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• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovely readers of the MIT blogs! I promise I haven't been trying to avoid blogging... but the last week of IAP ... on campus, and scoring free swag (Woo! Free Swag!). Of course, the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  born again freshman too junior for this

  

  i'm in the class of 2023. this means that i spent only six full ... comfortable with the big/little dynamics in some of my social groups, enjoying ... thought of someone viewing me in the same light. it seems absurd. every

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 4, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Building, building, building, building This one goes out to the one I've left behind.

  

  saw in the Princeton Review book that she bought that MIT has one of the ... Hall, the Media Lab, and a bunch of really weird sculptures. But ... 'm not sure who came up with the idea of a windowless brick cylinder for a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Missing Document Deadline Extended to Wednesday

  

  previous post, we are now extending the deadline for submission of missing ... email a scanned PDF of the missing document to admissions [at] mit [dot ... - one with the scores, and one with everything else - because of the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 30, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Season Some advice for the EA deadline. (Relax. Be patient. Don't stress. Don't procrastinate!)

  

  the office about the deadline, so let me take a moment to answer some of ... buckets and buckets of mail to open and process already -- and the deadline ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  NM – u? Sometimes there just isn't that much crazy in my life. Splish splash.

  

  interesting things about which I can't wait to blog. The rest of the weeks ... second floor, near the M-Z section of "Current Periodicals" so I can treat ... view of Memorial Drive, the Charles River, and Boston. There are also

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 23, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions Updates Online & postal decisions, matching Pell Grants, and reading continues.

  

  of the amount of material that will be sent, admitted students should ... selections of the Class of 2010. We're getting there. Today, much of the staff was out of the office reading international applications, which is a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  I DON’T NEED YOU ANYMORE. the making of my final video project

  

  methods of making things sit in the digital world, mainly in the form of ... combines the first and second assignment: create a portrait of a person or a ... , not only from where I was to where I am, but also make use of all the

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  attend of the four classes I'm taking, three finals to sit through, two ... on the ambulance this semester, one of which I'm currently on, and will ... planning to spend the rest of the day buried in orgo like an ostrich in the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  MIT wins the gold

  

  attracted quite a bit of news coverage. CBS Boston video The Boston Channel ... . You can read a decent list of hacks from the last couple of years here ... shot from far away. Note how the medal design has a hole in the middle

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  appetizing. Unless, of course, you believe the twelfth or so verse of "We Are ... Today, of all days, in Jonestown, PA, eight members of my family bore witness to the ultimate showdown between Turkey and Spam. Despite a two

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The Admissions Staff It's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team.

  

  I've been trying to think of a good way to kick off the new ... second year. But the "serious" stuff was only one part of the day. We also ... the new cycle, it's my pleasure to introduce you to our current team of

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In Our Bedroom After the Pandemic a bedroom is something that can actually be so personal

  

  of the time? what do these feelings even mean?"]agonizing teenage self-reflection[/annotation] and the [annotation note="re: prying parents"]rest of the world.[/annotation] For those who grew up like me, it became the first mode of distinction

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 1: Quito Old Town The hostel, the basilica, and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #2

  

  , the hostel bed is very cozy and has lots of wool blankets and a big ... we were impatient to explore Quito's Old Town. Quito is the capital of ... 's first time traveling outside of the US, and he remarked that "this feels

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do Alums do? Are you exceptionally forward minded? Already thinking about what you'll be doing as an alumni?…

  

  organization of the entire audios lecture. Snively wrote about it a while back ... . LiveScribe isn't the first time you've seen or heard of one of his ... crazy things we do at school and lots of the execs came and sat with us at

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  impressive slate of visitors over the past year - Melis recently blogged about ... still think Neil wins. (No offense to the guv'nor, of course.) Of course ... ) but are quickly hushed and shamed by the rest of the audience, who are

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s happening with the Digital Currency Initiative developing blockchain technologies here at MIT

  

  the DCI site says: The goal of the Media Lab Digital Currency initiative ... important new area of research. The effort will reach across the MIT campus ... the DCI was established, the Media Lab hired three of the core

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 28, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  . And I love the creative process of writing, which has been part of my ... . Not Frankenstein. Big difference. Just saying.) composed of the various ... stem from the MIT Class of 2019 Facebook page oddly enough. It was there

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  four people who've lived in this room. many of the things in this room ... table, some of the posters. it's also right next to the lounge, which is a ... senior year at ec. but more to the point, all the history of this room, all

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  growing over time continuing to become myself

  

  to hear the ramblings from the inside of my head, maybe they won't find ... beginnings of deep friendships in the East Campus courtyard. I felt like a ... library windows.[/caption] Next, I showed up to the first meetings of my in

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • January 31, 2022