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• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  my stretched attempt at trying to tie in a completely unrelated, but ... how many people came to the event. That way, the next year, we can try ... "expressed interest" in the school, and they try to use that piece of data to

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a ... selective college or university? How hard can it be? All you need to do is ... to admit qualified women in enough numbers to reflect the applicant

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  So where did I decide to watch the fireworks from? C! The MIT ... excited electrons in the sky. I stopped by Ashdown (grad dorm) for free ... on TV, part of the barge actually went up in flames. Remember, you saw

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  I get a chance (maybe when I next answer questions in a day or two?) I ... MIT Class of 2007 class ring. (Thanks to Mitra for the invitation ... process begins in freshman year with the highly competitive process of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Classes

  First Midterm of The Semester Here I go...

  

  campus to get to Walker Memorial where the entire auditorium will fill with ... upbeat music to get hyped up on my march over. Pray for me. Thanks. ... just finished gulping down a breakfast burrito. Back in high school, I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 1, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  you...I should probably get back to work. My last calc midterm of the ... am sufficiently focused enough to get work done. Wish me luck with ... Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Temp assignments and cautionary tales

  

  summer, you get to rank the dorms in order of preference, based on information sent in early summer, and CPW observations if you went to CPW. In ... they're meant to be doing. There are certain mistakes in the approach to

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [Guest Post] Why did I come to MIT? by River A. ‘26

  

  learn how to face them. And you have to have fun in life. The fun is what ... a wooden pull toy. I am learning how to be a leader through dorm ... Donald’s takeout in hand at 3am. I love when people I recognize wave to me in the

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • February 2, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  form by May 1 (postmark date) if you intend to enroll at MIT. How much is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send the deposit? No deposit is required. Just be sure to send in the form

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred? Shameless thievery from a colleague's blog topic (sorry Matt).

  

  that receiving the news that you are deferred has to be disappointing (to say the least) to all of you. Please take heart in knowing that you ... . Please let me know how I can help to put it into a perspective that helps

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 13, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent

  

  Charles river. In addition to excelling in his coursework, Joey happens to ... /rock genre and now writes and records a few songs each month. In addition to ... usually gets a sneak preview before Joey posts his songs to Youtube for the

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • November 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts

  

  decided to chronicle my weekend! This will be the first of several "a day in ... another friend 2 while friend 1 was in a meeting 7:15 pm – took the bus to ... activity 9:54 pm – went to a Salsa Night at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • November 23, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Things That Made Me Happy (and Sick) It’s me and my infection’s TWO MONTH anniversary!! 🎉😍

  

  , chaotic joy.  But I think there might be something to pick apart in those ... outside in the rain to visit one of Starbucks’s 6 reserve roasters in the ... my experiences enough to come up with some deep analysis of my semester

  • by Powers '23
  • January 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  1.5 weeks during which I really had nothing in particular to do. Then ... ™. I had to slump over in the Maseeh 3 bathroom at 4AM and cry for no ... . I also know more things about myself now, like how I like my bed to be

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  In a world...where engineers want to become leaders...3 students must face the truth...about engineering leadership. As I hinted at in my last entry, Kevin '11, Joe '12, and I had an on-camera discussion about how GEL

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  suggestions for MIT merch but they're bad

  

  Villain Swivel Chair – In case you use your degree from MIT to become an ... How is it already December? It feels like it was just a few days ago ... time for gift-giving. A couple of weeks back, I visited the MIT Coop to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • December 10, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Hot Crosswalk Buns free food and football cleats

  

  It's beginning to warm up here - still in the 20s, but sunny and nice - so during a break in committee I took the opportunity to cross the Mass ... Niketown, to ask the resident experts what kind of cleats I should get for

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don't go your way, it's easy to get ... current 4 million tons per year to 7 million tons of goods in 2015. Some ... they fear that bringing in bigger boats to Berlin and Brandenburg would

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  In years past, we've asked folks to let us know in August if they ... , there seems to be more interest in the program this year than ever before ... new students and upperclassmen. To be considered in the EA round, you

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW Weather Machine Strikes Again a frivolous day in the sun and grass

  

  to slow the breakdown of pectin in the potatoes is pretty cool). As ... The weather sobered up just in time for CPW, and we celebrated the ... procrastinated long enough to contribute mint-lime-honey-rolled strawberries and

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • April 18, 2012