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• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  my fellow freshmen and I when we arrived on campus in August, only to ... : I knew it was a good idea to ask for a camera for my 18th birthday ... keeping up with her inbox, she is naturally well-informed about the goings-on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates With one week until the deadline, answers to frequently asked questions.

  

  not yet appeared on your MyMIT Tracking; the deadline for ECs to submit ... on our end. We are happy to accept fee waivers for any student ... and the admissions committee will not be able to see it. Preview: On

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  As you probably know, the movie 21, based on the true story of the ... here: To celebrate the movie release, I am declaring this weekend to be ... take a picture of you (and any MIT '12s with you) and send it in to me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To stay at MIT over the summer, or to not stay at MIT over the summer…that is the question With so many summer employment options, what's the best choice?

  

  allowed me to live at home. For this summer, it was more economical and practical to work at the NIH since I'm also studying for the MCATs and I have ... options if you choose to stay on campus. The fraternities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pick My Halloween Costume! Mm, crowdsourcing.

  

  I feel like dressing up for Halloween this year, but I don't really ... things on my closet that I could use as costumes (blame the Assassins ... blog (and a penchant for adverbs). This calls for crowdsourcing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  footbridge, cross the street, then walk for two minutes. On a good day, the ... to qualify for ISEF a few months later, which that year was in LA. I ... first time; for the first time— You learn how to navigate MIT. It

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  people at a club, and I saw another 20 or so on my 5 AM flight back to ... ). we also decided on having a rental car for four of the eight days we ... had a midterm on Wednesday. I committed to not bringing my laptop since

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action A summary of this year's early action admissions process.

  

  to regular action for further consideration. I am often asked why MIT's admit rate for early action is so low in comparison to the admit ... before, it was 267). (Look for more entries on deferred applicants soon

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early applications to fill out. Then, of course, there are regular applications to complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Genesis Embrace me Blogosphere!!!!

  

  share I walked up to MIT on July 7th, 2008 Made sure my shoes were shiny ... Jersey. I worked for RU for three years and I realized that I wanted to ... story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I’d like to

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Commencement 2009 Oh hey, I'm an alum.

  

  hours for no apparent reason. Hopefully my blurry photo does something to ... give props to whoever organizes the whole thing for the wise insight to ... dinosaur, I know.) We took our seats and waited for all 1500 of us to file

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  inappropriate for me to try and put my sweatpants back on. He wrote back that he ... (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday ... Raisin Bran, read the syllabus for "Zumba" (my new PE class) and choked on

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / People & Identities

  549,033 words how do you measure, measure a year?

  

  on my current streak; that is to say, for each of the past 1000 days ... reflect on the past year, and look forwards to what's coming next. Where are ... next day. For the most part, I don't look back on old entries

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • May 7, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Birthday! 1 in 365 readers are really pleased that I remembered their birthday! ...or creeped out…

  

  blogger is honoring them for their birthday, not to mention a little creeped ... on my floor opened their mouths…and proceeded to shout, really loudly, continuously, for several minutes. According to some of them, people are actually

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  how I’m going to keep up with everything on my plate—but, for the life ... tossed it down to me. Tugging it on over my top, I grinned, bounded up the ... , maybe, but save the complaints for another time. To briefly nutshell

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  The Bad Week, or How To Lose Sleep and Alienate People I'm giving out life advice today. I know you didn't ask for it, but I'm…

  

  which were back-to-back), writing about 30 pages on subjects ranging from ... thing or two I've picked up on how to deal with these weeks. One might ... agree on. To experience several bad patches week after week is a surefire

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 3, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT and the SAA HOORAY FOR ACRONYMS

  

  've always wanted to change that, we're still here for you too. That said, let ... , you won't get the result you want on your first try, but you have to ... will. Welcome to the SAA: PATD 2010 on Vimeo.

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 28, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ... two PSETs due on Wednesday) or about how long days can be (9 AM to 10 PM ... focusing on the play, but the work is certainly there. For those of you who

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  nervous MIT students. I'll probably put on my head phones and listen to some upbeat music to get hyped up on my march over. Pray for me. Thanks. ... point my brain doesn't want to do any more work. I've checked to make sure

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  wonderful, down to earth, person. Tune in next time for a life update! My ... Earlier this year I had the pleasure to meet Walter Lewin at an ESG ... lucky enough to video tape. Covering topics from why he majored in physics

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012