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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Imbibing the Nostalgia Punch More akin to jumping on the bandwagon than drinking the kool-aid in that it is…

  

  tinged with a deceptive dearth of day to day drudgery (how do you get a ... 've filmed all of the bloggers getting hit in the face with pies on a shoestring ... now-me in the heart with a blast of nostalgia or inspiration that stings

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Tour/Hack/Math Three things that happen a lot at MIT

  

  prefrosh (Danny '12) is in town and I decided to go on a campus tour with him ... , not IN the tour. I present to you a glimpse into what the average MIT ... Yesterday (Tuesday) was a very eventful day. It began with me in lab

  • by Snively '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tales From Turning Twenty They range from "a little peculiar" to "utterly bizarre."

  

  listening to a nurse say "puff our your chest like a girl puffs out her boobs ... to pop one's shoulder back in: "puff your chest out," she said ... left to get a snack. When I returned, I was out of breath (there was a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 7, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting ... . Though your MIT ID Card won't get you free admission, you still might be

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Refactored

  

  MIT portal, be patient. We still have a lot of application pieces to enter and ... staff to get together and catch up. And before that, I was sleeping off ... ; Alumni goal: Leon Hsu   Sadly, a loss in our first game of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 2, 2004
• Blog / Personal Projects

  in Black Valley Hostel journal of my third day in Ireland

  

  , so I’m not complaining.   I’m in Black Valley Hostel, a beautiful, cold little hostel about 21km south of Killarney, a town in County Kerry, Ireland. It’s the launching point to walk the Kerry Way, a nine

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 9, 2023
• Blog / Events

  My Kind Of Party Consider this your first frat party.

  

  , then you're correct. So this past weekend, my fraternity hosted a party ... -flops. This night was extra-nice because prior to the "actual" event we had a ... week to get out 14 NEW BROTHERS (note the excitement). Anyhoo, for those

  • by Bryan
  • September 27, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  getting paid to sit in a place that generated so much joy. I love my UROP ... , getting an internship represents a lot more than just something to do over ... happy with it though. I want to try and squeeze in a language in there

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  when I get a chance, but in the meantime, this is a good time to talk ... point where a lot of us in admissions are talking about ways to get ... year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Aiden Wrapped a year in review

  

  , and everything in my mind exists in a battle-to-the-death style list of ... important that happens in December. But, I refuse to break a trend and ... interest in genetics and bio for me as a career path, so to that I owe it

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • December 3, 2024
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Things that make you go hmmmm……. Obama’s transformative presidency………for geeks????

  

  Ledger’ to casually peruse the headlines and get a sense of what was going ... Senate Web site used to have a photo of him posing in front of a Superman ... ’ve been searchin’…. They’ve been wondering why….(In case you’re wonderin

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • December 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Reading Commences The applications are in, and now we're reading them.

  

  Things are starting to get quite busy! Now that the Early Action ... progresses, but I did want to take a quick break to at least give you all an update. Your applications are in good hands. Stay tuned.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Culture Clash Spain doesn't do sarcasm, and my soul is slowly dying. But then I took some…

  

  the gallon. In fact, it's hard to buy it in anything smaller than a ... said to me: "You're how old?! Oh my God, you're a baby!" ...exact words ... . Seriously, a couple of weeks ago as we sat in a bar and watched Spain beat

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 9, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... . Remember that your application is reviewed in context, and that we look to ... apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is NEET?

  department they will be majoring in and a NEET Certificate in one of these ... NEET is a collaborative and project-based academic program from the School of Engineering. The program aims to educate young engineers to build
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  becoming a doctor, I wanted to get a little insight into the pharma aspect of ... , and since all of us are used to showering in the morning instead of at night, my mornings tend to (1) start early, and (2) be a little hectic

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 15, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a ... A lot of my time this summer has been spent in transit. I take the ... Amtrak train, and more recently a day trip to Providence, RI also via

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  (another) postcard from GTL spain and an unexpected crossover with the Edgerton Center

  

  be left with a heightened appreciation for the 4 years I get to have at ... ourselves being send with our students to a hackathon in Barcelona. It feels ... thing that helps is to pick your head up, to stop staring at the sidewalk

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • February 1, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  The Abstract The adventure density has been high

  

  details than you could ever want, don't worry). To summarize, here's a map ... . On January 2, I flew to DC for a huge astronomy conference. There, I ... ! tell me about your research.") and asked Neil deGrasse Tyson a question

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  MIThenge, after Stonehenge in England, and not to be confused with "Mitt hedges", which was a commonly used debate tactic in the 2012 United States ... ISS transits to the second, there's actually quite a bit of uncertainty

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012