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• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  However, the good news is that it should be a fairly eventful weekend; MIT ... another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally ... until the middle of the night--it makes me nostalgic for my own Freshman

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m a non-traditional applicant. How do I apply?

  decision about what letters of support to send for review is left up to the ... awhile, we would expect to see the results of your standardized tests ... would assist us in getting to know you. Obviously, the greater the
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  thought I'd share. Coherency is left as an exercise to the reader. Around ... tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens with hexagonal cross-sections at various angles, the physical properties

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  One of IAP's most exciting activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT’s Undergraduate Research Journal: Get your work published! MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal, a student-run journal that publishes articles about research going on at…

  

  It's that time of the year again -- MIT's Undergraduate Research Journal (MURJ) is looking for submissions (due October 10th) for our Fall 2005 issue! MURJ is a student-run journal that publishes articles about

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  , everything was new, from the campus to the classes to the experience of living away from my family for the first time. The next fall, during my ... requirements to mostly [annotation note="these were course 6 classes at the time

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  What is MITES Summer?

  MITES Summer is a rigorous six-week residential academic enrichment program for rising high school seniors—many of whom come from underrepresented or underserved communities—who have a strong academic record and are
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  to alter his curriculum from 10.40, which is thermo at the graduate ... love about MIT lab classes is the free lab goggles. Today we had a choice ... since I've already had to break out the long pants and awesome jacket, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Is study help available?

  MIT offers a variety of academic resources to provide support for any student facing a particularly tough academic challenge, from tutoring and study groups to time management tips and testing…
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in My Summer Life Starts at 5 AM, ends at 10:30 PM, and go-go-go in between.

  

  Merck for the day and start my 1.5- hour-long trip home. And this is where ... , I'm awake before the sun has risen fully: I'm living at UPenn this ... , and since all of us are used to showering in the morning instead of at

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  brother is way taller than I am. I spent the first few days of Spring Break ... This past week was, hands down, the best spring break of my college ... and arrive safely in the ever-humid city of Houston, Texas. Enter

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  're not coming to Boston for the world-reknowned universities or beautiful ... I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but unfortunately it was all Spam's idea. Thanks, Spam. Unfortunately, in the mean

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  awoke every summer day at about Price is Right (10:00am for normal folks) and lounged on the couch through Judge Mathis. Around the beginning of Cailou (a show my young sister was adamant to watch) I'd saunter off to the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Hosts

  

  at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a ... left before 8pm), but in the end, everyone was matched. You have a host ... hosted meetings with the MIT student hosts for CPW. One meeting overflowed

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  Clothes are so fun! I love tailoring my outfits to whatever is ... the forge, cropped ones for social events that don't include bits of flying steel. One of the major joys of MechE for me has been the ability to

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  were curious, ozonolysis is actually a lot more straightforward than the ... couldn't help but chuckle when I picked up the notes outlining the topics scheduled to be covered in the discussion. The list went something like this

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising and freshman formalities

  

  time was had by all. I invited a fellow who is actually an alumnus of my hall, and he hadn't been back in the building since the early 1970s. Talk ... to dinner following a "signing of the forms" (see above). We've had a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  While the period known as "End of term" certainly brings finals anxiety, it also brings many events and traditions celebrating the ... these, including the last 3.091 lecture (described here by Kevin), all of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  , during my first semester, I ended up not using any of the them. The Subway ... approach the rest of my goals throughout the year: Should any of my goals ... resolution to not start over or delay anytime a goal falls short, I need some

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Belated Guest Entry by Carin '13 - a little late perhaps but incredible nonetheless

  

  manila, those islands are trash. The left side is a GK village, the right ... over to England to visit a childhood friend. I've spent the past week ... , and attempting to imitate British accents as best I can. All the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 2, 2010