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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Year of the Pig Photoshop fun for the lunar new year.

  

  Happy Lunar New Year from Peggy and the Office of Admissions! Here are the results of this year's new year mini-contest! (Remember, this ... Pig Stamp from the currently circulating USPS New Year Zodiac Stamps

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The most important blog entry ever This is probably the most valuable entry ever written... not kidding. Bookmark it. Class of…

  

  conquering MIT are really great, but in my humble opinion, the most helpful thing I can do for you is to connect you with things that will give you a ... about x or y, etc. The least I can do is try to make your research a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 6, 2007
• Blog / People & Identities

  I Could Never Do it Alone People of a semester, thank you

  

  often at MIT: I could never do it alone.  With this in mind, I wanted to ... on the floor of New Vassar. I have absolutely no recollection of this ... '25 and I taking a ginger shot in front of Cambridge City Hall

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • December 19, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  can't take an exam without scrambled eggs in my stomach. I've been ... just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I ... that I can to prepare. I'm going to start the 15 minute trek across

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  , which freaked me out a bit. "How are you doing?" Well, I thought ... do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever ... remember starting to giggle - and then my eyes were closed and I was in a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  I am an MIT Admissions Officer, AMA you know the drill

  

  'll pop in and out as I can to answer whatever gets posted. ... comments and answer them in the blogs. That was pre-Disqus, and I think ... else, or just talk amongst yourselves in the open thread below. I've got

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fredventure, Part 2 Hearing Amazônia

  

  ’t understand how the researchers there can stand working in that room all day ... us the theatre would be pink, I imagined a muted pink that blends in ... . (Unfortunately, this included a cupuaçu dessert pizza, but I suppose you can’t win

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Varied states of the basement A roundabout trek to an underground level of Building 7 leads me into areas very…

  

  the ceiling in this neglected room, but it looked interesting, so I took ... construction, as you can tell. Turning back around to leave, I spotted this worn task chair waiting patiently in the corner. Hi, chair! How do you

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  [Guest Post] MIT THINK Scholars – A High School Research Program! From one side of it to the other

  

  just chill with us :) My project idea struck when I was wandering in my local contemporary art museum. I love the serenity of art museums, in ... . Starry Night in the style of Mango[/caption] I stared at the solid black

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Teaching at MIT we live and we learn and we teach

  

  . Each opportunity was different from the others in how many hours I spent ... reflecting on how I've spent my time outside of class. Of the various activities I have tried here at MIT, teaching has stood out because of how it

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 16, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if ... graphs. If it can be made into an Excel spreadsheet, I have not only made ... stored it in my Athena locker. One of my more notorious quirks is that I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Will I receive AP/IB college credit?

  on the ASE as your grade in the class; if you do poorly you can simply ... is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students ... challenged themselves in high school and have taken advantage of their
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Comments 3999 & 4000

  

  who, in the 3999th comment, provided a link to this interview with MIT ... prominent scholar in the country devoted to examining pastimes often deemed ... past two decades in studying manifestations of popular culture such as

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 25, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  busy, busy, busy screaming into the void

  

  off half a tablet, i can just put the other half back in the container ... the only way i can convince myself to write anything for the past two weeks has been bullet points. lists in lists in lists. i wrote an entire

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spring Break Good times all around.

  

  Friday: Boston --> New York --> Houston. I managed to get to New York ... intense craving for home/family/my mom's food - none of which I'd had in ... into queen-size beds at night. I'm back in Boston now and missing Texas

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Rebound Rumble! Another year, another FIRST Robotics Competition!

  

  conveniently landed on my last day in Kansas and I was able to visit my old team ... a message on how the balance of these three can make or break an ... One of the defining experiences of my 3 years in high school(we had a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • January 19, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam ... CI classes in your major: CI-Ms. I invite you to join me on this ... 'm being totally honest, though, when I say how rewarding this project was. I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An Enigma Wrapped In A Riddle A prize will go to the first person to unwrap this mystery.

  

  in the neighborhood, I can speak with some certainty that he is not ... constructing this "structure" in his front yard. I know that many of you are ... applications and I promise you that no one will be harmed! Take a moment to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 27, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  nth Annual Concert in Bad Taste We are the mooninites..

  

  can find a list of the topics that they made fun of (all in jest, of ... toilet paper across 10-250. Why in the world would someone do such a thing ... nth annual concert in Bad Taste. Basically, they make fun of everything

  • by Bryan
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  My spring break consisted of some of the things I love most in this ... . (PS the airport was super cool and I saw a Dreamlifter in real life and ... , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017