Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT Life

  It rocks to be me. I put on my Sunday clothes and see the whale!

  

  their website, but I'm not good at this kind of thing anyway. Anyhoo, four hours of karaoke country music later, I was in New York's Chinatown. There ... 't already have high school friend coing to college in NYC, you're bound to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  hallway. Whether it’s two people who spaced themselves out in the worst ... don’t need to have a “We’re off to see the wizard” moment in the middle ... bus the most. It's like every bus in the general area is conspiring

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Projects Some examples of some projects you might see in MIT writing classes

  

  taken, and the projects I've done in them.   21W.750: Experimental ... letter is in every word) poem: Giving giant assignments surrounding ... strings to form odd or funny sentences, lined them up in a creative way, and

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  You Are Welcome Here (and at Elmhurst College too)

  

  his mom, when he won second place in a local filmmaking competition for ... identity in the not too distant past. And it’s also, at the same time, about ... majority ethnicity for one- and the Institute really believes in a person

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 29, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  School is back in session, and I know the question burning in the ... and their effect in the English language would have you believe, I ... , since my last post about my time in California for LiveScribe, I've flown

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  also play a tremendous role in creating, encouraging, and preserving the ... 's faculty - and what's actually here on the website is only a small sample of ... small) contribution to this research through my UROP in the Langer Lab. In

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  (in MechE!) from MIT in 1984 and the book is about his educational ... with the shop guys in Pappalardo (where we build out 2.007 robots.) I ... , which always has a way of making me feel important… In any case, MIT is

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial aid news & more MIT announces costs & aid for the 2007-2008 school year.

  

  who qualify for admission has been unfaltering. This year, as in seven ... factor greater than the increase in tuition. The result: The net price an ... need-based financial aid. In 2006-2007, 23 percent of undergraduates pay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  ? Preparing for the influx of summer visitors. Beginning in a few weeks, crowds ... into a larger space in the MIT Student Center. Also, during the summer we ... Cambridge to Honolulu. Now, we're arranging our itineraries, finding rooms in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , religions, backgrounds, you name it. It’s an exciting environment to be in, and sometimes in the middle of juggling classes, p-sets, terrifying ... is debatable) together bounded by immense love for learning. In recent

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  What Did I Learn at MIT? a surprisingly hard question to answer

  

  bowlers in high school, Protobowl is the website that trivia nerds use to ... on this website apropos of nothing, we were in fact practicing for a ... A few weeks ago, in a true callback to our high school days, Paolo

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 28, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  There is a bench it’s a nice bench

  

  buy lunch, and work on my problem set in the lounge at our floor. Head ... to lecture. Buy lunch. Work on my pset in the lounge. Head to ... The rhythm sets in. It’s a steady rhythm. Roll out of bed at ten in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 19, 2019
• Blog / Classes

  What I’m doing this IAP i guess i need to be more specific

  

  May. In between the two semesters, during January, is Independent ... .6721 Negotiation Analysis, which meets for 8.30-4.30 for three days in a row towards ... dollars in prizes, and an opportunity to work on software-related projects

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Events

  REX at Random Hall ice cream, epic meals, water wars and turing tests!

  

  there would be like. REX is already in full swing at Random, and this is ... Sirius Black while enjoying some of the treats you may find in Hogsmeade ... Tichu Build a Dominion in Puerto Rico comprised of Seven Wonders, then

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • August 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  2021 Applicants: Answers to Your Emails Inspiration, Process, Components, Stress Mgmt, and More

  

  . The website tells you what MIT is looking for and how to get here, in as ... and shouldn’t be used in essays). This post is addressed to all ... Applicants plus at least 30 more from hopefuls in grades 8-11, and I don't

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 9, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Adventures of Comic Artist Girl (+ Doodles!) In which comics class gets a talk from an award-winning cartoonist

  

  taking the class with Ceri R. ’16, two people who live on my floor in ... Boys in comics class a few weeks ago, we focused mainly on how Faith Erin ... , grew from them (and not the other way around, shoehorning in plot to

  • by Chelsea R. '15
  • October 19, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The root of all evil Money, money, money, money... money!

  

  for it... if this is what you really want." My mom was glaring at me in ... State on my full scholarship, she was planning to get a pool in the ... time have a pool in our backyard. My parents haven't totally gone into

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  There are times when I feel incredibly lucky to exist in close ... contracting work”), but they didn’t really believe in it enough to follow up on it. Then one day, Robert happened to be in Chinatown and was walking by

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events from their first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008