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• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Being a n00b at MIT Guilty as charged.

  

  school – I was definitely of the “I’m not technology-oriented enough to go ... Institute of Technology, not the Massachusetts Institute of Totally ... favorite class of the semester. Why? 1. I have an awesome professor. And by

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 23, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  prophecies reversing causality

  

  they reveal their own endings early on and yet somehow the act of ... of what they did, and then they were placed in the same environment as ... , in the context of friendships (we often assume we are powerless to help

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • May 2, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  'll focus super-hard on all the other pieces of your application. No worries ... a bit of all three. But the numbers all point in one direction: you ... I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Thursday liveblog Updated whenever I get a chance.

  

  about all of the airport delays and closings, including O'Hare in Chicago ... arrived! 11:13am: It has started to rain. Lots of umbrellas on the campus ... . Now, my shift is over. Nearly half of the students have arrived. I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  Taking the L: Part ✌️ My goal was Heaven anyways.

  

  of 2.007. This class is like the origin of everything engineering that ... munchkin land, a train that goes to Oz, and a giant Oz head in the middle of ... great blog from Petey that shows more footage of the class! 2

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  doctor worm not a real doctor but i am a real worm

  

  of tissue, then move that to the recipient's hole[/caption] needless ... cost of ignoring my assigned readings, doing my psets the night they ... i was drowning in. i think, most of all, being in community with the

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • April 8, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  to satisfy everyone in a class of over 1000 students o__o. Despite the ... to create a rendition of TIM the Beaver for our signature class event ... monocle. For some reason, the quality of the photo got absolutely murdered

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Day 2: Hiking up a volcano at 15,000 ft (~4.5 km) Altitude sickness and Embarrassing Spanish Attempt #3

  

  platter of Swedish, German, and Austrian accents. The German and Autrian ... CL, who had sped ahead of us to the summit, and began our descent ... recommend attempting to summit a volcano at 15,700 ft with only one day of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 4, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  you! And for the rest of you, say hello to my colleague who comes to ... answer. Getting out on the road to meet you is one of our favorite times of ... Beginning on Wednesday, the Admissions Staff will go out across North

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Not an actual entry Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of parenthetical statements mood today.

  

  Adam is the baby of the family and his mommy won't let him drive to Maine in the winter), and I am spending three glorious days of complete ... *Warning: I am apparently in a run-on sentence/overuse of

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  night was the annual MIT Club of Central Ohio holiday get-together, where ... -cheerleader-dense part of the country (except maybe Miami, FL?). So to all the people I ... who has one of these get-togethers in their area in the next few days

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  4 / Just *breathe* Everything is going to be all right

  

  back to the intensity and rigor of MIT, has been these daylong or two ... toooo much. I had a stomach ache for the rest of the night). Tuesday, I ... roommate instead. The rest of the week I became potato.  I'm not really sure

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 2, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist Questions The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most…

  

  the middle of May, after we've received and processed the responses from ... . Schools understand that this scenario is a part of the process, and it is ... The waitlist seems to be a hot topic so I'll try to answer the most

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a rose is a rose is a rose ...is a rose

  

  ) (credits to Evie'13 for the titles of these masterpieces - and for the whole ... ; there's lots of candy inside. The 2013s will probably schedule a pinata ... relax, because whether you’re on the "excited" side of things, or the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  Some of you may remember my blog entry Inside the Webcast Studio, which consisted of the following video: So what was that all about? We ... whom we could not visit, and to reinvigorate the interest of those who

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  because of the combination of directing an ESP program almost single ... all the lost sleep in the last 3 months. After obsessively refreshing the Academic Record page for like the n! time, it was a strange feeling

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  -Help portion of your financial aid, at least at MIT) while at the same time ... outside scholarships. If you haven't already discovered all of the web ... ." That recognition takes the form of an award ranging from $10,000 to $50

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  cookies life lessons through six scrumptious sayings

  

  not the most of any dessert. I count six for cookies, [annotation note="The ... things you're doing, and past the expectations of what you should be doing ... "]what YC does.[/annotation] You feel trapped in the bubble of it all though

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • September 13, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  ***UPDATE*** If you're taking the SAT on the makeup date of 11 ... morning of October 31. We apologize for the inconvenience. Application ... October 31, the day before the November 1 Early Action Deadline. Here are

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  , oftentimes shoots better than some of the most prestigious military academies ... of the best pistol teams in the entire country just went away. 4 ... The ironic part about MIT and wanting to share everything that

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009