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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt. 1 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Audition for everything.

  

  musical, but I assumed that when I came to MIT, music would play a much smaller role in my life. I was very wrong. When I came to MIT last August, I decided I wanted to be in an instrumental group and a vocal group. I didn

  • by ARTalk
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Concourse, of course or how to make the most of your freshman year at MIT

  

  -old's high school. We were there to listen to a presentation about a new program for his junior year that would allow him to merge the arts with his ... fluorescent glare in the school library, to eloquently preach about how the

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 30, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Preparing for the real world An alum's perspective!

  

  said that she wanted to write up a little entry about how GEL prepared ... 's Spectrum newsletter that goes out to "friends and supporters" of MIT. I agree ... closer to finishing than I was a few hours earlier. On his way through the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  this past week’s MIT Career Fair, I set out to discover what industry professionals have to say about it. Super classy Elizabeth '11, GEL student ... students go to learn about companies, some go to find internships for the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Study Break To sleep or not to sleep?

  

  So I'm trying to figure out a matrix issue while studying 18.03 and, realizing I have very little idea how to do it, I let my eyes stray to the next problem. This may have been, subconsciously, due to the hope that I

  • by Snively '11
  • May 21, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Road I’m On Life's a lot to think about sometimes...

  

  English up with which I will not put!"), but I'm currently listening to my ... haven't had all that much time to blog lately. Which isn't to say I haven ... half an hour to jot some thoughts down right now, so I figured I might as

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 26, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  week starts on Monday, December 17. There are two standard responses to a stressful situation like this: fight or flight. The alternative is to combine ... the holidays!) Many students will come back to MIT around January 7 for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Supplemental Materials Answering questions about extras beyond the formal application.

  

  music activity at MIT in the music community are encouraged to submit a music supplement via email addressed to [email protected]. For performers ... , please be sure to include your name, date of birth, your instrument, and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  It's hard to remember a time during my senior year of high school ... pretty much it for me. I was going to MIT. I never really entertained any possibility that there might be some cons to the pros - to me, MIT was perfect

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  opportunity to talk to some of the prospective members of the Class of 2011 ... ’s awkward to get a call during dinner from someone you don’t know. But, we’re just trying to help! I am really glad to have been able to answer some of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in ... application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend ... . And it's all free, from the airfare to the hotel to the sunset walk on

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670- Mechanical Engineering Tools- Week 1 Mechanical Engineering Tools (2.670) teaches us the fundamentals of machine and computer tool use so…

  

  In an engineering class with a lecture format, you get to learn a lot ... students will be equipped to handle upper level classes. But instead of taking us around the machine shop and giving a boring explanation on how to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  How A Blog Became A Community ...in which The Nance waxes philosophic about The Nance Effect.

  

  Happy New Year to everyone! As you may have noticed I've been absent from The Nance Effect. As hard as it is to believe, even I needed to take ... insight, wisdom, humor, patience and dedication. Much to my surprise this

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  about the students' choices. With all respect to these students, I ... with the results. You decide where to apply and, ultimately, where to enroll. Colleges do decide whom to accept, but if you are smart about where

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  (read: cheap; there were no cheap tickets from Columbus to Boston last weekend) and decided to create her own Parents Weekend this weekend. She left my brother (age 16) and my father (still not old enough to cook for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT students do it all night. A salute to sleep deprivation, Aztec philosophy, and grape-catching.

  

  Tuesday, but it's dedicated to Tuesday, because on Tuesday morning I pulled ... prisoner was taken to the priest. The priest would watch in the night sky for the star of fire to reach the zenith. Once it did, the priest would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  "special case" questions I get is about younger students looking to apply. Often, phone calls about this to the Office will be routed to me, since I ... to another district with more opportunities; some will send the student

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  to open for cancelled, so all the guards ran around the waterpark going ... ...haha) I came home to find the envelope waiting for me in the front hallway. My dad asked why I was excited to see the mail and I said, "Oh well I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PE classes are…great!? catch me at the 2028 summer olympics

  

  -obsessive amount of time to look through the course catalog and major requirements ... possible class schedules for colleges I didn't even apply to. Something about a syllabus just gets me going idk."]to itch the little part of my

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • April 3, 2025