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• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  A week and a day ago, roughly 7:30 pm: Me: Hi Mom! Sorry I haven’t called in a week. I’ve been kind of hosed. Mom: Are you sick again? You sound really sick. Me: Yeah… Mom: Have you been taking your Flintstones

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  rediscovering the meaning of the word “passion”. You see, when you’re playing a piece, you have a sheet of paper in front of you in black and white. You ... 5 measures of rest” or you could add some color, and play a part “as

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Documents Deadline please check MyMIT

  

  Hi all- This is a quick update for our Early Action applicants ... a direct message from us. If you have missing components, don ... everything into our system. If you have applied to us Early Action, please

  • by Kris Guay
  • November 14, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  New bloggers? New bloggers! [cue fanfare]

  

  is hard (and so are applications!), so we're more than honored that you ... ! Please give a warm welcome to: Aiden H. ‘28 from Loveland, Colorado ... a Victorian woman but now creates chaotic Google Docs at 2AM (though

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 7, 2024
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  My Freshman Journey with Internships or: i get rejected a million times in a row

  

  hosts the fall career fair. This is a pretty big deal at MIT, where all ... fact, I didn't even know where to start. My resume was honestly kind of a ... used Handshake, a lot, which is a system that colleges use to help their

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 16, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  16.810 Rapid Design and Prototyping 8 days to build an airplane. Intrigued?

  

  presentation for 16.810, we made a short video. Here it is for you to enjoy ... If you're considering MIT, you probably like to build things. Throughout my childhood, a small walk in closet in the basement of my house was

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  For those of you who couldn't make it to campus for CPW, here is a video recap of much that occurred! I hope this is helpful =) And for those ... gives you a flavor of the CPW that was...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Blog] CourseRoad! A simple way to make your four year plan!

  

  make you feel better :D] Let me start with a piece of advice: you know ... ? Whenever you get a chance, try to read as many of those as possible. You ... majors is even more so. And therein lay a major problem: working out when

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • August 25, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Highlights From The Past Week A post on birthdays and bad (but oh so good) TV.

  

  't missed an episode ever and this is season 4. 6) I can't believe I'm going to admit this in a public forum but the only other show I make time to ... implement a lot of my requests into MyMIT - YES! 5) Well not this week but

  • by Ben Jones
  • January 14, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties MIT alumni-hosted parties in your area.

  

  2010. If there's one in your area, you should check it out -- it's a ... students and alumni. Here are a few highlighted events this coming week; see your MyMIT portal for the locations and times for these events, and for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  International Selection Day 1

  

  international students.   I wore a tie today, which might clue you in to ... ) Executive Committee. ISA is a terrific support network for our international ... . Tomorrow is a new day, and a new tie. I'm very much looking forward to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 6, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the HASS Requirement?

  Institute's capacity for innovation.  MIT SHASS is home to research that has a global impact, and to superb graduate programs, all recognized as among the finest in the world. With more than a dozen academic fields, the
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.670 Stirling Engine Spinoff The 2.670 competition is tomorrow!

  

  :45 pm- Pizza - All are welcome! And don't worry if you can't make it, I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 20, 2006
• FAQ / First-year application

  How do I fill out the self-reported coursework?

  Use your best judgment when completing the Self-Reported Coursework section. We're simply trying to get a clear picture of your academic preparation by subject area—you can't do anything wrong when completing the form
• Blog / Admissions

  Please Read This Regarding the mail screw up.

  

  want to spend a lot of time on the boards and the blogs, but a guy can ... I know that you all hate us right now and I don't blame you. I would ... didn't know. I don't hide things from you; I never have and I never will

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Children of Eden, seek for your garden. You and your children to come, someday to come home.

  

  i was going to write a post about Thanksgiving and Drop Date and not ... 've spared you the trouble of reading something you really wouldn't have wanted to read. I will, however, grace you with this: It takes up more

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  starts getting cold you will probably see a noticeable change in my ... to be taught how to make a snowman, which I feel is some essential life ... . Throw in a chunk of ice for a shark fin, snow angels, and you have

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  all the 2020 i3 videos below in case you would like a glimpse into how ... As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  matter, what DSL is), which I wanted to post here. What do you know ... Our office is not on Twitter (although our bot is), but 89 other offices at MIT are. Among them is @MITStudents, an account maintained by

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  Gardens where the circus is actually held. Rose ’14, a Simmons resident ... to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... the best engineering school in the world—we have a circus live behind

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010