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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogger Decisions Released Many thanks to all of this year's incredible applicants!

  

  the way, let's focus on the positive and introduce our new bloggers. In ... So we were a little more efficient this year in making decisions (i ... : you guys are amazing. Every year when the call for new bloggers goes out

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  International conference followup A post especially for international students: casting a wide net to find a good college…

  

  people, and came away with a few new ideas. One of the most interesting things to come from this group in terms of information is the international ... produce this list of all US schools that provide at least $1 million in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  , and seared meat, but in this case is responsible for huge, gummy brown-black polymeric complexes that stick in your reactor and prevent you from operating continuously. So, Changing World Technologies has asked our lab to develop a new

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• 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 ... won’t have any grades before February 15th! Even if you have no new

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 17, 2017
• 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 ... ! Even if you have no new grades to report, you should still complete the

  • by Kris Guay
  • January 14, 2016
• 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 / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  culminating in the unveiling of a 20”x24” Polaroid portrait of Polaroid ... new digital-camera-plus-printer combo looks exactly like what Amish ... found myself a new neck and decided to consume a mango from the MIT Farmer

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  's Media Fabrics group. "I am a media junkie," Glorianna announced in her own remarks, not in the sense of consuming media "out there" but in her reliance ... collections to construct new stories to share with others. Storytelling

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  year in college." --New England proverb A prize goes to the first person ... have new funnel cakes. Waaaaay better than 6 month old funnel cakes ... International House of Pancakes kind of sucks, in theory... it's relatively far

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  spoilage makes them more engaging, not less there are no oracles in real ... example is learned helplessness: in the original experiment, dogs in the control group were placed in an environment where they were shocked

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Vertigo My brain hurts.

  

  of New House + McCormick. I grew up in Singapore and London, which have ... Arlington Gateway hotel in Virginia - and feeling overwhelming vertigo. I had ... 's aunt in Montana (long story; just roll with it). She lives in Hot Springs

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MEng (Masters of Engineering) Learn about the masters plans of Phil '05 and Laura '06.

  

  country, meet new students, etc. (Above, Laura has some fun in the ... Interested in different paths you can take to get a masters degree ... undergrad degree last year in Course 6: Electrical Engineering and Computer

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  What a wonderful word: anew. Google defines it as “in a new or ... what’s next. It’s literally “a” and “new”. A new… what? You may be ... of the labs in the tunnels. I enjoy passing by quick performances in

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  We’re So Back a collage of preseason

  

  is a span of two weeks in the summer before the semester starts, where ... to lead the team in spirit. Yours truly was the bearer of Hood Beav ... bones intact! In fact, our team actually did pretty well, with a loss of

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • September 2, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Your college application motivation soundtrack for September imagine a movie montage, but for politely asking teachers to say nice things about you

  

  . You can go back to 2012 to Qiaochu's post about his life in the cloud; back to 2014 for my post on how I read applications; Nisha's post in 2018 ... to the students in my CMS class about the RIAA lawsuits that were

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 1, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Resolved: MIT Rocks Even the Senate thinks so

  

  day. The U.S. Senate congratulated MIT on its 150th anniversary in ... Technology (referred to in this preamble as ``MIT'') was founded by William Barton Rogers, on April 10, 1861, the doors to a powerful new institution

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 28, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Update Stories from the parties today; more stories, and questions answered, tomorrow.

  

  's Admitted Students Parties. Tomorrow, I hope to answer questions. So, in the ... schools jointly occupied the position of "dream school." I included both in ... . In the meantime, my mother made plans for a future carpool arrangement

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m a physics major (for now) feeling scholarly, part 2/2

  

  think about my interests and possible career/research paths in a new way ... was originally meant to be a one-off post, but in writing it, I found ... 'm doing, what I think I might want to do with my life. Back in September

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  How to Perform an Organ Transplant Doctors agree! "This is really the only guide we could find online."

  

  people in your community are ok with this new addition to the family and ... organ donor. If there are too many people to fit in the front of the U ... ="attachment_45467" align="alignnone" width="535"] Jo M. 'GRT comfy in the back of a U

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • August 4, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  into the pi day verse 3/14/22 at 6:28 PM ET

  

  tutorial, learn how to shoot rubber bands extremely accurately, try a new ... to comfort movies and shows or start something new. reading is also ... and know that everything will be ok in the end if you’re being genuine

  • by Tim
  • March 7, 2022