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• Blog / MIT Life

  nothing special

  

  get to come back a couple weeks early in the fall for free, in exchange ... least that's how it works at East Campus. If you don't want to stay here ... myself in math, but I think I now deserve a good night's rest. After all

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  . It gets you in the mindset of thinking about what things matter most to ... to tell your story and for us to get to know you as a three ... about it (I will talk more about this later); it’s one way for us to get

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Why I’m Baking Cookies Tonight. IAP is a beautiful time to do lots of something or lots of nothing. Or…

  

  tonight or wait until tomorrow when more people get back to the house. Last ... figured I need to actually do something constructive. Those of you in AP Lit ... hadn't seen in 4 months since she abandoned us and went to study abroad

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 15, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  More Information on the Waitlist Further details for waitlisted applicants.

  

  predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... reconsider all of the waitlisted students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the waitlist, and how many we wish to take from the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where did my Summer Go? Written 30,000 feet above the ground in a giant piece of metal

  

  to South Korea for two weeks to work on a project. In the words of one ... challenged ourselves to get full use of our all-access passes and ride every ... names! On the flight to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 15, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  Walk Across Rhode Island 12 hours, 33 miles, a million aches and pains

  

  couches in inconspicuous locations. Mine was right next to an elevator, so I ... church in the middle of nowhere. The group was getting far ahead, and all ... . See how far they've gone, urge them to wait. This was absolutely

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  -togethers in their hometowns for students admitted to the class of 2020. These ... celebrate your acceptance after meeting alums in Orlando Be sure to check ... acceptance letters, current students are getting ready for spring break, and

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  every book I read in 2022 all nine-plus of them

  

  love letter to New York? I was hooked. So hooked, even, that I waited for ... dove right in. I was back home in New York for a couple of weeks, it was ... commentary; I look forward to reading more Vonnegut in the future.  

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • January 8, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I Know to Be True Introductions and peanut butter Oreos

  

  a lot. My truths are bound to change. But in the end, understanding what one believes to be true is the key to understanding at all. So, in ... will get lost. You will get locked out. You will get caught in the rain

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • September 29, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  dear past me stay kind

  

  to get the city's approval to make it an in-person ceremony at the last ... , which i participated in from eighth to tenth grade. it was a good program ... misfortunes to the point where we cried together in the hallway afterwards and

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 26, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  What are French House residents doing this summer? Round 2 Microsoft, brains, British accents, hiking in the Alps, weightlifting, HIMYM

  

  ; knit a scarf I wish I knew how to knit. Anything else you want to say or ... , Elizabeth! Where are you now? home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. preparing to fly ... vessels, what are you trying to do? learn how to adopt a convincing British

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 30, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guitar Hero… on the oscilloscope! The secret fifth digital instrument revealed

  

  scopes are superior to analog scopes in many ways – but how they measure ... -shaped controller in time with some music to simulate playing a guitar. The notes are ... -Y mode allows you to visualize how “out of phase” (i.e., out of sync) two

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

   dreams? Passions? Fears? Oddities? Everyday, I try to meet someone new or find out ... My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian Blog. I wanted mitadmissions.org to have an area devoted to the many

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  I've failed you in the photo department. But I'll try to describe the ... was first announced. In her first speech to the community, she said "I ... better place." That's still a big part of her mission - to get kids

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  train people in how to acquire knowledge, which is the purpose of high ... professors who do that. In contrast to high school, here is how MIT teaches, a ... and many others) called “How MIT Learns” was posted to the admissions

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Same as it ever was The more things change...

  

  Admissions lately. In addition to the requisite 4-5 reading days each week, we ... meeting about our new viewbook, discussed in Ben's latest post, followed by ... After struggling to figure out what to blog about today, I decided to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 3, 2006
• Blog / Events

  This…Is…BLODGEBALL! Everything and anything you ever wanted to know about us.

  

  -dot-com - I get to make silly videos, draw doodles, write my opinions and then ... perspective to the site, how we are one diverse group whose members come together thanks to this one, unifying love of MIT, that no matter how

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  conversation in Bangla. I’ll never get to know him. I periodically deeply regret ... three a cappella groups, and was lucky to get into two, but I ended up ... pathologically prone to seeing too much good in people. I’ve been burned many times

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Last train to Koblenz If I get back by 7:30, I don't need a reservation.

  

  all ready to write an entry last night on how some cities in Germany are ... sixth level detailing how the city is going to be redesigned over the next ... 's apartment in Karlsruhe at around 7:30 PM, expecting to take a train back to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Challenge I hope Chris Peterson doesn't fire me for too many prefrosh stealing his nametag...

  

  printed and are sitting in boxes waiting to be distributed to YOU when you come to the Student Center to check in tomorrow*? Oh no! How will I ever ... want to major in** Eat liquid nitrogen ice cream High-five Tim the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • April 7, 2011