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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  In response to a request from a current applicant, I'm proud to present to you a virtual tour of some of MIT's machine shops. As you can ... and Hand," MIT is very big on hands-on projects. To facilitate this

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Love Lucy: Continued This time, the title even makes sense.

  

  , there's just a late fee. Want to know how much it is? Better consult your ... 't know what happened to your week. Fortunately, it's not most weeks of the ... about keeping a car in the city. I love to drive; I've for a long time

  • by Cam T. '13
  • October 22, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? We're still processing many, many documents. Don't worry, be thankful.

  

  all of the fee waiver requests (which we're happy to grant). The day ... , does it take so long? Well, think about everything that needs to happen ... 15). Mail Services sorts the mail and brings it by the bucketload to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  for a fee waiver. She tends to "lean forward" into challenges and when ... which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who ... surprisingly is the number of students applying to MIT that cling to that

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Productive, yes. Appropriately productive, no. You would think that my activities the weekend before finals might include studying.

  

  I sold several old textbooks back to the Coop, sold a few more on Amazon Marketplace, and got stopped next to the Stata Center to take a ... ! how exciting). Adam and I went out to dinner, shopped on Newbury Street

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  February 2006. In the Fee Lab, she studies the brains of beautiful little birds called zebra finches, which are known for their ability to sing ... interest me without having to think about grades. I always look forward to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  grossly underpaid and need your donations (PayPal preferred) to buy space heaters and electric blankets for the coming winter. Although I'd love to ... “poverty” doesn't always refer to the consequences of astronomical tuition

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The View from 1000 Feet Life after MIT ... kind of

  

  first of the following month. This would normally total to a tuition payment at the beginning of the semester or my overdue library book fees of ... graduate student stipend is. How much can I afford to donate? Again, it's not

  • by Bryan
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  In the South for prospective students; in the mail for incoming students Travel & email.

  

  , where I got to meet many fantastic students. After wonderful meetings in ... , Alabama. If you came to one of these meetings, I hope you'll leave a comment to say hi! Our focus is now turning to the Class of 2012. We still

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The middle of the semester I'm kinda over this workload

  

  of inured me to feeing burnt out. Then I went through a period that was ... turning out to be really hectic. I’ve felt pretty overwhelmed lately. I’ve had several weeks where I have deadline after deadline and it’s hard to

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 28, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  June Questions Omnibus 1 Bigfoot asked a few weeks back, "Will you be posting an omnibus soon, Matt?" Yes,…

  

  to be a junior next fall. My schedule for next fall will not have any A ... challenge yourself, but if your school simply will not allow you to take AP classes, we cannot expect you to take them. Also, not being in the Intel

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 13, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  Deadlines and Habits Staying sane

  

  MIT and need to do psets. This is what I have to look forward to: I realize that most of this readership has never applied to either grad school or fellowships, so let me bring you up to speed: Astronomy Graduate

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 19, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  2014 Resolutions January 2nd and still going strong

  

  This New Year, I want to try a resolution that would mandate how I ... starting over. No delays to tomorrow, next week, or next month. No more "I ... ." Instead: "I'm going to figure out my weak points in Physics and work my way

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 2, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  ‘Just Chillax’ [about your college essays] My little brother is wicked smaht.

  

  , yeah, there's an application fee, so don't apply if you don't want to ... To those of you who sent in your early apps - congrats! You're done! With one! (The secret to life is to celebrate the little accomplishments

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 22, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? The answer is "to a fast food restaurant to blog; to four countries in one…

  

  cancellation fee instead of spending four times that much to half-heartedly see a ... whole narrative was supposed to be a dream that the main character was having while listening to the radio, but nobody else in the class

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  TESS Science Conference III My first science conference!

  

  conference, and that I got my registration fee waived, I was stoked to go ... Opportunities Program. Undergrads get to participate in real research with ... Space Research, and it's one of the coolest things I've gotten to do at

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • August 7, 2024
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  entrance fee was too much for either of us, so it would have to be subsidized ... willing to front the entrance fee so just as long as we know some financial ... warrants two blog entries. This is not because I want to hog the

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Announcements

  For those whose applications have been interrupted by disasters and disruptions providing what information and comfort we can

  

  , and civil unrest around the globe, just to name a few. This is, alas ... blog post to remind applicants that last year we published an FAQ ... everyone here wants to make sure our application process is as fair as

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 29, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  the Big Rocks are calling and I must go MITOC winter school!!

  

  this up goer five thing ended, since I wish nothing but to use normal words again. But then I thought that I may never get to call "Big Rock ... pictures, which speak for themselves. The Big Rocks have a lot to say, just

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 31, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  .  Tetazoa would often organize large Domino’s orders to save on delivery fees ... approximately $40 because those body pillows had to be purchased. Unfortunately ... , about a mile from MIT. It was a convenient 8-10 minute walk to get

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022