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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  things on my closet that I could use as costumes (blame the Assassins ... ! Prospective MIT students and blog readers of the world, your mission (if you choose to accept it) is to pick my Halloween costume. Voting will last

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What kind of study abroad programs are available?

  Interested in studying abroad for an academic year in the U.K. or a semester in South Africa? Want to improve your foreign language skills by spending a summer in China or heading to Spain during the month of January
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  turn to this hobby time and time again when I picked it up at the ... pixelated designs on my laptop to recreate in fabric. I couldn't stop. I ... the repeated patterns when there was no pattern or meaning to be found

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.

  

  small seminar-style classes heavy on reading and discussing the primary ... bunch of freshmen figure out where they'll be the happiest. What's not to ... Sciences (Course 9) What's next: Entering the Biological and Biomedical

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 4, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  blogging life. Which is wild to me, conceptually. On the one hand, because I ... through my time at the 'tute. Two years down, and two more to go. Since then ... experience leads to a smaller proportion of the time it took to gain that

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  me to write this entry. I've spent the last 24 hours alternating ... laziness. So ~ my time in India is over :( No longer do I wake to the sound ... dogs; nor do I feel the need to automatically convert between dollars and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  . Anyhow, I just wanted to point out and celebrate the 5th Leap Day in my ... road trip back to school because all the roads were clogged from Chinese ... the morning?) 4:30 AM - returns to dorm. 5:40 AM - completes 5

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This is the result when you look me up on the ... to Wikipedia has "the highest magnetic strength of any element." Ah ... London. I don't really want The Internet to know my address, so for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  you just called your friend a wuss. Now add "ter" to the end. Wuss ... actually know how to pronounce it. The nice compromise I've come up with is ... "the prood" or "the proo" depending on how lazy you are about the last

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Endless rain into a paper cup ...also, restless wind inside a letterbox.

  

  the above information was available to me with a simple push of F12. In ... be attempting to run in the Boston Marathon. If you can brave the rain, we'd really appreciate it if you could come cheer on the runners. I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  we do some memeing around these parts memes i've made so far on campus

  

  I love memes. I can't help it—I'm a Gen Z'er, so I grew up on the ... you were the employee who had to unflip these then i'm sorry ... ="i don't actually use adobe photoshop. i taught myself how to edit images

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2021
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Admitted Students

  

  Institute, and you are one of the very few applicants to whom we offered admission. Congratulations and welcome to the Class of 2015! Feel free to introduce yourselves in the comments below to your future friends. And

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Other summer programs A further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors…

  

  Since my earlier post on MIT's summer programs was linked from the ... summer programs. To that end, here is a further list of some terrific math & science summer programs for high school juniors to consider. All of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 2 A recap, with pictures.

  

  my fellow admissions peeps. Not bound to the Reg Desk today, I made the ... . Went back to my office for the first time in 2 days; checked email. Akash ... Google Maps for an hour or so. Met up with Lorelle and headed to the BSU

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 8, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Lunch

  

  and guests from 2:30 to 4pm on Thursday (May 12th) at Majerle's Grill ... are excited to provide their yummy lunch for the ISEF finalists and ... block from the Convention Center. RSVP (requested but not required) to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  forbidden gatorade cell media looks tasty...

  

  with “Try not to drink the media.” This really just implies that cell ... could make media with different liquids, and now I really want to feed the ... taste of alcohol. Is this safe??: 0/10 Probably not -- in addition to the

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2021
• FAQ / Testing

  What tests do I have to take?

  If you are planning on applying to MIT and would like to see our testing requirements, please visit our Tests & scores page.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MITblogs: The Next Generation Look ma, a hack!

  

  Courtesy of the prospective Class of 2013, I am amused and happy to present eight applicants' humble homage to the MIT admissions website ... our friend Randall Munroe. I like the last panel, personally.

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions? Answering FAQs about the awards section in the MIT application.

  

  tried to make the distinction. One way to think of it would be this ... "scholastic" and "non-scholastic" distinctions. The questions read: List any ... the level of distinction. List any non-scholastic distinctions you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 8, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Bernanke to speak at Commencement!

  

  MIT just announced that Ben Bernanke '79 is going to be the ... by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. This is just another example that indicates the strong

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 14, 2005