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• Blog / MIT Life

  merry christmas from MIT and my newsfeed a snapshot of holiday cheer from cambridge to new zealand

  

  % of annual time) where we go to class, typically weekends and days off ... . See more: The eye of the storm. This christmas, I decided to un-wind by kicking back at my bench space--newly unwrapped box of pipette tips in hand

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • December 25, 2015
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  % participation in donating. Sadly, I don't think our theme is as incredibly awesome ... .0 like most other schools. (This could be where my "inflation" reference ... this "assignment." I find this hilarious, since correlates strongly with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Ready for some tennis? Three days left until the official start of the US Open tennis tournament! What's your…

  

  Three days until the US Open officially begins! As an engineer, I ... 's looking to win again) Ok, that's enough pretending that I know about tennis... I am predicting a Federer vs. Roddick final (would anyone like a wager

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 26, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Sailing Spring Break a trip to Charleston and why the sailing team is awesome

  

  My spring break consisted of some of the things I love most in this ... . (PS the airport was super cool and I saw a Dreamlifter in real life and ... , the sailing team goes to the College of Charleston in South Carolina for

  • by Fiona M. '20
  • April 7, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.009 Final Presentations Live Webcast Project Engineering Processes aka The Most Fun A Course 2 Major Can Have Without Their…

  

  ! Sleep Deprivation Time! I'm using so many exclamation points because I ... 5 hours or so! Well, not really! But hooray!  Sarcasm aside, I ... 've created something really cool, and gradually, those moments of I

  • by Selam G. '18
  • December 7, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The HackMIT 2016 Puzzle Just Launched and it'll (probably) take you all across the Internet

  

  MIT 2014. You can also read about some interesting past HackMIT projects in ... undergraduate hackathons in the nation, is opening up its internet doors for ... .org to register. There is a randomized lottery to get in, but if you want

  • by Erick P. '17
  • July 16, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Our 2016-17 Application Essay Questions For those of you rarin' to go.

  

  weeks, I know many of you are eager to start thinking about how you ... single, longform essay, but rather five short-answer questions where we try ... want to major in, which department or program at MIT appeals to you and

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • July 26, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  A CPW Entry for Parents Students shouldn't have all the fun.

  

  parents love getting to visit me in Boston. The Parent Lounge: I hope you ... can answer many questions. For those driving to campus: I've been living in Boston for 12 years now, and I don't own a car, and for good reason

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  that I would have had to wait half an hour to get in. Seeing a smaller line to the side, I asked the doorman about the differences in the queues ... von Trier’s most recent work in my inbox. I showed the doorman the

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Valentine’s Day Eve Day. What? Also. BEN FOLDS.

  

  of a big deal- last I checked, 50% of men are in frats, and a little ... Logarhythms" and you can lose a few hours of your life. So in the middle of ... them up tomorrow in an awesome collage. It'll be awesome. And before I

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals away from finals Recharging on the other coast

  

  the airport and time to head back home. I haven't been back in a year ... winter nights. ———   So much has happened in the past year, as I ... experience, and where to go from here. At last, I could rest, daydream, binge

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • June 7, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office. So in case you didn't know, I should probably tell you that Ben is ... Caroline and Tina snuck in and decorated. Basically, I knocked on the door

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Christy ‘13 The first in a series of articles about students coming to MIT in the fall.

  

  I'm frequently asked about the students that are admitted to MIT. Who are they? What is their story? Beginning today, I'm going to be posting ... few notes on these articles: The students profiled -- so far, I have 13

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 17, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  Rather than write a real blog entry, I instead urge you to consider the following: An MIT surveyor came upon the gates of Hell, He looked the devil in the eye and said, "You're looking well." The devil looked

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  We are suspending our SAT/ACT requirement for the 2020–2021 application cycle

  

  week, the ACT announced disruptions as well. In my last post, I affirmed ... reaffirmed in the recent Care Counts in Crisis statement that I've signed — we ... second, so we certainly can't in good conscience ask our applicants to

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • July 13, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... Hello! I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the ... freshman admission this year. As you can see on the admissions statistics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Next Big Mailing is out Choosing your email address, and more.

  

  patient). Formally known as the "A60" for historical reasons we can no ... doesn't really set in that they're an MIT student until they send their first email from their MIT account. This day is almost here! Because I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  slipping into a lab coat. In high school I was fortunate enough to spend two ... contacting professors who had research projects that I was interested in. After a few interviews and lab tours, I was offered a position in the Chen

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  things that are golden, part 2 a zine carved out of pink erasers

  

  Arts at MIT) in Fall 2020, but I didn't have any more blocks to carve ... ="aligncenter" width="507"] specifically from the tree in front of Walker Memorial ... rail has caused me so much anguish this summer, but i'll defend her until

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 20, 2023
• Blog / Events

  Nightmarket Two (unrelated) celebrations of low-priced office supplies and Asian culture. (~15 pictures)

  

  ) and I went to Harvard Square for some errands and dinner. Weywey dug ... the one blue Sharpie in the entire thing. These folders were on sale for 18 cents each! Needless to say, I was thrilled. (I bought 12

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 7, 2005