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• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  talking about how to judge whether or not you're suited for MIT, and vice ... ; finals hit a few weeks ago, after which I flew home immediately and ... 've been at school.. I watched Say Anything for the first time and have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  for our class picture and is where we will come together once again to ... clouds above the Dome spell 'Punt' and 'Tool,' corresponding with our constant fight to achieve balance in our social and academic lives. Athena

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?

  

  participate in discussions jointly, and vice versa. We spent our time together ... week to work on our projects and bounce off ideas. Beyond that, our ... , analyzing, and debating legislation. My fellow MIT teammate and I tried our

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  in MIT, our great students and research facilities, or just in learning ... is on exoplanets - planets that exist outside of our solar system - and ... develop an undying love - BRAINS AND ROBOTS. Or Prashanth (who I also lived

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  around the room and up and down the stairs to tell Becky and Sam. Why ... out... Friday night Sam and Becky and I walked into Boston to have a ... about that. I got the sizzling chicken and cheese, like I do every time

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  , we read and discussed a new webcomic or graphic novel to see all the ... .] Do you have any role models or heroes? Who are they and why? I have so ... read them", or "you shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that." And I

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  David Berry: A “Fearless” Innovator with a Passion for MIT Dr. David Berry, who received his S.B. and Ph.D. from MIT, received the honor of…

  

  and management, David originally wanted to become a neuro or orthopedic ... , MIT grad Dr. David Berry knows a thing or two about success. Though he is only 29 years old, he has 24 patents-pending and has been touted as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 4, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  from 9am onward to be with one another, listen, and share our hopes for ... feel like they have a voice, and especially hope that our immigrants feel ... over, and many emotions are running through many people on campus. Many

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  . '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue place in ... we were there, as well as many older cats and dogs.  Every little ... Game of Thrones. The little kitten is so cute! She jumps all around and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  ': times or areas where you're safe, and can't be killed. (these include ... trust your friends and form alliances? or should you be a lone wolf? i ... 'al, and we traded our target's names - turns out that gra'al is hunting taw

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Announcements

  For those impacted by Hurricane Michael (and other disasters) clarifying our policies for applications affected by catastrophic events

  

  an earthquake in Haiti. And, while our Early Action deadlines are ... our standing policy for any applicants around the world whose timely and ... deprived thousands of  people of power and property across the American

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 22, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Meaning of August It's time for classes, moving, colorful dorm rooms, and new bloggers.

  

  .e. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as opposed to just one or the ... time around, summer is over and school is starting (although not for a ... , because I'm moving back into my dorm. And most importantly, friends that I

  • by Evan B. '10
  • August 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Gap Year, Part II: Getting Murdered Less How to HelpX, Couchsurf, backpack, and hopefully not die

  

  volunteer to work on someone's farm, hostel, airbnb, or house, and in exchange ... to start-- or when to stop, and they weren't bothered about working ... only apples to eat, nothing else. How to use: Go to their website and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 26, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  website. Another reason was this magical thing called "Web 2.0." Web 2.0, where anybody can put anything on the Internet and everybody is equal. Everybody gets to publish, everybody gets to read, and everybody gets to

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  intention via YearCompass

  

  do with my interests or things to do with my friends and community ... much about myself and my capabilities. I coded websites and performed so ... helps you reflect on the year and plan the next one." I attempted it last

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 1, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you do with a BS in econ? Answering Karen's question about my degree

  

  of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of the Treasury, or Council ... (Title above and song below inspired by lyrics from Avenue Q's "What ... ? What is my life going to be? Four years of college and plenty of

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  What do you want? the story of college fit and how i stole from jeremy

  

  websites, YouTube channels, various social channels, and information sessions ... and then [annotation note="sorry, jeremy. does this count as citing my ... ="for legal reason i have to say stealing and plagiarism is bad"]blame me though

  • by kellen manning
  • August 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Trendy Reif Strikes Again this time with the ALS bucket challenge.

  

  yourself, donate $100 to the ALS Association, or do both, and then publish ... and full of personality and they're breaking the stereotype of the ... Challenge, one by Harvard President Drew G. Faust and the second by MIT

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 26, 2014
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  You should use your current, legal first and last name when filling ... the name we will use in all official print and email communication from our office. If we share your information with another MIT office, they
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  these "Central Meetings" (CMs), and between September 6 and October 18, we'll be crossing the country, between Boston and San Diego, Miami and Seattle, and many places in between (not to mention Puerto Rico and Hawaii

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005