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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  .) In fact, I just passed Macy's on Tuesday night- the bus I take drops me ... rubbing victory in the face of the losing team for an entire year. I'm not ... typically the biggest travel days in the U.S. Why? Because that day (today

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The end, my friend Pictures from my graduation :(

  

  a well-organized system where we reported to a station in order to be ... June 2008 seemed an eternity away when I first arrived on MIT's campus. But lo and behold, yesterday I received my diploma. This won't be a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW: Tips and Tricks Hitchhikers Guide to Campus Preview Weekend

  

  you try it. I can't say how many things I would have missed out on if I ... of the year, so please have fun. And lots. Thanks :^) That's all I can ... . So keep the cash in your wallet for your MIT sweatshirt. Rule #2: If

  • by Bryan
  • April 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  EA Decisions Some facts and figures to put it into perspective

  

  In a year of record early action applications, 590 students have been ... regular action, where their applications will be reviewed anew. Dean of ... depth of the applicant pool – both in what students are doing inside

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An MIT Apprentice!!!!!! MIT Alum Randal Pinkett has won The Apprentice!

  

  one hand, I think he did the right thing in that he is way more ... MIT alums are known for many things, but i's not everyday that one ... recognizable real-estate moguls in the world. For those of you who haven't heard

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to ... in admissions (‘twas the season) and doing whatever my heart desired. I ... that occurred, as everyone in WILG seemed to start a project over IAP (I

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Awesome Diva adventures When high school summer programs collide

  

  than I learned in one year of being a student… and I’m not even working ... research project in six weeks. I attended RSI myself in high school, and this ... trial and error, I’ve become an expert in certain areas of the MIT

  • by Kate R. '14
  • July 6, 2011
• Blog / Life after MIT

  From Markets to Math Class

  

  algebra class to confirm that I’d made the right decision in leaving Wall ... I blogged last week (also here, and Kirsten did so here) about the "treadmill" that MIT can be: Sometimes it's hard to take a step back. This is

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?

  

  MIT Blackjack Team, opens Friday in movie theaters across America. In case you haven't seen the trailer or the commercials, you can watch it here: To celebrate the movie release, I am declaring this weekend to be

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy Birthday to m—-suck. I turn 20 and cry tears of blood

  

  In case you haven't noticed, I'm blogging less frequently now. There ... kitchen. In turn, freshmen bloggers, I need your help. Please blog uberloads so that I can take time doing the second reason I don't blog as much

  • by Snively '11
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  after I sent them pictures 🥲), but photos can’t capture the amazingness ... last.  In fact, I’m really just amazed that we were all awake to witness ... despite my two previous failures, I can now say that I officially a PE

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  A half semester told through paper grownup show and tell

  

  semester, and the first one I ever participated in. A lot of time I spent ... the diagrams digitally, so I draw the diagrams in by hand. In bad ... some drafts I made while trying to piece together the diagram in the post

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 19, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  More For Deferred Students FAQ and advice.

  

  applications. [But MIT is my dream school, I can't imagine being happy anywhere ... time we mail regular action decisions in mid-March. Should I send in a ... talk about the process. Can I call admissions to find out The Reason why

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

  Transfer App Is Live For current college students hoping to enter MIT in the Spring of 2013

  

  Ahoy! I hope you arrr having a great September. The MIT Transfer ... be another cycle in the Spring with a February 15 deadline.) There ... . Students who are admitted in this transfer cycle would begin MIT in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Preparing for Pi Day MIT decisions come out this Friday: what to do between now and then...

  

  't have a smartphone. I sure wasn't going to spend all day in agonized waiting for wifi access (especially on a retreat day where I was supposed to ... . I'm talking about you, /massachusetts-institute-technology. In my

  • by Allan K. '17
  • March 10, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  How To Fumble Your Way Through MIT and Still Turn Out Pretty Okay Step 1: Fumble. Step 2: Turn out pretty okay.

  

  less than stellar. I sat in my assigned seat at a table next to Jennifer ... emerged since then: I am twenty-five, not sixteen, and my mucking about in ... HAPPENING, TIME.) From what I've read about myself on the blogs in an attempt

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 8, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  2009: Let There Be Bloggers!

  

  Hello everyone! So should I introduce myself or talk about the 2009 Blogger application? That's a silly question, isn't it. In the annals of ... apply. That being said, I have to bear the bad news that we're primarily

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Fancy Feast & Happy People an accumulation of details

  

  . Afterwards, basking in the glow of good conversation and satiety, I talked ... walked to Kendall Square Cinema to see Happy People: A Year in the Taiga.I ... , as I remember them: "You can take almost anything away from a man. His

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  ’m sorry to say that I took a more conventional route, as I stayed in lab ... from The Matrix. For the record, I was a Matrix fanatic in 8th grade. I ... already completed. Procrastination can definitely be justified by that bonus

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Friday liveblog Let's see how long I can keep this up...

  

  pages]. 9:15am: I arrive at the President's Welcome just in time to see ... 't know if MIT has a wind tunnel, but if they do, I want to put bikes in ... to win races, they can use technology. Well, I guess that's just a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 13, 2007