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• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  a visit to campus from the President is pretty darn special. Of course ... and October each year, we travel across the country to give ... as best as we can to find a venue that's the appropriate size. Also, by

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

  The one-armed violin player and the Dalai Lama Emad's not the only blogger who got a press pass.

  

  -hour panel discussions - and, to be blunt, I enjoyed the second a lot ... " that involved a response from the Dalai Lama and possibly one other ... about the drink I bought on my way to 8.05 lecture that afternoon and felt

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21M.285: The Beatles the most enjoyable class i've taken at MIT

  

  closer to the music that I currently listen to and appreciate most. I was ... , and learned a lot about the Beatles' contributions to psychedelic rock ... learned a lot about music theory and now feel that I'm able to listen to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • December 3, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  GTL Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 [IAP 2025] A January I won't forget

  

  , it was a privilege to learn about them, and the many other students I ... "]nothing[/annotation] about Lord of the Rings, I decided to come with them. There, I had a “mid ... can go to schools around the world during January and teach classes

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • March 6, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  DNA-mazing Lots of tidbits about the biology program at MIT.

  

  that biology is different at the high school and undergraduate levels ... localized to the surface of mitochondria because there is no CED-9 protein to ... term, 7.28, molecular biology, is a joint grad-undergrad class; the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  across the country, floats with famous performers singing and dancing to ... everyone grabs what they want and finds a place around the house to sit down and enjoy. As for the football: the TV in the background is set to the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  registered for the course getting really excited to be there only to find out that about 30% of us were going to be kicked out of the class by the end ... actually had plans to be a TA this term. But due to the upheaval of my

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 2 Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers!

  

  physics, chemistry and math as your three SAT IIs, that is not a problem ... that shows what you like to do in your spare time and the build something ... Questions Omnibus is the place to come for "official" answers

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 23, 2005
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Killing Time…Not Really guest post by Sheila B.'21

  

  interviews (30 interviews in the span of a week and a half can be rough, as is ... . There were other, maybe more unusual things to: taking a train to the ... searched the job postings and email lists for something to tide me over the

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • July 15, 2018
• Blog / Uncategorized

  to now and forever

  

  that real adults do. And here I was doing it. Ethan spent the day ... wouldn't know) and stood up for each other when we needed to. He was the ... . And I turned and there he was and I felt my chest pinch and a gasp leave

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 15, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Finding My Way Around MIT (Guest Entry) CPW was so hugely difficult to take in all at once that it's hard to…

  

  projects that really do help people, which I think is a fantastic thing to be ... much as possible, and I appreciate that very much. Thanks to all the ... thanks to the chainsaw hack that Snively and prefrosh already blogged

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  LET ME COOOOOOOK 🍳🍳🍳 I am stupidly excited about learning this Basic Life Skill, and not ashamed to admit…

  

  "]lahmajo[/annotation]. There’s a bakery next to my AirBnb, and I try to peek through the windows ... “On a scale from one to ten, where one is ‘Eat to Live,’ and ten is ... /dinner together is a really good ~friendmaking~ tactic I plan to employ more.) That

  • by Fiona L. '27
  • September 16, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  If I ever come back on being away from mit

  

  up stairs, and you take a step, expecting there to be more staircase, when there's nothing but air? And then you kinda have to wobble for a bit ... ground that's going to catch you. A stairstep that exists in the mind but

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 12, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 1

  

  is a common situation that we can contextualize quite easily. And yes ... ;-- not a real word] before CPW, but the best that we can do is ensure you ... MIT's schedule and Harvard's schedule are pretty much the same (MIT and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  what i talk about when i talk about running with apologies to murakami

  

  House in New House) had a little terrace that overlooked the river, and I ... Michigan is that people are so courteous to you when you're running on the ... is to qualify for the Boston Marathon, however long that takes (duh

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / MISTI

  Summer at last and my last days as a teenager...D:

  

  is usually a language requirement to the MISTI programs and the two ... -up. From mid-June to mid-August, I will be working with a professor in the ... ’ve been exposed to at MIT...the food...the attractions...the shopping...and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 31, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Rats ! Foiled Again !

  

  . Despite that, I felt inconsolably bad about the exam for a few days. It ... to expecting a lot of myself, and I was a bit baffled when I just ... ’t suppress the desire to go back just 48 hours, so I could’ve slept just a bit

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • April 3, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fraternities @ MIT They're quite a Rush.

  

  made that year, and how they continue to affect my life today. Without a doubt, the most important and most significant decision I made as a ... open their doors to any and every interested freshman. Much like CPW is a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 30, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The New Iron Man is a 15-year-old MIT Student and lives in my freshman year dorm

  

  the same dorm I lived in freshman year, Simmons Hall. There, she ... rendition of Simmons Hall is to the real one. ArchNewsNow   But do ... minimalist design to collages to chalk. And these are from just ONE of the many

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 8, 2016
• Blog / Hacks

  Where the Sun Shines, There Hack They MIT is known for many things, including its legendary hacks.

  

  , humor and a high regard for hackers and hacking. He explains that hacks ... deconstructs the psychological nature of hacking, and gets to the inner zen of ... MIT World. Keyser is also the author of a brilliant essay in Nightwork

  • by Laurie Everett
  • August 2, 2007