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• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  You may recall back in March of this year there were a couple blog ... a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course ... students where people check off their name or fill out a form with their

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  idea where a student is at in their coming out process (and this may ... ). MIT is not a regionalized office, but for other colleges that you are ... community. This reminded me of a conference I had recently attended, where

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In Japan, the Elevators Don’t Care - Sort of trying to fit in as an American in Japan - 

  

  jolts you from both sides and you realize again, that this is not a place ... shame you thought you would only feel as a child while learning what is ... unspoken rules in a way that gets buy in from everyone?  How can any of this

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Summer

  MNL → BOS → SFO we live in a so(ci)e(ty)

  

  commute there is a thirty-minute walk. It feels impossible to reliably ... Park park! Can you believe that? Hell, I still can't. The place is ... Manila; MIT is in Cambridge, a forty minute walk to downtown Boston; and

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 1, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  . But what you might not see, is that there is also a lot of positivity ... you. There is no way that a.) there are only 1500 talented kids in the ... comments on a number of blog posts this week, you can literally find someone

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Info Session Courtesy of Ben Jones

  

  that there is actually a "pirate's license" that you can earn if you take ... /Arts/Social Sciences. Humanities!? Look, you can be a great scientist, but unless you ... , and ballroom dancing (there are hundreds of others). IAP is a nice break

  • by Snively '11
  • March 28, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Another Journey Planned How to go abroad 101

  

  , remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It ... travel (especially if someone else is paying), no matter where you end up. A pretty common question for people to ask me is where I’m going next

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 21, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Study Abroad Fair Learn about opportunities to study in another country (8 pictures)

  

  (This is a direct paste from an email.) The Undergraduate ... country, experience a new culture, and intellectually challenge yourself all ... can't really read it, but the white banner in this picture is for

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Is Here! Welcome to MIT.

  

  yourself if this is the place you can see yourself for the next four years ... So, today is the day! CPW has finally arrived! As many of you make ... twenty people that there is no wrong way to do CPW. My host at the time

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The 12 Step Plan don't pack too much, you probably wont use half of it anyway.

  

  're gonna need these.  The last one is a bit negotiable. You may have ... For a lot of you (maybe not all), interning over the summer will be ... you get to pretend to be an adult for a couple months before returning

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • July 25, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  to get there Okay well i googled and like Is it gonna be a run instead ... , flag down a flight attendant and be like hello here is the situation, can ... , panting, and asked the man at the desk where A58 is. He asked for my ID to

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.

  

  the word "and" in Italian is "e" (pronounced like a long A). You can ... language courses, there is a listening component. And like all introductory ... the LLARC there's a lounge, which is obviously cool because it has laser

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 19, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bridge Building: In Progress The culmination of what I've learned in civil engineering

  

  countries ( a minor part of the project), it can be quickly assembled and is ... In order to graduate from Course 1, you have to take a class called 1 ... in MIT speak). There are a LOT of components to this class, but one of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • May 4, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 2

  

  .wolf gang reads UG applications...Mit is cool!!!! can you name a few more from ... ); sending in a strong application is all you can do to "influence the RSI ... , "So is there any chance that you will look at the supplements which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 11, 2005
• Blog / Advice

  Hey International Kids! Press 'Submit' already!

  

  to work with other people. Choosing a dorm that fits you is also ... annual Fall Fashion Fair which is basically an event where you get free ... - adjustment is a process, and you won't have to go through it alone! I like to

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 25, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how ARe you today? Do you Nintendo? On an unrelated note, part of me thinks this and this might…

  

  pointed at that card faster than you can imagine. It was a bit tricky ... one of your eyes, creating a 3D image. The 3D is cool, but irrelevant ... ) is swapped between the two systems. I happen to be planning a massive

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  snapshot diary 2.0 an image a day keeps the psets (and workday) away

  

  World of Coke, there is an area where you can try roughly 100 different ... frog for a Korean Soju brand and it is adorable. There was a pop-up store ... , because there were so many of them just chilling there. I wound up buying a

  • by Waly N. '24
  • January 14, 2024
• Blog / How to Human

  hokey pokey is the best ice cream in the world (unbiased take)

  

  include:  my accent (“can you say no for me?”) my confusion at what a ... no talk about what you’ve done. MIT is full of a particularly ... undergraduate hackathon. a hackathon is where people get 24 hours to build a

  • by Janet G. '27
  • September 19, 2024
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  is actually more beautiful, if you can believe it. And Saturday I ... DID YOU KNOW? Resistance is measured in Ohms, which are represented ... . You know you're at MIT when you would consider forgoing a Nobel laureate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT Regular Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  MIT. I have to tell you, this is one hell of a team. Every year I tell ... painful. If you are among them, then all I can say is that MIT is just ... make it a better place. I know you can. I hope you will.  

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2014