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• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  /MIT stop. There is a giant campus map right outside the T stop, or you could ... "starter child" (pre-frosh) for CPW? Is it a personality match or just random ... matched up based on answers to a questionnaire that you completed and we

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  College Network, 32 institutions across the country, including MIT (a ... was terrifying. Now I know the T is a great luxury that provides a ... , and how we have built a community of our own here. Since Simmons is a

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  Help@MIT welcome to student resources

  

  MIT, where the education is likened to drinking from a firehose.  As one ... frustrated with classes!  So where do you go? This entry is meant to enlighten you about just a few of the abundant resources around campus - and is by

  • by Piper '13
  • August 24, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  . Laundry is $0.75 per washer and $0.25 per dryer. You can pay for it with ... (because i is imaginary! Bada-bing). As you can see from the picture at the ... anything. But if brushing your teeth next to a guy creeps you out, there are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  it! So I`ll share what`s on my mind. I guess this is a book report ... . "The more knowledge you generate, the more you can generate." While ... times. In a historical context, Ridley is quite right-- 50,000 years ago

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to ... . It's such a common pattern that when you look out over the city ... everywhere, as if you're looking at the stars but against a city, not a sky. It

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large ... , thank you to all of the parents out there, and I hope you'll say a quick ... the many parents out there. It would be great to "meet" you! The

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  of fresh water is waning. There are several natural reactions to these ... must pay $1.10 a gallon to get rid of this oil, which is used to deep ... petro-diesel to create a blended fuel that can be used in MIT’s

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  the year for any semester in your road and a popup appears, where you ... will actually turn out on paper so you can debate with yourself for a bit ... this website is beautiful. there really is something nostalgic about

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of ... . I had the control over where I ultimately enrolled. I hope you can ... with the results. You decide where to apply and, ultimately, where to

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  '. Basically, chairing is when you take Athena cluster chairs down ramps. Tim and ... ?" There was a pause before the response. "Well, we generally have homework ... minutes later. So, that is how I became a '12. I'm still absolutely

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  Admissions blogger. If you want to read a little bit about me, you can check ... . But Piper, you might ask, how can you possibly show me a new view of MIT ... ;   Here you can see a good portion of west campus. The tall building

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Your Questions ...and happy thanksgiving!

  

  SAT II's. Also, though you don't set a cut off score, what is the ... use a Mac? I'm disappointed in you, Ben! ;) Any stats you can give us ... offices were PC-based. There is simply no substitute for a Mac! :-) See

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  class sketching an adventure in speedrunned pedagogy

  

  (a, b) is not because you can have a sequence that gets as close as you ... Turing machine, which is a form of universal type of machine that can ... get a bit more complicated but this is related to the idea that there

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • December 23, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lambda Tea Two words: BOBA MACHINE

  

  them. I present to you: A BOBA MACHINE LOOK AT THIS MIRACLE THAT HAS ... ’s grand opening, my second reaction was, “Wow, a boba machine is literally ... . After all, boba is just a drink, and drinks are made with certain

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • December 4, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.

  

  agreements and the threat of prison I can't tell you a whole lot about it, but I can give you a basic feel for what I do. I'm given bags of action ... You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. Today was my first

  • by Snively '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  the hardest you’ve ever worked the firehose strikes again

  

  choose to, I can graduate a semester early or drop any class that is ... . “You work harder in high school than college,” she said; she had, as a ... . “Objectively you have a limit,” I thought to myself. "Somewhere north of four

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 14, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  can see, there's a wide, wide variety here. Honestly, watching a movie ... One of the great things about MIT is PNR, a feature implemented that ... use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Events

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  your belt.) Then lean forward. (This is where you really need to trust ... muscles, you can still get your legs up there using your momentum. (For ... , we climb a tall ladder and stand on a tiny platform, where we get

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Words of Encouragement

  some small distractions to help with many weighty things

  

  there is a LOT going on in the world right now -- perhaps most ... here! sometimes you just need a break from the stress, a place where you ... form is simply a shapeless jelly. perhaps this describes you as well

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • December 18, 2020