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• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  Alpha has accomplished over the course of this semester, is rather ... randomness of the email sent out to my sorority's spam list is just absurd ... at the end of year two here, I have a whole portfolio of hilarious

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT Early Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2026 are now ... , and it is. As a matter of philosophy, we have typically preferred to ... want to make the most informed decision we can; the disruptions of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 18, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  ***UPDATE*** If you're taking the SAT on the makeup date of 11 ... say again: please be patient. MyMIT Downtime: MyMIT is down the morning of October 31. We apologize for the inconvenience. Application

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hosed Hosed- adj. Bogged down with work (From the glossary of the 2007-2008 How to Get…

  

  Recommended by the Department of Mechanical Engineering." Because 2A is cooler ... TO WRITE THEM. Seriously. Why? Because the end of the semester has me ... a taste of things to come. Item 1: How hosed am I? According to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  All About The Author A bit about me and my job as Director of this site.

  

  Hi folks, My name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions ... and alive in the context of your own experience? Being MIT, we weren ... would be ignoring the full potential of the web's interactivity. And MIT

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  something similar: The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating ... . I recently read an article on Slashdot about the power of accidental ... maybe I need to start looking at the glass of science as half full. And

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a ... fulfill this requirement by the end of your sophomore year. (Mitra note ... schedule to ensure completion of this General Institute Requirement. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Art variation on a poem of Elizabeth Bishop

  

  The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master; the tasks (you hope ... many things to-do. The art of being hosed isn’t hard to master. [caption ... , working faster: psets, labs, and readings each week new. The art of being

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  back 2 school

  

  a big window in our house and i sat on the couch in front of it and ... carried all the boxes i'd packed into storage up five flights of stairs, and ... catching up with old friends and easing back into the rhythms of mit. i

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  In Prison Literally

  

  . It took a few extra minutes of talking to Madison on the phone, and backtracking out of the vicinity of the trains toward the parking lots, for ... thirty minutes away from Alewife, and the little journey began. All four of

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I can tell that we are gonna be friends (part 1) I'm talking to you, Alan Guth.

  

  interest in astrophysics, which is probably a large part of the reason I was ... page, he "has explored the question of whether it is in principle ... , with me, the question of whether it is in principle possible to major in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie Part II My schedule

  

  are Wednesdays with that gap in the middle, but the rest is pretty full ... Manufacturing I. In this class everybody is issued a box of materials, taught some ... competitive robot for an end-of-the-semester competition. 2.00b = Toy Design

  • by Snively '11
  • February 12, 2009
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Media Lab?

  The MIT Media Lab is known for its bold innovations that help invent the future, and fosters an “antidisciplinary research community” that mixes and matches seemingly disparate research disciplines to pioneer
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it's late in the college application season--the deadline is near and the pressure is on--but for all of you who are still typing away ... the quality of their school's college counseling.“ Enjoy. If your brain

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Truth Values [by Ken Haggerty '11] A fantastic one-woman show about life at MIT. (Now playing!)

  

  . It is of no surprise, then, that the play has not only received rave ... [by Ken Haggerty '11] As I walked into the main stage of the Central ... construction was done, but it wasn't until last Sunday and the urging of friends

  • by ARTalk
  • September 22, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  I'm going on a cross-cultural conference/retreat tomorrow. 2006 is the first year they're holding this event, so I really have no idea what to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Nothing beats a wet beaver! Except, in this case, a wet Iona. Pictures!

  

  pictures of the band too. These were taken at last Saturday's men's water ... AM while you're marching all over campus. For the sake of brevity, I ... title is actually the MIT women's water polo motto, I believe. I hope the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  just the sum of your parts. I personally feel the essay is the most ... a wheelbarrow full of salt, I remind myself of the wise words of My So ... relative importance of the essay, there's no exact answer, but in my opinion

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben’s Final Farewell Thank you, Ben Jones.

  

  part of the cycle. Ben is on his way to even bigger things. And that ... obsession with turtles, up to the point of having a collection of them in his ... too is Ben (in my humble, completely unbiased opinion) the biggest and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  'm 99% sure it is available at most Walmarts, but the idea of me as the ... that way for four years. This led to a bad habit of me pushing all the ... ."]opening[/annotation] of the closet door instantly spiked my blood pressure levels. So in an

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025