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• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  decided to take a year off to learn more about myself and figure out what my interests were. I deliberately decided not to come up with a plan for that ... to Pakistan for a month, and I interned at Amnesty International for a

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  Publishing abroad A taste of an MIT-Russia student's blog

  

  the reporters pointed out to me that today was probably not a good day ... coming of our most sacred national holiday! Also, I wanted to mention a ... Russian ex-spy Litvinenko - impossible to produce without a nuclear reactor

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist We have admitted 20 waitlisted students.

  

  to consider accepting a waitlist offer) or decline it. The waitlist ... is too early to know. In a week or two, we'll once again look at where ... waitlist that we will not be able to offer them admission. We offered a spot

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Not Admitted Early

  

  be able to offer them admission to the Class of 2029. The comments on this post are an open forum for those of you who want to talk with us ... recently, reflecting on his own Early Action rejection from a "dream" school

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Stephen, I’m Putting You On Notice!

  

  to really "get" what makes this such a special place. Now, I know such ... education, I felt compelled to try. So Stephen, a few of us here at ... Believe it or not, admissions officers occasionally try to do things

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  tea, and a few times a semester we bring two thirds of that activity to a summit in a co-cooking, potluck-style floor dinner. Ready? Go.                              ... For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... intelligence. Student teams aim to write the best player program for the Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills
• Blog / MIT Life

  Poetry Prescriptions Things I've Made and Consumed. Sophomore Fall, All of It.

  

  class, taking a break to walk along the Charles with a new-ish friend ... half, actually, or 66 units, which number turns out to feel like a ... the time. I moved to pika, and with Michael Waldrep, a masters student

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 13, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  have the same question. It can be intimidating to go alone to a new place ... door wielding a huge-ass Nerf gun like he thought he was about to storm ... I even had a livejournal, I went to check out the MIT community

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Welcome back into my life, crutches The universe's way of telling me to sit my butt down and study

  

  like to do your laundry in New House? Sam: Sure. Me: Okay. Wear a suit ... !") and I proceeded to walk up two and a half flights of stairs, thinking (I ... card or something. He saw me hobbling, and offered to give me a hand

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  I learned a couple months ago is quite poor, so all I have to show for ... . Chocolatiers use a process called tempering to bring the melted chocolate to the ... (Sorry if you were expecting to read more about MIT, but exploring

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Newly Admitted Student Events… ...coming to your neighborhood.

  

  area, you should check it out -- it's a great opportunity to meet some ... home of a Kansas City MIT Alum for a lovely Sunday afternoon. Be sure to ... Applications its time to start meeting you all! Kim was kind enough to let me

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW rawr.

  

  't worry - you WILL have a host and a place to stay once you get here. We ... arrangements, a meeting time/place, and everything!) Anyways, in addition to ... (Doors open at 5:30pm) Kresge Auditorium (Here's a link to the online CPW

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  College students do eat real food! ...sometimes. I now present: the culinary adventures of Laura and April.

  

  putting some Chef Boyardee in a pot for lunch. That's not to say that I ... directly. Her boyfriend, Chris, just flew in to visit, so she cooked a real ... thought it would be a good time to finally try some real cooking. April

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I include a portfolio with my application?

  Yes, you're welcome to include a portfolio. Visual artists, makers, performing artists, and researchers may send portfolios for review by MIT staff or faculty through Slideroom. Detailed instructions for submitting
• Blog / Community Projects

  are you stressed/anxious/ [emotion] about finals/decisions/[noun]?  here are some adorable dogs. also, me as james bond.

  

  have a conversation in real life.  All you have to do is follow these few ... means waking up early to trudge to 9:00am exams next week (less like a ... final was to compete in a Top Gun shooting competition. ...I didn't win

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 13, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wheels on the Bus Go Round And Round what do you get when you cross the flinstones with public transportation?

  

  they've done a lot of work with the project and hope to have the ... the Busycle. Here are just a few pictures I was able to snap at the ... Let's start off with a little riddle. What is white, at least 2500

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Restoring Sanity… and Fear And love of cats.

  

  adding Halloween to my blog post, but it was a rather quiet Halloween in my ... -or-treating (ahem…) – it was tradition for me to sit outside in a chair pretending to ... down the street who I scared a bit earlier to break out in laughter

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 1, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns Hopkins students interning in Beijing. This was my first opportunity to meet ... Michael Jackson to Katy Perry to LED shirts … ...as well as a whole shelf

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Over here things are different. Life is about the same.

  

  . Today, all gone, gone, gone. I woke up this morning to a quiet ... light outside was grey and a bit yellow and when it deepened to blue I ... 're accustomed to on our birthdays? Well, I think I've lost that a while ago, but

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 19, 2008