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• Blog / MIT Life

  Come to MIT Get a free haircut!

  

  It’s spring break! Time for students to stop frantically trying to finish psets and start less-frantically trying to take care of all the ... break I'm going to get to know my new camera better! I've started using it

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An End A whirlwind.

  

  you.) Then it was time to start (START!!!) packing. I frantically threw ... back and get it. So, we turned around, and pulled into a 7/11 to take a ... AM I GOING TO TAKE??) -- and before I know it, I will officially have

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 20, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Come Visit! I promise we'll be nice.

  

  time to visit. And if you really can't make it, no worries. I lived ... yesterday, Jeanne's phone rang and we went to meet our overnight guest (who ... my floor after an effort to microwave a bagel pizza went terribly

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 14, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Transfer Wrap-Up 2008 Looking back at MIT Transfer Admissions for entry this coming year.

  

  lot of great students we weren't able to admit. It's true that MIT admission is tough; with a 6% admit rate, it's especially true for transfer ... We frequently get requests to blog about transfer admissions, and now

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  planning committee, I feel it is my duty to share with you all the exciting event secrets. Seniors took a break from their theses to celebrate, among ... We held it at the Boston Sheraton In this picture, the Sheraton is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  that good. Californians constantly tell me that it is, but I have been to a lot of burger places, and it is not. Instead, In-N-Out is to Californians what Dunkin Donuts is to New Englanders: it is so familiar and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Fall Formal My Saturday evening.

  

  Fall Formal, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a chance ... any photos of the food, so you'll just have to take my word that (a) it ... One of the most common misconceptions about MIT is that the Institute

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Behind The Drones the making of the pi day drone delivery video

  

  August that is so beautiful and soothing I'm going to embed it right here ... /production process, and 100% of it was conjured by Loren, who I have come to suspect is ... figured I'd blog about how and why we did it. The Idea According to my inbox

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 1, 2015
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Coffee in the Pagi-nation [joint post] breaking cruel rituals

  

  that Jeremy was able to experience a part of recently. Jeremy: It’s a ... of the Paige Universe (or Pagi-nation, as she prefers to call it): math ... been to Fresno, so it’s time we return in search of the next Paige,” I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee Wrap Up For those interested . . .

  

  it is in the current Ring Committee's and the 13th member's best ... . Now, it is our hope that the selection process for the 13th member will ... , Congratulations on completing your first year at MIT! It has been a tough year

  • by Snively '11
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Most of You Will Be Deferred Option three

  

  classmates. The transition to college is hard. There's no need to rush it. I ... application and have chosen to defer it to our Regular Action review.  I didn ... left 70.77% of applicants, or 10,673 applicants, to deferral. This is

  • by Ella T. '25
  • December 6, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  the bottom line to this story is that MIT values openness. Besides the ... to openness; it was something I could sense from my very first visit to ... I'm back to work tomorrow, hopefully posting a new Questions Omnibus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  and I'm tempted to cross the room and hit snooze, it's like a little ... ." So far, the voice is compelling enough for me to immediately get up ... enjoyable to do) than psets and exams, so it all works out nicely. This term

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  pay the application fee. It is safe to say that you should apply for an ... of philosophy, MIT is committed to the idea of equal access to higher ... request a fee waiver? Your decision to request a fee waiver is not unlike

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Pi(e) Day: The Baking Of created with love (and pies) by the bloggers

  

  admissions blogs is to humanize MIT. I hope that this video, in turn, humanizes ... who took cold pies to the face while it was just above freezing outside ... year, it's been announced with more and more fanfare every year. This

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  sweetness of acidic foods after miraculin is equal to that of a 17% sucrose ... to compare it to flavored vinegar but realized that my teeth would be ... ) bush has been popular in the United States since the 70s for its

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  check it out – they’re a great opportunity to meet some potential future ... . There is a whole MIT community that can’t wait to meet you ... up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  illustrate points. The use of a living group's name is not meant to imply ... governning bodies. What I'm trying to say is, when you come to campus, treat ... assigment. If you're a prospective student, allow me to explain. During the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  shared your writing with us. It was fun to read through your talented work and earnest thoughts, and it was a struggle to come down to a final ... ! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28 from Loveland, Colorado

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair #1 of 3 Boston Adventures

  

  compared to the $500 signed first edition. The 500-fold increase is worth it ... “that is valued as a physical object above and beyond its value as a ... .S. locations. Do book collectors travel regularly to those? How big is their

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 15, 2015