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• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Moms We stand on the shoulders of giants....!!

  

  taking it in high school, and always supported me in my endeavors to be ... you <3 <3 In addition to honoring my own mother, I thought it ... gets, I can always go home on breaks to an amazing meal cooked by my mom

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 14, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back to high school except now I don't know what I'm doing

  

  . It's also considerably louder than I'm used to. I've been hiding ... allowed us to use shortcuts as long as we wrote a proof and taught it to the ... "smart" and it would be a pity if I didn't get to use my brain as much as I

  • by Alice L. '24
  • November 5, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... an online drop request to your advisor, your advisor approves it on their end, and then you submit the final changes to the registrar. It isn

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rambax MIT Goes To Senegal Like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, except with fewer filibusters and more dancing.

  

  lots of ceebujen (fish and rice). And I got to film it all happening ... any musical background whatsoever to start playing with the group - it ... end this blog entry without using "check it out," but you should

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 18, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  're going to try to premiere it at this week's men's ice hockey game and, if ... you get here, since it's sure to be legendary by the time you get here for orientation: You're supposed to read it in four rhyming lines, like

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  to bounce off ideas and formulate a method to approach your question ... to MIT? A: As cliché as it sounds, follow your passions and seek ... ’re immersed in. It will broaden your thinking and give you something unique to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So I said to Einstein… ...think of a name for my new theory while I go talk to my relatives.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Even if you want to boil water really quickly, don ... their moments, but it's all in order to prepare you for your ultimate pass... and that is not trivial." According to Ben, it's got some factual errors

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  ("having lots of work to do", "sympathy for peers who can't go to some fun ... planets. Kind of cool, really. You can go to a different living group and ... I hear Early Action decisions went out. Congrats to those of you who

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... with. The traits that make you whole. Does that sound scary? To me it ... confident. Use the active voice. Avoid “I think” and “I believe.” Don’t try to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  Transportation Authority is here and Google Maps is here. Learn to love these ... 't ride the subway enough for this to be worthwhile, you can just pay each ... room, I'm almost positive you can find it at Target. There's also a Bed

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  3.A03 Metalsmithing Throughout Time come to MIT, get to forge metal with your bare hands!! (and a hammer)

  

  , that we use our creativity. I thought it would be cool to have a sky ... "advising seminar." (There also used to be RBA/residence-based advising, where ... someone to talk to if something went wrong. So far, I am LOVING it. You

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 27, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  The Fringe that Stole Christmas hair @ MIT, and several hair-raising puns

  

  (especially because I never bothered to comb it). But it felt sort of goofy and ... center, who would buzz me down to a 2 or 3 and then I’d just let it grow ... happened before and there was no obvious way to fix it. I went for a consult

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • December 25, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferring Thoughts before 12/14 12:14pm to after 3/14 1:59pm

  

  electronic device. I remember it reasonably well due to the traumatic nature of ... more than I'd like to admit. And it's ok it feels the same way for you or ... it was for me, so remember there's nothing wrong with taking a break to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • December 18, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers to some questions

  

  . Don't be shy; the ECs are used to people wanting to schedule interviews ... you set up a crockpot to cook for a few hours, can you usually trust ... space to be a problem on 5th East, and I'd say we use the kitchen more

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 19, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to ... use science, technology, and the useful arts to make the world a better place. We can’t wait to welcome them to our campus to join the 4

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  many questions as we can and do our best to answer every question fully ... questions find it interesting and helpful to hear other people's questions and ... colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  's surprise and curiosity to how it worked. The rules are as follows: 4-year ... competitive, we thought it would be fun to do something where we could actively ... friends failing to skate, falling, and laughing about it. After a good 10

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  International Admissions Conference My review of the annual OACAC conference.

  

  independent college admissions counselors. It was a great opportunity for me to ... we do in admissions, and what we can do to improve our process. One ... , Architecture, Literature, etc. It was also good to interact with my colleagues

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Cancer life-changing.

  

  of you who haven’t – well, I’m about to tell you about it :) Camp ... of cancer. The topic fascinated me; it was sort of a guilty pleasure to ... it was, I was likely to have it too. I delved into studying cancer

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  dining hall to popping some popcorn, it suffices to say that MIT has more than just one culture when it comes to food and cooking. Chop Stir Hack ... restaurants close to campus. So how does content make it from being an idea to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020