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• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  a host for you, and they'll be in touch soon. There's no one standard ... see during CPW. For example, you probably won't see much in the way of tooling, of students working on problem sets. For sure, it will be happening

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with ... my friends in Senior Haus. Note the mural of Death (from Neil Gaiman's Sandman) in the background, which is one of my favorites, out of all the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  would obviously be a bad idea. In other school news, for those of you who were wondering about my programming issues (why is d+=1 legal normally ... else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  [joint post] A Map of MIT Makerspaces ft MechE grad student and mapmaker Rima Das

  

  makerspaces, if you know where to look. The issue is, it’s difficult for any one ... ’m interested in this phenomenon, especially for makerspaces. Our campus is unique in just how many maker spaces (or spaces for making) it houses! To try

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  us in the Admissions Office the weekend is more about getting ready for ... in their red Parent Connector” polo shirts so keep a lookout for them ... events created with you in mind for CPW and it really is just the tip of

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  Amicus briefs and the ABCs of a diverse MIT A SCOTUS filing with Stanford et al, and a strategic action plan for an inclusive…

  

  contribute to better outcomes for students in STEM — it contributes to better ... ," in the sense that the ABCs are foundational for education ... A few weeks ago, MIT —  in conjunction with Stanford, IBM, and Aeris

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 27, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary an image a day keeps the psets away

  

  started looking around for things to stir thoughts in my head, a stimulus of ... application in Freshman Spring. I was in Simmons for a few weeks, thought it was ... longing for sushi at 11pm in the student center, but your only option is to

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 3, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  remember this going into your finals. I know it may not be as big an issue in ... So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and ... that are knee-deep in finals (including yours truly). Finals at MIT are

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  6.5 Years Post-Graduation, I’m a Beading Artist a twisty path

  

  Love in Lincoln Park, Chicago - Beaded Art[/caption] For months before I ... in Political Science. Two and a half years ago, after graduating again ... time due to mental health issues, but I’m thriving, and I’m a health

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes: Junior Spring Edition + notes on MIT academics in general

  

  won the American Medical Writers Association Award for Excellence in Medical Writing for this piece in The New Yorker, which is my favorite ever ... using philosophy to address real-world issues; she has written for The

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 25, 2017
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Tuesday, 12/16/25, at 6:28 PM ET it's that time of year again...

  

  announce that Early Action decisions for the Class of 2030 will be released ... may be, before you press that button. In order to help logistically prepare yourself, I recommend you practice logging in now so you don’t run into any

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 9, 2025
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for ... a cubic formula for finding the roots of a cubic polynomial in terms ... -dimensional matrices, and differential equations are a powerful tool in both pure and

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day ... incompetent. # Sign-ins should not be seen by the general public. Sign-ins exhibit one's pride in having found a location. Most hackers aren't proud of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  debate is still in the works and will likely continue for the next couple ... the Institute"]I3 videos[/annotation] for certain dorms, you know that ... at the Institute. art completely covers the walls of East Campus, for

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  tools and devices that were redesigned to be inexpensive enough for people ... involved in. For lunch on Friday, I met my awesome friend Daniel and a ... by Rena Katz CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  , etc for students - not designed to be a spying tool for Big Brother. To ... schools mentioned in this regard. For example, check out this article. There ... A rising high school senior who is currently in a prestigious summer

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Chancellor? What’s a Chancellor? What does the Chancellor do and how does that affect student life?

  

  ? Given the interest in and demand for interdisciplinary careers, how can ... position I think of as a dream job. For the previous six years, I had been ... ’t tell my colleagues in other departments I said that) department at MIT

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • August 16, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Guess who can legally drive alone in Maine now? Learning to drive on hard mode (i.e., in Boston)

  

  National Park in Maine. We planned meticulously for the trip – booking the ... foreign license only if I’ve been in the country for less than a month. But ... driving around Boston for a week, I can say it's less a driver skill issue

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 19, 2025
• Blog / People & Identities

  everything i think i’m not (rush, part 2) and what it would take for me to be it

  

  , but all of us suspend reality for the week and immerse in the illusion ... sit in our friend’s room for a few minutes and get away from the intense haze and cloud of bodies partying for the first time.  In this brief

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • November 25, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT launches AI Education website I worked on this cool thing for my UROP!

  

  's...so...beautiful...[/caption] In my last post, I mentioned how therapeutic it felt to be able to drag ... this reflected in all of the nice graphs that Github provides based on ... (fancy terms for the number of changes people made to the website over time

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 6, 2020