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• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear ... ’re Anne Liu ’08 (Course 7; iHouse). At the beginning of her ... (ID) issues by way of completing an extensive study of the famine that

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends at college Lots of 'don't's and a couple of 'do's.

  

  because I appreciate a good nerd joke. It was the second night of CPW, I ... manageable, because I had seen much of the material in high school. One of my ... last class to my first extracurricular activity of the day, rushed back

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 2, 2011
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does the MIT admissions process work?

  the details can add a lot of stress to the waiting period, so we ... After you click the submit button, it's easy to feel as though your application has entered a black hole. So what really happens between when you
• Blog / Advice

  False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale

  

  with it Why does anyone care what I think of this pie The 1 to 10 ... response because I was subsequently asked to rate the pie on a scale of 1 to ... pie had a hidden cost in the form of this rating inquisition. Not one to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • April 7, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Followup To Mailing Disaster Answers to your questions from my last post, regarding the recent mailing of EA decisions.

  

  in by the end of January and they will be seen by your readers ... accessibility of the admissions officers, etc.). We try to connect with you on an ... want to thank all of you who had my back today and who wrote in with

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Call For Bloggers As promised, here's an entry that will explain this year's application process for admissions bloggers.

  

  welcome to apply. In the interest of full disclosure, however, you should ... be the single most important part of your application. Most of our ... be considered, you have the rest of the summer to be incredibly

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 26, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  !"]matrix multiplication does (usually) depend on the order of multiplication ... her head"]one of my good friends is a TA for 3.010[/annotation] – the ... up in my room playing the new Legend of Zelda game instead of exploring

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  More questions

  

  read actual files, talk about what would be the elements of a good read ... if they are part of the class we want to build and a good match ... day of Spring Term! I'm a little behind on the questions, so here goes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  How does one write a first post? This probably isn't the way...

  

  about across the shores of Valhalla. Then, after writing a slew of blogs ... desktop called “Graveyard of the Forsaken”, the hero realized that the ... is the time. Signed, Petey of the Blogs.” With the passage of time

  • by kellen manning
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Advocating for Science on Capitol Hill, Part 2 With guest appearances by NJ Representative Rush Holt and MA Senator Elizabeth Warren

  

  most of us: the PhD physicist-turned-politician, one of two physicists in ... one of his constituents, and the last time I was in New Jersey I was repulsed by the smell of industrial fumes along the New Jersey Turnpike

  • by Anna H. '14
  • May 5, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  the fact that I do listen to a lot of jazz, classical and instrumental ... are good for you). Also, before I get to the list, a disclaimer: R ... judging from the radio play of "The Lazy Song," "Last Friday Night" and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  MIT doe snot use the Common App; submission of materials works in the ... : The admissions officers will be reading these applications all of ... [email protected] or call the Admissions Office at 617-253-3400.]  

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 3) Thailand and Israel and Columbia, oh my!

  

  The dramatic conclusion to my three-part series of entries about the ... (Courses 6-3 and 21M, of Random Hall): "We all know that MIT is the best there is for science and engineering, but many of the humanities

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 8, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  ! So awesome! On that note, what does everyone think of the new season ... out curiosity, how does one join RingComm? Towards the end of your ... if there was a mix of people, some of whom were good at the arts, or

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  my gap year of nothing and everything certainly something

  

  bursts through the things I did, but I think still does an adequate job of ... The idea of taking a gap year, like to most, initially terrified me ... years ago, while in the early months of it, I kept being asked why I was

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • December 26, 2023
• Blog / Community Projects

  Another Type of Mens et MANUS There are 20 students in iHouse. We were in 17 countries this summer. Beat that.

  

  tremendous excitement about our ignorance, the wonderful potential of ignorance ... the Broad Institute, Co-Chair of Obama's President's Council on Science ... abroad during the summer or IAP can come back and present to the rest of

  • by Chris S. '11
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo of the Day – Installment #1 Photo of the day #1

  

  availability of interesting enough photos. Here's the first one and I think it's appropriate given the start of the term. Is this a good or a bad sign? ... While I try go get in the swing of things with the start of the

  • by Bryan
  • September 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  “How to CPW 2012”…a Guide for Parents CPW can be overwheming...a parents' guide to making the most of it.

  

  Much of Boston and certainly the ladies in the sorority house where I ... can provide. Since I am involved with many of the parent events during ... get the most of your time on campus. The first question I often hear

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes

  

  find MIT's Great Dome shrouded in white wrappings and the hubbub of ... . MIT Hackers did a little to welcome the Dome back to the world of sight ... Saturday, they transformed the ceiling of Lobby 7 into a massive black hole

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 10, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  the bustling activity of the seniors packing up their belongings and ... be no Ruth or Sam around all the time to make Conner 2 the bastion of ... ) about the series(!) finale of my ex-favorite TV show, Veronica Mars. The

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007