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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT = Home the excitement of a freshman

  

  ideal college, and now I get to grow here. The speed of the transition ... mathematician, and I look for patterns in the world, yet I want to believe that ... rural area of Somalia, the first in his family to attend school, just as

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Right NOW Making Things

  

  to an Oregonian best friend studying abroad in France. Lots of eggs ... gentle reminder to myself. I've been deliriously happy at this school, in ... Yesterday I met with Ta-Nehisi Coates to talk about writing. I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 2, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  nerd pride and it being a badge of honor to be called a nerd in my book ... neighborhood kids. This pack of boys liked to tease the youngest one in the crowd ... to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Regular Action Deadline Some answers to frequently asked questions about regular action and the MIT application process. Our…

  

  are in tough financial shape and make a good faith effort to inform us ... the word limit. You may choose to send in the essay at a length that ... changes in your coursework. You will also be able to provide information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 29, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Spring Break! Spring Break Broke.

  

  So I'm sitting in the airport in Toronto on my way to London where I will be next week for Spring Break as well as Paris. I'll be sure to post photos and entries all this week. If you happen to be in London or

  • by Bryan
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Sunday night is the deadline for Early Action (EA) Here are some things we want you to know

  

  understanding with teachers and schools. Your recommendations do not need to be in ... WithUs. Most of all, try not to get too stressed out! Go out with your friends ... need to be “sent” to MIT, not “processed,” by the

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 27, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Teatro ZinZanni Another trip to the circus -- is my boss trying to imply something?!

  

  Intramural Table Tennis team. Or learn how to dance through MIT Ballroom ... live music and a gourmet five-course dinner - set in the nightclub of ... . The "nightclub of [my] dreams" is along the Embarcadero in San Francisco

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A Splash of color! and a bigger splash of water.

  

  pretty cool program to consider when in high school; although I wouldn't recommend taking it as a program to pad your MIT application (something I get ... shape in time to fill out the teacher application form for Splash, and

  • by Cam T. '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  Things are still pretty crazy around here, so until I get a chance to post, I'll keep you entertained with the following. As you know if you ... loves into a desktop for her computer: Your turn! Post your links in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Somatic My spread for MIT's Infinite Magazine Issue XI

  

  was released in May, but I was hosed, and now that I am hosed but in a different way, I feel like I have time to write about it. I've been a part of Infinite since I came to MIT, and I highly recommend it. There's a role for

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • June 17, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing documents! FAQ: What happens if part of my application isn't showing up yet?

  

  . Finally, I hope you'll join me in saying thanks to the entire Records ... The most popular question in all modes of communication -- blog ... showing on MyMIT yet AM I DOOMED?") Let me respond to this series of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Beard today, gone tomorrow a touching tale of a man and his beard.

  

  reflection shows just how much you've grown in your brief time together. "No ... turkey; the spectacular death throes of leaves clinging to trees; the sudden decrease in sunlight as temperatures plummet; and of course beards

  • by Chris M. '12
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  right wall. This door leads to 335s, the room I lived in during my first ... enough to fit a bed. Living in a small half is a good lesson in keeping ... to match my green stripes when she lived in it last fall. It is

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  -kg mollusks in each jar. The local dumpster cat gang has raided one jar, leaving 2012 0.3-kg resealed mollusk shells in that jar. You need to figure ... is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: Parts 1 and 2 for Early and Regular Action applicants

  

  get you down. Most importantly, revel in your work, and not your prize ... your time to remember all the cool things you did in school. It’s a ... only one. We’re here. Email, and I can blog about it. I may not get to it

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  Things got poopy in Beijing and edible.

  

  This past weekend, I went to dinner with a group of MIT and Johns Hopkins students interning in Beijing. This was my first opportunity to meet ... article was passed around in a Beijing interns email thread, introducing the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • June 28, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Roadtrip! Spontaneity is my middle name.

  

  . Don't really know what I'm going to do once I get there, but I figure I don't need to, and I'm sure I'll figure something out when I get there ... So since the semester is over, and Boston is a little wet to say the

  • by Bryan
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  My brother is cooler than me The plight of the less-cool older sibling.

  

  things that you need to know about Ryan, and those things are: He loves ... . You may even recognize The Goober from his appearances in some of my ... know how many times I got recognized during that weekend? Zero. Once

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 23, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  filled-out completion form. I turned in both to the HASS office, and felt a ... got to MIT, I was pre-med, and planning to double-major in Course 8 and ... , and get to know each other. The VP and I have been working together for

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Sabrosura! ...yeah so some variation of deliciousness/tastefulness

  

  to dress up for it!! (Me in my new red dress con mi novio; Photo ... annual cultural night, Sabrosura! Sabrosura, as described to me, means ... based mariachi band. (Photo Credits: Joy Ekuta, ‘13) To top off the

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • March 13, 2011