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• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A More answers to your questions.

  

  province being published in the local newspapers. There is no other way of ... interview-related questions. "One of the requirements of MIT is that I should ... about this. In terms of your self-reported coursework, put swahili in the

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 28, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  My Favorite (Kitchen) Things cue julie andrews singing

  

  bearing good tidings in the form of a little glass bottle. My world turned ... the pickling potential. I’m a sucker for a good pickle, of any kind ... cooking. I was once on a meal plan for about two weeks at the start of my

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • January 7, 2021
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  right now I'm in Mountain View, an hour long drive from SF. The scales of ... 5 million people. Both of these are small compared to the Bay; even ... average. The delay's not due to waiting or a lack of options, but due to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Brain Dump This is going to be ~14 entries in one - my fault for being too…

  

  how.) Facebook I see that many of the '10s have set up their MIT email addresses, judging by the number of friend requests I've been getting on ... visualization, oscilloscope showing the waveform of the music, and surveillance

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  Last night, I attended the ceremonial unveiling of the design of the MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation ... once, halfway through, for the unveiling of the class ring. The design

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Day In The Life [By MIDN 3/c Robert Block '10] It is 1200 on a Tuesday during IAP, and…

  

  that taking an hour out of the day to maintain a good level of physical ... , and I have accomplished more than the average MIT student does in an ... stumbles over my roommates' chairs, I was out of the door of my fraternity

  • by ROTC
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Food That Makes You Feel Like Home Are there foods that make you think of special places?

  Thanks to all of the students, parents, and EC's who made my ... at the University of Michigan, visiting Illinois and Ann Arbor were ... able to see some family and good friends in both places (if any of you

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  After Graduating From beyond the veil :O

  

  in July. For a period of about 2 months I was the only mechanical ... relationship with the city and Chinese culture (which I also wrote about of ... good about that part of it.  In January, because I worked nonstop in

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 10, 2019
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  essentially the lovechild of an etch-a-sketch and a drill press. Using two dials ... , cutting grooves, notches, and all sorts of neat shapes into it. The "CNC ... then load them onto the mills/lathes. Then the tool does all the work for

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Recap—The Book Launch Oh hi there...yes, I'm back!

  

  journey from the first uncertain scrawl of words to the final product was a ... written. I couldn’t say why, but it just had to be, and in the absence of ... voices murmur and where you feel comfort despite the lack of sight. That

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 20, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Living Like A Native Or living like a boss. Your choice.

  

  entertainment and relaxation. I had the good fortune to see John Oliver of The ... moments to address the elephant on the table - or, as it were, the elephants that were at MIT, and the slightly more pressing issue of getting around

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to ... other countries may not have access to such a diverse range of options ... see what you did with the options available to you no matter where you
• Blog / Athletics

  How I got recruited to play D3 soccer at MIT the college sports recruiting process

  

  )? Does the coach and team fit your vibe? Keep a running list of things ... ’s Women’s Soccer team! I was the first in my family of four kids (who all ... hopefully some of the overall principles and advice can still apply! My

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  a week of summer ft. cafes, lab, and assorted thoughts

  

  people fighting the good fight. There are a lot of things that need doing ... plays, there’s always at least one free table, and most of the clientele work quietly. There are books along the walls, most of them higher than

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 8, 2021
• Blog / People & Identities

  the pieces scattered behind you

  

  , stuffed full of fantasy. My eyes flick to the books I loved, gloss over the ... you’ve changed, held up against a cardboard cutout of the person you ... grown stronger. I love that; I loved the focus of falling into my 2

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 28, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a lesson in the feminine arts aka mfa boston and a rant on enjoying art

  

  ), the exhibit does a really good job of pacing the paintings and providing ... while MIT fit the criteria of being a) on a coast and [annotation note ... body of water[/annotation], the only things I knew about Boston before

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 30, 2024
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Greetings from Switzerland

  

  much a lot of the stuff written in the MIT forum (and elsewhere, for that ... .e. computational/mathematical modelling of neurons and neural systems). Good stuff to ... the Cathedral of Lausanne, which was built in the 13th century and was

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Too Good to Just Tweet About Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT)...

  

  Hello blogosphere! Yes, I'm still alive and tweeting (@MikeyMIT). The ... . Just saw this article/video on CNN of Prof. Cynthia Breazeal, who works at the Media Lab here at MIT. She gave a talk at the TEDWomen

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • February 14, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  hold me (but not too close) on writing the full-length play

  

   characters? What does that say about you? I think one of the highest compliments ... asleep and the story continued. Eventually, I’d be wrenched out of the world that the random firing of my neurons had created for me, but, for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 7, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  . Ultimately, I think that's a pretty good thing. ^Me during most of the hour ... -time favorites. When I accepted my offer to come to MIT, one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind was Holy moly I am going to be in the vicinity of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012