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• Blog / Challenges

  We Made the World We’re Living In, and We Have to Make It Over Envisioning alternative futures

  

  Yesterday, Friday, was my third day working at the Atlantic. I ... heavier. I spent yesterday in a newsroom, with the weight and force of ... . I spent the day scanning news sources for updates, any updates, and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • July 10, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  cramming and insisted on sunning himself atop them no matter how many times I ... So much has happened academically in the last month! A while ago, I ... , it's not...that great. But I digress. I actually wrote the bulk of

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Meant to Be What I've found at MIT

  

  events have happened in my life. I experienced the best FPOP ever aka DPD ... precious minutes to blogging merely because I'm at MIT and there are ALWAYS ... classes at MIT. Despite the fact that I've only been here for a couple days

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • September 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  prepositions at the ends of sentences and phrases. See how annoying I sound if I ... essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100 ... did. I doubted each one of my essays. Re-wrote drafts. Edited the main

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

  Q&A for EA Deferred and Regular Action students your last minute questions

  

  forgot something and I want to update my application, how do I do that ... on Monday, January 6. However, I know that those of you who were ... ’s see if I can answer some of the most common questions we get every year

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 20, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  named itself the Tech Nomads. From their website, here's the suggested ... website and make a donation. You can contact them at [email protected]

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  at the South Asian Youth Initiative a New Haven adventure

  

  activism, dialogue and solidarity. Throughout the weekend, I tried to keep track of everything that was happening and I will try to recreate most of ... , Sarah S. ’24 and I meet in front of McCormick to head to South Station to

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 22, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Green Building Challenge hex wins third place!

  

  I competed in the Green Building Challenge as part of this year's Bad ... ="aligncenter" width="438"] I couldn't have done it without them![/caption] My team ... placing third, with a total of 103 climbs! I climbed the Green Building a

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • January 31, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  through, and it's a sunny Fahrenheit 63 as I type this on Sunday afternoon ... nine entries, A-J (minus I because it's ~imaginary~), in a highrise stack ... Mollie B. '06's post re:MacG remains true, but I may need to update some of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Jeux sans frontieres Who knows how to have fun better than I do? Oh, nobody.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? There are pop-up ads even in other languages, as I discovered while trying to verify the title of this entry. Oh dear, I wasn't ready for this to be a new year already, but it is. I rang in this new

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  just beginning and he couldn't wait to see it all unfold. Here, he would ... rest is history. I arrived late last Saturday night at East Campus, my ... to your preferences. Many of the folks I met during Campus Preview

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Conference Where Everyone Was Younger Than Me I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows, 30 under 30 winners, and Shark Tank participants

  

  the first day. How did I find myself at one of the most incredible ... . I rarely ever see any highschoolers at any of these events. That all changed when I went to Next Gen Summit. I'm talking highschool Thiel Fellows

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 30, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  in the spectra of these compounds which would allow organic chemists to ... spectroscopy. Would you like admission to our graduate school?" Now, Course 5 ... about doing before. And why was I thinking about RB Woodward today? Well

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cubes, Tetrahedrons, and Wind Chimes Silly lil musical instruments for a silly lil guy (me)

  

  semester, I’m taking 21M.370 – Digital Instrument Design! It’s a new ... [annotation note="For our first assignment, I made a synthesizer patch that ... [/annotation]! So here are a few silly instruments I’ve designed throughout the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 5, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Deferred Applicants Q & A Have a question about your MIT EA deferral? Read on...

  

  ) would love to have in their student body. Honestly. I hope this is ... ? Should I still be hanging around reading the blogs? At MIT, a deferral ... .) What should I do now? Should I send in extra materials? The only thing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  North to Peru Not too far from Norway, just south of Mexico.

  

  sleeping marathons. Per tradition, I partook in the first of the three, as ... – but I suppose it’s passable for a just a few days. Thank God there was ... Saturday, but I had to rest on account of (a) the fact I was feeling a bit

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • October 12, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FASAP [by Maggie Liu ‘12] T-ride + thought-provoking art piece + yummy free dinner afterwards.

  

  would vanish. Not so. After I mailed in my deposit, I received an ... : Exploring the Arts at MIT and Beyond. I personally chose it because I thought it would be a great way to continue my love for art in a, well, tech

  • by ARTalk
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT Outing Club: Ice Climbing tl;dr Ice climbing is nuts

  

  repeat. (If that's not how you climb a ladder....well I don't know what to ... climbing, and winter and spring mean skiing. But I've become more and more interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hurricane Katrina Trying to help, to the extent that we can.

  

  Before getting too far into this entry, let me just say that I and ... time for everyone; I've been at the verge of tears over this awful, awful ... admissions. I've received emails from students displaced from their homes and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Half Harvard, Half MIT My schedule this term is split down the middle. Like the movie Grindhouse. Or Korea.

  

  I have an interesting relationship with Harvard. Coming from MIT I have a propensity to spit upon all popped collars and finals clubs, but I ... being Harv '08, and I've gotten to know some of her similarly cool friends

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 29, 2008