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• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken with my head cut off What I've been up to since last Friday. In case you want the Cliff's Notes…

  

  bottom, mind you!) -- didn't mean I got out of writing essays for the two ... textbooks for all my classes. I read three papers from the scientific ... .31 (Topics in Mammalian Biology), five for 21A.260 (Embodiment and the Senses

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Be a Blogger 2016! how to be a blogger

  

  -shaming me for bringing huge containers of steel-cut oats into the office and ... . At a high level, we are looking for bloggers with good judgment who can ... the potential for) writing consistently and well tend to be the most

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 28, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  The American Astronomical Society’s Winter Conference: 2013 Edition THIS IS SO EXCITING I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY

  

  looked a little affronted, and suggested that I ask the stewardess. I ... looks like it's made out of the same material as those HI I'M HERE PLEASE ... )-funded program under the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) umbrella. It

  • by Anna H. '14
  • January 15, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  So, let me set the scene for the [annotation note="Some would call it ... the room and they look at me like "you again?" and all i can say is "yep ... that you'll join me in solidarity for eating snacks during the next

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MARC 2025 (not a live blog) Featuring Andi '25!

  

  , and a stay at a luxury hotel that looks like the one from The Shining ... ="109023" /] At dinner, our table name for trivia was “The Kids Table (+Hans ... gotten 4 hours of sleep the previous night. I hauled my butt up in time for

  • by Anika H. '26, MEng '27
  • January 16, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Day at Stanford University wait, what?

  

  half-day sample of the Stanford Experience. Being home briefly for summer ... aside, those Stanfordites are all right. They're working for the same ... . The buildings are built out of tasteful sandstone and, as a bonus

  • by Allan K. '17
  • June 3, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist News Within the next week, we plan to admit approximately 35 students from the waitlist.

  

  For the third consecutive year, we will admit students from our ... students, approximately 70, on the waitlist for another few weeks until we ... how this year looks in a few weeks. The waitlist committee has been

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  to be told. And that scared me. Now the semester is ending, *I look up ... word for this closure? I think it is. The semester started, it went by ... myself. I don't feel this way anymore. For the first time, I feel ready

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT: Progressions what the students thought of the place in 1969

  

  armament, for civil rights — was arguably the single most politically active ... film. It's especially obvious when you look at the demographics of the ... appearances of Professor Chomsky, Kenny, with the help of the MIT Museum

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 18, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  greater excitement in the streets of Palermo. For France, though, all they have to look forward to is a down market. According to this article, the ... Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Waitlist FAQ Some answers for students offered a place on the waitlist.

  

  of May 1. What has the waitlist looked like, historically? Last ... to know how this year will look. Over the past few years, the " ... here? I know that while we plan for the worst, usually things don't

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  for this entry. More relevant, is the new "StreetPass" feature ... DS at a special playing card laying on a table and, if you look at the ... characters or whatnot will appear and look like they're walking around on the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 4, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  and socks. Anyhow everyone was hoping for the drizzle to let up ... the court and looked out on Memorial Drive, it was pretty clear the ... in Johnson for the procession. And their parents filing in were greeted

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Belonging Who belongs at MIT?

  

  'm looking for a large sample size, so don't be a lurker -- tell me why you ... yourself into a human being for the admissions officers -- and from what I ... going to be brief -- the new freshmen remind me of bouncy balls and are

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Totally awesome Incoming GEL students win big in the OnStar Student Developer Challenge

  

  made sticky notes,” said Marie, who added that the premise for the ... (for example, “end call” or “go to another page”) for every point in the ... Star brand. They also designed their own logo and website for the project

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 21, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Forbes and MIT there's graphs in this one

  

  2017. For six years now, Forbes has put out lists of the top 30 innovators under the age of 30 for each of 15-20 industry categories. The Tech ... alums in the 30 Under 30 for the past three years. (Slice of MIT is a cool

  • by Erick P. '17
  • January 19, 2017
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Leaving a Mark Painting a mural and turning my rat

  

  background for most of my junior year. I'd had my eye on the closet door it ... graduated. At graduation, one of the traditions at MIT is for all the ... , you wear the ring so you're looking at the Boston skyline, and once you

  • by Kate R. '14
  • August 12, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.

  

  -explained Wikipedia entry as the first Google hit on the topic. But instead, when I look ... Freudian terror. Flash back to the real world, where school is still kind of hard despite having little in the way of required classes. A classmate

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 23, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2014 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... taking my tests in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the ... October test dates, you will not qualify for the Match. If you have not

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 21, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  breakfast, I have an egg sandwich with tea, and for dinner, I have the ... many other appliances save for the few plates, utensils, and other ... my guesses for the reason.  A mother’s cooking is and will always be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020