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• Blog / Community Projects

  Together in Service MIT community working collaboratively

  

  the theme is to have an organizing principle that helps convey the message you want to get across in a strong and memorable way. And that’s why ... trying to communicate when I travel to Miami next week and talk to students

  • by Kris Guay
  • September 20, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An Alternative Semester There are things to click in here.

  

  sophomore who is still unsure what course to major in. But the reality is not ... graduate as so, but this semester I'm taking: 1.00 - Introduction to ... must not leave MIT without being able to robustly code something and 1

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 17, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Associate Advising and the MedLinks Program I'm sick of unpacking, so here's a blog post

  

  seems like a good time to tell you about two programs that I'm involved ... and want to help guide them through their first year. We can provide a student perspective on things like class choices, deciding whether or not to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 28, 2012
• Blog / Events

  LeaderShape 2012 Six unforgettable days.

  

  takes place over IAP. Participants will be asked to wrestle with such ... Massachusetts, allowing students the opportunity to fully engage in the leadership ... joined ~50 other MIT students and boarded a bus to the Camp Wonderland

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Update State of the mail, application numbers, and more

  

  Midyear Report is an online form that is required of all students, and is to be completed by you, the applicant. The Report serves two purposes: to provide your updated grades since you have applied, and to mention other

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Availability Heuristic with applications to pledging

  

  finally gave out bids to some awesome freshmen (and a sophomore!). They'll have until 8:00am this Saturday to decide whether or not they want to pledge. Rushing isn't an easy job, and popular culture doesn

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  frequents these blogs! * The word "prospective" doesn't distribute to parents ... Admissions blogger. If you want to read a little bit about me, you can check out my bio here. If you want to find out a little more about me, feel

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT ... Game, you will be able to participate in all the most important aspects ... ) MIT diploma We began closed beta testing of the game to our Early

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT History Makes MIT Spotlight! Again, bringing you live reporting from the underappreciated MIT History department.

  

  research on colonial United States up to the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the Constitution, and yet she was willing to sit down with the six of us - relative novices in matters relating to the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 4, 2010
• Blog / Events

  It’s Almost Here! The sun? Orientation? Only time will tell.

  

  , unrelenting rain, and chilly temps since the weekend. Welcome back to Boston ... weather attempts to dampen our moods, campus-wide excitement will not be ... Freshman Pre-Orientation Program, and was so excited to explore MIT for a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  sounds like. Clearly MIT is refusing to let me graduate without a few last hard kicks in the face. (Remind me to tell you about how I failed my swim ... applied to MIT in the first place. And now that you're in and you've sent

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  I had literally never taken a screen shot until I got to MIT. Seriously. I guess I just never had needed to or something, but once I got here I started taking them all the time, just to remember that day the

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  available to admitted students, including: Campus Preview Weekend ... the Medical Release Form. Notes to the wise: if you're flying in, book ... your classmates have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  over to the Bush Room to join several other MIT students in calling youuu: the RA admits! I think I got to call and congratulate about fifteen or ... people :( Since I'm from the Houston area, I begged Matt to let me call

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  So, compared to my IAPs of years past which I spent studying abroad ... , or the exam that tests your ability to choose correct responses to 144 ... the SAT is bad, wait till you get to the MCAT. But that's enough

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  Numbers 1: MEnging I graduated in June, but I'm not gone yet! Due to ... Science) at MIT, I am able to stay on to complete a Master's Degree. The M ... . They then start to integrate graduate-level courses with their regular

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  , MA 02139. Please mail excess pillows to address above. 9:20 AM ... . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of ... afford to treat myself to quality relaxation time, so I spend half an hour

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week MIT: It's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver.

  

  , it's actually really hard to answer, for two reasons. First, MIT is ... interests, it's really hard to classify anything as "typical." Academically, I ... . From bhangra dancing to fighting poverty, from helping improve MIT

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer & the Coming Commencement stuff and things.

  

  I'm happy to be here again for the summer. So I did this once my ... , next to the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (with the enviable name ... back then I managed the walk to work every day in half an hour on my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 4, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Making Time For Art [by Ashley Nash '11] If you don't have much or any experience with art, MIT…

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] Before I got to MIT, in all of my classes, there has been one and only one answer to every question. The reason to do a problem was to get the answer. What about the answer? Why does it even

  • by ARTalk
  • March 18, 2008