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• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  Books. On the semi-bright side, I had signed up for an overnight visit to ... no bagels. I woke up on the floor of a dorm room the next morning to a ... , drippy weather at the time with hardly an ounce of sunlight to spare, and

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  , right? Not at MIT. Allow me first to set the scene. As some of you may already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... Association (or the UA for short, because MIT students love acronyms) aims to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  The real O.C. Travels in Southern California.

  

  four more to go. On Wednesday, after a couple school visits, I had the chance to have a picnic-style dinner with the Orange County Educational ... the meeting, the ECs had the opportunity to address the audience. At

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  women carry huge buckets of waters on their shoulders, stepping to the ... take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila ... developing countries. We hope to bring the tests to chlorinators set up by a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Get excited for CPW! CPW= Campus Prefrosh? WHOA!

  

  diverse and talented group of individuals who use the space to work on any ... . (Besides, I'd like to see the matriculation rate after a CPW modeled on 4 ... members of the former convene together to celebrate a 10M concentration of

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 6, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  . I arrived at CPW on Friday morning and went to the opening lecture ... , very little idea where to go, and I didn't know anyone. On the morning ... in the communities that needed fuel. She works with students on

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cellular neurobiology The more syllables it has, the cooler it is

  

  This morning I went in early to image neurons on the confocal ... remember to leave Adam a shopping list, so he could go to the store on his ... synaptic cleft and bind to receptors on the outside of the postsynaptic

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  few theories as to why we elbowed our way to the top of the list: OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about ... of the Institute, so you might want to check out the MIT Blogroll

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline Tomorrow Questions? I've got answers.

  

  “sent” to MIT, not “processed,” by the Nov. 1 ... sent to MIT through Naviance, fax or mail will not appear as submitted on the ApplyWithUs site. Check your MyMIT account to follow the progress of

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 31, 2016
• Blog / How to MIT

  Tips and Tricks to MIT What I have learned in my first semester at MIT

  

  living alone, if you are not on the meal plan you have to make your own food, you now have the decision to go to class or not go to class, you ... class to do psets, find the notes on Open Course Ware and review those, or

  • by Ben O. '19
  • December 5, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  We will not be taking anyone from the wait list in 2020 closing out the wait list for the Class of 2024

  

  to go to the wait list, and almost always do. The students on our wait ... space in the class for students who have remained on the wait list.   To ... blog post to announce that and explain why.  As you may know, the wait

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 30, 2020
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I submit my official transcript to MIT as a QuestBridge applicant?

  If the transcript on your QuestBridge application was sent by your ... transcript and no further action is needed on your part. If you did not submit ... official transcript from your school counselor on your Applicant Status page
• Blog / Challenges

  The first step ...is admitting you need help.

  

  a world where they were the BEST and always got A's and never had to ... brightest kids in the world on a single college campus means that not all of ... to be above average. So one of the most important things you'll learn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 8, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For the Admitted Students Welcome, Class of 2013!

  

  peeled on the myMIT portal. Sign the guestbook to introduce yourself to ... First of all, Welcome to the MIT Family! (click to see full ... !). 15. Sometime soon (on Tuesday), The Tech will publish an article about

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 16, 2009
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  How do I apply to the Women’s Technology Program?

  students to Mechanical Engineering (ME) through hands-on classes (taught by ... in the summer after 11th grade.
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  that number isn't actually that high by comparison to the coastal cities ... , usually on couches carved out in the snowdrifts, with the champagne freezing in the bottle on several occasions. Cambridge is more or less the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / Personal Travel

  I Climbed a Mountain Today there's always gonna be another mountain!

  

  ; according to a local, lol). Basically, they're these dual hills on the ... hour on foot after leaving Mission Dolores, I made it to the main viewing ... . Click here to see the panoramic I took on top of the mountain. Sorry that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  around. The desert survived; that’s what it evolved to do. It kept on after ... ’s my job to step in whenever someone complains of the heat and say, “You ... don’t seem to like where the heat is at already — for the past three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  motivated me to venture out to North End two Fridays ago and - for the first time, visit Mike's Pastry. (I *actually* wanted to go to the North End ... to do before I graduate and one was to get through this list

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  , soon enough it’s on to the next world: MIT. Is anyone (ever) ready? Like ... forward to the alarm ringing at 6:45 AM. I drive an hour to work – which ... , TOEFL, AP Exams, etc…Yeah. Anyways, I’m not working on the previously

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010