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• Blog / Uncategorized

  Be a Blogger 2022!

  

  posting the blogger app and prospective bloggers coming out of the woods to ... it’s like to live on Conner 2, or plan REX, or UROP, or decide how to ... , and so forth. The mission of the blogs is to help our students

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Notes A quick update.

  

  holidays. Over the last few days, we've been trying to catch up on all the ... Thanks to reader Timur, who sent the bloggers some "holiday ... ! Rats, foiled again! I also hope to catch up on blog questions as soon as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2005
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Take Me *Home* to the Ballgame By Claire S. '25

  

  eyes, I'm back in the car with my dad, listening to the game on the radio ... Of all the things to happen in college, I never expected baseball to become the antidote to my homesickness. I’ve always been a fan of the St

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • July 31, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fifteen Minutes to Clear My Head on my morning walk from Boston to MIT

  

  having breakfast. As usual, I missed the Boston Daytime shuttle to campus ... stepped out onto the front steps, I felt compelled to pull out my phone and ... street. As I walked to the bridge, I took another picture. People had

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  Today, I felt: angry and heartbroken. Because: the first question on ... with 5 significant figures, and the professor did not manage to include a free copy of Matlab on the formula sheet. No kidding. I opened the test

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  caught up on all the sleep I missed during term (for some reason, while I ... tomorrow, it ends. Tomorrow, I get on a plane and fly to Newark, New Jersey ... , I take the train to Lausanne, and find the boarding house that I'll be

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do students apply to a specific major?

  apply to MIT for general admission and select a major at the end of the ... asks students to list their "course of interest" only, and the choice ... number or acronym. MIT's majors and minors are listed on our site. And the
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  The Tech, went on a field trip to MassWeb, the newspaper's publisher ... semester. "Okay, where to begin?" was what I was thinking at the start of ... -night adventure in the MIT tunnels in which he surprisingly relied on a lot of

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An Open Letter Employers love students with dorm desk experience.

  

  having to check maybe 10-15 packages on an average morning in the past, but on that one day last month, I had to check in nearly 50 packages of ... Probably one of the most lucrative jobs on campus is that of the dorm

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

  Keep your eyes to the skies this Pi Day 2019s are happening

  

  system to reset it. Visit MyMIT and click on the forgotten username or password links beneath the login box on the left.   ... online on Saturday, March 14, 2015, beginning at 9:26 AM ET. When

  • by Decision Drone
  • March 6, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  reviewing MIT’s Intro To Deep Learning the highs and lows of the beloved IAP class

  

  the class started, it has kind of blown up due to all of the lectures and labs being open-sourced on the website and Youtube, with this Obama deepfake specifically making the rounds in 2020. Given the opportunity to

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • January 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The first of the lasts My last Registration Day. *GOOP WARNING.*

  

  I've taken care of all my graduation requirements. On my way to turn in my form (to the lovely Jessie, I might add), I ran into my friend Akhil '05 MEng '06, who is the only other person from my high school to

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Random notes A little bit of this, a little bit of that.

  

  Hiro Nakamura on the NBC series Heroes, has signed on to the film 21, a ... producing and is rumored to also be in the film. I don't know if you caught ... entitles Everybody Loves A Math Joke is now the most popular post ever on the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 9, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  research facility as well as the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus ... interdisciplinary approach to advancing the fight against cancer. This multi-faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2022 Wait List An update for students who accepted a place on our wait list

  

  According to the admissions profession's Code of Ethics and ... , we take about a week to determine the state of the incoming class, and ... that admissions offices may keep students on a wait list through the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  -making process (the part where he explains his thoughts leading up to using vinegar to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As ... The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Spreche Kein Deutsch. Apparently that's how you say "I don't speak German"...not that I would know.

  

  't helped on the retention front. In addition to holding lessons, the other ... two words of the language native to the country you'll be traveling to ... eyes set on the Neuschwanstein Castle: Isn't it beautiful? And I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 3, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW is for Parents Too… ...enjoy your visit!

  

  suggested events to attend and tips on making the most of your CPW experience ... Parents and students are welcome to attend this program on the hows, whys ... When I arrived at MIT to start my freshman year I had never been on

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 14, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  over the phone to the applicant only. People have asked about the ... . The early pool this year was very strong. On the topic of the strength of the early pool, I must say just how difficult it was to narrow it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake ... ! :( Anyway, moving on from my little identity crisis and returning to the ... . That was the best possible note to leave on - as sad as I was to leave, I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010