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• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  leaves me in awe. This time, it is the I/O Brush: [I just realized that ... say 'Hmm, I need that colour' and other kids would suggest ideas for ... the I/O Brush would say oceans, Jacob's jacket, a lunchbox or someone

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Tchau! Labs vai para a praia! And the King of the Internet returns.

  

  from something I still don't understand in the Media Lab, is coming back ... in attendance. I was in the room with the entire admissions Illuminati ... didn't. When I was a high school student in lower middle-class California

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • June 26, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  The Adventures of Flat Tim And his admissions officer friend!

  

  silence in my car or hotel room, I think to myself, “Would Flat Tim do it ... "]highway.[/annotation] I grew up in Nashville, TN, a driving city, but I somehow avoided driving on the highway while I was in high school. Living in the Boston area

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • June 6, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  in a “draft” blog post when I applied to be a blogger. That draft never ... ’t find the model online) I started folding origami in high school because of a book I’d found in the school library. It contained a variety of

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ Wait list answers to your questions

  

  students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the wait list ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... your case (and might hurt it). I would recommend sending us a note (no

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ: Waitlist answers to your questions

  

  students again in May, when we know how many students remain on the waitlist ... very interested in attending MIT. What should I do if I hope to be ... (and might hurt it). I would recommend sending us a note (no more than a

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 15, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  screaming a mood board

  

  UROP research symposium in January, so he could add that to my letter. I ... date. I had assumed that these took place in like February or March, but ... department store when I was home in December. I'd never owned dress pants

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 5, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Yikes! It's been a month since I last wrote to you guys. In the intervening…

  

  , because how the hell should I know? I got in to my first choice school, and ... background and ability to pay (why else would I get bullied in to sending in my ... I would know- unfortunately, in high school I could rattle off a long

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 19, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Taking Care of Yourself Eating, Sleeping, Water and Vitamins pave the way to happiness

  

  weeks. If I can summarize this section in one sentence it would be the ... swept up in the competition. But I can't tell you enough how much better ... I struggled with the most. When you're in classes all day and doing

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 26, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  Lower Allston. Boston is a completely different place in summer and i ... 't for me working outside — a few weeks ago, i gathered the freshmen in ... Bridge ⁠— god i can't even describe how happy this makes me. i love how the

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / MISTI

  Language (die Sprache) MIT-Germany student discusses language

  

  how they interact, particularly in the lab. Unsurprisingly, Germans ... , to ponder. It's quite incredible really. Coming from the US, I had it easy overall. Growing up I spoke English from birth, and the few

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  seen -- if you're in Las Vegas, don't miss it. I was lucky enough to get ... In my email this morning: Hello fellow Young Alums! As you may or ... commemorate the 7.4-year mark of our graduation, and we're doing it in grand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Denied by MIT, Now [X]

  Denied by MIT, now a PhD student at CSAIL

  

  that went to MIT also would have changed and grown in similar ways, and I ... starting startups to revolutionize education. I got to fall deeply in love ... 't solve everything. All in all, I had a transformative experience that has

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  three best restaurants in the Cambridge/Boston area but I love them all ... Hey guys, I'm back to blogging once a week after a ridiculously crazy last few work heavy months, think Dilbert meets the Drew Carey show (I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  cruel summer ok it's actually, like, fine i guess

  

  been in. (Coming in second would be the one between 8th and 9th grade ... industry CS internship. Traditional, it is not. I'm tuning in remotely from ... what I expected, but it's so hard to tell how much of that is due to this

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Friend the Parasitic Scientist A Random Hall alumnus on reality television!

  

  do in your free time? I spent most of my time making things in the ... super well with Moogega and Ivan. What did you build in the EE lab? I ... in general was my favorite thing. How many people can say that they

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 26, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.

  

  falling from the sky, I won't deny that I always took a certain pleasure in ... , because like most people I kept a pretty good pair of rain boots in my dorm ... 't in my dorm room last night. Instead, I was at my fraternity. In the

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  responsibilities, would I have the self-discipline to still put in the work? I hope ... don't have time to care this much, and I forget how good it feels. In ... in high school, though I think I prefer taking it now, when I'm more

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  so strongly of this that I had to buy it for him. (Seriously, Five ... was the last day to turn in your finished product, so I spent the entire ... Hey guys! Remember me? I used to blog and stuff, until I became so

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  a small, noncompetitive high school? I'm a little worried about how ... . From Jinjin: I don't know how much you know about this, but can you ... website, and say that if you send me your contact info I can put you in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007