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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Teach ‘til you drop, then draw the Mona Lisa while blindfolded. 573 students, 10 hours.

  

  running around looking for the light switch, then ten minutes running around looking for the right plug (THERE ARE SO MANY PLUGS AND CORDS IN THAT ROOM ... research career. One of the kids looked thoughtful for a few seconds, then

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 26, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Mattress Dominoes! One of many reasons why my summer is better than yours.

  

  'm spending the summer as an RTA for the Center for Talent Development at ... students. There are two sessions each summer; I was the TA for Neuroscience ... I've got for you today. Back to the living and the learning and all

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fold, Throw, Recycle I used to get in trouble for doing things like this.

  

  In kindergarten, I used to get in trouble for throwing paper airplanes in class, but apparently, that's not the case at MIT. I received this email just now in my inbox. I might try to revive my skills. For

  • by Bryan
  • December 11, 2005
• FAQ / Afford

  Does MIT have a Financial Aid Calculator?

  We have two calculators. The MyinTuition Quick College Cost Estimator provides a quick estimate based on six questions. For a more in-depth review, the Net Price Calculator will help you learn your eligibility for
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  look like? This is a challenging question to answer, because the variety ... profile for the Ideal MIT Student™, I do have a good sense of what types of ... right, of what actually matters for the project.  Executing the details

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  my friends and I started looking for an externship (a short internship ... hard, and nobody (openly) judges me for lying down in front of the ... one bra model, Dorothy Galligan, who has been the quintissential 34B for

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / Events

  101 Things to Do Before You Graduate from MIT What every MIT graduate should have experienced.

  

  have to step-up to the plate and complete it! For the skeptics (and photo ... , won tickets and took my camera along for the trip. On the night of Ring Delivery, we went to the Top of the Hub for some cookies and a good

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 16, 2007
• Blog / CPW

  CPW will not be perfect and it doesn’t have to be

  

  a bit of a slap in the face for me, after having dreamed about going ... opportunity for me to complain on the internet! Here's some of the imperfect ... FOR CHAOS In the week before CPW, I made a list of interesting events to

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 8, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  my MIT admissions essays a retrospective

  

  I approached the prompts and my writing will be useful fodder for your essays. For the tl;dr, scroll to the bottom to get my general takeaways ... overthinking this essay, especially the last line where it looks like I dropped

  • by Victor D. '27
  • October 14, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Lessons Learned from (Watching) D&D thank you brennan lee mulligan

  

  , but for the most part, you can just imagine it as a bunch of people ... Mulligan, the typical game master for the show, creates such complex ... starting point for anyone that has not watched D20 before or any D&D. The

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  . To the point where it feels like I never left for winter break at all ... . This is what the East Coast looks like from an airplane window: I’d imagine that is exactly what Antarctica looks like. With the wet residue of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  We Were Deferred

  

  MIT was our dream school. The blogs were one of the main reasons for ... (sorry not sorry for the pun). We were both faced with that infamous letter ... ’t get the “yes” we had hoped for and worked for for so long. It felt like

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 30, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Big Questions and Small Scientists The kids I volunteer with are magical.

  

  looked like a witch! Me: ..... The fourth time was a couple of weeks ago ... I was five years old the first time someone accused me of witchcraft ... powers]: Yes. Lisa: REALLY? Me: Yes. Lisa: Woah! The second time someone

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 27, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  experiences for the blogs, so I asked the blogger Slack for some questions for ... looking at colleges, and I tagged along on the trips and tours. MIT just ... was the place to go for science and math. From that point on, it became

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / MISTI

  Ich Liebe Deutschland! A video entry - because I was too lazy to type

  

  (Sorry for the abrupt ending! I accidentally pushed the button to stop recording a few seconds before I was actually done speaking, haha)

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 15, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  While You Wait… Like robotics? Like the Rubik's Cube?

  

  Like robotics? Like the Rubik's Cube? Check out this video that someone sent me. Discuss. (Sorry for the short post! Back to selection...)

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 5, 2006
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How can I get a course catalog?

  MIT has an online course catalog called the Bulletin that provides details about MIT, the campus, and undergraduate programs, including requirements and course descriptions for majors/minors.
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  somebody in the UK dreamt that a loved one had died, only for that loved one ... , but we wanted to add new aspects to this field by only looking at the ... heard about Gnod from Gnoosic and the Music-Map, but they apply AI for

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Talking to Strangers

  

  ,” I said. The man looked surprised and so did Rob. “Hot as hell today ... ’m editing his memoir in exchange for the personal training he usually sells ... chocolate, and looks afraid for me, and tells me “weird things have been

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 14, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  seattle (again) home and away

  

  's a time for new friends and new experiences and new places. at the same ... bakes often and leaves the cake, or brownies, or cornbread, up for grabs ... , visiting seattle or looking for a couch to crash on for a few nights. we

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 15, 2017