected operation. Thank you for your

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 21, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  'll explain next week). Okay, so this week's HT@MIT is all about the Boston ... broccoli). Teriyaki house is a combination Chinese/Japanese/Sushi/Bubble Tea ... offers some of the best, what I've been told all my life is, Chinese food

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  mean...) school is open tomorrow, so it's back to a mostly snowballfight ... !!! (The state instituted a ban on cars from 4PM on 2/8) There is kind of a lot of snow now -- and the only vehicle is a plower. Nothin' to

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  , which is also a totally cool job – head of the biggest (and best but don ... , and a department that is top ranked in Computer Science, in Computer ... is a Chancellor, anyway?” The job description is actually pretty simple

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Live from the Glass Lab! it's...tuesday afternoon??

  

  One of my favorite MIT organizations is the Glass Lab, where students ... great, if not THE great living glass blower, Lino Tagliapietra, is working in the MIT Glass Lab this week. Since space is so tight and so tightly

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  of the day is seeing all the people in western business attire standing ... setting. So…..my job is basically developing test questions for the TOEIC ... will say a couple things I realized about my job and ETS. 1) This is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  Sunrise If a picture is worth a thousand words (minus inflation), that makes this post much…

  

  IAP, for those who are just tuning in, is one of the greatest times ... . Period". Anyway, my sleep schedule is still experiencing a phase shift ... sunrise is sort of an unpleasant experience, it means you're running out of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  every answer. You will score over 8000. - Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in Chuck Norris can divide by zero. - When

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Narrative of Discovery Most people would be hard pressed to tell a story that has both James Watson…

  

  Watson and Richard Nixon in it, but at MIT, anything is possible. The MIT ... Watson. Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection? is a rich narrative ... expression, "the cure for cancer is research" throughout the corridors at MIT

  • by Laurie Everett
  • February 1, 2007