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• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  about you guys a lot" is a gross understatement. I'm sure in the coming ... now is to assure you that whatever happens in two days, you are going to ... philosophy, what is absolutely unquestionable is that your applications were in

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Ellie on the M.T.A. writing about the T, on the T

  

  in Arkansas was an old-fashioned tram system in Little Rock, and a ... how convenient a subway system could be. Also, I hate driving, so public ... ’t get off at MIT. I love living in a city, and I love being able to

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • November 9, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Avoid spelling errors! The most commonly misspelled words I see on MIT applications.

  

  look at it yourself. Here is a non-scientific list of the most commonly ... thought I'd give some tips on how to avoid simple spelling errors. Most errors I see are not in the essay portion. People are pretty good about

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  school projects aka why i havent been writing in the last few weeks

  

  project is to compose a movement of a string quartet, and it’s cool because ... opinions about how music “should” sound, you end up spending a large number ... turned out! having other people perform music you wrote is always a very

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life of an Over-Scheduled Frosh Another hosed blogger? ShOcKiNg

  

  hour? A friend asks me if I’m going to [annotation note="8.01 is ... lives halfway across the country. Every moment we get to talk is a treat ... my meeting is in the Stud, so five minutes is enough time to print and

  • by Powers '23
  • October 21, 2019
• Blog / Hacks

  Nerd movie update

  

  digital animation work on his first film. He is working at Pixar, and is a ... bit nervous going in, I thought the film did quite a good job; I enjoyed ... author of Hitchhiker's Guide, spoke at MIT while I was still a student in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Classes Yo-Yo's and Cell Biology...Rock on

  

  How do you go from taking 5 classes a term to only taking 2? You ... using mass-production and assembly methods to produce a product in ... is the first time in my life that I've participated in Lent. For the

  • by Bryan
  • February 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  senior house / pilot 2021 / senior house facts, and a thought

  

  how much I love/hate the current series of events, or praise ... and a number of faculty, staff, and alumni in work to promote personal ... secure a holding assignment while your application is reviewed). We will

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “…being a geek works out…” A UROP at the Center for Sports Innovation.

  

  about a UROP that appeared in yesterday's Boston Globe, New England ... advances in aerodynamic cycling gear. Not bad, considering that Cote, 21, is ... Sports Innovation, whose mission is to involve undergraduates in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Sentimentality a.k.a. Why I'm So Glad I Picked MIT.

  

  very same Walker Memorial in which I have endured many a painful midterm ... desperately to curl up in a hole and wait for time to just pass me by. When Camp ... admissions bloggers, Dave wrote: "MIT is a singularly wonderful place. As Stu

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  , Chip Quinn, is nuts. In a good way. It's like, somebody threw my General Institute Requirements in a blender and added basic neuroscience - I have to ... quantitative than you'd think (in general, neuroscience is more quantitative than

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  what I can only imagine is how living in a bachelor pad feels like. I had ... UNESCO). It was also a quiet town that after around seven in the evening is ... finally got to the Malpensa airport in Milan, I was a little shell

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Waitlist, 2010

  

  students from the waitlist in a 3-round process, and previous years were very similar. We'll know more about how this year looks in a few weeks. The ... school, but it is a standard practice to consider accepting a waitlist

  • by Dave McOwen
  • May 13, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Glassblowing at MIT my IAP excitement

  

  ). Here is a photo of Arlene S’20 making necklines in her glass. (sorry its ... ) One cool design in ornaments is a Witch Ball. A Witch Ball includes ... MIT is really cool. MIT has a glassblowing class. I took the

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • March 10, 2017
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT ... arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  work in a short week, professors seem to believe that it is perfectly reasonable to assign the same amount of work in a short week and just make it ... -Thanksgiving dinner last night. We had two turkeys! In this picture, everybody is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  Back From The West Coast ...with thoughts and conclusions on the recent serious posts.

  

  Hi everyone, I am back in town after a crazy day of traveling across the country with a pregnant wife and a toddler (good times). Sorry to be ... such as my blog is not the place to have a discussion on highly serious

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 8, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  So You Wanna Be A Blogger? The post that (hopefully) answers all of your questions about the selection process for admissions…

  

  number is not 100% set in stone. I am not yet sure how many bloggers will ... solidified. (While previous blogging experience is paramount in our selection ... : Provide a link to your "portfolio" - in other words, your current blog. If

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  summer in Cambridge, it is still true that: my neighbor's adorable and ... REX, or UROP, or decide how to pick your classes, or a really cool new ... communicate what being a student at MIT is like. You should interpret this

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Mid-May Update Q&A: Athena tips and hints

  

  software site is a fully-licensed copy of Windows XP Professional -- I ... registrar database.) d) MIT is piloting a Jabber IM installation, and you can ... -and-drop Windows tool. f) Want to put a period after your middle initial in the MIT

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • May 19, 2006