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• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  ; Since I'm still here for a few days, my flexible family is just ... (3% of annual time) of winter break as a truly reliable time to relax ... American traditions, or when parents don't have their presents ready

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer on the West Coast A visit to the west coast to see what life is like on the other…

  

  you need to knock over some boxes off a table, but that didn't go so ... A couple of weeks ago, I flew thousands of miles across our wonderful ... , I didn't have much (any) exposure to the West Coast, and it was

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 19, 2013
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if I don’t have letter grades for some of my coursework or have chosen to take a class pass/fail?

  help us get a better understanding of your mastery in a subject. We ... confidence you have the minimum proficiency in a course to successfully pass ... has impacted your performance in a class, or a decision to take a course
• Blog / Admissions

  August Questions Omnibus 1 In this entry, I answer your recent questions left in the comments of previous entries.

  

  -in-the-wall that a lot of people miss, but it has some great veggie options. I'm ... business will go down. I don't want to take only one parent for a campus ... . Also, my parents won't let me travel alone because I just turned 16 a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 8, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Stories That Made Me My identity in books

  

  more comfortable in a crowd than alone. The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot ... I am a huge reader. I love hearing stories and telling them. I love ... storytelling so much that it's become a pillar of my identity — it's why I chose

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • November 19, 2021
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Talk to Strangers you might want to keep what they have to say forever

  

  Sometimes I can't help but wonder what people at MIT, students ... they not like and what do they absolutely love about it? Wouldn't it be ... infinite and ask if they have a few minutes to talk about this without, well

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You? Responses to questions on Facebook and other internet profiles and how they can affect college…

  

  A rising high school senior who is currently in a prestigious summer ... a copy of our correspondence: Do you believe what students put on the ... in general?) Do you believe someone could be rejected from a school

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Events

  I graduated My brass rat is upside-down and my dorm room is bare

  

  This is what Websis has to say: Wow. *     *     * I'm on the train with my family, and Boston is now out of sight. I haven't managed to ... Track by 8:15am. I was at Johnson at 8, only to find a line stretching

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  My Summer in Japan Tokyo, Spaceships, and Lots of Ramen

  

  equipment in the lander. Every once in a while it hit me that: Woah. I’m ... summer, I interned at a lunar exploration company called ispace. They are a ... , Mission 1, may have unfortunately [annotation note="This is a very nice word

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 1, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  how can i keep from singing? a midpoint check-in

  

  that they don’t want to have teaching as a backup plan, because “if you don’t have a safety net, you have to land on your feet.” They say that ... , correspondingly, I had a short, casual “midpoint check-in” with my manager. I’m

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • July 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  anecdotes that don't make it to the final papers. And he even had a project to ... wouldn't ever work only for the cash anyway. He was right. I'm always ... This is a story of how two MIT students -- one with a fabulous idea

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  wrote, "I'm a senior taking EPGY Multivariable Calculus this year. Will I have to take multivariable again in MIT if I get accepted?" I'm a big ... , "Hi, I'm a junior and I'm interested in applying for the MITE'S Program

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from ... but now I am aware of the sameness of everywhere, the unique beauty of a ... don’t seem to like where the heat is at already — for the past three

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ..and Here We Go Again! [by Ken Haggerty '11] ARTalk is back!

  

  . Shelby Heinecke '13: Hey everyone! What's up!? I'm Shelby and I'm a math ... experiences with you all! Ken Haggerty '11: I'm a junior majoring in brain ... [by Ken Haggerty '11] MIT can be a very tiring place. MIT IS a very

  • by ARTalk
  • February 5, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pulse 2011 [by Nathan Kipniss '14] A lot of talent under one roof!

  

  Gospel Choir Performing. ABOVE: Mocha Moves (It was really hard to get a ... quality!) I was taking African Music this semester (21M.293, to those who ... learned in person. Videos are one thing, but attending a live performance is

  • by ARTalk
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ah, TV… A super-sized value meal for the mind, not the body.

  

  Action Applications. Can I be frank with you? (As apposed to Bob? I'm so ... a stressful endeavor. I know, I know! Applying to college is beyond ... about admissions and instead transform into a cozy place where we can

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Wow, work! Mid-IAP update.

  

  I have been incredibly busy so far this month. I'm taking hours away ... . Class has been going well. It's a significant effort commitment, but it ... of homework, with a fourth packet due this coming Monday. I've done

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Google RISE Global Summit and some thoughts on STEM outreach.

  

  TIMES), and flew to New York, marveling at the fact that I hadn't spent a ... hypothesis is that most of them don't make it a priority in their work lives ... public outreach a gajillion notches - $11,906 worth of notches, to be

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 21, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  , but if you don’t want to buy film it’s a good deal ... Project Lab. From 1965, Minor White (a close friend of Ansel Adams) taught ... as a photography hub, but if you look in the right places you will find

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  expect a report from your interviewer. Q: Why hasn’t my Quest ... This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the QuestBridge National College Match. If you don’t know what this is, don’t

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014