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• Blog / Admissions

  NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.

  

  Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC). NACAC is the primary ... sessions included: Dealing with Natural DisastersThe New TOEFL is Here ... is very concerned about the stress placed on students and families by

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 26, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Maiden Voyages First years, welcome to MIT

  

  to the counter and checked them onto the flight. I'm not a very ... hung from the rearview mirror. Boston is a very small city, but from ... into the building. The security guard informed me that he would not let

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  ’s a not-so-big-secret—the music department at MIT is a gem.* *Mohs def ... , impeccably sanded (by Yan & Co.) roofdeck is a full-service pit stop on the ... Course 21W: Writing and Humanistic Studies.* *What in the world is a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  why that is. Maybe it’s the environmental contrast. Maybe it’s force of ... cost of not relishing the time that I had. Everything felt so normal that ... On Wednesday, December 20th, I took my last final of the semester. I

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  It’s Possible To Have Too Much Nutella Wait, don't go away! Hear me out on this one

  

  is "someone who just eats to not starve," and 10 is "Phantom Gourmet ... crepe; you start to believe that the crepe itself is made of Nutella. I ... : what's your take on crepes? Is Nutella the dominant and essential

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  the Toy Building Heaven that is this little shop is the shop vac. You ... If you'll remember, last week was the Latke vs. Hamentaschen debate. That wasn't the only eventful thing that happened that day, there was all

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fix that. I'll start with semester one, which is when the proverbial ... hose is still hosing. Same deal: 100 words or less! Not including ... 's not just straight memorization, but about applying central concepts.The

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  thing is about 2.5 hours in length, and not quite as life-changing as the ... Hello, everyone. This is probably the first time anyone has heard of ... :30 am to 2 pm. And where is this Luncheon? The beautiful MIT Faculty Club

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk ... waitlist and did not make it beyond the first class, so I do not remember his ... girl who is visited by her 39 year old self the summer before she leaves

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  day one welcome back

  

  Day one, again. Campus is different than before. The doors don ... intelligence, we mostly go over the syllabus. AI (6.034) is interesting. AI is ... make space for. I go to a graduate-level graph theory class that is not

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 9, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  list of things that refill my will to live things to do when i don't want to do anything

  

  entree celeste, but not actually playing celeste (although that is fun ... , universal sunsets, but only when it's not freezing cold outside like it is ... the halfway point of the camp and we were all sad about it being halfway

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • March 9, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] Halfway Through MIT Where I’ve been, and where I’m going

  

  a very lovely soul, who I invited to write a post anytime. This is the ... ’s hitting me that this is the halfway point now, and some of these new college ... classwork and clubs. As of now, the most concrete way I plan on doing this is

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • September 25, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  since i’ve been home

  

  "]stifling[/annotation] long island household. the game's release is almost prophetically ... fios customers on the phone from home, is done with work. [annotation note="the ethernet cable she uses is run through a small hole in the

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 3, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A last-minute barbecue for hundreds of people New House: mobilize.

  

  , following the Shaw's trip. My body is not designed to get up at 5am. To my ... that my body is really not designed to carry a 20 lb bag of charcoal. By ... in months. The memorial service took place on Briggs field, which is

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 11, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It All Started with a Sound Board… [By Harrison Bralower '11] I was pleased to find that MIT had a very strong…

  

  . Photo / Andrea Robles - The Tech One of the easiest ways to do this is ... is that we have to coordinate and rehearse the entire show during January and four weeks is not a lot of time to get a production up and

  • by ARTalk
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  language by the time I graduate) I'm still deciding whether or not to double ... you which one the lie is. Two Truths and a Lie ... surrounding areas, I hope you all get an idea of what the community and life is

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  is fundamentally constrained by its position at the 7 mile x 7 mile tip ... trying out is designating blocks of the city as supervised campsites. on ... people experiencing homelessness. on the other hand, it is incredibly sad

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Finding Balance May I have this dance?

  

  , slacklining is not tightrope walking (because the line is, you know, slack). The ... affirms that the whiteboard is indeed level (an accomplishment my roommate ... 've been slacklining a total of three times now (the slackliner is super

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 6, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  There’s More to Life Than Tooling You can, for example, write your mechanical engineering thesis and an original musical. At the…

  

  involved in the hacking community. All he wants to be is hardcore (there is ... awesome. But as awesome as the product is, it can't compare to its creator ... % of the student body is enrolled in a music class*. We have a Pulitzer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  In Transit The people and ideas traversing MIT

  

  on the bus, I realized that everything I do - work, blogs, grad school app essay drafts - is on Google Drive. I am now drafting this in a .txt ... work and fun) and when something is done, I only cross-out never delete

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 22, 2012