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• Blog / Athletics

  Learning more than just math MIT will help you discover other decidedly non-academic passions too.

  

  it's much akin to trying to appreciate the shirt your friend is wearing ... taillights in front of you. Climbing as a sport is essentially non ... , which is quite a bit different from what actual climbing is like

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 3, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  rate fell nearly a percentage point, from 12.5% to 11.6%. This year's rate, approximately 1 in 9, is a lot lower than when I applied in 1996 (1 ... a waitlist place, or how many students we will ultimately admit from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-Campus Preview Weekend GET PUMPED.

  

  knowledge that MIT is the place for you, be sure to give other schools a fair ... nitrogen ice cream. CPW apparently is one of the best times of the year - as DChen '10 said, "when I left CPW, I was left with a longing to return

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  my next degree and had a sensational time. Now, many years later, we revisit rejection with a renewed lens. Professional writers and performers ... even a literal game to conquer, in a pressing effort to desensitize

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  not require the SAT II Writing exam (a test that i don't like much ... infectious. It really is the coolest place on earth (proof in a future blog ... and schooling had instilled too much of a spirit of service into me, so

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  pound. I'm sure CMS.100 is a worthwhile class, but grapes at 88 cents ... .99 for it. It's just that this one looks too much like a rickshaw. Nothing ... Registration week was a heinous tangle of scheduling; seven (7

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Making of the Women of the East Side 2015 Calendar The stresses and strains of organizing a giant project

  

  goes to a student who lives on the east stide of campus, and the fund is ... social medias So much time In summary, an awesome model-pretty-maker/organizer, Annie L. '15, a photographer, Raeez L. '14, and I set out to accomplish

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Activities Midway Each year, MIT exhibits its 300+ student activities. Friday, I checked them out for you.

  

  Friday was the annual Activities Midway, a hugely popular Orientation ... Activities (ASA). The ASA is an entirely student-run organization that recognizes and governs MIT's student groups. I love that students have so much

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  bacteria and plants) is a moth. Many are large and colorful. Some are rare ... a new program without much money, but they would be delighted to ... arrived in another world. The rainforest is a solid block of plants. There

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things That Happened! Since I've been gone~

  

  , which is really cool. It’s exciting (though perhaps a bit more stressful ... the photos. The robot is a Kuka robot arm (which is part of the ... robot. That’s what I did over IAP! The podcast is from something a long

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 6, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Holidays, and some advice

  

  general. A lot of you talk about getting into MIT as though it is your goal ... have been brought up to think that getting into a good school is one of ... all in perspective, is that MIT is not an end but a beginning. I'm aware

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to explain what MIT is like, not so much to explain what admissions is like ... of my own. A lot of it is standard stuff, stuff that you'll hear all

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  some IAP adventures as told by my camera roll

  

  blog post, here is a collection of "activities" from this IAP, as told by ... little more food or food that is a little higher effort. It's also a fun ... ="currently, the question is 'what is to be done?'"]a new question each week for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • February 4, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Saw a Sea Turtle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

  that marked her nest. Here is a video of the event! We tried our best to ... This summer, we saw (and observed for two hours!) a real live SEA ... with our mom near the shore at night. We saw a dark moving spot in the

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 14, 2018
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  task is to choose a username for yourself. Yes, MIT believes in letting ... last name is uncommon and 8 letters or fewer, that's often a good choice ... something wacky, check with your friends to ensure it is truly a good idea

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  One Life to Live In which I use the title of a soap opera as a motivational phrase

  

  you an entry on How To Be Cool and Study Abroad, and it just so happens that some deadlines are very, very soon. I wouldn't want to tell you how ... sounds incredibly daunting, and to some people, even a little crazy or

  • by Karen F. '11
  • October 13, 2007
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What is the Koch Institute?

  The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center, is a state-of-the-art cancer ... -faceted group of investigators is at the core of the Koch Institute’s mission to
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you live in Zambia? Malawi? Ghana? If you could send me some African dirt, that would be amazing! (And illegal. But…

  

  -Lab to my schedule. This involved dropping a few other activities of minor ... Interlocking Stabilized Soil Bricks. Basically, it's a machine that applies some ... to make a strong brick using pressure instead of heat. Also, the bricks

  • by Kim D. '09
  • March 11, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Trumpeting for Assassins I get to watch each presidential assassination. Live. Over and over again.

  

  10 (not a clue what they were rating, exactly...how awesome we looked ... length, but a flugelhorn is fatter. It's like what would happen to a ... 'm aware), which is a little room equipped with a piano and music stands, so

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 26, 2011
• Blog / Classes

  to do lists and have done lists so busy that all I can do is just stare at the wall

  

  My November is a looming list of tasks that must be accomplished. The ... the bright side, I have been doing a lot of sleep... maybe even too much ... probably a lot more stuff that Brain is repressing In summary, this time of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 3, 2019