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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Emergency Morale Booster Night! One of my favorite e-mails of all time

  

  least one hug for every other participant, to be distributed at random ... loudly and obnoxiously for two hours, exchanged some hugs, then went outside to throw a Frisbee around with two non-French House friends for an

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2012
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  1 of the 101 Quincy Market, Mike's Pastries, Giacomo's, yummm

  

  Boston's North End and is well-known for its delicious cannolis. Over the ... motivated me to venture out to North End two Fridays ago and - for the first ...  peeps: andddd That's about it for now - more updates after this weekend!

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 24, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  GTL the secret to a successful summer

  

  ://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=GTL) -- and no, not gaming, table tennis, and library. But if you asked me for a recipe for my amazing summer, I could only tell you what I ... Daiso Japan in Berkeley sells these for 1.50. I imagine they work

  • by Connie H. '15
  • August 4, 2012
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Field Trip Every day brings something new.

  

  workshop in Building N51 and saw for myself everything that they do. Check ... for some hot weather, special times with family, a road trip with friends, and a conference for Camp Kesem. More updates on the flip side of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 22, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA Decisions To Be Posted Saturday, 12/17, at 12:17 PM EST who are you

  

  As the committee meets for the final week of the Early Action cycle, I wanted to duck out for a moment to let you know that, as the title ... lost password link. There is a similar link for forgotten usernames. If

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  for the Institvte! This summer I’m on staff for the Research Science Institute, or RSI, a summer program for rising high school seniors around the ... thinks this stands for “Assistant Director,” but I much prefer “Awesome

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Under the Dome A full day of free fun at MIT

  

  seem to have a thing already for free events at MIT. I'll cut to the ... ? How about a puzzle hunt at the MIT Museum written specially for MIT ... for sure. A day of science? Seriously, mom? “No, not just Science

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 22, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered in reading and committee for the last few weeks. Today may be a Sunday ... animation for decades. Disney Animation Studios pioneered animation tools such

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Toys II Using household items to save the world

  

  the coast with balloon cameras for months -- or as long as it takes for ... edge of space, sending back photos over a cell phone -- partly just for

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 6, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Your friendly neighborhood webcaster ignore if you can time travel within your own lifetime

  

  registration page comes offline. Which reminds me… Have you registered for CPW ... the wonders of MIT I planned to register for” to “that potentially life-changing event I wished I’d registered for but missed the deadline because I

  • by Dave McOwen
  • March 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break! *frantically waves arms in the air*

  

  heat into heating for surrounding buildings. Yay! Where was I? Oh, spring vacation. I used to go home for spring break, but since I don ... write a post about my awesome room in East Campus for you. :) Happy

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hi, (gasp!) I’m Kim Kimd's first post as an admissions blogger!

  

  efficiently. Power Electronics is, for better or for worse, about as time ... lab -- how exciting! I've also been working on assignments for my other

  • by Kim D. '09
  • September 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Admissions Statistics 2008 We've updated the stats page.

  

  Trivia: This year's admit rate was 11.9%. What was the admit rate for ... folks to our website, where we offer a plethora of numbers for any statistical junkie. Recently, we updated the admissions statistics page for this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  think that it's the most beautiful thing on earth. The reason for this is ... colleges, like Harvard and CalTech, strive for uniform and regal architecture ... , MIT has its fair share of boring buildings as well. Take, for example

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  CPW 2008: The Hack Edition What!? Already!?

  

  threat and are confused by the need for a chainsaw in a box. They will be ... chainsaw and head for the small dome, we'll fend them off and wait for rescue

  • by Snively '11
  • April 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  is at an absolute standstill. We had an event tonight for the American Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... some pictures from this evening: I'm ready for the snow...

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Application Cycle Your MIT application is just the beginning

  

  probably an easy decision for you (at least it was for me.) Hopefully you ... , business), get a “real” job, take a year off to figure things out, work for a non-profit organization (Teach for America, Peace Corps), work in a lab

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  You Complete Me What makes an application complete for Early Action, and related Q&A.

  

  're available; this is mostly for the Regular Action selection committee ... . Decision day: We have not yet announced a date for early action decisions. We will make an announcement later in December; watch the blogs for more

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ana Posada: Improving the production of an HIV medication Ana Posada, who just graduated from MIT, spent a year and half of her undergraduate…

  

  , GA, will head off to Dartmouth for a Ph.D program next year. As an ... , one of the few MIT microbiology labs, for one and a half years. She says ... and that bacteria allow for easier scalability of a process.”

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  That’s where you’ll find me Where troubles melt like lemondrops, Away above the chimney tops... my CPW schedule.

  

  the information session for visiting high school juniors & ... , Friday CPW Registration Help Desk, 1-3pm, Friday "Voting" for Daniel in ... some delayed flights. Don't worry, we'll be here for you. If you have any

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 11, 2007