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• Blog / Admissions

  Take Me Back to Tech (Guest Entry) So hurrah for technology, 'ology, 'ology oh.

  

  seriously how I am feeling at the moment. Like a lot of prefrosh, I am dealing ... entrants: I was, at times, in the chat group with Omar (in the picture of ... here are some pictures/videos I have to add (in roughly chronological

  • by Bryan
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Mass Ave, practically in view of home...and then I got distracted by the ... Mia. Oh well, how can I resist? ... Right now, I am sitting and blogging live from Boston's amazing new

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  Regular readers may recall that I've been teaching a bit in ... in part because I wanted to study humanist/social concerns that were ... one of the best places to do it. I think you can see this theme in many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Moving On, Moving Out, and the Conservation of Freshmen Reflections of a (kinda) sophomore.

  

  , since I'm finally moving into my fraternity's house in Boston. Of course, I've had a great time in Simmons this past year (and there are more ... detritus I've accumulated in my room over the past year into three basic

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  other kids from my school had gotten in (to have one would have been crazy ... the fact that I hadn't gotten in and only checked my account to confirm ... about you guys a lot" is a gross understatement. I'm sure in the coming

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  day one, six out of eight am i doing too much?

  

  did not immediately know how to get to 35-225. in retrospect, i do know ... ended. the classroom was in 34-101, and my next thing was in 34-501, so i ... some lunch, and sneak in some stardew valley before my next class. have i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 2, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Grad school admissions My (limited) insight into the graduate admissions process.

  

  morning at 6:45 AM. (My postdoc at the lab told me I don't have to come in on Tuesday until after I've taken a nap. This may sound nice, but is in ... application and wants to get to know you in person. I'll be meeting this weekend

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this tendency of opening too many windows so my computer crashed and I had to

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures of me

  

  . This is actually a good pic, though I bet my mom would disagree (she was ... necklace that I'm wearing in the UAP/VP '06 debate. A more wishful thinking version of me. "Me in fearless crusader mode." I hope that this has

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 4, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Antici A long time ago in a suburb far away...

  

  her logic was that she would have time to hide it from me, figuring I ... like, two-thirds of the way up the block, and I was pretty dumb in high ... . Anyway, she didn't really say anything, when I walked in, but merely thrust

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Should Go To Canada In which Kayla E. '15 and I took a spontaneous adventure to the great land…

  

  CAFE! A CAFE WITH CATS! CAT CAT CAT!!! Kayla and I would just sit with ... like "I am cat" and don't care about anything in the world. Anyway, we ... The other day, I had an interesting conversation with Kayla E. '15

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 15, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pre-med, Everybody’s Best Friend If you are considering a career in medicine -- and not as a pharmacist.

  

  everyone else would eat potato chips and brownies, I would cite her "fact ... , so anyway, Sam thought he would be super cool. Wishful thinking? I ... : Actually, I would even wait 3. :: Sam bangs head against the wall :: HAHA

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  ultimately how everything ended. Unfortunately, I'm still so overloaded by ... anagrammed to spell Log Rot." "Let's call it in!" "OK!" Now, granted, I made ... . What was it called? "The Gym." Vice-Coach Horace Ferret would be in the

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Mini-Guide to CPW KAPOW! GET EXCITED!!!

  

  now there's a winter storm advisory and I'm shivering in my winter ... would’ve never guessed I’d enjoy it, but I did immensely because of the ... . What should you pack for the four fun-filled days? How do you pick a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! While the science gets done, you can build a neat fort with the Settlers drinking…

  

  Freshly minted prefrosh! Three years ago I was in your comparatively ... without my future dark green double-canopy umbrella. I got lost in the ... . I even did my differential equations homework in close proximity to

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 11, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Blogging Is The Salt Shaker Of My Life thinly veiled platitude included free in box of metaphors

  

  Institvte. It's been a long three days. I don't really care how space optimization in C memory allocation works any more. I just want to go to sleep ... -inducing dream about carrots baking cakes in the interim. And then I decide that

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester. The classes I'll be taking are really good, and I've wanted to take them

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  MIT proper, I have been in Spain for more than two weeks! I don't know how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case ... beautiful country. Recap (for people who are wondering why I'm in Europe

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  BoA & Restricting

  

  application. Also, I am not going to count the words in your essay. I have never ... say than what fits in 500 words. If that is you, I'd encourage you to ... s/he would give you. They may tell you to send in the longer essay

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2004
• Blog / Classes

  i’m studying abroad this semester hello europe

  

  with insightful questions. I would rather enjoy my time at MIT in ... prefer smaller classes, and I liked that Math in Moscow had classes with ... university, I didn't want to pay $26,000 for the spring semester. Math in

  • by Rona W. '23
  • February 7, 2021