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• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  of the day is seeing all the people in western business attire standing beside the lonesome bus stops in the middle of nowhere, waiting for the ... My rest & relaxation days ended in the beginning of July. After

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’M BACK!!! This, kids, is why you should store your passwords somewhere safe, just in case Firefox…

  

  without a way to recover my saved passwords in firefox (my partially finished blogs too for that matter). So I started the arduous task of trying ... 've finally succeeded in hacking my own account, which presents a strange

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life during finals season It's always darkest before the holidays.

  

  . Selected approach is to go for a long run in sub-zero weather and the sort of wind chill that eats Jack London novels for breakfast. 10:00 AM: Toast ... writing my undergraduate research (UROP) proposal*. It's like yoga for the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go ... 'M IN IT FIND ME (you won't be able to, so here, I'll just tell you: I

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  UROPs in the lab to meet with Professor Langer for a pizza dinner! I ... also play a tremendous role in creating, encouraging, and preserving the ... research MIT is so well known for is still advancing at full throttle, across

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  interest in Pakistani politics: Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad from Harvard, and Saad Zaheer and myself from MIT. We'll each speak for ten minutes, with the remaining 50 minutes reserved for questions, answers, and debate

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Match Our thoughts, and a request for current MIT students to weigh in.

  

  page on "The Match" has displayed the dreaded "coming soon" message for the better part of the fall. I apologize for this, and thanks to all of ... MIT students (and alums, if any feel like weighing in!) will comment in

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  , you're currently doing regular action selection for domestic applicants ... international applications, in parallel to the selection of domestic applicants ... selection will occur in a few weeks

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as ... -service restaurant in the Student Center serving Mexican cuisine. Once I'm back home ... time to put together, and I haven't been in front of a computer much

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 3

  

  friends, including one who was in town because he's coaching a team for the ... Prof. Laura Ceia-Minjares of the French Department. For lunch, we had ... finished off the gaming with the classic Settlers of Catan. All in all, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• FAQ / Interview

  What is the interview process?

  Interviews are conducted from October through November for Early Action and December through January for Regular Action. Interviews are held in person whenever possible, however you may coordinate a virtual
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends ... culture and traditions. MIT housing is guaranteed for your entire undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do I have to submit a February Updates & Notes Form (FUN)?

  The February Updates & Notes Form (FUN) is required for Early ... available in your application portal in late January and should be completed ... opportunity for you to update us on anything important that has occurred since
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…

  

  who are in sororities and fraternities) view the 4th of July. For many ... and are in town from New Hampshire for the day with their parents. They have enough space staked out for a family of 10, and in a primo location

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • July 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Is MIT too hard? warning: metaphors ahead

  

  For most people, sprinting a mile in under 5 minutes is physically ... tolerance for discomfort. It sucks in the moment, but lets you do cool things ... aerobic capacity, which allows them to run at blazing speeds for long

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Underwater Dreams an MIT event

  

  , subject to renewal every two years and only in effect for the duration of ... . They have made strides in the immigrant movement, and now hope for ... of four high school students from the Arizona desert, who in 2004 won

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 7, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A fortnight of Boston summer +1 for using the word "fortnight" outside of an SAT or literature class

  

  MIT students can get in for free any day with a student ID). Looks like ... straightening and aligning and buttoning that can be awkward for someone in a ... ’re really not kidding. I found myself waking up on May 19 with no plans for

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • June 23, 2011
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  understand a person and to craft meals specifically tailored for them is, in my ... catering to other people’s tastes for so long that I couldn’t find myself in ... ribeye was aged in sake lees (sakekasu) for two weeks to imbue it with an

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  culture within culture i moved to east campus

  

  for me to get in. it's clean, nice, and has great communities, but i ... my living community in the same dorm as me, which i was very down for ... as a former Burton Conner resident, i had a two options in dealing

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 15, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer, East Campus rush, and the new term East Campus orientation activities, the summer, and the upcoming term.

  

  works as a director for a rather large freight railroad in the West. It ... 's no rule set in stone dictating that. The same goes for the swim test ... The month of August was pretty busy for me - a combination of work

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 6, 2006