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• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  break and only a small handful of people will be answering phones and ... from the applicant. I’m taking tests in January, will these count ... recommended, the interview is not a required part of the application (and

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  Hi all, The office is closed for the holiday and there are only a ... from the applicant. I’m taking tests in January, will these count ... recommended, the interview is not a required part of the application (and

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  , I haven't met anyone who fits the stereotypical image of a dorky guy ... . I bought it because I have a terrible weakness for geeky t-shirts, and ... listen to an admissions presentation, take a campus tour, visit a lab, and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  express to the world what being a student at MIT is like. You should ... holistic admissions authentically. We can’t write about what it’s like to be in a Sadoway lecture, or planning stuff for REX, or UROPing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What Am I Forgetting? A helpful guide.

  

  I'm leaving for Boston tomorrow this morning. As most of my friends and family could tell you, I'm just a little bit frazzled when packing ... .... (Also, hi! Yes, I'm alive - Sorry for my absence. Summer stories - and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 25, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  be bloggers to share your garbage with the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNBgyziNrA&t ... For the last five years, I have started this post with a jaunty list ... prefrosh and Selam I have built a pandemic platform for lockdown

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Life as a Talent Scout I could be the next Randy Jackson.

  

  week, in preparation for a CPW event that my fraternity hosts every year, Battle of the Bands, I went to check out a potential band for the ... the Cheesy Tots. I don't even want to know how many years of my life I

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  The Five Stages of Grief (Jonathan’s Version) on a journey from New Hampshire to Next House [guest post]

  

  GPS – I didn’t need a GPS to tell me how to walk on Route 28 for a dozen ... don’t know. The faintest voice inside of me whispers a dangerous idea: I ... at a bad angle to watch the movie, but frankly, I know I couldn’t have

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 4, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride. ^______^V but don't worry, you'll be in with some of the best company you will ever know. :) Honestly, after I heard this a few months ago on the radio

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  How hard are courses at MIT?

  how to use them. Professors aren’t as concerned about if an experiment didn’t work, but rather if you understand why it didn’t work. It's not uncommon for exams at MIT to be open book; we don't want to test rote
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A, Vol. II A sort-of guest post

  

  ... aren't you supposed to be in school?" which is totally a legitimate ... what that was all about)/It's-the-Boston-Marathon-and-the-city's-a ... ' stuff I want to tell you guys about (including a video of the Simmons

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • April 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Etiquette Workshop: The Keys to Painless Networking Jodi Smith taught the UPOPers the keys to painless networking!

  

  your nametag. 2. Have a good handshake. It shouldn't be weak and you shouldn't break their bones. Hold it for a few seconds while making eye ... As part of the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP), a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Got Questions? I have answers.

  

  . Specifically: finding a UROP for the summer (I'll be working in the Lang Lab ... during CPW writing a live-action roleplaying game for the Assassins ... 's upcoming Spring Weekend Concert (I'm working security :D) playing with

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 23, 2009
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  this post would help. As a disclaimer, this also isn't representative of ... Some of you may wonder: how do people eat food without a meal plan ... , I need to supplement my diet with human food. So I took a picture of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A suite surprise My suitemates find out I'm a blogger

  

  dorm. And if that wasn’t enough of a surprise, the next evening, I ... a day's worth of classes and found this printout of my blogger bio ... saw my blogger photo taped to my pillow.   IT'S A FULL 8.5”x11

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • September 19, 2015
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2019!

  

  become a Plant Dad (tm) and am growing tomatoes in my office window The ... holistic admissions authentically, but we can’t write about what it’s like to ... your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in class, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  V&Q&A Video, Questions, and Answers

  

  I’ve decided I talk too much. I need to give some other people a ... very appealing. Maggie: I actually had a phase in high school where I thought I would never apply to MIT because I thought I wouldn’t “fit in” to

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 3, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  , between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.. (For those of you just living somewhere ... Today is an important day. The end of an era, the beginning of a new ... almost a year. Today marks the beginning of a change we can believe in

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Al Kwon ‘08: Researching drug delivery Al Kwon, a Junior majoring in Biology, talks about some of his really exciting work…

  

  tell me about your research? Al: I’m having a blast! My current ... you think was the best part of your research experience? A: I’m ... prize was a very pleasant surprise. M: Can you give a little bit of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 12, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  ; together, they constitute an incredible community, each contributing a set of ... of cognition and character. We often say we don’t admit numbers to MIT, we admit people. Yet this isn’t quite true either; we admit classes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2018