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• Blog / Public Statements

  Asking for letters of recommendation (during a pandemic) tl;dr: mostly the same as during normal times, but clarifying some points of anxiety

  

  the last one: "Who should I ask to write letters on my behalf? And the ... —  during the pandemic, and after it —  is to just focus on who can write best ... have known me for a few weeks]. Who should I ask to write letters on my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 6, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Break New Ground Join the NEW MIT-Chile Program

  

  MISTI is pleased to announce the launch of its eleventh country ... , is home to the country’s most important universities and research ... twin Magellan telescopes, considered to be the best natural imaging

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Application Materials? What to do if your MyMIT tracking shows missing documents.

  

  missing documents, as it may slow down our ability to process the documents ... Completed Interview form (in the green interview box on your MyMIT homepage ... finished processing all of the application materials submitted for early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  career fair haikus this post contains your Daily Value of sodium

  

  😤   I approached the stand  $old my self, car, home, and soul To ... 🎶Will the stars align? 🎶 🎶Will my interviews go fine?🎶 🎶Will the ... , we're going shopping." *Drives to career fair*👕   Push through

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 28, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  wood-fired pizza made from a 10-year-old sourdough starter, A4 is the go-to ... years ago. I was left with pieces of pepperoni and cheese on the ground, a ... surface curves in 3D space at a given point on the surface. Each direction

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  MIT account, you can call the CPW hotline (617.258.6085) to register via ... . Simply click on the "Registration" link in the CPW portlet - if you see ... to a few students who didn't register using one of the recommended

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  rating classes from this semester the good, the bad & the underrated

  

  on grades...the most I've ever taken), so I opted to stay on campus ... mood. I wanted to give some thoughts on the classes I took this semester ... have so much to do. In the last few months, my writing career got pushed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 26, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not Much Has Changed except a lot has changed

  

  Simmons folk, new kids on the block. Time to write the next chapter, to be ... 's Thursday the 18th, so I'm going to take the time to submerge myself into ... looking through pictures of the past year, from fancy formal pictures to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... things since coming to MIT, which really makes me wonder what the space ... things that I prided myself in the most before coming to college. Maybe it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  . Basically, the project was designed to have us develop some type of scientific question, and then use a measurement device to validate our hypothesis. But ... skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  “futility island” socially conscious hacking? in MY institution?

  

  art installation went up recently on "Walker Lawn", also known as the ... to the animals and parts of nature whose voices are "silenced ... planned to Building 54 -- a renovation sponsored by Shell, the oil company

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 25, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of ... a transcript of the email that was sent this morning: From: Erin To ... quickly consumed (but at least I got some pictures this time!) (To the

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What can you do in four years?

  

  . Question: "What about Are Four years enough to get advantage of all the ... better or would have liked but never got a chance to meet, and more. The ... for crew (I was on lightweight crew as a freshman). Not really the most

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cats!! I love where I live!!

  

  decided that he wanted to mosey on into the room of Duncan '13.  The top ... floor in the world is my home. I live on the third floor of the east ... the coolest things about Tetazoo is the presence of cats. Here on

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Women’s Week 2005 Learn about both the mission and events associated with this year's week-long promotion.

  

  Chad Waxman, dare to take on the physical challenge and test your ... 's Women's Week. Check out the variety of events that are going on. Women ... to share ideas, air frustrations, and advance the leadership role of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  months. It heartened me to be in that room, with the coolest collection of ... published my first post on CoLab Radio, a planning blog started by the MIT ... . Read the first installment in my series on urban wilderness. Ta

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  Hey you guys! I recently had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Rustagi '11 and interviewing him at the Guitar Center about his club: the MIT LMC (Live Music Connection). To be brief, the MIT LMC is basically a

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Uncanny Valley im gonna make you shit your pants

  

  feel a little creepy. On a graph of human likeness to attraction/repulsion, uncanny valley refers to the sharp dip. There are several theories about why ... that mimicked humans to get closer to us. Whatever the case, this topic

  • by Anika H. '26
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  End of term

  

  Jones. For me, I was happy to partake in the Lab for Chocolate Science ... 'd like to address and of course there's lots to say leading up to the ... While the period known as "End of term" certainly brings finals

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2004
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  perhaps to come from the verb alo, to feed, nourish, and develop. This is ... 's supposed to be, you know, making the bread rise. Oops. I switched to whole ... too warm? Did I need to cycle my heating lamp on and off? He grew, but

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020