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• Blog / About Decisions

  The Undecideds It's crunch time for college decisions.

  

  college decision, I figure now is as good a time as any to the students who are still undecided: How can we help you make your decision? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? Etc.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  last few days... ------------------------------------- How will I know if ... /she got all A's senior year" - that app would never have made it that far in ... be released? I don't know the exact date yet. Sometime in mid-March. It

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT OpenLabWare: an interdisciplinary collaboration A day in the life of MIT research... on the Internet. A story of how…

  

  -picture view would be difficult. Luckily, that sort of thing is easy at MIT. I ... IAP, and I have funding from a professor in the Biological Engineering ... looking to get in on the ground floor of new initiatives, but only when I

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Alan Guth and Day 1 on the Navajo Reservation Warning: this post may blow your mind

  

  out." He turned to the other proctors. I took ten steps in the ... get some exercise. I was horrified at how quickly I became out of breath ... in the next couple of weeks :) A final note: the house I’m staying in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Friendship Oh my dearest . . .

  

  TO: Elizabeth, Michael would you two be interested in presenting ... know if you would be able to drop by! Thanks I, for one, thought this ... butterflies and bunnies. I await your response in eager anticipation. Love

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dancing Days Nerd love, as the summer evening grows.

  

  , well, do much better than you at dancing. It's great! I know in high school, I would always stand at the way back of the dance floor watching ... dance floor. I know Cassi Hunt. In fact, she was my "date" to the boat

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  in a not-so-random fashion. How much time should I spend with my host ... questions you have in the comments section below, and I will do my best to ... myself. How do I make them feel assured that I will be okay? I went to CPW

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  importance of having many cultures and learning from them. Today, I would like ... bacterial sense). You see, though it is impossible to see in this photo, I ... they sprout is. I am like a great lion, tawny and magnificent in my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Photograph-athon Because anything can be a catchy title if you add -athon to the end!

  

  Photo Contest, in which I objectively judged photos sent to me by CPW ... .) *With Class of 2013 matriculation decisions due in less than three days, I ... here, but I think I want to join. In the same vein, Lin was present at

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  Where is Andorra? and other FAQs about my IAP Teaching abroad in a quadrilingual country

  

  When I tell people that I spent January in Andorra, their first ... you can probably tell from my stance in this picture I'm nowhere near ... be placed in Andorra. But I was actually really excited because Andorra

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • March 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, musicals, teaching, research, sports, and wisdom tooth surgery. I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I…

  

  , which freaked me out a bit. "How are you doing?" Well, I thought ... do between now and next Sunday than I have ever had in one week, ever ... cap over my face, explaining that I would be receiving nitrous oxide

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 25, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  How do I apply to MIT through QuestBridge?

  Bridge Supplement will act in place of the MIT first-year application. Please note ... to be reflected on your Applicant Status page (located in the MIT ... QuestBridge Supplement, and they will receive directions on how to submit
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I'm about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish ... this guy, many Americans would be feasting on their national bird over

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  I promised I'd never pull an all nighter....my thesis is due tomorrow. We'll see how close I stay on that contract. More updates coming soon as the night progresses. 2:13 AM I started rocking out in my Athena

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, per se a selection of fantastic dishes, part 2

  

  experience that I would rather not talk about. Restaurants took a huge hit due ... creations in my [annotation note="No, I am not working, this is just a jo ... in taste, texture, and salinity. Here I recreated another one of Thomas

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 24, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living Off Campus I moved off campus last year and rented a house with some friends who were…

  

  've faced since the summer ended: living off campus. I lived in the East ... apartments in Boston, the wheels starting turning in my head, and I joined the ... ), consensus is not easy. I think living in the dorm fostered a certain sense of

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  One for sorrow, two for joy Never surrender your dreams.

  

  you finally choose. And I mean that with all my heart. But in the long ... , I've gotten a lot of work done (three problem sets, one group project ... generally hanging out with friends. On the other hand, I didn't get much

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  -shirts rained down on me much more abundantly in freshman year. I don’t think I ... of War team at PlayStation this summer :) I have no idea how this ... absolutely sure that I had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting the position

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  towards sleep at -9.81 m/s^2. In 12 hours, I will be in class. For now, I ... I never thought of writing in public, only one integrator remains. He ... Name I Will Insert Here After Someone Recognizes Him in the Comments

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  walking the marathon… part of a four-day weekend

  

  about a month ago, in the sense that Petey and I penciled in a date, and ... itself. In the two days before the marathon, I made a Google Doc estimating ... drawstring bag for the day, which has in it an iPad, a battery pack, some

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 25, 2021