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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  NOOOOO! It's so sad!

  

  read and get acquainted with the various seating options. I picked up a ... skimmed it, looking for any mention of chairs. Nothing on the front page. I ... -250 Will Be Wider, With Power Outlets for Each." Woo-hoo! Wider. . . and

  • by Snively '11
  • July 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  competition at MIT where people team up to solve lots of puzzles (which lead to ... on campus. The only prize for the winning team is the honor of writing the next year's Hunt. For some history, check out this classic article

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Promise of Ending ...is labor and sharing and loving.

  

  later, I had produced this image, a "diploma mock-up -- for illustrative ... there for the past three years: "Hmm." thought I. "I guess that's me ... sleepless nights, and 10,000 miles paid for by MISTI. Now all that's standing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

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

  gave me. Because I grew up around Chicago and went to college and worked ... real homecomings for me. In the few moments that I wasn't working, I was ... are reading, thanks for all the hospitality and to my folks who took

  • by mitblogs
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Advising @ MIT The little question that could.

  

  where you can pick up a poster of the LSC schedule. As for freshmen, when you get here, you register for your first term classes during ... 'll answer the second question, first. For upperclassmen, they chose their

  • by Bryan
  • June 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Activities, humanities, question-ities Will you have time to be in an extracurricular at MIT? Yes, you will.

  

  and sign up for ten groups, because, hey, you did ten things in high ... cheerleading and how has it helped/hurt your grades, etc? [I'm uh, asking for a ... I'm home for the evening. Cheerleading is a time commitment of about

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2010 Roll Call It's May 1st -- welcome to MIT!

  

  with their college t-shirt on, rightly proud of their future home for the ... The Coop's web site, you can pick up all the MIT swag you need. And don ... website, we though they might be interested in buying one for themselves (or

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  labelled as researchers and end up becoming the head scientist for a company ... While Mollie has pretty much sent off all her applications for ... yes and no. For example, I've often heard of the stigma that those

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays and Good Luck As regular action deadlines approach, try to relax a little

  

  decision deadlines for many colleges, including MIT, are fast approaching, so ... California for Christmas, enjoying balmy daytime weather and good home cooking ... considering a possible course layout for the next year or so, seeing where to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I-Rop, U-Rop my contribution to the future of medicine

  

  keyphrase comes up in any of the news sources that Google accesses. So ... research is trying to accomplish is to design a device allows for high ... nicknamed the device "Moo-Moo" for no reason at all. This is my second UROP

  • by Bryan
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Rockwell (where Marilee spoke and the Logs sang), picked up some liquid ... sitting on the same registration chair for 14+ hours today. Woot! Mitra has ... them online for so many months! I've taken a ton of pics which I'll post

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  around here lately. We are busily preparing for Campus Preview Weekend -- setting up events, matching prefrosh (that's MIT jargon for you, the ... with you all, some for the first time, and some to continue our ongoing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Green Monsters

  

  Giant celebrations in Boston/Cambridge last night for the Red Sox ... . If you're applying for regular action, now is also a good time to ... stomach). And for those of you who have completed your applications, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 21, 2004
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  Can I apply as a QB Finalist even if I did not rank any colleges?

  , and the email address that you used for your QuestBridge application ... transcript through the QB application, please allow 7–10 business days for this ... science teachers to write one for you. If you are selected as a Quest
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m Not Normal About Friends (Part 1) i lost six nights of sleep to perform amateur data analysis on a sitcom

  

  spoiled something dreadful for myself. I looked up recaps of the seasons to ... for each Friend—to generate data from the Friends script and make sense ... for all of this? To find out who's the best Friends character? No need

  • by Jenny B. '25
  • November 25, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Help! Learn from my mistakes...and from the Beatles.

  

  grade shot up to the bar I set for myself, way back at the beginning of ... just asking for a leg up from someone else. - At our first Med ... , to be reminded that asking for help doesn't mean "giving up", and it

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Story How I came to be at MIT

  

  didn't actually end up reading the entire letter for about 2 hours. My ... grandma's house when my parents asked a completely unreasonable question for ... great school for math, one of the best." "Ok, I'll go there." *laughter

  • by Snively '11
  • July 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Guide to CPW: Logistics and Planning packing, housing, strategy, and events

  

  their dorm. It might be helpful to set up a lunch with them for the end of ... sure to meet many like-minded prefrosh. Lots of prefrosh sign up for UROP ... Note: this post has been updated from the 2016 CPW mini-guide for the

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So You Want to Declare a Double Major? This is why/how I'm doing it, in case you were curious

  

  major isn't for everyone and please don't feel like you're an inferior student/person/wizard/etc. for only pursuing a single major. Do what makes you happiest :D Okay. For me, a double major is how I've decided to

  • by Ceri Riley '16
  • September 5, 2014
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] Your Guide to Boston Cafes a letter from chomps

  

  -MIT-student fashion, I forgot to respond.  For context, I’m chomps - a foodie and '25 ... the T for all my cafe hops, so my location references are in relation to MBTA stations. If you’re looking for a cafe with delicious food… This is

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • January 15, 2025