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• Blog / MIT Life

  August, Airplanes, and why not throw in Spring Break, too? My traveling styles. And, I don't even know, maybe a catch-up thing?

  

  a monkey complaining about not getting grapes, like the other monkeys ... there was a storm coming in from the west. Not cute. Luckily, I had my ... success. It is the sandpaper that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  I disappeared into the battlefield of the semester, not to be heard ... than both of those already difficult semesters. It is the most difficult experience I have had at MIT, if not in my life. It is hard both academically

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  19 Summers AHH I'm getting old :(

  

  impending school year; the end of August is coming up soon (how is this ... that I made faces like this is further evidence that not much has changed ... different activity options in the late afternoon ("cloud-watching" is there

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  Network is actually the thing I'm second-most excited about with regard to ... with me when I was watching the program... there's not a new program ... an "extension" until Monday, which is nice considering that we're not

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On being at college MIT, specifically.

  

  on the other hand, is not a rectangle (in fact it feels like the most un-rectanglulary shaped campus I have ever seen). It is also not a ... are like any normal person not accustomed to the numerically saturated

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • September 15, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  See You Later

  

  the Center for Civic Media, which is hands down my favorite lab at MIT ... will still be difficult to live with. This is not an easy job to leave ... has been incredible. But I know this is the right opportunity at the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 6, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MITWE Goes Digital We stan Fred in this household 😤

  

  website outages, it’s easy to forget nowadays that MIT is a tech school. Luckily, the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) is always ahead of the curve, using ... for the first few rehearsals)[/caption] Not the most exciting things in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 21, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  'd make Tim Howe (for those of you not in the know -- Tim Howe, like Jack ... not you're wearing your MIT hoodie or shorts with the words on the butt ... It's May 1! Welcome to the MIT Class of 2010! If you have sent back

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.

  

  (Also see Bryan's entry) The first full week of October is always an ... early to check the website and see if any MIT folks won. I have to be ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  Recommended by the Department of Mechanical Engineering." Because 2A is cooler ... your name will look like on the degree, but...let's not jinx this, okay ... , from the same website, found within 5 minutes of each other with

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

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  mind of an MIT student. Not every entry is the same, not every entry is ... .0, where anybody can put anything on the Internet and everybody is equal ... revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It all comes to this The Senior Thesis (cue dramatic music)

  

  departments, this task is called the “Senior Thesis.” The requirements for the ... fear; you will not be released into the wild, unpredictable territory of ... thesis. The class is designed to be 1/3 thesis writers anonymous, 1

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  the government, and then its students being told not to speak up? Is ... “suspected terrorist” for up to 14 days without warrant. And the bill is ... , one of the country’s larger news websites. Then it was refusal to renew

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  times. My normal routine is disrupted, the heat makes me lazy and slow ... -- it's a pupal stage. This is probably the weirdest summer I've ever ... .) It's liminal, but it's not only me who is transitioning between selves

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  For EA Deferred Students FAQs for students deferred from Early Action.

  

  materials? The only thing we ask that you send in is the midyear grade report, which can be downloaded off of the MyMIT website. Your semester grades are ... keep us up-to-date with any news in your life. This is not required nor

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  out of the college experience, and not every environment is conducive to ... is a great place to go to school, but I also recognize that it’s not a ... ?[/annotation] I mean, MIT is objectively great. Now that’s not to say it’s perfect

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  item is the one that generates the most excitement. For many students, it ... ! A couple ways to check if your username is already taken: 1) put the ... The first wave of the Next Big Mailing (NBM) has been sent out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Making money: my campus job "Hello, MIT Computing Help Desk, this is Laura, how may I help you?"

  

  (sometimes the solution requires superpowers within IS&T that are not ... all. You can browse some of them here, on the financial aid website ... years ago- but the website has thankfully undergone a dramatic improvement

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.

  

  the "Build Your Own Pizza" app on the Domino's website to order pizza for all the teams. MIT Natya is one of several dance teams on campus; I ... when performing on stage and even easier to forget that the audience is

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  . Despite the stereotypes, everyone admitted to MIT will not be an engineering ... going to go out and change the world somehow, not just those with good ... -qualified, under-represented minority applicants. (Remember, this is not up for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005