Search

Search Results

• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s like finding candy in your pocket… MIT in the media - Always a treat.

  

  in my opinion. I'm sure we all fall victim to surrendering minutes and ... Tumblrs that post pictures of fresh designs in architecture, etc. Usually I ... to?  - Procrastinating.  I don't blame us. The Internet these days is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 21, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Go West, Young Man my mountain travels with yale and brown

  

  state of Montana in attendance. And I do mean "all across": one father and ... ,898 people!! That's insane! I hereby propose a new metric in admissions ... ask this. I've spent my entire life in New England. No one on certain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 26, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  On taking a ‘Gap Year’ Consider deferring college for a year.

  

  time right up until Registration Day in September (though I strongly ... coming to mind. But during my years in admissions, I've seen students take ... many of them would be paying for college. I'm not writing to say that all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’re 18, But You Aren’t Invincible Impressions of my first month at MIT -- both sobering and exciting.

  

  I've been at MIT for just over a month now. It hasn't quite sunk in ... . "Oh my gosh! I'm in college now! I can do whatever I want! Heehee, my ... scare you with this entry. I just think it would be unfair to not balance

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 1, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in the life

  

  Sorry I haven't updated in a while. This past week has been deathly ... mathematical models of neurons. I spent so many hours in the W20-5 Athena cluster ... structures in my head more than I like resonance structures. But there was a

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  I’m now in my third year at Next House, so the long walk to campus is nothing new. Usually I enjoy the walk, but when the weather sucks or I ... knows how to resurrect dinosaurs. C'mon, it would be cool. Portal

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview: 10/20 Approaches Some thoughts on the interview, as the EA deadline nears.

  

  , while having the same values, was quite different from the MIT I would ... regular action? Well, the deadline isn't until December 1, but I recommend ... , while you're thinking of it. And I certainly recommend contacting your EC

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House Showers Bring No Flowers They're just really, REALLY bad showers. Like really, REALLY bad.

  

  complain about how her hall's TV only plays in Spanish. I myself found MIT ... that I was certain I would fail, I stepped into the shower to be greeted ... when I wasn't totally jazzed about MIT. I got accepted, and that was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 3, 2007
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] STARS@MIT: A Year in Review By Claire S. '25

  

  ’s been a big year. Check it out! STARS@MIT: A Year in ReviewWhen I was ... for advice in my small town. That’s why I’m so excited to share what ... question—I never had a college fair in my town, either. The only things I

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • April 23, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What Is This, a Crossover Episode? Jacob Collier and Yo-Yo Ma come to MIT

  

  't. (Fun fact: I never learned how to whistle before coming to MIT ... . Stuff about how rules are worth making so you can bend/break them (both in ... ’s important dates and logistics. It was all the typical stuff – CPW concert in

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 23, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  headquarters was located, and started pitching in. For about the next 48 hours, I ... Us," another friend and I had to learn how to play Tichu, a Chinese ... would you do this to me?" "It looks straight...forward." Josiah '09: "I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  don't ever blog about what we do. Laura did field hockey, I'm in pistol ... , promptly filling him with little holes. In between turkeys I watched some of ... I sent him down range . . . *taps plays in the background* And this

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  in here. Not a day goes by when I am not absorbed by a mass of tourists ... because 30 people are taking a picture of a paper tree in lobby 10 then I ... 't trying to get to class. I now try to be more refined in my photography

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to (Im)properly Cross Register a step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  thought it would be, since our semesters are no longer clogged with GIRs ... , the excruciatingly detailed how-to-do-everything ... website, and email him expressing interest in the class. Step 4: Find the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 20, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  optimistic and cheerful. I always do 004 projects in the lab so that I can get ... 12.5% of our total grade in the class, I was not so happy about it. I ... that I'm capable and can do engineering things in interesting classes

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Class of 2012 Profiles of MIT's new freshmen.

  

  how some people that are smart look down on others." "I would feel ... English. He realized how hard he would need to work to succeed in America ... ranked second in my class and I applied at several out

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Architecture students Are you interested in designing abroad?

  

  architecture that I would like to pursue in my graduate studies. [It] helped ... helped pin-point my area of interest that I wish to pursue in graduate ... the world in order to better understand how and why informal changes

  • by MISTI Program
  • November 21, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  It’s Friday, Friday… hacking Mikey

  

  external monitor so it would be the first thing he saw when he stumbled in ... and such. Then she asked me what my plans were for the break. "Work," I ... students to attend than ever before. And I'll be working with the web team

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  assassins – a liveblog day 7: five remain

  

  consistently as long as i'm still in the game. my strategy is more or less to ... in the afternoon: i type this quietly in the safety of my room, without ... , knowing that they would probably be a good ally. they accepted, and i know

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • October 16, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  News bites from the Institvte A taste of what's happening around campus.

  

  After a ridiculously awesome weekend in New York, I’m home for Spring ... I’m finding myself searching for MIT news. The articles that I found ... chain In the near future, the presence of human colonies on the moon will

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 26, 2007