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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  time and read it, you won't regret it: The Prodigy Puzzle I'm glad the ... . I'm also glad that some terrific organizations, like the Davidson ... Talented Youth (CTY). I'm glad to see one of my favorite teachers from my

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Power of suggestion This entry will tell you whether you'll get into MIT or not in two minutes.

  

  You know, I'm not a real admissions worker, but I bet they often get ... office--you really do an excellent job--but I think I just came up with the absolute perfect answer to this question. My freshman year, I went to Sigma

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a long, long time. :-) I got here a little after 8AM, worked the ... nitrogen ice cream via the Prefrosh Festival on the way back, and I've been

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style Thoughts on my proposal to make MyMIT more community-based.

  

  Happy new year everyone! I've been out with the flu most of this week so I'm feeling horribly behind in most areas of life. Being sick just blows. Most of the time I can ignore it and power ahead, but the flu

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  [Guest Post] GetSimmons! Writing is hard, so here's a video game instead

  

  How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with ... is not intended to be a ranking (boo), but is instead based on how many

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • December 21, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21E our major in a diagram!

  

  We are majoring in 21E, a joint major that lets you combine any humanities field (21), and any engineering field (E). We were recently messaged about the requirements of 21E,…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 9, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing the MIT Application Essays Hurgh. I know.

  

  you want to study?" essay 5:17 The "how do you improve the lives of ... former Associate Director of Admissions https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/how

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Wait List Confirmation Form If you're on the wait list, we sent you an email last week.

  

  -May, once we know how many students have enrolled and thus, how many more

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 7, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  What sets MIT's East Campus apart from other dorms of the college type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in a place where you can have a big, awesome kitchen with personal

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  Oh look, how interesting. MIT seems to have won an Olympic gold medal at Torino. All photo credits go to Matt Peddie '09. A pretty nighttime shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  reason: The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and, with an ... .S. in about 18 hours. During the flight, passengers would peer at ... the view, the cavernous interior would easily accommodate such amenities

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Augmented Reality in Action one step before holograms

  

  objects onto the real world. And it's pretty freaking cool. I've been ... MIT Media Lab that I got to try out an augmented reality headset for the ... screen, you could see what I was seeing. I played around with a digital

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 26, 2017
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Ambulance! Ambulance! So I'm in this serious long-term relationship.

  

  It is four days into IAP and I have yet to sleep in my own bed. In fact, today was the first time I've been back in my dorm for more than half an hour since returning to MIT on Sunday, and I was only home for

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 More MIT Students Become Rhodes Scholars ...but no bloggers this year.

  

  participate in community service. In NCAA Division I competition, Gethers has ... her own label since 2000, she decided to teach these young mothers how

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What is Simmons Hall Like? part of my freshman year experience

  

  that Iron Man talks to in his workshop), which I assembled (from ... friends and I during our superhero day. The other one was holding a picture ... the only dorm that guarantees no velociraptors attacks. The first time I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 16, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  I was reading Evan's most recent entry and I noticed that he mentioned Sunny's, which I don't believe has ever been blogged about. What is ... and plan their meals. I know, right? I mean, who has time for that? Ever

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  Whitney-Johnson (’08) and I are among the Top 10 College Women of 2007 ... 2004. I received the application from a sorority sister and filled it out with no expectation of winning, so you can imagine my shock when I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  One of the many things I love about my community, by which I mean 5th ... Pond. I blame Peeto '01, both because it was his idea, and because it's easy to blame him for anything involving nudity. The driver of the car I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Newest Member of Our Family What could possibly be more exciting than prefrosh?

  

  !!! I did not get one (although I was very tempted to do so), but Kayla E. '15 drove Kerry N. '14, Jes P. '15 and I to the animal rescue place in ... (they called her Brittany at the shelter), but I really like Arya, like in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 17, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Commence the Commencing! and congratulations to the Class of 2014

  

  Storify, or via #MIT2014 on your social media system of choice. I must admit I'm a bit sentimental about this particular commencement. The Class ... undergraduates whom I helped admit, and I've seen them grow from small, squishy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 6, 2014