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• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  However, the good news is that it should be a fairly eventful weekend; MIT ... test yesterday and I had to learn like ein bazillion words for that, and ... another week or two before I get back in the swing of things. Incidentally

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / Events

  picture the world my phone's storage space hates me

  

  way. i’ve found that memories don’t often fall in orderly queues aligned ... snowing. i hadn’t seen snow in years as a native of los angeles; from my ... wanting to be left out, i decided to pack a towel in my backpack and also go

  • by Boheng C. '28
  • September 23, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do homeschooled students apply?

  MIT has a long history of admitting homeschooled students and these students have been successful and vibrant members of our community. We don't have separate requirements for homeschooled applicants. Homeschooled
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions For you.

  

  Court. It was due to this decision that I spent an hour and a half of this ... I've spent the past week or so running about in flip-flops, taking ... already chaotic collection of curls. I figure that with decisions coming

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 10, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ratification: The Story of the US Constitution History @ MIT

  

  something interesting that I haven't brought up, please make a note of it and ... that I did wayyyy before. It was truly an honor to have had a class of ... . Maier's book, I knew I had to get it. Having spent a whole semester poring

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Relativity Special (and vice versa) I took a test today that relied on practically everything I have ever learned from…

  

  , I turned the page, and went on, shuddering in a rising tide of despair ... .02932 and .39328. A wise person once said that arithmetic is like ... approaches infinity. Someday, I plan to teach a literature class that has a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 18, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  2007 Mystery Hunt will begin! I'm going to try today's entry as a ... Hunt is a weekend-long competition at MIT where people team up to solve ... hints and thoughts in the comments thread that might help. Don't stop, you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Decisions Beginning To Arrive How are you guys doing?

  

  Hi everyone, It's been one of those weeks here in the office - I can't seem to get anything done. I'm working on the big Q&A thread that I've been promising you for weeks. I also owe you my post-EA thoughts. Both

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  During my freshman orientation many, many months ago, I came across a ... , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to ... , graceful, and the kind of person who, when I'm tired and crying at 2 in the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  snip snip liberating the shoulder one free t-shirt at a time

  

  testament to how often I get too lazy to pick out a real outfit and just ... an addict. No matter how hard I try to fight it, I get this uncontrollable urge. Every single time I get a free t shirt, I can't help myself

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 28, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Laura Stonehill: Designing Italian Pedestrian Bridges Laura Stonehill spent a summer working at a civil engineering company in Venice, Italy.

  

  AutoCad, a skill all engineers should have, and one which is not taught ... sense of how engineering practices differ around the world. (I'd like to ... Laura Stonehill, an MIT senior majoring in Civil and Environmental

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  Abstract Ring Delivery is a time-honored tradition in which Massachusetts ... school year, two events occurred last Thursday and Friday that required a ... elucidate why such great effort is put into emphasizing the presence of a new

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  What I Did on Registration Day I registered.

  

  observe that my bed is a right triangle. I sleep on the hypotenuse ... morning, I peddled a small piece of my soul in exchange for my academic ... earlier tonight while waiting for iTunes to load*. *Not that this is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  Around the world in 30 days ...ok, maybe more like I'm Traveling a Lot this IAP

  

  compete at the 2018 US Championships. I came in with a nagging hip injury ... , the month of January. And that's a wrap! FYI, I ... 2018 is turning out to be quite the adventurous year. I kicked off

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Twins Chandler ‘13 and Taylor ‘13 The fifth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  friendly, they both said. "I think we push each other and that is a positive ... is talented in a different way," she said. "Some, like the Burfields ... COLLIER COUNTY: A set of twin girls in Collier County have a lot more in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 7, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Here's the skinny on my summer. I got a fellowship from the MIT Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big Island (Hawai’i County)*. I will be here (in Hilo, HI) for 2 months (June

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Events

  A Sweet Deal An offer I will not refuse.

  

  recommends: Professor Jeffrey Harris Professor Harris is a health economist ... Professor Virk teaches 10.301 and I hear he's a fan of Nelly ... only do you get a chance to interact closely with amazing teachers

  • by Bryan
  • February 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  November 1 Updates The latest from the Admissions Office.

  

  ED or SCEA agreement that I am aware of. Of particular importance is ... until we post a blog entry saying that we have processed all materials. It ... will be sure to get the interview report. Midyear Report: I know that

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  I get a chance (maybe when I next answer questions in a day or two?) I ... students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one company actually shuts ... , a very large number of them proudly wear an MIT class ring, which is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Welcome 2014s!! :) See you in the fall!

  

  finally made the decision on matriculation! For all of those that replied in the affirmative, congratulations! You're in for one heck of a ride ... ever know. :) Honestly, after I heard this a few months ago on the radio

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 4, 2010