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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  for rising juniors interested in helping people. In this entry, I will ... participated in it last summer. If I have forgotten any, please let me know ... -profit) in your hometown that you would like to work with, and make contact

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Zeno’s Paradox halfway there (again)

  

  Kay In high school, when I'd start to get bored of a class, I'd sit and stare at the clock, and I'd count down the time left in the class period ... too. Almost a year ago, I wrote a blogpost about how I was halfway

  • by Paige B. '24
  • May 17, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  do this - I teach rising sophomores in writing. Let me tell you, for ... greatly resembles one I stayed in for a few summers during high school with ... recommendations in the Pop collection, and we've got 13,000 CDs, so I can't be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to MIT! blogging guilt eased...

  

  , and how to put what I have learned at MIT to good use. Anyway, although ... semester, MIT students tend to hide themselves in their rooms ... final exams. I’m peeking out from underneath my rock (with some prodding

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The ________ Outdoors What do you think goes in the blank?

  

  been crammed full like my carry-on. In fact, I just returned from a trip ... after finishing my last final, I was landing in Portland and being greeted ... some rocks to bang on the bigger logs like a chimp in a lab until I made

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A Little INSPIRation Guest Post by Vaishnavi Rao '17

  

  In the midst of a whirlwind-like semester I promise to eventually ... . *** Q: Tell me a little about yourself. A: I’m Vaishnavi, a junior in ... interested in INSPIRE, how should they proceed? A: To start, all you really

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • December 1, 2015
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does my school submit recommendation letters and transcripts?

  the form, recommenders can indicate if they would like to submit their
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Jenny Rifken Name:Jenny Rifken; Job title: Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions; Hometown: Elgin, Illlinois

  

  won an Annie Look-a-Like contest in Chicago when I was seven years old ... Literature Favorite things about MIT: I love that the people take their studies ... seriously. There is a great sense of humor here. I also love the collaborative

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ben 2.0 In a world... spiraling on the brink of an admissions cycle... one man had the…

  

  revel in the idea that every day I come to work I can discover what ... need is a crash course in all things MIT, so I've spent my first few ... No I'm not a Cylon (or at least not that I know). But for those with

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 13, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  assure you... I told the people in the Minecraft Discord about our hype ... I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... ), would have been yesterday had the events of the past couple of months not

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  chasing the aurora a celestial hunt

  

  This past Friday evening, I wished I didn't want to see the aurora because the trip seemed logistically inconvenient, I was tired, and I had ... the beautiful is one I can't pass on. [caption id="attachment_100807

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • May 13, 2024
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  (A quick note before I start this post: My intro would be kind of ... kicked out of MIT. I’m in the process of writing a blogpost about this ... ’ll meet anyone in the next three months). It’s not like “omg I need a lady

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Growing Up bringing it back to 2007

  

  relief, I see ;) You see, I wanted to drop in and, you know, tell you a ... you that in the world that I come from -- and you'll get to experience ... -- you'll thank me in 2016 :) So what was I going to say? Oh, you don

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Failing” at MIT for the record, this isn't

  

  , in reverse chronological order: I recently dropped a class, and even ... only classes I’ve gotten A’s in have been HASS classes. I didn’t get any leadership positions in the clubs I participated in. I didn’t have a fancy tech

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • November 2, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

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

  

  interested in adding a few new winter sports to the mix, and the one I've had ... repeat. (If that's not how you climb a ladder....well I don't know what to ... A critical factor in getting outdoors is having something to do, and

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  Battle in The Bay a comic

  

  I'm finally all settled into my summer experience in ~~the bay~~ My 6 ... and I, we've really gotten to know each other. In between splitting and ... adult" in the "real world", I've been able to spend a good amount of time

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 1, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House: Where The Sidewalk Ends A tour of Next House!

  

  two years in Next House. I like the description on the Next website, so ... you! I chose to live in Next my freshman year because I wanted to be in ... right is the cardio room (I couldn't fit all of the machines in the

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Over the next month, MIT Admissions Officers will visit dozens of cities across North America.

  

  colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in Maine, Connecticut, Ohio, and Rhode ... universities? How might you know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Life + Sciences = Life Sciences

  

  : !!!!!!!! Decisions in 6 days! I honestly cannot believe it's been nearly two years ... /Cog) student, I can definitely say I don't feel lonely in either department ... different topics and latest in scientific research. I should go to more of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  over the next couple of days. Moving on to rooms: I've been living in a single since I moved in here, and I just moved into a larger one last week: I now have room for a small couch, which is definitely going in the

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007