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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  chance to get settled in. :) By the way, I've discovered that if you read ... I've spent the last two weeks enjoying a nice vacation at my mom's house in Louisville, Kentucky. It's been great, and I might even have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  what’s on my desk: messy person edition not sponsored

  

  laptop cases? this is not that post. this is a post about my desk, which ... containing a draft of [annotation note = "I meant to revise this throughout the ... notebook I made freshman year Writing Irresistible Kidlit a Pusheen

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 19, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  moving out i'm leaving for a bit

  

  time in my life (since preschool, anyway) that I have spent being a non-student. I anticipate that learning to be a non-student will make me a better ... It will be a while before I return to MIT. Following in the footsteps

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 12, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Walter Lewin ESG Lecture Oh, you know, only one of the most famous Physics Professors of all time

  

  , Lewin turned an ordinary lunch into an unforgettable memory that I was ... further ado I present to you "Walter Lewin ESG Lecture" in all its 68 ... pictures to grace our dorm walls. Not only is he an amazing lecturer, he's a

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 26, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On my way…

  

  Turns out that Anthony isn't the only one who loves Amtrak. I called ... change my reservations because I found out that my bio recitation had been ... , and I have a few things to finish up here before heading home for the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2005
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT use my name and preferred name?

  out those fields on the application. This is important so that your ... would like us to call you—preferred first name. Preferred first name is the name we will use in all official print and email communication from
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Ode to the Institute Better late than never.

  

  In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I decided to write MIT a poem. It ... through lecture halls’ doors Proclaiming that they have a message of love to sing This is true--it's not a lore! Oh MIT. You offer us experience

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Class of 2017 By The Numbers with apologies to iron maiden

  

  stuff that's left behind. Or think of it like a shadow. A shadow is not ... data as being predictive or revealing: What's happening here is a ... process. When we say that the admit rate for students with a 750-800 was 15

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It's been a busy week, and I've still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I've found that writing things down is one of my ... from last year I never had time to post :) a look at MIT's tunnels

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! from post-blizzard New Jersey.

  

  , basking entirely in food and sleep. A few days after I got home, the ... transportation in the Northeast for a good few days... And I was pretty much snowed-in... Butbutbut - a few days later, sledding! Pulling that sled up the hill many

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 31, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  in my physics classroom for a late-night review session. Somehow, I ... . Wait, it's free?! I'm getting one ASAP." And thus, it was decided that I ... was made more memorable by the following episode: (Jeanne and I spot a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  observers might have noticed that a few things were amiss... In fact, Guy ... foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in ... of our number decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day in a uniquely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Application Now Available here we go!

  

  App – and our application is only available at MyMIT. Here are a ... create a separate recommendations account for this, in addition to your My ... additional is absolutely not required or expected. But, sometimes students want

  • by Kris Guay
  • August 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  All Applicants Can Now Apply For Either Early or Regular Action MIT Admissions announces a policy change allowing international students access to either Early or Regular…

  

  I wanted to let you know of a change in the admissions process for the forthcoming admissions cycle. As you may know, in the past ... . There is no preference in our process for early applicants. We use the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  in auditoriums, as part of a band in various bars & clubs. I sang ... -up-of-instruments that occurred late at night in the dorms - a guitar here, a drum here, a voice there. In that spirit, here's a thread for MIT folks who are

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline

  

  , but I'll do my best to update this post as soon as I hear any further news from our friends in IS&T. In the meantime, thanks for your ... ***EDIT, 12/31/12 1:49PM: Of course, no sooner than I post this, it

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • December 31, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  On the Flip Side I'm a host instead of a prefrosh this year - but CPW has still been…

  

  place so far, which is okay because I'm a host and not obligated to be ... guest-speakers at the event, when I myself had been a prefrosh sitting in ... , except this time, I actually had a few answers! Another event that took

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 10, 2010
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT community. The purpose of the FSILG Office is to enhance the out-of-class experience for the students at MIT and be a proponent of the shared values that living-learning communities provide. The office works to promote a cohesive
• Blog / Admissions

  Admitted Students Welcome Events Your first MIT experience is closer than you think

  

  potential future classmates, as well as MIT students and alumni. Here is a ... Barbara Sunday • Down a slice of deep dish pizza in Chicago while ... Tuesday • Put a bird on it at the admit gathering in Portland, OR

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Town Cambridge: university and city.

  

  . After reading Chris' entry about Taiwan, I realized that there hasn't been too many pictures of the Cambridge as an actual town in this blog. So I figured I would take some pictures of places that are important to life here

  • by Cambridge
  • February 8, 2008