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• Blog / Announcements

  Remembering Gisel and honoring twenty years of service and friendship

  

  out. Earlier in my career, I remember once asking a senior colleague ... I am heartbroken to tell you that this morning we learned Gisel, a ... stationed at the front desk in room 3-108 for the last 20 years. If you called

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 28, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  scheduled time my classes this semester, and how engineering and sociology go hand in hand

  

  something that helps other people, you can't just tinker in your dorm room ... ", or as I like to call it, "How To Write Good Code That Won't Kill People," taught by the inimitable Prof. Julie Shah. In aerospace (and lots of other

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001

  

  Hi, everyone! Sorry that I vanished off the face of the earth. That was really kind of terrible form, I know. But Ben and my mom are conspiring, which means that I need to put that to an end. In the next little

  • by Evan B. '10
  • January 8, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  How does MIT consider extracurriculars?

  We read applications from students interested in everything from apiculture (beekeeping) to building nuclear reactors in their garages. We ... realize that students in the U.S. have a huge array of extracurriculars to
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT goes on the road Beginning Sunday until the end of October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth…

  

  in the MIT undergraduate student body? And, which foreign country is ... October, my Admissions colleagues and I will go forth across this continent to tell you tales of MIT. This year, the first meetings are in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  A Preview Of My Summer Project Screenshots of the new admissions site.

  

  So here's a sneak peek at what I've been working on all summer... the new admissions site. I can't wait for this baby to launch! IMAGE #1 ... guesswork out of what's in each section by providing drop down menus with

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I AM SO BUSY

  

  But I still went downtown to fetch a fresh fruit eclair. (Sorry for shouting.) Someone asked what I'm doing for spring break. I'm going to Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark with three friends. We're going way north in

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Day in the Life A play-by-play of my day, along with some pictures.

  

  opportunity to blog! I’ve wanted to write a “Day in the Life” entry for quite a ... UROP. I work in the BioInstrumentation Lab and I’m trying to write up the ... Given that it’s the day before Campus Preview Weekend and I have two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  looking at the link), so I was somewhat skeptical. But I am nothing if not supportive of my children’s right to choose, so I bought him a “ ... promised, celebrated his admission in December by running around the yard

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  I promised I'd never pull an all nighter....my thesis is due tomorrow. We'll see how close I stay on that contract. More updates coming soon as the night progresses. 2:13 AM I started rocking out in my Athena

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  lessons. Some you would prefer not to learn, but in the long run, I'm sure I ... has managed to teach me in the past year. I ran for UA Vice President ... race isn't the end of the world. I got my first B+. This in my opinion

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Virtual Fall, Real Performances coming soon to a zoom very near you!

  

  MIT for this blog. There is undoubtedly much more happening than I can ... -recorded, they can record in scenes as they go rather than doing it all at the end ... I've mentioned briefly on this blog before that I'm part of a

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 4, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  semester we saw each other in the infinite and I decided that French Horn Guy ... DID YOU KNOW? Madonna is 48 years old. Seriously. Guys, I need a ... tomorrow. I've forgotten to do it for nine of the past ten quarters. Yes

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Middle School To those who are having or have had a bad experience

  

  cycle where we were trying to go under the radar by hiding in our shells ... couple minutes playing Where’s Waldo, lunches in hand and heavy backpacks ... realized we started reading the MIT blogs when we were still in the thick of

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 16, 2019
• Blog / Events

  I Feel Cool Welcome to MIT, Mr. Gates!

  

  I had a quick, whispered conversation in the audience: Ranjeetha ... does it feel like to be one of the richest people in the world?' I'm way ... ) Meanwhile, I'm sitting in my seat - simultaneously impressed and shocked by

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 21, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Take Off Gate '21 Calling for Departure

  

  conversations and “light reading”), I can’t help but draw a parallel. The past two ... It’s been two weeks since I’ve been on campus. Two weeks since I left behind my home in Texas to make a new one here. In these past fourteen days

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • September 6, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Watch a Webcast! get ya popcorn ready

  

  officers themselves, were different and special in their own way. However, I ... during our travels, we get to meet amazing students and talk to them in ... 't figured out how to be everywhere at once. We can't visit every high school

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 14, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Introducing the New 2017 Bloggers Let's get ready to ruuummmmble!

  

  shop in Seattle), and I gathered to select the bloggers who will join our ... language so I could play FF7 in Japanese (aka ultimate weeb goals?? hell yea ... “Dadward.” I’m not sure how I can follow this up with another fact. All I

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 7, 2017
• 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…

  

  genocide was once again occurring, though this time in real-time, I just had ... world can, and invariably does, conceal its cowardice in the face of human ... the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Wrap-up

  

  I had a great time last week at ISEF. This is what it looked like ... awesome students and see their projects. I made a list of all of the students/projects I wanted to visit during public hours, and I sadly made it

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2005