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• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  are patiently waiting, please check out the FAQs below in case I can get ... people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for ... QB applicants in general over here. AHHHH I DID MY INTERVIEW BUT IT

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play Labs yay an accelerator for VR startups

  

  first batch in summer 2017. Each of them will get hands-on mentoring as ... ago: Oh shoot that's today! The Play Labs Demo Day was in 10-250, one ... the VR dog presentation, sadly, but I made it in time for the other ones

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 18, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Reasons I haven’t blagged… hint: "I'm Busy" isn't one of them

  

  absolutely nothing in particular. In one of my 7.013 lectures as a freshman ... . Partial Production, Partial Passion There is a literal folder in my google drive titled, “Graveyard”. Like a sci-fi-esque abandoned laboratory, in it

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 29, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  why mit

  

  i posted the following message in the MIT class of 2021 admits facebook group last night, and wanted to copy it here in case anyone out ... ! * * * * * * * * * * * * * hey everyone! just wanted to pop in and say hi as decision day

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 1, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Language What Learning Chinese at MIT has meant to me

  

  country in Africa they are actually from. None of us knew what it means to ... culture or world awareness day. That was simply the world we lived in. This dramatically changed when I began doing biology research my junior year in high

  • by Ben O. '19
  • February 26, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  students (including those admitted or deferred in Early Action), and is to be ... those already accepted in Early Action. When should I fill it out? As ... available for classes you’ve taken in your current academic year. I am no

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  the fiery shades of leaves in the trees covered the faintest clouds in ... don't know how to feel. We will be sitting quietly in Lobby 7 all day ... the way forward. In the afternoon we might open up to discussion, feel

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wide-Eyed meet the therapist hanging above my bed.

  

  Giuliano, published in 2007. I first saw Dennis in a pile of four art pieces ... . Dennis Hopper was an actor who was in a few James Dean films and believed very strongly in the 1960s culture of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. He

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 4, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Your February Updates & Notes Form submit this by February 15

  

  that is required of all students (including those admitted or deferred in ... should fill it out? Everyone! Even those already accepted in Early Action ... provide any and all grades available for classes you’ve taken in your

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Monday a detailed documentation

  

  percolates through the autumn leaves in the Yard. I’m listening to Stevie ... :30 → In discussion section, we discuss an inflammatory article in defense of ... double check myself every time I speak in this class. It’s a new experience

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Introducing Amino: Desktop Bioengineering for Everyone an MIT alumna makes a counter-top sized biolab that enables anyone to grow living cells…

  

  One of the most mindblowingly awesome people I've met in my six years ... , and taught at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In June, Julie finished her masters degree at the Media Lab in the Playful Systems

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  What is weather? ...and what is rain?

  

  . Here's the thing: One does not simply experience heat and/or humidity in ... been in a drought). Combined, heat and humidity are killer. But when you add in hot and humid rain, well, that’s like putting a kangaroo in the

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... also don’t get to randomly see students I know in the hall. I also miss ... well share my advice here for those who won’t get to hear it in the

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  Frebel from the Physics department. In 2007, Professor Frebel's team ... starry sky Professor Frebel made at the Las Campanas observatory in Chile ... Time Traveler Convention, held right in East Campus's (my dorm

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Sexy MIT Engineers My

  

  Freshman fall I decided to join a sport. I had never played sports in ... caught a disc was in the end zone, scoring my first point ever. Memories ... IAP, throwing myself into all this sprinting caught up with me in the

  • by Neerja A. '16
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This ... measure. In response to this announcement, MIT officially closed at 3pm ... Charles. As for me, a group of people who normally live in B Entry packed

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Makers @ MIT how MIT supports student creativity and craft

  

  myself and my colleague Dawn Wendell, a Senior Lecturer in Course 2 (and ... culture (where students build unicycles in their dorms and hack all night). One of the most fascinating things I discovered in the course of writing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Becoming a Princess the making of a Halloween costume [+many pictures of ponies]

  

  act like you're in elementary school again. You wanna become Doctor Who ... give in to the hype that males aren't allowed to enjoy things that may be ... . The brony fanbase is arguably one of the most accepting social groups in

  • by Allan K. '17
  • November 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

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

  

  great to actually be able to just stop someone in the middle of the ... in that class was fine-tuning our ears by being guided all over MIT ... Programs, which you could listen to here). The final project in the class

  • by Ana V. '15
  • July 22, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s my age again? Spring semester so far

  

  on the floor I realized I was in the wrong classroom, and the right ... , I’m Lydia. I’m a sophomore. I’m in courses 6-7 and 18. I’m not in 7 ... classroom on campus, a small room in Building Four within hearing distance of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 3, 2012