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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I’m not a double major anymore Because four years of insanity would totally cramp my style?

  

  (now five) classes I needed to add for the degree. I still don't want to ... use for the photography class I'll get to take next term because I'm not a double major anymore. Why did I ever decide to double in the first

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Flowers in your hair

  

  I'm flying to San Francisco for the long weekend -- hope you kids in ... 'umba, Capoeira dancing, MIT Gospel, MIT Dance Troupe, Steel Pan, and so much more!! "Pulse: Waves From the Motherland" is a demonstration of the extent to

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  Financial Aid and that’s great! Applications are handled through the ... applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few ... logging in to MyMIT. Students who have completed their applications by

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Welcome to MIT, Class of 2012 Welcome home.

  

  accepted to MIT, I still clearly remember the day I received my decision. The ... room with my parents standing on either side of me, ready to either congratulate or console. As I prepared to click the button, I was neither

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 18, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Off What happens to an MIT student when the firehose gets turned off temporarily?

  

  weekend. “Being hosed” is an MIT phrase meaning “having too much to do and ... completely sidetracked me, so I needed to get out of my room if I was going to ... With the title of this entry, you might think I’m about to tell you

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  need of a good dose of classic rock on a Friday night, head over to the ... I can still make that speakerphone call to Pablo at least once a week. ... much it. We can talk—or argue—about music for hours upon hours. We have

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  keep going off on tangents, we need to focus”    “Hmm, so essentially… we’re deriving, and you need me to integrate, right?”    ... ’re like Flourine, you know? You just feel this huge need to be bonded to

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  . that's about it! there is SO much to do on campus—in addition to all the ... who are excited to help you and point you in whatever direction you need ... to meet you!!! I know how excited I was for my CPW, so I can only

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  to tradition and propriety very much at MIT - the closest thing we have ... One of the hardest things to avoid at MIT is a sense of jadedness. After a few semesters of psets, midterms, finals, and projects, that once

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  against the pumpkin enemies, but causes the skeleton dudes to go much faster ... teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the range, when I did Splash 2017 (as a senior and before I got accepted to

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Time Flies And I lose track of it

  

  he was a much nicer guy), and we were given a four-day weekend to catch ... candy) happened yesterday afternoon, people flocked to Save TFP’s Spooky ... costumes, merriment, and, apparently, smashing things. You have to relieve

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Entry: Engineers Without Borders Environmental engineering major Tiffany'12 fills in on international development

  

  . To help combat this fear, Showergy delivers all that is needed for the ... disease, sanitation, and water shortage. The projects don't need to be fancy ... often are and need to be simple. There is an enormous variety of projects

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  panelist, Robyn '07: "Our small goal is to fix global warming. Once we do ... Wind Tunnel, but I can't go because I need to run the Gap Year panel. So ... program. 4:30pm: I wish I could stay a little longer, but I need to head to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  an avocado that's getting a little ripe, it's much better to eat the ... one. Need to finish that by Thursday. My week's a mess, agreed? No ... knowledge and experience is now a year outdated. Why listen to me every other

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  student! This is the kind of place MIT is. There is naturally much more to ... , as much as I would often hate to admit it. And I wanted to go to MIT ... few other FIRST students to create the DIY Segway. I didn't build much

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  applicant. It's not to be wowed, or feel like we need to read the most unique ... As the summer rolls on, we're starting to get a lot of questions from ... this year. Although our application does not go live for another few

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Let it snow What I did today instead of sleep for 29 straight hours.

  

  need to be retreived), I noticed that there was a really neat view out of ... Today was going to be my sleep day. I was going to go to sleep on ... through until 9 AM Monday, when I have to get up to get ready for my first

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 4, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... joined in and made my earth-shattering waffles), and then went back to ... ?" "On a picnic. Do you want to come?" "...Where?" "Killian Court. We have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How did MIT’s GIRs come to be? the Tech has some answers. Plus, the SATs from 1918, and a mascot on a…

  

  the SATs today. I remember how much it sucked to sit in a room for ... First, just to allay the inevitable questions in the comments: we ... once we know it; we'll likely make that announcement on the blogs late

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 1, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  It’s All Going To Be Okay I won The Game!

  

  remember something Ben once said, "I want to remind people that I didn't go to MIT, and I happen to like my life very much. MIT is an amazing place ... of the game is to forget that it exists. It's one of the most popular

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2008