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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  twelve rows back in the stands, I was still deathly afraid of being ... how many times you think you are going to visit MIT. In general, the ... , because that's spring break. I'd say middle of March to early April would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  this semester I would have completed my HASS requirements for graduation ... scrutinize....I can go on and on. The most enjoyable thing about HASS then, in ... answer." In some regards, I was considering a LAC when I applied to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  , which guaranteed that I would play someone who was unable to score in ... into place. April 27 (I know because it's recorded in my journal ... ready to kick butt: I was able to score 3 engineering balls in the A bin

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  summary i would see in 'mission control' (swipe up with three fingers on the ... the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT i'm going to anime expo in LA this weekend, then visiting MIT friends in SF next weekend. i'm also taking a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community ... ! The course has asynchronous materials in addition to the synchronous 1 ... pandemic, with discussions of how policy implementation is influenced by

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I apply to be an Exchange Student, Special Student, or Visiting Student?

  -degree student. Exchange students are affiliated with a university in which MIT has ... are very few of these arrangements. MIT participates in the Exchange ... information on registration procedures. In all programs, students must
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  sometime during high school, but in 9th grade, I was still intent on ... audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls ... , after all, had authored one of the books that I'd used for my report in 9

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  childhood interests. I never thought that by going to college here I would be ... that I knew in grade school. Not even the Earth that I knew from my ... 'm supposedly in one of the dorms (McCormick) where people actually sleep. I don

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  Bookstore the first time I ever visited the campus back in my junior year of ... kind to Rosalind. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't even realize how good ... Professor Watson himself." All in all, a pretty good book. I found the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  making me cry.  I wasn't sad, I wasn't in so much pain that I would ... medals if I do this one!" I registered in April and began my training. I ... increased my distances until I was ready to run my first half marathon.  In

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m taking college classes, do I apply for transfer admission?

  The transfer process is intended for students who have finished high school and completed at least one year of college. If you're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  things people are doing over the summer--you're interested in me, because I ... smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions, what I think is more important is how they answered--instead of answering

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  ) In conclusion, thanks to all of the prefrosh who I met for: -making me realize how lucky I am to be a blogger (apparently it will be the most ... I had a blast during CPW and I hope you all did too! Here's a rundown

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  ." What's particularly amazing about Smyly's status in the Infinite is how ... Note: The following is adapted from an article I wrote for CMS.350 ... awesome people like Smyly, and I figured you might want to hear about him

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  art in burton conner making do in a non-mural building

  

  years of involvement in Burton Conner government, I've seen how staunch administration seems in their decision to oust murals. I did, however, get a ... of years. I'll be long gone, but I have a lot of faith in the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 5, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update v. 2008

  

  . (I'm still really bitter though. Grr.) Friday, 19:15 In the last 30 ... movie! I would have KNOWN that!" (This is a huge accomplishment for me. I ... put it all in a safe place with the operator. I took a picture for your

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 3) notes from the third day

  

  together at the only store open in the whole place. I had some miraculous ... . It is just beautiful out here; I would recommend at least taking a ... —writing and taking pictures—but I felt myself drifting in and out of

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 13, 2023
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... to wait until the very last minute. While I certainly won’t extol the ... . There are some things about how you complete the application that can

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Yes,The New App…It’s Really Here Or Why This Year's App is "Cooler" Than Last Year's.

  

  me to do the session there since I ate quite a few meals in that same ... but we hadn't announced yet precisely what day it would be. I did ... frustration as those present absorbed what I had said. I watched in interest as

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • August 19, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ask Yourself Can you really LTFP?

  

  to feel like some "other" major (I'm in such a major!). That said, the ... I know I haven't written anything lately. Portraying MIT feels a bit weird now because my boyfriend, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, has

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • November 2, 2008