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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Snow On working in a winter wonderland.

  

  my favorite ski mountain where I once worked in high school. And if you ... Though born in Massachusetts, I grew up in the wintry hinterlands of Vermont and New Hampshire. In Vermont, for instance, I lived in the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 21, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  My Entirely Unexciting IAP see title

  

  reason for doing so, you see. In a little bit more than 48 hours, I will be ... opportunities (like what I did in my last two IAPs), to work on projects (both ... three different IAPs in three different countries. I think it'll have to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 28, 2010
• FAQ / First-year application

  Can I apply for first-year admission if I already have a degree?

  bachelor's degree may not apply to MIT for a second degree in a new field ... departmental programs(opens in new window). Each department has its own
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  -worth. Where can I learn more about intersectionality? Listen to the woman who ... hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you ... about it? Well, I got this email earlier in the year. As a first

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questions Omnibus & Fierce Forever More questions answered, with a few words about yesterday's Fierce Forever 6.

  

  competitive in the international pool. Beyond that, there's little more I can ... a copy of the site in a CD and send it to MIT or can I refer them to ... material? I mean, I can't really send in the medals, but maybe photos of the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  -year learning community in the MIT Morningside Academy for Design where I get to ... dinner with the freshmen and seniors in CC where I got to see some real ... the past month, I’ve done everything from holding a ferret in our

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / IAP

  breathing in and out

  

  felt the effects. i remember the the one thing all the stories had in ... they take in oxygen, mit feels bigger now. i feel bigger now. i feel like i don’t exist solely in my room any more. i’m in two classes, which

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • January 12, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Bay Area wrap-up The scoop from MIT meetings in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette, CA.

  

  up to the city of San Francisco where I had a relatively smaller ... the Emerson Music Performance Program. I'm back in Boston now, so I hope ... Great meetings this week in San Jose, San Francisco, and Lafayette

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  2020 vision new year's resolutions

  

  graduating this year. I can't wait to see them do amazing things out in the ... . Foresight can be 20/20, too! All myopia jokes aside, here's what I'd like to accomplish this year: Cherish my close friendships. I entered MIT in September

  • by Rona W. '23
  • January 1, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Toilet @ MIT The Ben Schreck Shits 2015 Calendar.

  

  in McCormick Hall for about six months. At that point I decided I ... campus to give a lecture next week, and I'm trying to get him to be in the ... interested in entrepreneurship and music, and I was working in an early stage

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 16, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Really, I don’t feel like thinking of a title right now Now there's a title cop-out you can only use once. Good thing I saved it…

  

  ) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, May 2. 12:02 PM I'm in D-Lab right now (it occurs to me that I ... (I was in a single, which actually really sucked for Orientation), so ... misery for a few minutes. I can't help but think back to the first and only

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 11, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Knitting and Playing Tetris Through the End of the World guest post by Salma Islam

  

  the yarn intertwines, my heart can mend too. I never realized I would ... pixelated designs on my laptop to recreate in fabric. I couldn't stop. I ... where I am finding wind permeability through different samples knitted

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • April 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Though the Odds A survival story.

  

  finals in three days, I packed my bags and headed back home to South Bend ... far as I can tell, not much has changed. And yet, at the same time, everything has. Including me. A lot can happen in a semester, especially a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  March Questions Omnibus 1

  

  ) and Math (Course XVIII), but ultimately I graduated with a degree in ... people the benefit of the doubt, as I'm sure we did in your case. hedwig ... definitely help in the cases when it is available. Aarthi wrote, "I think I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fun things I’ve done lately! life isn't all being hosed

  

  In my last blog post, I mentioned that one nice benefit of becoming a ... . Trying out new places in my neighbourhood Now that I Live In A Place TM ... the summer as something to do when I was alone in my little New York

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 8, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  An unexpected discovery, from a few centuries ago It takes more than four years to get to know a place

  

  This is my fourth year in Cambridge. But earlier this week I learned how little I still know about where I live. Last weekend, I went on a grocery run. It was wine and cheese night in my suite, so I was preparing an

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 20, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Grocery Store Run Run, Geza, run!

  

  obtained to relieve me of the MIT firehose-induced famine. In truth, I ... star when he introduced himself as the developer). He asked where I was ... Verde's ridiculous prices in the student center. I told Geza to set the pace, that I

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Movie A Day… the only way to spend your PNR

  

  use of PNR in various ways, where you'll often hear phrases like "It ... to take this midterm? I pass with a 40% in this class." PNR ... new development. It really started back in October, when I attempted to

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  love or lust

  

  multipliers in the same breath, where i get read and write (at various levels of ... recently, i have been having a lot of thoughts about the ways in ... enough to stay in the department, but i never felt totally sure about it. i

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • October 18, 2017
• Blog / People & Identities

  Never Have I Ever…reflected on my identity "too indian" or "not indian enough"?

  

  hate that I can't understand Malayalam, or feel comfortable in any ... issues that have prompted me to think about my culture and where I fit into ... cost?? For the record, I had no social life in high school—I took a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • May 4, 2020