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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  trying to be positive. Still, I don’t believe in blanket statements. I like ... Tumblr is where I put a lot of this reflection. In particular, I seem to ... on the internet, I was surprised in the last couple years to find an

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Painting with the Colors of the Wind reflections on the first MIT semester

  

  this soon. In the meantime, here’s a puppy. :)“ This semester, I found ... , perhaps I’ll pass in most (all?) categories, but if not, hey, it’s still A ... were harmed in the end. I acquired ~99% of college wisdom from fellow

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • December 23, 2014
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  .mit.edu < < < You can log in using the same username and password that you use to log in to your MyMIT account. There are no interim ... before logging in to decisions.mit.edu. 6519 students applied for early

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

  The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch and a bonus video of a cat chasing a spider.

  

  pumpkins) in a tent on the Kresge oval. There is a one-evening showcase ... the course of the year in the Infinite Corridor basement, each pumpkin created by a team of about six artists. In this blog post, I want to convey

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Events

  A Faculty Dinner We invited our favorite faculty and staff to our hall for an awesome dinner!

  

  lounge for the occasion, and we spent the whole day cooking in the kitchen ... Kerry N. '14 and Kate R. '14 Green Beans in Egg by Diana H. '17 ... were dressed in our hall shirts, featuring our hall mascot, the Squanch

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventure Time at MIT We went on a hiking and camping adventure!

  

  I've mentioned in prior posts that my hall, Tetazoo, in East Campus is very involved in climbing and hiking and other wonderful adventures ... , and camping in the wilderness. We split into four cars with three

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 22, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Let There Be Prefrosh! And let them build ALL the things!

  

  my new life in Massachusetts.  I came here early to do a pre ... with all the cool things going on in the East Campus Courtyard! There are ... days as a frosh by taking pictures of people building things in the East

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2013
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Summer Decisions

  

  . Disclaimer that I haven't slept in 22 hours. - Last summer, a life plan took shape: get a master's in Science Writing from MIT and a Ph.D. in astronomy ... , my fellow interns, and the other astronomers in the building. At the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 15, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decision Day Eve Your questions as the May 1 deadline approaches.

  

  below in the comments, all the way through midnight tomorrow... If you ... ), please contact Michael Yang in the Admissions Office to request the extension, and be sure to also be in touch with your financial aid officer

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  Donate for Eric and Ann Whalley Please give to support the parents of a 2010 alumni, both victims of the bombing,…

  

  bombing and are both in serious condition, at ... the tragedy that happened in Boston this Monday, knowing full well that ... a photo of his dad in the news reports of the bombing but had heard

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action this year I'm so impressed with our applicants

  

  Action applications than ever this year, 6,541 to be exact. Just as in ... talents in music and art, their athletic prowess, their love for the quirky, their various interests in cooking, origami, computer programming

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 19, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Infinite Corridor, set alight or, why dozens of people were crammed into a tiny stairwell at 4:19:53 PM EST

  

  sun sets and aligns with the window in Lobby 7, sending light blazing ... MIThenge, after Stonehenge in England, and not to be confused with "Mitt hedges", which was a commonly used debate tactic in the 2012 United States

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  wedding, and the advising, and the teaching (I really did) - but in my ... stuff, so I schedule it in. Essentially: there are no empty calendar days ... : white. I could wake up in the morning and think: "what do I feel like doing

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Events

  FUP!!! I spent my first official week at MIT as a FUPPER!!

  

  at MIT a week early to participate in FUP, or the MIT Freshman Urban ... on familiarization with MIT public service through participation in ... that it's possible to participate in community service at MIT.  One of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 29, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Vlogging, Tweets, and a Riddle The sum of three cats is a dog. Explain.

  

  two solutions. Here’s a huge hint, in black text on black background, so ... and normal in my blog posts; at the same time, a high school friend ... should be fascinating for at least the first week. My tweets are below in

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Our new video And yeah we’re kind of jazzed about it

  

  show today’s MIT, in all its living, breathing color. We’ve already heard from many in early focus group testing who told us they loved the ... more robots in the Media Lab." And to that I say, of course, that’s MIT

  • by Kris Guay
  • February 7, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Remember, Remember, the 17th of December… things that happened

  

  There has been some discussion on CollegeConfidential and in the ... -than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 1935 – First ... Roasting on an Open Fire", airs in the United States. 2003 – Space

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Important EA Processing Update! read this if your application is incomplete

  

  should show up in MyMIT. A few moments ago, we emailed everyone who applied Early Action and who was missing an evaluation or transcript in our ... College Board to go directly to MIT, we will receive them in time for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our homework is to go camping on a school night...!

  

  structure has to provide sleeping area for the 10 people in our class and provide shelter in rain or shine be designed and built in one week And ... there'd be 10 beds in total. -- Before the entire process began, our

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 25, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Our favoirte applicaiton spellnig errers If this title bothers you - or more importantly, if it doesn't - you should…

  

  once - there is an iterative process in which many applications are seen several times by various committees. In other words, an application is ... when students write that they received an A in Engish instead of English

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 21, 2011