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• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  is the deposit to secure my place in the class of 2010? Where do I send ... been piling up in my inbox... Where the heck have you been?!? April 6 ... will begin looking at candidates during the week of May 8. How can I

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Making the Switch: Chapter 2 Making new friends at MIT

  

  temporary dorm in Baker House, and I walk into my quad. And now for an ... hope that I'm not in the room when they are put to use and I must commend ... myself calling everyone in my phone book to tell them i'm here and safe

  • by Bryan
  • April 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  and now, where I sit in my cardboard box-strewn dorm room typing in ... without legs. It has no legs because I found it one year ago in a dark alley ... , furthermore, I strongly believe that there is wasabi powder in my eye. The

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A speech, of sorts

  

  Association Vice-President, or UAVP, of MIT. In March, I ran for president, with ... force behind it, that I meant to come out in Tuesday's edition. It's about ... things are not as they should be in the UA. I've thought a lot about this

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  Saturday August 31. - I'm sitting in 4-237 (a classroom with nice tiered ... with Silly Names -Hairy Ball Theorem You can probably guess which one I ... Charles, and happens to have a few resident lawnchairs. I curled up in one

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• FAQ / Transfer

  Can I apply for transfer admission if I’m a first-year college student?

  Yes, because you finished high school and will complete two terms of college by the time you enter MIT in the fall, you are eligible to apply as a transfer applicant. You're not eligible to apply as a first
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  family, in a foreign country where I only somewhat speak the language, in a ... (I wrote this entry after spending three months working in Tokyo for ... 't remember me, I'm a '10 graduate who once spent three months working in Tokyo

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  time, and I can't wait to see the issue come out in just a few weeks ... I should have posted this entry five days ago. Sorry, world. But as awesome as blogging is, sometimes academics comes first - specifically, I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter cold. i ... see my breath misting in front of me. when i looked up at the sky, it ... against my will. i keep insisting that i’m in my cool color era, my green

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  comments, which I will respond to in an untimely fashion. I'll let you know when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love all of my professors in a different way. I don't know, call it Stockholm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  I always seem to know I’m back at MIT when I can vaguely hear my ... hours in rain or shine (or the occasional snowstorm), but I wouldn’t have ... clothes are kept, where I spend 2-3 hours every morning and some afternoons

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  G(e)e^ks

  

  you to someone who can)! That's part of why I'm here! He also asked ... places where e shows up, but many times in engineering exp() and ln() are ... has nothing to do with my ability to take you in a fight. The reason I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 15, 2005
• Blog / Challenges

  a text convo on failure and other stuff i guess

  

  summer I'm in the IAP program Ohhhhh You plan to do misti after graduating ... ']weeb[/annotation] 🤭 I’ll probably be in DC or cali this summer Depends on what program ... semester. long story that i dont feel like telling in full right now. tldr

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • December 12, 2024
• Blog / Life after MIT

  An Entrepreneur’s Story How billionaire entrepreneur Pat McGovern '59 got his start.

  

  MIT. I'm always interested in how such successful people get their start ... insights into patterns in raw data. The idea excited me so much I took my ... play tic-tac-toe. I entered it in a science fair and won a prize. That

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Science is apparently not for the easily-frustrated Stories of woe from the lab

  

  't decided yet where I'm going -- I still have five interviews in front of me! ... Although most of the time I coast through my days in lab in a whirlwind of science glee, I have to admit that every once in a while, the lab

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Faculty Luncheon for Local* Admitted Students *local: from New England or New York, or anyone who just happens to be in…

  -key, informal event, where you can sit down for a delicious lunch and chat with ... me (maybe that's a good thing?), but I come to you today with important ... us in addition to the many activities they're planning for Campus

  • by mitblogs
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fight Fire With Fire How is MIT so hard?

  

  algebra” or “…and then I’m sure you guys can do the algebra, so in the end ... school. In fact, (a brief tangent) I’ve always disliked it when college ... . What I mean is, if, hypothetically speaking, everyone in a class got an A

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 6, 2015
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  college counseling position in Providence, RI.  While I am no longer an ... me to fully articulate how I can feel inexplicably connected to and ... think of MIT, I think of an incredible place where amazing people do

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Events

  To go home or to stay home Homesickness never hit...but I'm still thankful to be in L.A.

  

  end seriously sore from ~6 hours in one seat. I’m 24 minutes out from Los Angeles, and I can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with my family. At ... belonged at MIT. I think that at some point in every college student

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • November 27, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Senior Bucket List, Pt. I Do ALL the things!

  

  chairs in the overflow room, where the talk was being projected live. I ... designation. In any case, it's pretty stinkin' cool, and I can't believe I ... 've wanted to do in college/MIT/Boston that I just haven't gotten around to

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 18, 2012