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• Blog / Events

  MIT Nightlife, Part II ABC, easy as duct tape, zip ties, Athena headers and packing tape.

  

  Email lists can be the burden of my existence sometimes. I get all kinds of spam- the actual kind, telling me I need a degree from some on ... you wearing duct tape and it was so clever!!!" The downside of being an

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  I Get To Blog Today! Is this meta enough?

  

  get better. Rather, you get better at being at MIT. It's the little ... . Even when you have somewhere you need to be, spend the extra 30 seconds ... . To think that what you write and put out on the internet can be read

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • November 3, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  —and who knows who will visit next! As a result, we get the most accurate ... neuroscience, the results or failures can’t be fully explained. It’s a massive ... , really, I felt lucky to even be in the class, considering that I was

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Blogger Fam Takes the MFA Photodump of semi-artsy pictures ahead

  

  the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for us. It happened to be somewhat early ... modern art today will one day be classified as traditional and classical in ... . We also all found the sight of brush strokes to be oddly satisfying

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 13, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Happily ever after I don't believe in fairy tales, but real life isn't bad either.

  

  people (moms) who like to look at this sort of thing. The ceremony will be ... do pick a lab at the beginning of the summer, my choices will basically ... 's working for will pay his tuition and also his full salary while he's in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 21, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  and informed the balance that we will not be able to admit them to the ... MIT Regular Action admissions decisions for the Class of 2023 are now ... ; You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Trail Notes

  

  . Inevitably, there will be discomfort along the way. For me, coming to MIT is a ... sun would only begin to dip below the horizon near midnight and would be ... the "recognized hierarchy of beings" common in the Western tradition

  • by Sara N. '28
  • October 6, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  after this blog post I will not be updating you on the birthdays of ... this blog post on any given day will be floored that some MIT admissions ... kitchen to ‘sing’ Happy Birthday. Why the quotes? That will soon become

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Prof. Manolis Kellis: Combining computer science with biology An interview with Manolis Kellis, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, who was honored as one…

  

  camaraderie, and the ability to be in the middle of everything. After all, he ... evidenced by the fact that a colony of genetically identical bacteria can be ... distinction, he seemed genuinely surprised that I had even heard the news and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Engineering Poetry we do that.

  

  anything at MIT you must be willing to ask the difficult questions that haunt your mind, and you must be willing to set aside your assumptions ... be willing to ask the difficult questions of why it’s impossible to

  • by Ana V. '15
  • November 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our Essay Questions i am havink qvestion

  

  . However, I also know that many of you will be very busy with your academics ... Update: this list is no longer accurate as of 8/18/2015. But the underlying philosophy remains the same.  The Common Application opened

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 1, 2013
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  the highest highs tend to be near each sixteenth meter. the thing ... sun, i thought. i will go in the direction the sun sets: i will find out ... started rowing, chasing the setting sun, not knowing how long it would be

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

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

  

  someone will feel inspired, and we can dream of what we'll be doing when the world can accommodate travel again. This post will be a list of the ... will most likely be spent on the farm, not out sightseeing. The people

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

  Some recommendations about recommendations Some things to think about as you look for letters from teachers.

  

  ; recommendations will need to be on paper and mailed to the admissions office. We ... another teacher. Teacher recommendations should only be written by the ... language; the letter can then be translated. There are many sources for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  My Talk @ Maker Faire a bit about how we see, select, and support makers

  

  students at MIT, and next week she and I will be presenting about our Maker ... We've had makers on the mind here for a little while. Earlier this month Ceri blogged about the MIT Maker Faire. Earlier this year Dawn and I

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 28, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  't log in, don't worry; we'll be flexible with the Regular Action deadline, and will post more details in the next few days. As previously posted ... looks like the site is back up again! Thanks again for your patience

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of students admitted to the Class of 2010, as soon as this Saturday! Check out the schedule so you can find out when the meeting in your area is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  tomorrow night, Joanne will be competing with 16 women for the title of "Miss ... There's a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne ... serving as President of the Undergraduate Association, and she was serving

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  found the secret on guarenteed [sic] Admissions to MIT This comes directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the ... achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Building a Ballpit The trials and tribulations of an impromptu rush project

  

  room or outside to the fort that is beginning to be built. The floor has ... shall be eaten." or "Wear Shoes or DIE" The cast: The EC rush chairs, in ... the ballpit. Who wants to be in charge of the ballpit. The room is

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 30, 2011