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• Blog / Challenges

  Home(sick) for the Holidays winter break was weird: time capsule 2

  

  10, I left to pack for my flight home, but instead ended up walking out ... i will not shut up. thank you parents for listening to me jabber on ... now it’s going up months late” series! Today’s topic: winter break :D

  • by Allison E. '27
  • February 24, 2024
• Blog / Uncategorized

  A Fashion Free For All like the hunger games but we love each other

  

  opportunity for free clothes is an offer that should always be taken up. That ... stairs as we waited for the event to open up. [annotation note="sorry if ... Annual Fall Fashion Free-For-All, an event where MIT undergraduates can

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 26, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Advice for Seniors From me to you. Why? Because I care

  

  I have been back from my fall travel rounds for almost a week now ... suggestions for me? A: I know that the application process can be really nerve ... (Who we call Educational Counselors or ECs for short), share more

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... action applications for other schools. You should still put the same energy ... are out there. For those students who are really attracted to MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  For Deferred Students Some advice and answers.

  

  over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... for other schools. You should still put the same energy and thought you ... amazing schools that are out there. For those students who are really

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for October write those personal essays! submit those early apps! get PUMPED UP

  

  Last month, Petey posted a motivational soundtrack for the month of September. A lot of y'all seemed to like it, so we made another one for October! This month's theme is to get hyped up and get shit done! :) Give

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  StartMIT: IAP for Entrepreneurs Like with anything else, it helps to learn from the best

  

  to President Reif for summing up the most incredible part of Start ... involved in startups because they came up with a better model or product for ... goes when it’s not tied up doing psets. A lot of people participate in

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • January 26, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Call For A Good Time a weekend of coffee shop networking

  

  , "Call for a good time." He showed up at the requested meeting place, and was whisked off for a day of exhilarating, platonic adventure ... up for coffee. In the true spirit of SF, our less

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 2, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  making art for fun what a crazy concept!

  

  spot in the class. However, I did manage to sign up for some Student Art ... “art kid” for so long, and I was afraid that going to a STEM school would ... ’t have time to draw for fun other than a few sketches during the

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • March 28, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Set Your Alarm for CPW 2019 i'm entirely serious

  

  could end up missing the train because of me! Ask your host for help. My ... out if MIT is the right place for them. This amazing blog post by Yuliya ... have put some instructions below. Screw up. I stayed up super late

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • April 10, 2019
• Blog / Blog Projects

  MIT for Book Lovers Yultide Day 4

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... for book lovers: MIT and the Greater Boston area have plenty to offer for you! Sure, students have less time for books in college, but we don

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 29, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Sleep is (not) for the weak Myth: All engineers are insomniacs

  

  up falling asleep during the middle of the day, you don’t absorb ... , and they also need weekends, if not only to catch up on sleep. No matter ... amount of sleep before my body revolts at me for being off schedule. A

  • by Stanley G.
  • October 24, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Announcing New Bloggers for 2010! A digital debutante ball...

  

  the team for the coming year. It was an incredibly tough job to do ... difficulty of the decisions is no excuse for not making them. Decide we must ... has lived in London for the past eight years. Though currently on

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2010
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  altitude acclimation. - It's Sunday. We were woken up at 6:30am by very loud, very grand church bells, then couldn't find anything for breakfast ... TelefériQo is a steep cable car that travels up Volcán (volcano) Pichincha

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  DATA FOR BLACK LIVES this weekend at the media lab

  

  woke up this morning, layered on two sweaters and a jacket, and went across the street to the media lab, where the DATA FOR BLACK LIVES ... policing and criminal risk assessment. there's a critical need for ethics and

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 18, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  More info for Admitted Students just a few more things to do

  

  on hand for an hour to answer all your CPW questions and give you a ... email later this week for the details from us about how to tune in ... information for your financial aid counselor. See this guest blog post for more

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Writing is useful for science. Surprise!

  

  absolutely essential skill for a scientist.   ... can't see radio waves! Nowadays, astronomers apply for "observing time ... one of these telescopes is competitive. There's only one ALMA, for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  (Not) Home for the Holidays a very late Thanksgiving post…

  

  for the weekend, so we set up shop there (thank you Csillaaa). After ... I’ve been home for winter break since last Sunday, and it’s been a ... ! Sophomore fall has been busy for my friends & I, which has meant no more

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006