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• Blog / People & Identities

  Thank You for unity and kindness

  

  . Confusion. Fear. When I first received news about the tragedy in New Zealand ... . "Unity in the face of diversity." And for that, I say Thank You. After the vigil, I stood in the neighboring lawn, rummaging through my backpack. I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 18, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  , while for others it has just begun. In the admissions office, we are ... me to explain. In a selective, competitive, holistic, merit ... student who is highly proficient in math and science. We say great! Show me

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  hello again ヽ( ´¬`)ノ

  

  the people. Every day I spent in the Lab was a day surrounded by ... over cronuts on the bus. I still believe deeply in the work that we do ... those of you who don't know me, I'm the new Chris, replacing the old Chris

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 19, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Yay CPW! I'm just trying to see how many blog entries we can get in the RSS…

  

  getting to meet a lot of you, but it was exhausting- I lived in the Burton ... often, is "I don't judge, I just take pictures." In this case, I feel like ... CPW is finally over, which basically means I'm back to sleeping again

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Stomach Overrides All Priorities culinary procrastination

  

  in my browser to do just that, I was seized by the sudden necessity to ... pinned right in front of my workstation just in case I forget trivialities ... If there's one thing I am utterly terrible at, it is prioritizing. My

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • August 22, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Yesterday, I held a Central Meeting in South Miami, Florida. We were ... have never wept in front of a crowd before, but yesterday I did get ... , thank you. In the middle of each meeting, I introduce the local

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2018 Spring Welcome Events Come to Your Area Get a head start on meeting other members of the Class of 2018.

  

  I hope you’re all getting excited for Campus Preview Weekend coming up in April (sign up now)! Since I know you just can’t wait to meet ... attended in the Bay Area of California in the spring after I was admitted to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 20, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Update The latest on app tracking, app numbers, etc.

  

  , which would be 800 more than last year's 5,684. The increase in ... steady this past year. "As I traveled around the country this fall, I ... seen an increase in applications despite the fact that the number of high

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  at/around mit i've been --

  

          i've been spending a lot of time away from mit. i've been going to lincoln laboratory in lexington once or twice a week (running experiments for my aeroastro capstone). i've been

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 23, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Train(wreck) of Thought

  

  *")----->O/H---->OH--->Two components in liquid rocket fuel--->EXPLOSIVE action. I can almost ... intensive project hence (most of) my absence from the blagosphere. BUT I've got something pretty cool in store, so don't give up hope just yet

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Weather Machine We wish you were still here!

  

  Maguire). I've been so busy sitting out in the sun/getting my official EMT certification (I'm now a certified EMT in the state of Massachusetts, which makes ... 's second semester) it came through! I promise I'll write about CPW

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Human Factor And String Theory Two links to start your weekend.

  

  Stu, Matt, Nance, Daniel and I are all down in NYC for the College ... being in Boston or Cambridge. Sortof surreal to experience that in Manhattan, but I'm not complaining. That's one of the things I love about New

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 26, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Check Is In The Mail As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they…

  

  As you know from Matt/Ben's blogs, the decisions are in the mail, or as they say in the newspaper business: we have put the Early Action ... this year is 12% down from 14% last year. I know that many of you will

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 10, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  We Wear Matching Hats Very nearly one year ago, I wore the hat you're all wearing this week.

  

  holiday weekend in New York with some friends. I acquired a real curio of a ... hat acquisitions for others in my party. Very nearly one year ago, I ... . They posted photos of the envelopes in mail bins and I was monitoring Ben

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life slows down a bit – if you let it Fire and hacking has been replaced by housework and skydiving

  

  ranks in Waze), I'm doing pretty well! I summarized my life after school in my last blog post so I'll just do some quick updates this time ... a while.  I'm the Lego guy. Sometimes I just grab people in the air

  • by Snively '11
  • August 9, 2014
• Blog / Athletics

  Hidden Treasures @ MIT: Pistol Think Pistols Are Cool? Wait Till You Meet Mike Conti

  

  First thing I want to do is apologize for not blogging in a while. Life has been... interesting the last few months and I'll blog about everything I learned from it in a bit. For now I want to start a series a blogs

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • April 4, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  I haven't posted in a long time. This is largely because I have been swamped with work. This term is a crash course in time management. I ... . I'm in it for two major reasons. The first is that I'm a systems geek

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  The POWER of a Mechanical Engineering

  

  connected me to relatives in Italy and formed long-lasting friendships. I hope ... work. I have continued in the energy sector as a MITEI and NSF doctoral ... :  I researched and analyzed the current state of the art in wind turbine

  • by MISTI Program
  • December 7, 2011
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  undergraduate experience, and all first-year students live in on-campus residence ... as important as where you live is what and how you eat. At MIT, you may ... might prefer to live in a cook-for-yourself (and often, your friends
• Blog / Events

  When Friday Arrives… A glimpse into my social life, among other things.

  

  Symphony Orchestra, and the Chorallaries were also out in full force. I wish ... four o'clock in the morning Boston time and I'm currently sitting in my ... joys of MIT. In actuality, I have much, much more to say - but for now

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 10, 2008