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• Blog / Community Projects

  We Are All Slaves to the Wind it gets pretty windy here in Kansas. Day 3 at the 2014 Design/Build/Fly competition.

  

  ...weight tends to creep up on you unexpectedly.") Can we touch it? No. Final ... people's minds. Not to mention it looked fabulous--I'm beginning a campaign ... /Build/Fly competition, and as hats flew and hair rippled in 30+ mph wind, it became clear

  • by Allan K. '17
  • April 12, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  -EMS, through which I'll learn about everything it takes to be an Emergency ... that I can set my own hours, which allows me to work around EMT. Even ... I can't believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  . You can't appreciate it here, but the little CLIFTON guys next to the ... tomorrow and you can fail to solve them for yourself (just like I did on all ... 're Course 9, and you like Dr. Phil?" As promised, I headed over to the MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  More for Admitted Students What to do now if you've been admitted to MIT.

  

  have checked in to introduce themselves. Since only admitted students can enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to share your contact ... ). Take as much time as you need to make your decision (and if we can help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who ... and universities in Greater Boston, making it easy to visit a variety of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  How I lost aura points i confess my sins

  

  . I lied to someone's parents It was[annotation note="Parents come to ... state that I have been reduced to[/caption] For people who aren't caught ... gets posted), starting last Friday. I forgot it was happening. When two

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • November 14, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Melis and the AXO Chocolate Factory AXO Fondue was last night!

  

  house used to be a doctor's office and home, until MIT scooped it up a few ... the same event, you know it's the place to be and be seen =) Last night ... we had the opportunity to open our house to the MIT community. The

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Case of the Disappearing Admissions Officers Where have the Admissions Officers been lately?

  

  applications. It's been hard to find time for much else (like blogging and email ... How long has it been since I last blogged? So long that it took me 9 tries to remember my blogging username/password. So then, where have I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds, Part 3 Helping the Class of 2010 with their decisions.

  

  good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we ... the Reply Form itself, but you can also doubly confirm with an email to ... attention, what can you turn to? [2] Also, do MIT students tend to be pretty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story of Tonight (more like 730 nights ago)

  

  than I can keep up with. It feels like I don't have enough time to get ... the experience of watching Hamilton is to compare it to finishing a ... it to the last page of the novel. The last song. The last sentence. The

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 1, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  dorm desk experience (Steve Jobs worked Desk), but also because it’s so easy to multi-task. I am one of said desk workers at Baker, and early ... shifts. I have no problem waking up that early; it’s just… well… that

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 8, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  leaving season blue blue blue

  

  And we leave it all behindCan't you see we need some time? at a camp ... , doing so much. if i began to write everything that needed to be done, it ... , what to expect of it, how i was failing at expecting and on the other

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 21, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  guess it's called a "Quiz," but they just call it that to lure us into a ... Brawl to settle me down. It was rough. Boo for 2.001 quizzes. Luckily, we ... .001 test. I love you guys, it was great hanging out with you, but I'd like to

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC Why does it say E.Jones on my door when I am B.Jones, and why is…

  

  first name is Edward. When I got to MIT, Edmund and I thought it would be ... to fill out the other form/survey when it's released, however ... 'd gone to MIT I totally would have lived in EC. I'm not saying it's the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lessons on How to Start a Hard Tech Startup, with Sam Altman hard tech is hard(er).

  

  if cycle time has gotten much faster, then it might be a good time to ... motivated to work harder.  Another benefit of shorter cycle times is that it ... months, it's harder to relax too much. Learn from software companies Most

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 13, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought…

  

  eerie, as I've never seen that before. But it's good to know that MIT ... knew that. I need to get back to it - more updates when there's something ... It's Sunday at lunchtime and we have a bit of a break, so I thought I

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A typical first semester more or less

  

  has been pretty harmless. Going to lecture is usually worth it since ... of the course is: reading poetry. A lot of it. To be honest, I barely ... , so I just stopped going. If you can make it work, you aren't obligated

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  you have to pay for. When I told her that, she mulled it over and then ... ; far be it from me to weigh in on it with empirical evidence. But what I ... , to which I ought to ascribe any ostensible brilliance (after all, it

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jon and me how I came to see the world

  

  they) taught me to see it. When I do the best I can, reading applications ... writing jokes about it. When I came here, and had to learn to tell the ... thing to do is, however naive and unreachable that hope might be, it's in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 11, 2015
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Comfort and College Scared of applying to colleges far from home? Then read this!

  

  : Memorial drive. As I drive to my apartment, I can’t help but feel at home; it’s ... you bear to be without them? Can you imagine embarking on a journey in ... home; come to think of it, I was one of them. Good ol’ highway 34; a

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • November 21, 2011