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• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  amounts of free time. Let's start off with the Center for Talent ... 's Talent Identification Program offers the option of either taking classes ... , check out Questbridge, which offers help with the costs of summer programs

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Things That Are Awesome (And have been keeping me from writing recently -- Sorry!)

  

  courseload. This puts them in position to finish all of the requirements for ... total of 6 years.) Besides the time-savings, I am excited about this ... with one big project that requires actual application of the ideas. I

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 1, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  host parties in their hometowns for students admitted to the Class of ... list of all of the events. Tomorrow (Saturday) Bay Area, California. Meeting location: the beautiful home of an MIT alum. Tuesday Miami. With

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Eternal sunshine of the sleepless mind Once again, the title has practically no relation to the actual blog entry.

  

  Remember the plot of The Matrix trilogy? Neither do I, which is why I ... day to mastering the subtle art of falling sleep randomly in public ... particularly stunning occasions come to mind: -As part of the Discover

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  and lost. This was probably one of the best learning experiences of my ... race isn't the end of the world. I got my first B+. This in my opinion ... have received a C+. I had a lot of fun. One of the things that I feared

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Poaching Imagination Just a few more hours.

  

  In just a few hours, you'll know whether or not you have the option of spending four years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yes, that's right. In just a few hours, a simple flick of a cursor, a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  24 Pumpkins a journey through the streets of Boston

  

  way. Amongst other things, I’ve been taking pictures of the changing ... of leaves (shoutout to the folks who are making these), and trying a variety of fall-themed Trader Joe’s snacks (the maple syrup fudge is

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Community Projects

  Ducks vs. Army Men! Remember the good old days when you used to play in the sandbox?

  

  At the beginning of the year, Rick '09 and I had a marathon carpentry ... the side hallway of the 23 suite. I'm looking at it right now. Maybe we should get on that. Anyway, the point of this entry is the tables. I just

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  also the words of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) director, Frederick Harris. Other times, another kind of life lesson comes from the calm and ... rediscovering the meaning of the word “passion”. You see, when you’re playing a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / People & Identities

  someday fate of friends

  

  Kai being athletic now,” S said. I thrilled at the idea of one of my old friends, who’d known me back when I failed each and every single one of the ... by how immediate it was—crossing the threshold, I mean, of the door to

  • by Kai V. '25
  • November 10, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Floating On A Whim [by Katharine Chu '09, Guest Blogger] An art UROP carries a curious course 9-er all…

  

  the most of your MIT education." After three years of eclectic classes ... yourself to explore your options. Nine months ago, I was in the middle of a ... ).  We invited all of these professors to tea and connected the institute

  • by ARTalk
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days ... the point of a career fair is to collect job prospects, not swag. In the ... list-y theme of this post, there are three reasons I used the career fair

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  sit down with Richard Rusczyk and Dave Patrick PhD '97, two of the folks behind The Art of Problem Solving (AoPS). The fantastic AoPS offerings ... about math, you'll check it out. The Art of Problem Solving folks also

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  . Generally this fits the pattern of every trip I've ever taken - happy once I ... /28). In the middle of that I head down to Tampa for the NACAC Conference ... assumption, so we try to bring the feel of the campus to you. We use short

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past ... , including undocumented students) could not apply to MIT during the Early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  Hello folks of the blogosphere! Greetings from Columbia, MO. Now I know you are probably thinking, "Wait - but it's the middle of April ... -city's-a-madhouse, the 'tute annually gives us this four-day weekend. My favorite kind of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  adventure to Montreal in the great land of Canada. Neither of us had been to Canada before. Therefore, we were quite surprised by some of the ... during which I took a ton of pictures of Kayla climbing. The shopping day

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  will get made over by the Fab Five as part of their new season in Las Vegas (see photo of Ed "before," with Carson Kressley at right). The ... '03, was on Season 2 of Beauty and the Geek. My current housemate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  when I fixate on food, but it’s all in the name of science.) We began at Truly Jorg's Patisserie in Kenmore Square, which had some of the coolest ... . Next stop, Beard Papa's at Faneuil Hall, home of the “world’s best cream

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  at the Institute. art completely covers the walls of East Campus, for ... murals. of the existing dorms, there used to be four buildings where murals ... of self expression. East Campus and Random Hall are the only mural

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023