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• Blog / Challenges

  Advice from Graduating Seniors to incoming freshmen

  

  with, to professors and UROP supervisors to learn from, I found a lot to ... comfortable with the fact that I didn't know much and was more ready to ask for ... the Class of 2021 will gather and President Reif will give a welcoming

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 28, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  It’s been a long road… ...gettin from there to here

  

  (both US ones and foreign delegations visiting through a Department of ... , and in 2021 I did a community organizing fellowship with progressive ... seventeen and a half years.[/caption] Hello, blog readers! This is Jessie

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 20, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  Karen: A Short History Finally.

  

  (gasp!) and spent the better part of a year not always understanding what ... office or a lab, would help me do my part to help the world, and allow me ... and Design and minor in International Relations. I also plan to spend a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • September 25, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  and his men opened up a new door, To that new frontier in outer space ... Beats from the Playground, Vol. 3 MIT has a set of it's own astronauts as ... Not really...but I used to. I wrote this little diddy back in 3rd

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  working and spending time with friends & family is a great option, one I ... these summer programs as a thing to do "to look good on a college ... To accompany today's entry about MIT summer programs, here is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 1 Yay, power tools! A look at places to find them around campus.

  

  at a time. Consider this a first installment, and stay tuned for the ... conference rooms for group design meetings as well as a couple of labs for ... was the setup for a lab where we analyzed the gas velocity profile of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Trashion Show from rubbish to runway

  

  compostability. Plot: The room had a purple glow and pulsed with upbeat music ... the other UA Sustainability committees, the audience, and a panel of ... donated clothes that audience members brought to donate for charity and for

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • December 6, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  Holding pattern undergrad | me | graduation

  

  still on campus and one on the West Coast, where I've starting looking for ... 't wait for May when there's only a final exam standing between me and f r e ... write, a pset, and a research poster to work on, and my thesis work is

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • April 6, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  some other job he's busy with for at least the next 3 years...) ... , so they're going to ticket the event by invitation only with a ... presentations about MIT. And, many folks come visit MIT's campus, whether it's for

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

  MIT Early Action Decisions Now Available Online

  

  , high character, and a strong match with MIT's global mission to ... decision has been made with care, and it is final. I know this can be a ... lot of effort for all of you to apply to MIT. It's an honor and a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  , and things look good, but we need a few more weeks to be sure. Due to ... I am excited to let you know that things are looking fairly good for releasing RA decisions online this year. I had a meeting with our tech peeps

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What MIT students do on Friday nights Who needs clothing, when you have duct tape?

  

  for a little while and say hi. Unfortunately, as the name implies, no ... my best with Chef Boyardee, hot dogs, and frozen dinners. Luckily for ... , bubble wrap, trash bags, saranwrap and a suitcase. It's like Jessie said

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining Hall Alchemy The art of turning cereal and chicken tenders into slightly tastier cereal and chicken tenders

  

  . For example, the stir-fry station at Simmons only has a selection of 8 ... immediately with a side of fresh strawberries (assuming you're early enough to ... custom-made and toasted sandwiches for lunch there. Although none of the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 11, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Our nation’s greatest injustice I didn't exactly grow up in poverty, but socioeconomic inequalities have featured heavily in my…

  

  meant I didn't pay for it. So how did I end up with such a great education ... , happened to have a natural aptitude for subjects like physics, and ended up ... system. A good friend of mine chimed in with a bitter and mocking comment

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist MIT admitted some applicants from the waitlist today.

  

  decisions for the year, but there were at least a few more. Will we use the ... 'll once again look at where we are, and determine whether we will use the ... offered a spot on the waitlist to just under 400 people, and most of those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Purgatory My 2023 IAP

  

  and annotated using a system called ToBI in conjunction with a software ... of toxic relationship with linguistics. For example, I did a UROP in ... 't agree with either of those sentiments. I like to think IAP is a sort of

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • January 20, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  every day it gets a little easier but you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part

  

  for becoming a better person, experimentation with meditation and ... every day for months in a row. doing more activities with other people ... teeth again after not doing so for almost a year, it was as boring and

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 20, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] Rush Course 12 what it’s like to study Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT

  

  and I’m a senior in course 12 with a minor in biology. Within EAPS, I ... undergrad, even with COVID taking away field trips for over a year, I ... “What’s course 12 again?” That’s a question I deal with a lot when

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 6, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  a News Editor for our campus newspaper, The Tech. For me, that means ... so, as me and the other news editors were a part of the survey ... right before Thanksgiving and got responses from 3,191 undergrads and

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  't think many classes let you build and race an elephant... make a gigantic balloon tower... design elements for a stunt show.... create ... easier while juggling their child and groceries. For our technical review

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014