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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Short Thoughts Girlhood, editing, iPhone notes.

  

  I've spent the better part of a day trying to blog about my semester, but I can't think of a pithy way to put everything together, so I wrote ... struggling with bouts of illness for the past month or so. I'm not sure what

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 13, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007 Robot Competition 2016 robots dump (replica) tea bags in the (replica) Boston harbor

  

  "No innovation without fabrication!" This is the motto of 2.007, a ... warning of British soldiers. They also got bonus points for things like ... actual competition was an entire showcase of both projects by students and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • May 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  November 1. (There is a small amount of grace period for students having ... Nov. 1 deadline. Please allow five days for the processing of all ... the ApplyWithUs site. Check your MyMIT account to follow the progress of

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Who You Vote for May Not Matter that you vote most certainly does!

  

  I have heard almost exclusively from fellow members of the MIT community: The probability of my vote affecting the outcome of an election is so low that casting a vote is a waste of my time. But what if the value

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Fall 2015 Transfer Decisions Will Be Released Today May the Fourth, and also your transfer decisions, be with you

  

  4th, and you should receive it seconds later through the magic of ... ), I know that this process can be a difficult experience. For those of ... . Remember, college is mostly what you make of it, here or anywhere else

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 4, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  particular, the hospitalization of my friend - she is named Emily in the ... picture of me at the top of the article - it's slightly overwhelming But ... really helps me get through each week Here are some pictures of cats I

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Goodbye, for now

  

  philosophies for some time.  (Regular friends are well aware of this, and are also sick of me talking about it.  By the way, have you seen the latest ... ; This, however, does mean a few things: (1) I've dropped out of MIT for

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  hundreds of disposable plastic utensils I'm not throwing into landfills, because of one simple choice. Living an examined life starts with the small things. For me, a love of wild and beautiful places demands

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  This Post Has a Happy Ending dealing with obstacles @ MIT

  

  the next day I could do it no more. Spurts of productivity came at ... simple task or calculation could take two hours, most of those spent trying ... to doubt the days of hazy exhaustion could end. Then I got a 20% on my

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 30, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  -druhdruhdrum sound of the crossing signal on Mass Ave is still audible as you pass ... faint hum of those Zamboni things which are busy scrubbing the hallways to a dull, dirt-free sheen. In front of you is the Infinite Corridor: by

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... Office of Digital Learning (aka ODL - the same fine folks who bring you ... things about MIT - the people, the research, the facilities, etc. - none of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas thanksgiving and warm fuzzies all around

  

  Shire, floor 4West, Next House, Cambridge, MA. This weekend was, of ... I'm able to have because of you, as well as the future I have ahead of ... 'm thinking of you and the family. I'm thankful for all the new people I've met

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 30, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It's one phrase - "a cappella", Italian for "in the manner of the church ... cappella group too - SQ, from Tufts!  They did a great cover of Macklemore

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  THE APPLICATION IS LIVE! because why bury the lede

  

  my god... it's full of words       > > > click this button to apply to MIT < < <     

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  message of love! Is Madeline here?”—Madeline raised her hand—“Would you like to join us in the aisle?” By now the rest of the MIT Logarhythms were in the room. “Madeline,” one of them said, “meet the Logs.” And then

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread: Admitted in EA!

  

  Congratulations on your acceptance to the class of 2017!   This is what you look like right now -     Go ahead and introduce yourselves. :-)

  • by Decisions
  • December 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) (complaining about the ratio of male to ... number of men's bathrooms per floor: two point eight. Average number of ... period? my sense of chronology is pretty terrible) every French House

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  increased, while "real" adults donning excessive amounts of MIT apparel ... level of Cambridge, MA increased with the arrival of my 10-year-old little ... pretty much everything. Laughing contests, chess, Madden, knowledge of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Spring Semester of 2013. (See the Academic Calendar.) This deadline is ... entry in the Fall of 2013. To enter MIT as a transfer student, you ... many of your questions can be found on the Transfer Admissions section of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chem Lab Boot Camp!

  

  , filmmakers followed around the participants of 5.301 Chemistry Lab Techniques as they struggled with the intensive, high stakes world of ChemLab Boot ... some sneak previews of some episodes (I’m an insider!) and I can vouch

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • August 22, 2012