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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Overheard at MIT Vote vote vote!

  

  Don't forget to vote for me in the 2008 blogging scholarship ... in an RPG, his charisma would be... cheat code." ***** "I'm convinced ... punch you, right?" Person 1: "Yep." -Overheard standing in line for the

  • by Snively '11
  • November 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  in a standard deck, and wrote an unique ID to each one. Then I wrote an ... on Thursday I had an exam in 8.02 (Physics II E&M), and I woke up ... moment, I’m supposed to be preparing for a 6.01 exam on circuits tomorrow

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  for our tests in EVERY CLASS! Yay! The end! Hope ya had a nice ... implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  people seem to be panicking about getting all the required materials in for ... , but we don’t. You should submit an application for Early Action purely ... that we should just keep an eye out for the report from the interviewer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Holidays And some final thoughts before the new year

  

  .” My family rejoiced, my friends cheered. Looking back, I can’t believe ... it’s time for relaxing fun. With the family and friends back home. I ... overwhelming, but give it all you got. Everyone’s afraid of failing. In each of

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 30, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap ... 've favorited since I've gotten here. "What does this have to do with MIT?" Look ... is pretty much in line with the interest levels of MIT Blog Readers

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  (in Origami) Vol. 1 — (Does Brian look familiar? That’s because I ... of their Tech Video Showcase. Watch the videos and judge for yourself ... Bach for Kids! —http://techtv.mit.edu/file/95/ 2nd Place: Spice Cream

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  learn by doing things i've done without really knowing how

  

  , I applied for an undergraduate research position in the Media Lab. As ... to make food for myself. I spent some extra time helping my mom in the ... supplies, checked for all the major food groups, and got to work in Beast

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 26, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Third times the charm or so I hope

  

  in there an application for a new study abroad program through the EECS ... family got 2 new Maltese puppers!); at a ski resort in Salt Lake City for a ... just for fun (more on all that in a future post) -- I was back on campus

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • October 1, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Invasion of the Stikmen Another invasion of MIT?

  

  an anoymous artist has been placing these little guys in cities all ... around finals time, MIT had an invasion... Well as I walked to lab last ... -to person for all MIT happenins') to ask him if he knew anything about them

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • August 14, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Mind the Gap (again) About deferring admission for a year, also known as a gap year.

  

  year. In the interests of time, I'm going to reprint an entry (edited ... year as an EMT in Israel before his freshman year. This gave him a lot of ... I'm currently in Indianapolis, busy with the Intel International

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  incoming how i’ve been spending my iap yes get ready for like 8 of these in a row

  

  class designated for students who have taken some version of 8.01 in the ... wanted to do lab research for the longest time, but after getting a UROP in ... new UROP in the MIT Education Arcade, I sat down for lunch in the common

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 16, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Some CPW Thoughts The latest on CPW planning from the Admissions Office.

  

  matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  calls) getting to know staff members who work at MIT in different roles who are also passionate about advocating for equity and inclusion. Here ... community what it is!   Hey there MIT Blogs! I’m Taylor, and I work in

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Beautiful Day

  

  conversations. So, look for me, Ben, Daniel, Mitra, and more on Saturday night ... It's really nice in Boston today. I've just returned from a walk ... "bridge circuit"), and lots of sailboats in today's gusting wind. It made me

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Does MIT Offer Application Fee Waivers? In a word, yes. Click through for the extended answer.

  

  pay the application fee. It is safe to say that you should apply for an ... you and your family truly know if applying for an application fee waiver ... an application fee waiver. While that works for MIT, what about the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • October 16, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  Hi folks, Jess sent me an email a few days ago making fun of me for ... for those who applied in Early Action and received a "final" action in ... the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  pre-select you for an interview which are typically held in the Career Office. In addition to the Career Office, there's also UPOP, a program for ... questions, I'll be responding to those questions via an entry tomorrow. For

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Travelogue: Part Une Trip to Bath and meeting an MIT professor thousands of miles away from MIT

  

  assignments, I decided to take a break by traveling to Bath in Somerset, UK. I arrived in Bath bright and early around 10am. That means waking up at 5 am and walking to the Cambridge train station in sub-zero temperature, say

  • by Linh V. '13
  • February 16, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hometown Heroes The first of articles about awesome MIT '09s.

  

  for instilling the importance of education in his life. He recalls long ... 've only received one so far. If you're an MIT '09 and you've had an article ... 'll highlight it in a future entry! A little background: back in the summer of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 25, 2005