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• Blog / Announcements

  Welcoming you to the new MIT Welcome Center a new home for admissions, and all the institute's visitors

  

  enthusiastic amateur MIT historian — Danny B.D. ’15 directed me to the 1930-1931 MIT Bulletin, which instructs those who wish to petition for entry to the Institute to room 10-100.']for decades,[/annotation] constituted the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 28, 2021
• 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 / How to Human

  How to Make Friends Disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk

  

  lately about making friends. People asked me how to make friends in college ... CPW seems to be, confessed that they are intimidated by such a new ... fellow MIT students this year, asking how to make better, more meaningful

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  ,  in favor of blank pages that forced them to create their own images ... I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don't have to look any further than how I parent to really get

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  11.125 educating myself on education

  

  Google Drive. Already a struggle to stay relevant in the two years since I ... , I want to spotlight a few of them because they are just. that. cool ... -centered classroom activities and student-led classes, to explore issues in schools and

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 26, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  cognitive augmentation probably the most mindblowing course i’ve encountered at mit

  

  classes i was interested in but didn’t have time to take. one of those was cognitive augmentation (mas.s65), a class on using technology to augment human ... . it turned out to be a very inspiring class that truly expanded the

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • January 19, 2022
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Delivery I think Abba said it best when they sang, "Ring, ring, why don't you give…

  

  I blogged Ring Premiere and it would just seem unfair, wrong even, to ... . From now on, I'll have to stop promising to come back regularly - you'll just have to trust me that these sporadic blog entries will come back to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Ethicist

  

  some students abused his time by never actually submitting the letters to ... letters written by other teachers. To deter this, he now charges $20 per ... abroad have figured out that they can call our shipping company to figure

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 13, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  password that you use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions.mit.edu 18,109 students applied for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nano @ MIT Puppets! Research! Nanotechnology!

  

  , so I figured I might as well take this opportunity to clear up some of ... opportunities to focus on nanotechnology. The primary majors connected to ... addition to taking classes, the best way to become part of the nanotechnology

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Evolution of Physics Physics gets harder as you get older, go figure.

  

  with a spring, a pendulum attached to the cart, a force applied to the ... Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 Blogging Scholarship for $10,000! I don't like physics. A lot of people seem to think I do. I'd like to

  • by Snively '11
  • November 14, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of "101 Things To Do ... : 2011 and 2008.) On the Class of 2016's list, number 82 tells you to Hack ... steal anything. Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent. Do

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  use in promotions... but also just to populate the website ... Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... to create a "Think Local First" campaign^^ for this island. I’m working

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  a farewell to my phone which hurled itself repeatedly into the icy arms of death

  

  cement below. I scrambled down to salvage it, only to find the screen ... rest stayed black. I went to get the screen repaired. This took going to ... about ancient in terms of repairs. The first shop I went to didn’t have a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 14, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  finding meaning at the end of the world i alone determine my destiny

  

  life force to counter a spell. it ties in well with the flavor text of ... one. when i was applying to be a blogger i wrote this in my blogger application, under the question "why do you want to be a blogger": i want to be

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Summer to Remember – Interphase or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Institvte!

  

  Interphase? According to the OME's Website "Interphase is a rigorous seven ... hours a week, I never lost that boyish charm when it comes to the two and ... years I didn't have a book to read, a paper to write or a set of problems

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 5, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sorting of the Frosh (MacGregor Style) We don't have a Sorting Hat, but this is how MacGregor does In-House Rush

  

  this website was updated last year?), and will only be able to talk about ... Because freshmen are beginning to trickle onto campus and moving into their temporary rooms, what better time to talk about housing? Even though

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • August 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Remaking MITadmissions.org we are psychic vampires, please give us your ideas

  

  you're here, and we have your attention, I would like to ask for your help in making MITAdmissions better. tl;dr: this summer, we're going to completely redesign our website (as well as the website for SFS). It will be a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 9, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me totally and completed hosed. I can't even believe I'm taking 15 minutes to ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  I realize that some of you have been counting down to this day since ... access to a computer. A friend of mine had promised to let me use her Blackberry to check my decision, but just as the pivotal moment arrived, I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010