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• Blog / IAP

  IAΠ wherein another blogger deposits her January photos (but this time it's in late February)

  

  actually surprised at how disassembled a lot of things were here   ... For a good portion of my first ever IAP, I explored ancient sites in Greece with 19 other MIT students and a trio of professors from the MIT

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 22, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Big News The next chapter in the life of Ben Jones.

  

  say, and yet so many of them don't attach well to words - only to strong ... moments of one's childhood. I think I'll just start with the facts and save ... to really process all of this. In a nutshell: after four incredible

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Hack and Advice Two entries smashed into one.

  

  (the band that plays the two songs) but at the beginning of the year I ... My dorm, Burton-Conner, has a great view of the both domes from just ... when I walked out of my dorm to head to Physics I noticed something

  • by Snively '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  You may know Conan O'Brien, host of the popular late night talk show ... airing without the benefit of writers, due to the strike (soon to be settled?) by the Writers Guild of America. Without writers, the show has

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lie la lying down Sometimes there are perks to attending a school with a notorious reputation for producing stressed…

  

  week. They will not always be on Tuesday so that those of you who have commitments on Tuesday nights will be able to take advantage of them. I will announce each session either the day of or the day before, and have a sign

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We even learn stuff here! There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  my life here at MIT. I mentioned awhile ago that by now, basically my ... (just kidding! I did my share of the work! Promise!) and taking pictures of LEGOs. But do I actually do any work? The answer, surprisingly, is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  You Can’t Make MIT Love You If You Don’t… my advice on application essays (updated 7/29)

  

  applications. (What???) I'm hesitant to dole out reams of application advice ... a wheelbarrow full of salt, I remind myself of the wise words of My So ... forth, '10 applicants, and best of luck! ----------- (My sincerest

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Work in Progress So. I decided that I needed a new banner.

  

  , you slacker." Well, I got tired of being called a slacker every time I looked at my page, but I have no one around to help me make a new banner. It will include a picture of your truly, so you can all see how

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  . Track the status of your application at my.mit.edu. Students like to call ... I've just finished in New York City, where I did my last two days of ... where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of ... Infinite's new little sister MIT Gala. This year, the theme of the magazine was Rebirth. At first, I had no idea what I wanted to do with that. But

  • by Ella T. '25
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/18/21, 3:14 PM ET i guess the title kind of says it all, huh?

  

  and a bunch of youtubers made up these storylines that they act out through Minecraft WAIT IS THIS is this part of the…omg...im supposed to give ... Saturday, December 18 at 3:14 PM ET. ella: I think I have more advice on what

  • by kellen manning
  • December 13, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  A special announcement about SAT Subject Tests MIT has made the decision to no longer consider the SAT Subject Tests

  

  as part of the admissions process. You can read about our revised ... discontinue the use of subject tests starting with the 2020-21 admissions cycle ... grades and coursework, are predictive of success in our challenging

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Don’t Screw Up Your Username It's time to put down your AOL screen name.

  

  Tomorrow is, yes, the First of May[?], which means those of you who ... your first (and likely primary) email address while you're at MIT, you'll have the ability to edit files at http://web.mit.edu/username, and it

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 30, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Healthy reflections… I never know what to write here.

  

  . Well - story of my life. At the turn of the new year, I posted a number of things I planned to accomplish this IAP. And now, I’m going to ... edged into those rare un-mathematical intervals of time. To start: I had

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 31, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  IHTFP Warning: Bitterness Ahead! (And why IHTFP can mean so many different things.)

  

  telling you about my bitterness? Because it's an important part of my life. No, really. To all of the recently admitted, and any other hopefuls who ... of the year when life explodes in your face. Currently, I am in one of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  -intensive (CI) humanities classes you have to take as part of your 8 class ... analysis of natural disasters on natural resource firms) and a 10 page ... maximization). As you may have guessed, 14.33 also requires a lot of work. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  at least 4 full days each week (including weekends), in addition to the ... the same guidelines. Ultimately, we do not admit anyone until all of the ... in the background [of the stack of applications]." I need my music

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regional Meetings begin Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida are first up.

  

  first regional meeting of the year, Thursday night in Orlando/Winter Park, FL. Amy has already flown to Texas in advance of her meeting in Dallas ... happens at these meetings? What should you expect? First, the admissions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want ... strictly true. Today should be day 11 of my diet, but on day 2 I feasted on ... pipet all day. And then I come home at night and watch Law and Order: SVU

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to train your sticking-together rock I am so happy that "computer" is not a no-no word today

  

  One of the coolest things about building and studying computers is ... ! How does a computer work? I like to think of a computer as a big house ... house where cats will come out of room C only if either room A or room B

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • January 17, 2024