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• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  I was just reading Wired Magazine online and came across this. Specifically, let’s look at 1998. 1998 Disney has bought MIT for $6.9 billion. The School of Engineering will be…

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  8,726,400 SOS: The Conscious Subconscious guest post by a fellow '21

  

  *written by a '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer guest ... on a good day) and commuted into Cambridge, resulting in the traffic ... beginning of this initiating process there was a lot to get used to and a lot

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 13, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Charles River has been replaced by a partial one that I can glimpse if I ... is McCormick's west tower. Not quite as scenic. Already, I'm sinking ... . It's so nice to be back; I didn't quite have a whole lot of time to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Faith Embracing uncertainty as the world changes around us

  

  beat, and a high-pitched beep every two seconds. My sheets were warm and ... and the sun’s rays streaked through a break in the clouds as if the earth was catching a glimpse of heaven. I felt safe, warm, and full of

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Cómo Elegir Una Computadora Portátil Para la Universidad

  

  sin un sistema operativo. Después de tres días, a merced de How-To Geek ... para prepararme para el examen de certificación de CompTIA A + y clases ... , pero a mitad de costo. Mi computadora portátil me sirvió bastante bien

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 29, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet The (New) Bloggers! I promised myself I wouldn't cry...

  

  lives in BC, where he makes very bad state-themed jokes ("Where is a ... hope you will too.  Class of 2012  Qiaochu Y. is a ... A few weeks ago I posted the Blogger Application 2011. We received

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 17, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Shelby’s Amazing CPW Adventure A CPW Guest Entry by Shelby '13

  

  visiting campus, but it was also my first time in Boston/Cambridge. Here is a photo of me outside of 77 Mass Ave. (So this is where my application ... exciting. I toured the actual laboratory, how cool is that? I even got all of

  • by Snively '11
  • April 29, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 3 Connecting with your Educational Counselor

  

  still be trying to figure out who your EC is so let's talk a bit about the mechanics of how this all works. The best way to find out the name and contact information for your EC is to log in to your my.mit.edu account

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fariborz Maseeh Hall The Phoenix Group would rise from the the "ashes" of Ashdown...

  

  undergraduate dorms, a group of founders is formed to help with the final ... this time to figure out how we function as a unit. We elected officers ... Here's the story: Long ago, in a land far far away (far from Hawaii

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 18, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Deferred Students Update Some Q&A for deferred students.

  

  've got some answers (updated for this year's very competitive EA pool). Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection ... regular action, regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  So, if you've been deferred, you may be asking, "What now?" Is it all over for me? At MIT, a deferral isn't just a "polite rejection." Your ... , regardless of when the application was submitted. (A little historical data

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  student RA, basically, for those of you unfamiliar with the term) is a ... . This was what I got on my first try. How awesome is that? From left to ... Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Walk of the Strandbeest "New life forms" with PVC skeletons march on the Media Lab

  

  's Strandbeest stood in the rain on a patch of pavement outside the Media Lab. With wind in their sails, and aided (on a rainy but not-so-windy day) by ... captivating creatures. They were much smaller than I expected them to be, but I

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • September 16, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  first: Prepare a double layer strawberry and dark chocolate cake, and ... they want) (it's pretty much the most amazing cake i've ever seen) From ... with your offering. The truth is, Baxter never really left you. Search

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  Have you ever had your car pulled out of a parking lot muddy field by a tractor? (For reference, this is what I mean by muddy: ) It ... Feat Of Heroism. With a "hey, this is also 12 volts," he pulled out the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... in an auditorium and celebrating a man that is the American dream. You ... ? How could I miss something as paramount as that? (Turns out I could. Two

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Final Countdown

  

  's housing system is the best around, and Caltech has a similar system I admire ... where, with all of the admissions officers finally together after a long ... should I be doing right now? Schedule the interview now (today is the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action FAQs Yes, yes, we got your emails!

  

  high. (Last week, we were getting over a hundred emails a day…) While you ... you back to zen calm state sooner :) ***AN IMPORTANT NOTE***: A lot of ... the Early Action (EA) deadline. We know that there’s been a ton of

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 24, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our FAPnomenol Start of Sophomore Year! where we recount the tale of our first week back on campus

  

  stands for Freshman Arts Program – is a weeklong FPOP (freshman pre ... a big sign. And this is what we get on the GroupMe at 2:31, when we ... ’s probably clear from our avatar, but we are going to be blogging as a duo

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  explored a jungle (my living room) with a cape (a fitted sheet), and ran ... started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... jungles to enthusiasm for a very real internship - far away from home and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010