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• Blog / Admissions

  My Application Story Modified (but mostly plagiarized) from my personal blog. Enjoy the copy pasta.

  

  considering it. I sent my deposit and housing application to Chicago within the ... of humor to the academic rigor and prestige. It may have been the pure ... school. Nothing to get depressed over, really. I guess it's clear that

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 17, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “All Aboard the Rage Bus” Travelling by bus.

  

  is only eight to twelve hours from Boston through New York City ... to Illinois, which was as ridiculous and as fun as it sounds. But travelling is stressful and twelve hours is a long time to spend in a room with

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  standardized American can to shame. It's a totally different cultural experience ... experience, to say the least - while my lab is an international lab run by an ... accustomed to all sorts of odd situations in lab, but it took a while to get

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  it, my hair is important to me, so I think it ought to reflect who I am ... , despite having bleached it myself repeatedly!). I forgot to bring my book ... freshman IAP, and I’m bad at remembering to condition it. After I left home I

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Trading Room

  

  room. This is what the MIT News Office wrote about it when it was built ... financial engineering. "Our overall goal at Sloan is to spur innovation by ... emerging from our research, it is also a classroom for teaching the people

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 1, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  it is worth learning. Then rush into IAP to work on so very many cool ... ."]CI-H[/annotation] class. I've really enjoyed it. I never got to take Greek and Roman history ... narrative, so it was really interesting to learn not only about the modes of

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I walk a lonely road and it takes a lot of time

  

  of time” is far too vague. When do I need to leave my room if I want to make it to class (mostly) on time? What routes do I walk on a regular ... my heart’s just not in it. So, on this day, my walk to [annotation note

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • October 20, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anyone else OCD about saving space?? This blog is about things on my computer.

  

  make 3D models. Basically, we modeled a cafe on AutoCAD and sent it to a ... keeping the laptop charging even though it’s 100% charged - which I’ve been told is actually bad for the computer, but whatever

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…

  

  hard is it to write the research paper? How long does it take? When I ... assured that you can't find it in Boston. We made a trip today to my ... back to Pickerington while school was in session in three years, so it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ZigZag Episode 5 MIT's podcast has a new episode.

  

  ZigZag is now available, including stories about the 2.007 robotics competition and HawkCam. Marsha Bolton hosts this episode. Check it out: You ... love to hear your comments about ZigZag, so please don't be shy, speak up

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  ="Sounding good is subjective anyway"]if it sounds or looks good too ... acoustic musical instrument design. It’s hard to imagine improving such a flawless design, but with the power of hot glue, it is indeed possible

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  graduate school, I've just started to ponder what life is going to be like in ... Masters that is offered only to MIT undergrads. You apply in your junior ... about the BE MEng is that I get to see what life as a grad student is like

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  This Sunday is the infamous East Side Party, which is open to the MIT ... . But it is all in the name of science. All events taking place over the ... ! As you can see, it is a really exciting time of year for the denizens

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello, Seattle i am a mountaineer...

  

  tuned for more news--this is going to be an exciting summer :) Seattle ... , has been delicious. The weather is basically perfect, hovering in the mid-sixties and seventies most of the time with gentle sea breezes. It

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  YO! -yo. Learning how to make more toys!!

  

  semester. 2.008 is a Design for Manufacturing class offered to Mechanical ... needs to be capable of being made somehow. 2.008 teaches us how to make it real. Of course, this is MIT, where we believe the best way to learn is

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • December 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Selecting the new bloggers! With a new school year approaching, it's time to pick the next set of bloggers.

  

  have a current blog, please send a link to it. If your blog is locked ... , but will not rule it out). To be considered for a blogger position, you ... us to see. (You don't need to clean it up -- we will understand that a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guest Blog: From the Life and Times of Cam

  

  it is, in short: Nothing to do on a Wednesday night? Call Shane, go out ... Tonight's blog entry is brought to you by Cam, a resident of ... hesitation). However, it turned out that Cam's story had more to do with MIT

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  FREE FOOD! FREE FOOD! EVERYWHERE!! AM I YELLING??

  

  This morning I got a frantic call from my mother. MOM: Is it true ... . Okay, so, in retrospect it may not have been the best idea to freak my ... wing talking about what it's like to live there, stereotypes of the wing

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 2, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  to remember who I used to be (SERIOUSLY. TIME. STOP IT.), college is ... introduction for the uninitiated: My name is Keri, I used to write here, and as a ... about Med School A's demonstrated commitment to diversity amongst its

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  three final projects to do. I had a pretty intense week. I think this is ... didn't mind the work too much. It was really fun to put my all into my ... typically known for having a lot of budget dedicated to it. I chose the game

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021