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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Nisha’s Restaurant Review: February this is extra but i'm doing it anyways

  

  fusion place in Chinatown that is known primarily for its HUGE whiskey ... few nuanced opinions about it.  I mentioned this briefly in a previous ... ="and not just Le's in Harvard Square or The Friendly Toast in Kendall, which

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  elephants what I've been up to

  

  of this. But this blog post is about the elephant in the room (read: elephants outside my room). In an effort to not get so over-burdened with ... brain itch. I was going for Dali's "Los Elefantes", but of course I had

  • by Abby H. '20
  • September 27, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Enjoying the Little Things In which I ramble about happiness and taking breaks

  

  In lieu of posting about any huge on-campus events or grandiose life-changing moments (of which I've had none in the past two weeks, to my knowledge), I ... can do! For anyone curious about the hike Rachel R. '16 and I went on

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • October 27, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Optimal Solution It doesn't exist

  

  need to decide which classes to take and where that will lead me. That in ... relies on resources - time and people - as fuel for information. I’m always ... cannot possibly be processed to the highest degree of accuracy for

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • September 30, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Perspectives from Deutschland Ich bin Anna und ich studiere Astronomie!

  

  University of Marburg. In the morning, I will walk for twenty minutes to my ... this, I’ll move back to the US for graduate school in astronomy at ... they’re hosting me here in Marburg with ~35 other grantees for a six

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  If you were offered a place on our wait list in March, you should ... complete the form and submit it by April 25, 2014. In the meantime, be sure to enroll in another college/university by May 1 (even if it means

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Ask Me Anything or discuss anything. or whatever really. what i'm trying to say is: open thread.

  

  realized that I was in the lower half of the distribution of blogs by various ... various excuses and instead try to make it up to you. I'm sitting at home in New Hampshire on my couch in the sun, alternately working on neglected

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  End-of-Summer Camping Temporary escape from my “cruel, insufficiently damp world"

  

  emailed a friend in lab to put away the agarose gel I’d poured the night ... floating safe in slimy pink buffer instead of withering into a translucent, crunchy mass on the countertop over Labor Day weekend. I stayed in bed

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot #1 Short summary of a long week.

  

  for a breathless noontime hour and ran. Terminal windows dissolved into ... of Boston's air pollution. Soaked in a brew of life ... the retina-searing tears of rain that had glommed in the gutters of my

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 28, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  World Cup Challenge Results The answers and winners of the World CUp Challenge of MIT international admissions.

  

  the name of the country in each group from which MIT received the most freshman applications this past year in bold. Group A: Costa Rica, Ecuador ... all tied for the most correct, with 6. The mode was, I believe, 5, with

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 16, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Challenge A little admissions fun during the World Cup.

  

  students, World Cup fever is in full force. I got to watch the opening match ... Challenge is meant to be just for fun, and an interesting way to see just how many countries around the world come to MIT. Here's the challenge: In

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  ridiculous-looking formula sheets to show you. In the book The Idea Factory by Pepper White, the author (who was a masters student in course 2 at MIT ... takes away from the Institute. Hence tests. In Laura's entry, Eric asked

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  fpop-ing I haven't worn a poncho since the third grade.

  

  Dynamics in the Tiny Bacterial Cell, in the Fall. - we toured the Broad ... marathon including Gattaca and Aliens in 6-120 Orientation is by far one ... going on that are pretty exciting, and for all of you '09s reading this, I

  • by Bryan
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  achieve 2 of the 5 you are in. 1. USAMO 2. ISEF 3. 1600 4. 4.0 (unweighted ... and he could've already gotten in with his 1600 and USAMO qualification. They told him AFTER he was admitted. Let me emphatically state for the

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

  Branching out

  

  With two Central Meetings down and two to go in the Bay Area, I ... Hillel), and I'm responsible for bringing some nice sturdy branches. What ... 'll have 400 people in Monta Vista High School's auditorium in Cupertino, CA

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 1, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  with every day that comes and I want it to change. For those of you who ... band-aid of sorts for students, as they got beaten and battered during ... of work in a regular semester. I am...so sick and tired of being

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  (literally) in October 2020. I am super excited for this, but the first lecture ... 'm excited for all of them! Today I had two of them, and tomorrow I'll get to ... .303/11.003: Methods of Policy Analysis. I need this class for my humanities

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  participate in at least one UROP during their undergraduate years!” Coming into MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because ... UROP in a field [annotation note="Many people use UROP as a way to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  the best things for the LGBT community is our location in Massachusetts ... update in your mind, please inform us, but minor updates for the sake of ... for students from US school systems, i didnt bother to send one in. Is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  2026 ring premiere! and what led up to it!

  

  responsibilities, too! We were in charge of making designs for everything from ... ) Ring Premiere happened! For almost a year now, I’ve had the privilege of ... Rat for their class.  If you don’t already know, the Brass Rat is a

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2024