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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 1 And maybe a problem set

  

  hurtling into the room. A month later, I was in the United States for the ... and took a gap year. The story of how I decided to take a gap year is ... that in every direction I looked stood people with amazing abilities and

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 8, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  This week’s Questions Omnibus

  

  in the sophtmore year? I'll rephrase your question as, can I get credit ... , cheaper, faster...I miss Anna's now that I'm in ohio and all I have is ... for a MIT ID number. Do I have such , or how could I obtain MIT ID

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  website, and say that if you send me your contact info I can put you in ... . From Jinjin: I don't know how much you know about this, but can you ... a small, noncompetitive high school? I'm a little worried about how

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fun in NYC Part 1 Never be afraid to go straight to the top.

  

  trip and started looking in to how I could attend. Maddie Hickman is ... awesome little class that I like to call Toy Design. Also, if you can wrack ... more release info then. Keep in mind, I was in a very toy-oriented mood

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  December Questions Omnibus 2 The deadline is coming!

  

  the deadline, so I'm taking a break from my New Years vacation (in ... summer?" And Ashish wrote, "Can seniors also try for the SSP. I am asking this because I remember there being some international kids in RSI 2005

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 30, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  Class of 2016 are now available at decisions.mit.edu You can log in ... how our Early vs. Regular and deferral process works you can read my ... to receive your decision online before logging in to decisions

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A Answers to questions received through 4PM on 01/09/06.

  

  application tracking. How can i get to know when it has arrived? Can you suggest ... material? And how does that assist you all in making a decision? I mean, if ... letter of recommendation with my birthdate? Also, how can I make sure the

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  in heaven. Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the Ig Nobel ... cricket? 5. How can we best improve our nation's economy? 6. Why bother to ... , $30 of which went toward buying me this awesome ticket specifically so I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  A Day at the Races Read this entry. It will rock you. I promise!

  

  Montreux! No. Well, do you know when I can get in to see the statue? No. I ... night to buy me A Night at the Opera (ah, the dark ages before iTunes). I ... their final album, Made in Heaven, which I own. I own pretty much all of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Good Stuff yeah, man

  

  , right? So let's see how I do. Feel free to ask in the comments for ... contradiction, you can prove anything. I had fun doing this in middle school by ... of people. I've definitely succeeded in that goal, both at Senior

  • by Qiaochu Y. '12
  • September 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Digital Anxieties: A Conversation with Bo Burnham and Jonny Sun i cried for ten minutes after watching eighth grade

  

  in person. I don't remember exactly how I stumbled upon him, but I just ... "what." for the fifth time in a row. By that point, I had already ... am utterly in awe of everything he does. When I read Jonny Sun's name

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 28, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Although of course you end up becoming yourself Perspective and focus, brought to you by M. C. Escher

  

  I’m ranked in the bottom 39% on profile views among my connections on ... , in a word, frenetic. I loved all of my classes (or at least the idea of ... got locked into a narrow tunnel vision in which I only valued the

  • by Joel G. '18
  • August 2, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Freshman Advisors Can Be Awesome A night on the town with Daniel Barkowitz and his freshman advisees.

  

  I've been working with Daniel on advising a group of freshmen this year, and in exchange, I get to tag along on group outings. On Friday, ten of us went for dinner, dessert, and an off-Broadway show in downtown

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Week in My Life of My Final Week of My Junior Fall i have no finals

  

  for my CMS.300 paper. In terms of how I found sources, I spent a lot of ... the hardest I've ever worked in a long, long time, but I'm really proud ... at how the role of the onlooker has changed over time in different

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 15, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow? A visitor's guide to Harrisburg, PA, with original soundtrack by Billy Mack.

  

  rocked and I think you should buy it. Actually, I have no idea how to play ... thing in the world? I leave this as an exercise for the reader. I can ... ...and have you seen "Underworld?" My friends in Harrisburg and I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 18, 2005
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  UROPing research, science, and throwing big funnels in lakes

  

  in her lab. I’ve heard you can ask profs for UROP positions after ... people. I'd talked with Ellen about being women in STEM, and how we'd found ... , I was telling my sister about hunting for a place in Boston, and she

  • by Amber V. '24
  • July 4, 2021
• Blog / How to MIT

  Gallivanting with Gilles or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MIT Mailing Lists.

  

  , How I Came To Own and Love A 'Wagon For The Little Old Lady Who Lived In ... athletics at MIT in order to share with attendees what I believe to be the ... - like when I want to go injure myself playing Frisbee in NH - that having

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  . A pack of Brass Rats, in their natural habitat What's that? You can ... after a while, you even start to identify with it. When I told my dad how ... Institute. In the meantime, I'm polishing up a nice spot on my hand, where I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  These are a few of my favorite things Silver-white winters that melt into Newbury Street shopping.

  

  : Blue is walking, red is subway, green is bus) I started off in the ... the ground, but I still got to see some crazy ducks in the Public ... as an MIT cheerleader -- and I think I won't have a voice in the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline With the deadline approaching and the Office of Admissions closed for the holidays, I'll try…

  

  back and answer the questions that I can (please limit your questions to ... the holidays, I'll try to field some questions here. Please remember ... mail your materials on or before January 1. However, I strongly

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2008