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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just My Luck The somewhat eventful story of my first EMT shift ever.

  

  that answer: Yep, it was good (despite the to-be-described misfortune, I ... ambulance from its battery-charging socket and attempted to ease the ambulance ... , drove something larger than a Toyota Camry. It felt amazing to drive again

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  having to pause every four minutes or so to pay attention to what it is we ... something that wants to be substance one day when it grows up. It's April ... Nearly two weeks ago, I promised you a Post of Substance™ to be put

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Important Information about your Financial Aid Application Track your status on MyMIT

  

  financial aid application time so please be aware that it can take up to two ... applications. It can also take up to two weeks to process any documentation ... applicants and the comments will be closed. But we did want you to know a few

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a "e^2" Reunion to ... seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... , who had hit it big in the dot-com thing. The countdown begins to the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?

  

  ) Because sometimes it’s Christmas in April: A photo posted by Michael ... PDT   (4) Because Killian Court is pretty nice (when geese ... _cheung_) on Mar 17, 2016 at 4:01pm PDT   (6) Because even though it

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 8, 2016
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  posting it up on the web. I polished off an apple at the end to keep the ... hosted a community picnic to celebrate The Howard Dining Hall, which is on ... is not all about books and robots and clubs and things. It is also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And term starts again…

  

  have enough Course 9 classes. But this class is going to be so cool. And ... . Enrollment limited to 25. My comments: It fulfills one of my two remaining ... Soon, there will be real entries! Sorry, it's been a crazy last

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  a hard-ass (which, to a certain extent, is true). It took me a long ... THE PAST 15 YEARS. Honestly, what is there to catch up on? The catching ... came out of these groups was experiencing what it means to be held and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Mustaches in the airport, Daleks in the library, and Food in many stomachs French House winter traditions

  

  festivities, tradition is to take lots of pictures and sing carols. We took the ... goes to Xiaoyue Xie '15) Because many MIT undergrads live in the same ... lounge at the bottom of the New House 6 staircase: And, as is our nature

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 27, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  is: it's possible to maintain great grades here. So don't let fears of ... some of you at CPW :) Second: I remember when it came time for me to ... of you admits (and soon-to-be admits!) might be wondering if MIT is a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  you want to try at home with your vacuum cleaner. Ours is very different ... Today is an exciting anniversary -- July 20, 1969, was the day Apollo ... film "Giant Leaps," produced for the Giant Leaps Symposium: It

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grades in Context Sometimes, B stands for "baller"

  

  so bad that I switched it to sophomore exploratory, which is basically ... satisfied with, you can switch it to listener status, salvaging your GPA for that term and allowing you to take it again with no penalty. Why was I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  -level gist of it is pretty simple; on a low level, we had to build in tons of ... was also a lot of C++ compiler wankery to deal with, because we built it ... to fifteen hours to finish. When we emerge from our cyclic periods of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  is MIT's flagship junior year abroad program, allowing MIT students to ... -MIT exchange is a great reason to go to MIT, whether or not you plan on studying ... , "I would never do a program like that. I would hate to leave MIT for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  hihi i’m back featuring all my favorite excuses

  

  it got unusable. Every time I took it out of my bag to try and draw, I’d have to charge it for half an hour, and by then I would have had another ... to make me try drawing with MS Paint, and it was the second to worst

  • by Anika H. '26
  • December 30, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Epilogue An open letter about blogging, growing up, and the end of my first year at…

  

  like Oprah's novelist of the month right now. Here it is: every sentence ... wish: to pluck the wings of a fleeting moment, spread it out in the ... Dear reader: It's time that I confess one of the most soul

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 21, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Rush and Hall Rush

  

  it was an official event and we weren't allowed to use the moat around ... this hammock thing was, but it was fun to try to crawl around in ... . Believe it or not, that red blur is a swinging freshman in a red shirt. And

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  is the best. Holler boys, holler boys, salute to the Smoot. Holler boys ... Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... the history of England, largely thanks to the catchy verses that were

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating Defiance @ the Media Lab a prize for responsible, ethical disobedience

  

  art and protest, and it challenges those of us in academia to use our ... talk, but I'll link to one if it arises, and in the meantime, I'll update ... Last July, the MIT Media Lab created a $250,000 award to recognize

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 21, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Admissions Decisions Available Online MIT Regular Action admissions decisions are now available at https://decisions.mit.edu.

  

  task is to choose from these many, many excellent applicants to bring ... use to log into your MyMIT account. There are no interim screens, so you should be sure you are ready to receive your decision online before logging

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2009