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• Blog / MIT Life

  My 21st Birthday More details about the transition to Halloween than you ever wanted to know.

  

  because, in my music prof's words, "I can't tell you how many Sonatas in E ... I could play with at my leisure. Can anyone PLEASE explain to me how ... Maisonette I went to put my laundry in the dryer, checked my mail, and found a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 30, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  always leads to me being heartbroken in March, but nonetheless I can't help ... anxiety seem to really heat up in the applicant pool. So I also try to ... 'll get there. In the meantime, I'm determined not to feel guilty if I need

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Open Thread for Waitlisted Students

  

  This year well over 17,000 students applied for admission to MIT in the most competitive admissions cycle in the history of the Institute ... unable to offer admission to many, many incredible students whom we would

  • by Decisions
  • March 14, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Their Own Words (Part 1) I ask my friends and fraternity brothers the immortal question: "What are you doing this…

  

  and 8, of Simmons): "I'll be UROPing in Prof. Field's lab (in the ... skills as well. In August, I'm going to the ACS meeting in Philadelphia as ... to write code in jeans and a T-shirt on Wall Street. I am writing

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 22, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Every August a million small moments

  

  'm respectfully crufting in the background. But every August - when I start hearing ... the first snow. I remember people explaining how frostbite works. I ... remember feeling like a failure a lot. I remember being in a state of shock

  • by Piper '13
  • August 30, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  , and how they arise in development--as well as looking for other special ... revolutionary, most life-changing research going on anywhere in the world. I ... their talks, I'll feature a mini-interview with each of them. Prof. Nancy

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Social Engineering no no wait not like that–

  

  …ufacture mischief? In which I mansplain how my friends manipulate each other ... )"]finding the friends[/annotation]. What I’m more interested in is how that ... me, and I was really worried that I would miss out on the closeness of

  • by Allison E. '27
  • August 24, 2024
• Blog / Advice

  Exploring Classes a guide

  

  now i can rank in fun order![/caption] Figure out how many units you ... from, and I even have some tips on how to use them effectively. First ... [email protected]. Alternatively, just talk to your advisor. How I Actually

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 29, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Our students, their stories. Andy Partridge in a zamboni purple monkey dishwasher.

  

  twelve rows back in the stands, I was still deathly afraid of being ... how many times you think you are going to visit MIT. In general, the ... , because that's spring break. I'd say middle of March to early April would

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A HASS[le-free] Semester Stay for the videos!

  

  this semester I would have completed my HASS requirements for graduation ... scrutinize....I can go on and on. The most enjoyable thing about HASS then, in ... answer." In some regards, I was considering a LAC when I applied to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  , which guaranteed that I would play someone who was unable to score in ... into place. April 27 (I know because it's recorded in my journal ... ready to kick butt: I was able to score 3 engineering balls in the A bin

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  summer tidbits a picture and annotations

  

  summary i would see in 'mission control' (swipe up with three fingers on the ... the rest comes out of my paycheck. TT i'm going to anime expo in LA this weekend, then visiting MIT friends in SF next weekend. i'm also taking a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Global Languages Freshman Learning Community engaging frosh done right

  

  I'm the undergraduate assistant for a Freshman Learning Community ... ! The course has asynchronous materials in addition to the synchronous 1 ... pandemic, with discussions of how policy implementation is influenced by

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 6, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  TLM The Land of MIT. It's a planet.

  

  childhood interests. I never thought that by going to college here I would be ... that I knew in grade school. Not even the Earth that I knew from my ... 'm supposedly in one of the dorms (McCormick) where people actually sleep. I don

  • by Marcela R. '13
  • October 3, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Burton-Conner Floor Rush and Rooming How does it work?

  

  would like to live in them (1 = I WANT TO LIVE THERE! 17 = I'm a guy, you ... works. In some respects that's tricky to answer, but I can give it a shot ... , I will again describe how housing works. After being admitted and

  • by Snively '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Brief History of Thursday I met Kip Thorne.

  

  sometime during high school, but in 9th grade, I was still intent on ... audience that I have ever seen in 10-250, one of MIT's biggest lecture halls ... , after all, had authored one of the books that I'd used for my report in 9

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 9, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  Bookstore the first time I ever visited the campus back in my junior year of ... kind to Rosalind. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't even realize how good ... Professor Watson himself." All in all, a pretty good book. I found the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  making me cry.  I wasn't sad, I wasn't in so much pain that I would ... medals if I do this one!" I registered in April and began my training. I ... increased my distances until I was ready to run my first half marathon.  In

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  things people are doing over the summer--you're interested in me, because I ... smart enough to be here. And while I do see validity in these questions, what I think is more important is how they answered--instead of answering

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• FAQ / First-year application

  I’m taking college classes, do I apply for transfer admission?

  The transfer process is intended for students who have finished high school and completed at least one year of college. If you're still in high school, you're considered a first-year applicant regardless of how many