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• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus, Part 2

  

  Things are actually pretty calm here in New England, even with the Patriots' dynasty-confirming Super Bowl win yesterday. Patriots fans are ... in the meantime feel free to use this post's comments section to talk

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 7, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  [Guest Post] art and things zine making + what makes us, us + thank you cambridge + yomp

  

  we voting for? Where are we putting our start-ups, what are we buying ... clear that this is a tech school. Outside of classes, people are making ... day and just how enthusiastic you personally are about UI/UX or

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  throughlines some things never change (but thankfully, only some)

  

  was fully sold on grad school. there are times where grad school has ... needing to look up directions, where there are all of these people around me ... decided to give myself exactly one (1) hour to write this blog. we are

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • January 27, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In our holistic application process, the interview is one aspect where ... volunteer to help with these interviews are called ECs (Educational Counselors ... interviews Below are some of the past blog posts about interviews gathered in

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  You gotta have stuff Places to get different kinds of stuff around campus. And rudimentary directions, too!

  

  . There are also a lot of free-standing stores on Newbury Street and in the ... public service announcement on where to buy stuff for your future ... on the internet figuring out where my favorite stores and restaurants

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quick and dirty I freak out a little about graduate school applications, then answer some questions.

  

  ! (And frankly, I couldn't be gladder. I think plants are uninteresting unless they are in my dinner.) Luckily, I don't think the test will be of ... thing." Feel free to imagine the dance around the room I just did

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 10, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  undergraduates and alumni for miniature, month-long internships. Externships are awesome because they’re accessible to anyone and are a bite-sized, low ... was offering two free tickets. Needless to say, I applied with excessive

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

  Wonder ecclesiastes 1:9

  

  look familiar. You’ll start knowing where things are. There are only so ... . And listen to this—I looked at the skyline and made out dozens of ... where I was going, but it didn’t feel like it. I remember nothing about

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • May 25, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  before, I come from a small town in the woods, a place where people ... year I had brought the potato cannon a few friends of mine and I had made back in college. It was made out of schedule 40 PVC and would shoot a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  enroll at MIT. As such, we are approaching the last of the many decisions that are made while constructing a class: we decide whom we want to admit ... that whatever choice you make (or was made for you), chances are that

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / UROP & Other Research

  On UROPs Research at a private research institute? Naaaaahhhhh, couldn't be!

  

  : https://mitadmissions.org/discover/the-mit-education/undergraduate-research/. On the MIT application, as many of you know, you are asked to talk ... /9 (well, more like 2/7 since 5 & 6 are more design orientated). Good ... I made two years ago. One that I had to design a user interface for

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • January 21, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maker Faire 2011 cool people who make cool things

  

  area, where he works at a pretty awesome solar energy startup called Cool ... . There are big companies like GE and Google showing off their solar carousels or Android arduino robots; there are random inventors showing off

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2011
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  visit him for his 20th birthday. Before I made it there, I experienced my ... book Are You My Mother. There were no more flights, but I didn't give up ... getting our fill of food, we went to the Cincinnati Reds game where they

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Happy V-Day

  

  biomedical internships are quite happy). Tootsie Roll, however, is still made ... Today is Valentine's Day, the holiday where Americans celebrate love ... capella group serenades are probably the most popular. This morning, walking

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 14, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  House, the dormitory where I live. The role of dorm president is often a ... least socially acceptable. Feel free to reuse them at your own risk. Tier 0 (Normal Sign-offs) Thanks, Best, These are my default email

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  The End of an Era A no-longer-freshman's reflections on life, the universe, and MIT-specific details

  

  when the child holding it prisoner accidentally sets it free and it ... that we inevitably fall, there are the times when we feel so happy our ... understood eigenvalues, or the time we made it to the third round of NCAAs with

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  is not a guide to optimizing your CPW experience... here are a few ... commitment of hosting a prefrosh, so don't feel like you are a burden. However ... navigate across campus and on the Boston side where you might find events

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Making house calls "Uhh, someone from MIT wants to talk to you."

  

  from home, where all of a sudden you are faced with a whole new set of responsibilities. You might get the Freshman 15 (I did…) from eating at all the free ... reading these blogs you realize that MIT students are normal people! We are

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 18, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  are genres, and both have certain elements that the plot is built around (songs, for example, are the main element of a musical, or in the other ... there are any stories that should not be retold. (He said it was fantastic

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy 4th of July! Glorious red, white, and blue

  

  off, free street parking, copious amounts of barbequed meat, and ... 've got my money on Germany. Good thing the weather conditions are better in ... , yes, the MCATs are making me crazy! Time for some futbol!

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 4, 2006