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  Science! at the BAH!Fest The science is a lie. The exclamation points are not.

  

  Have you ever heard the joke: What’s green and has wheels? A logical ... ? Or maybe a green van? That’s green and has wheels, right?” A practical person, however, would recognize the tell-tale signs of a bad joke and wait

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • October 8, 2013
• FAQ / Academics and research

  Do most students complete a UROP?

  The opportunity to get involved in research as an undergrad is one of the most exciting things about being a student at MIT. The flagship MIT student research program is UROP. When you do a UROP, you find a professor
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  ! Do you provide a fee waiver for the CSS Profile? MIT is not able to ... I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  allergies and how to pronounce the word "Stata". If that sounds like a fun way ... I made a video-thing! During the second snow day of the semester, I roped my friends Cathy '17 and Tara '17 into making a video for all you

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  No Ceilings next steps

  

  high school, it didn't really feel all that different; there is a goal in ... no ceilings. And I could go on a long rant about how that feels ... Part 1: (literal) There are no ceilings. For some reason, in a lot

  • by Paige B. '24
  • March 12, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  working on 8.09 around 9, which is when my mom called and we talked for a ... wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... Victoria's Secret has let another MIT vote go through since :( Which is sad

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always A Toys ‘R Us Kid Poll: Who was your favorite superhero?

  

  : 1. Who was yours? 2. What is the ultimate super power? My responses: 1. Batman 2. Invisibility This entry is partially inspired by the

  • by Bryan
  • June 12, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Least Responsible Purchase I'm an impulse buyer but THIS was a bit much

  

  was before Tesla REALLY took off.  It was a Tesla Roadster and I was ... I graduated from MIT and a year and a half after that I moved to Oregon for work.  I found a real estate agent, found a lot, and built a

  • by Snively '11
  • July 17, 2016
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-Italy: Working With Ferrari The MISTI experience of Patrik Kunzler.

  

  - Ferrari - in Maranello, a small town in the hills near Modena. Mentally ... readiness to dream, this made for a working environment one could only dream about. Especially for a car guy. Espresso at 8 am: I'm awake. Sounds of

  • by MISTI Program
  • March 27, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  IAP, CES, and other acronyms I spent my MIT IAP with a CEO at CES in LAS, and now I…

  

  January is “supposed” to be an off-month for MIT students - a break ... . CES is the Mecca of the technology world. It’s a trade show - not open ... Fortune 100. It’s kind of a Big Deal. CES is geek paradise, and Plume Labs

  • by Joel G. '18
  • March 9, 2016
• Blog / Athletics

  Discover Exercise and Wellness FPOP a wholesome college experience

  

  tours of Boston. Even if those four days were also a 90-mph disaster. How ... not for anyone who participated. That hurt for a couple of days—"If I ... that I got accepted as a blogger while packing). The 3.5 days of DEW

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • August 21, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  The Role You Play in the Admissions Process by Jenny Rifken, Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions @ MIT.

  that the admissions process is all about whom the colleges admit and not ... and you control two of them. You really can have a great deal of ... to apply (I'll explain this in a minute) and honest with yourself in

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Square Root Day Your daily dose of nerd humor.

  

  Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity: "Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 3, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations ( NALFO ). NPHC is a national ... found these values embodied. Chi Chapter is currently a city-wide chapter ... sororities. Similarly, NALFO is the umbrella organization for 23 historically

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Visit to eBay

  

  with our friend Carter (MIT '07), who is interning for Apple this summer Unfortunately, Carter's job is so awesome and amazing that he can't tell us ... friend Tiffany (MIT '06) for lunch; she's interning for Accenture, a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  “Magic.” Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children who have a parent who has died from cancer, is currently in treatment for ... donation site, Kintera, has a feature called 3-and-Me: the basic idea is that

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• FAQ / First-year application

  What if my application is disrupted by a major event beyond my control?

  that our hearts go out to you. We understand that there is a lot on your ...  [email protected]. We’ll be here to talk to you and figure out a way to make sure we get your ... a financial hardship, we’ll waive it. If you had been planning, but
• Blog / Summer

  solace in the self it's me! cami!

  

  kind of embarrassed for disappearing for a month from the blogs, especially when the blogs have been such a cozy, homey place for me, a respite ... one year left. I found out I have ADHD? But I guess a lot of my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 30, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  two years after my book auction in retrospect

  

  On April 16th, 2020, my life changed. That’s a kitschy way to put it, because our lives are always changing at every moment, every breath being a ... was a gray day. Most days were gray that month. The pandemic had just

  • by Rona W. '23
  • April 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  New Year Resolutions in Fall An ambitious list of things I wanna do that probably won't get done

  

  story Take the time to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube Take part in ... pretend it’s December 31st and start making a list of things I want to ... ’s violin Learn 3 new coding languages 3D print something  Use a sewing

  • by Richard O. '28
  • August 31, 2025