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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Letting the days go by Fish finders, the Apprentice, and techie fashion.

  

  news... A nice article in today's New York Times science section: A ... live in a very rapidly evolving society, so a lot of what we learn has ... are lots of terrific applications! This will be a challenging year to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2006
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... ’s surface. Truly a magical experience that you have to see in person. (Minor ... location, which saw about 93% coverage. I'll be using this in my classes in a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Events

  MIT Calling Yo Snively - I lied. There are actually 2 admits in Oregon BESIDES you -…

  

  time to prepare a list of questions either. So just in case you'd like to ... this evening, but just in case you didn't get a call from me specifically ... over IAP a couple times, so just in case you missed it, here's an update

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 19, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Everything I Miss and Don’t Miss About MIT Frolicking in nostalgia

  

  attend a reunion named after Pi (that is a class reunion 3.14-ish years ... , yet)--I'm just going to sit here a while and indulge in nostalgia ... in Brighton for $25 a person Scoring guest meal passes and eating

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members ... activists in the Boston area by attending a Darfur rally in Government Center ... Sudan].” This action is without precedent in the Institute’s

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  We All Need A Little Encouragement

  

  From a bottle of Honest Tea, purchased from MIT's Student Center

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  how old do you think I am?" "I don't know, 16?" Coworker in my lab ... 's 15 and she didn't go to high school. She worked in a lab instead, and ... He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well" The

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  From Cambridge to You On the road again...

  

  know whether or not MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk ... interview and give you some advice. This is also a good chance for students to ... America to meet with prospective applicants and parents in more than 70

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We’re #1! What's the emoticon for oversize foam hand?

  

  International Colleges & Universities, a higher education directory. I have a ... : OpenCourseWare: MIT courses for free on the web. What's not to love about ... -speed films. There's also a general MIT video gateway. MIT's home page: It

  • by Dave McOwen
  • January 29, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2018-19 Application Essay Questions

  

  underappreciated thing a good college applicant can do is make sure everything is ... announcing these prompts in the past: People often ask me, "How do I stand out ... , our primary goal in reading these essays is to get to know you, the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  , which is honestly an okay ratio in my opinion. Especially at a school ... a really good time with friends. I went to the movies, I waded in the ... their worst this semester, I talked to a few trusted people in my life

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Human After All Unlike customer service nowadays, MIT (and its admissions office) is 100% human. Give or take…

  

  to an end - nor is it, for that matter, a question of finding how low ... If you had a rabid enough interest in MIT and resided in the ... , I know I'm in the same boat, because I didn't become a super

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 19, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  it yourself and see how it goes!) Our kitchen floor is really dirty ... Institute Requirement in Physical Education. The requirement includes successful completion of the swim test (or beginning swimming class) and a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snowpeople & a hammershark more post-blizzard sights around campus --

  

  is my Blizzard Burrito [a collage]. ... A couple days after the blizzard, I walked around campus and took some quick shots of all the snowpeople-and-other-things in sight. They

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • January 15, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  picnic. All in all, it was a tragic end to a magical day, but a car karaoke ... code and projects that could be used in production at a startup focused ... constituents, a worthy cause in today’s political climate. I met MIT people I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Re-Froshening A Story of Cynicism and Optimism

  

  going to graduate with a 5.0 in a double major and double minor with a ... that MIT is a place run by people, and people aren't perfect. For health ... time off from MIT. I ended up attending classes at a local university in

  • by Piper '13
  • August 10, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Good Will Mystery Hunting 63 hours of puzzle solving: a classic part of the MIT experience

  

  , granola bars and a box of organic alfalfa sprouts that appeared in no ... schedule of a 24-hour pharmacy worker in Alaska. No wonder: Random Hall ... -dozen others as we soaked in a collective haze of puzzlement: After a few

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 21, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Where’s My Stuff? Updates from the MyMIT Application Tracking System.

  

  . We have a special envelope opening machine that is pretty awesome; non ... sort of document it is (this is why documents that were sent in the same ... ,000+ applications in a small space, so the filing can get a little crowded! When your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 10, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  puzzled again? a little puzzle for the class of '09

  

  a group of scavenger hunt questions to solve, and today they get to solve mine. This blog is supposed to have a question on it, so I'll make this one easy. How many entries to date? Please do not post the answer

  • by Bryan
  • September 2, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Hey Guess What Guys!” That's what!

  

  so I thought I'd squeeze in one last entry before decisions came out ... want to do is sit still and go online (at least it was for me) but if that's the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, then I have a nice

  • by Snively '11
  • March 15, 2008