FAQ / Life and culture
Can I really become an EMT?
If the psets aren't keeping you busy enough you can become an EMT while at MIT!
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Blog / Challenges
Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!
I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a -
Blog / MIT Life
Snow! Getting out and saving your sanity
I have a real-ish job I can spend more time out in the mountains that ... my disappointment when I'm eagerly waiting for a huge storm to blow in ... -ish snowstorm. Of course now school is in full swing and I'm running full-tilt to -
Blog / Events
I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!
I had a quick, whispered conversation in the audience: Ranjeetha ... does it feel like to be one of the richest people in the world?' I'm way ... academic question, and then - "So I'm curious...how does being such a rich -
Blog / Admissions
Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...
emailed me, "i cannot imagine how difficult comparing 17000 applicants ... MassArt should she come across a Time-Turner in her dorm. I hate hipsters ... supplies. Kirsten plans to major in 2 and 20 to make robots that can gently -
Blog / Announcements
MIT EA Decisions to be Posted Saturday, 12/17/22, 12:17 PM ET
check now to make sure you can log in smoothly. If you need to reset your ... when I'm not overflowing with creativity, I've found that being sincere ... checklist, which will now be turned off. In order to reduce any extra stress -
Blog / Challenges
How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes
discuss it in person. Sometimes, things can get misconstrued or ... , we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS! We really wanted to ... offered in the fall. So constructing an Independent Study seemed like our -
Blog / MIT Life
Happy Birthday, Simmons Hall! 20 things I’m grateful for in my dorm
event, here are 20 things that I’m grateful for in my dorm. 1. I live there Can’t say I’m not grateful for that. Moving on… 2. The bathrooms My entire dorm research process summed up in two sentences: I then started -
Blog / Hacks
A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters
exterior. Ok that's a tough one. Let's see if we can zoom in a bit: How ... studying here reminds me that I'm pretty fortunate to have had the ... down in your work day in and day out. Of course, CPW brings out the best -
FAQ / Life and culture
What other student activities can I do?
You can do anything we already offer on campus, or you can start your own "thing" at MIT! Check out Campus & Student Activities to see what's going on around campus, or check out a list of active groups from -
Blog / Academics & Research
UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…
slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... contacting professors who had research projects that I was interested in. After a few interviews and lab tours, I was offered a position in the Chen -
Blog / Academics & Research
12 / Let’s try law school What's a computer scientist doing in DC?
-to-day lives, I was interested in exploring how I could use my background in ... , with a focus on privacy policy. I was actually studying in Switzerland ... important?[/caption] Hello, hello! I finally have WiFi (most of the time), a -
Blog / Academics & Research
italy research in pompeii
I possibly can. It felt like a maze that was impossible to get lost in ... ; Last semester, I took (3.094) Materials In the Human Experience ... there, I took this chance to briefly lock the frosh up in one of the -
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Where can I find a campus map?
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Blog / Admissions
NACAC Conference Wrap-up from the national admissions conference.
a blog is, and 2) how blogs can be used to demystify the admissions ... are reading this, I hope you'll say a quick "hi" in the comments section ... more about options for international students. Coming in, I knew about -
FAQ / First-year application
Where can I find admissions statistics?
If you're looking for admission statistics that's a good sign because we love stats too! You can learn the number of applicants, admitted students, and SAT/ACT score ranges for admitted students on the Admissions -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
A Pythagorean Triple of Awesome Otherwise known as the weekend of the 4th of July. Just another long weekend in…
I should probably start out with this: oh hey, guys, I’m living in ... , I’m UROPing in the Doyle lab in the basement of building 66 (which is ... Boston. Freshman year, I could literally lie in bed and know whether or not -
Blog / Personal Travel
Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.
armies and a slave named Caroline Terry. In case you're interested: As I ... 't think I've seen a snake that big, except maybe in the zoo. Or in the first ... back in the day, when a little green tree snake slithered over my foot. I -
Blog / Admissions
Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready
't figured out how to be everywhere at once. We can't visit every high school ... officers themselves, were different and special in their own way. However, I ... during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in -
Blog / Residential Life
four ways to unstrip a screw tΞp work week tales
I've used in my life (finally something hot enough for proper wok ... year. I think a mouse died in my walls the other week. Another resident ... caulk, I fill in a couple of suspiciously mouse sized holes with the same