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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Trains Make Me Think Of Bringing the focus away from miles and minutes - and onto more enriching things

  

  does involve a commute ranging anywhere from 20-25 miles - and that ... does add up to a substantial amount of time. The commute starts pretty

  • by Emad T. '14
  • July 12, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  Language Glass" is quite good). So what does that mean? Does it mean

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Last All-Nighter on mortarboards, machine shops, and graduating from MIT

  

  graduation. Staff: What's that? Me: It's a solar charger. Staff: What does it ... does it do. Me: ...it collects solar energy, and uses it to charge things

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 13, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  In which Elizabeth tries something new. (My idea of thrills is changing the location of my bookshelf.)

  

  shouted, "Wait, where does my foot go next? Wait how am I supposed to put my arm over there? Wait, how does this work?!?!" while hanging paralyzed on

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 8, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Average The benefits of challenging yourself in high school

  

  does it keep your mind sharp, but it actually does prepare you for what

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Undercover Admissions Officer ...or how I saw the campus through "fresh eyes".

  

  , yesterday I went on a tour incognito...but how does one do that exactly? How does one stop looking like an Admissions Officer? Well you wear jeans

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW roundup Meet the Bloggers, dinner with a physics professor, and a photography contest for those of…

  

  Factoid of the Day: I've never paid for food from the MIT Student Center. (Secondary factoid: The primary factoid does not indicate that I ... breakdown of my blog audience is not verified by real statistics. It does

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 20, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  I’m still here (and MIT’s still hard) The little comment that wasn't. (This isn't edited. It sounds awkward at times. Deal.)

  

  's hard, but I just don't understand, you know?" or "wait, why does everyone ... everyone else does, or you're the opposite and are convinced that everyone is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  consuming, as it does not require any essays, but does require that students

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  seminar group does things like watch movies, go out for dinner, or see ... with the seminar as a Resident Associate Advisor. She does cool things

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  coding of the e-mail it does make note that Gmail was used as the actual ... . Thanks for reading this installment of "What does it look like!?" Please

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians, Part 2 This time, I am talking about science olympiads.

  

  Trivia: Which MIT Professor was the top scorer for the first US International Math Olympiad team in 1974, and what freshman class does this ... 're not one. Every class at MIT does have a share of über-geniuses (some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 22, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  still fun. I mean, Snively really does wear a binary watch, but he was ... Stata included. It does look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, but

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  answer and provides hints if the student does not know how to approach the ... the ruckus that ensued: Disclaimer: This does NOT happen on a daily

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Questions Fall 2007 Here are answers to the questions posted in my blog over the last month or…

  

  does a great job of explaining what sort of folks are best matched to the ... ... does MIT meet 100% of the need of international students?" Yes, MIT is ... would review essays differently than, say, Harvard, which does give you

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  real sport and does not involve costumes or beating people with steel ... away thinking about the concept of storytelling. What does it mean to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  list, about a week ago: "Does anyone remember how, when the elevator ... to in chorus always smelled like old yogurt. MIT does have excellent

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP is moving along

  

  Jitsu stresses...well, I'll let the website do that, since it does a ... , pressure-points, throws and strikes. Jiu-Jitsu does not rely on brute

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  much or as little of the $10 to the other student, whom he does not see ... ) and the researcher (oftentimes their professor) than it does between the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• 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…

  

  different schools employ different policies. The MIT admissions office does ... use what they find there to hurt them. MIT does not look at Facebook

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006