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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Life After (and During) MIT Greetings from beautiful adulthood

  

  cross! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Elizabeth. My hair is a ... like it's going to explode more so than in my avatar. I graduated a year ... now... Some things are definitely the same - for instance, I wrote this

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 28, 2014
• Blog / Residential Life

  how to grow a vibrant kresge just add sod

  

  torment season. From August to March, the grass in front of Kresge is hit with an onslaught of violent offenses ranging from tents to snow, turning ... the rain is sufficient to water [annotation note="I have all sorts of

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MacCPW, et al. in case you couldn't make it

  

  through, and it's a sunny Fahrenheit 63 as I type this on Sunday afternoon ... nine entries, A-J (minus I because it's ~imaginary~), in a highrise stack ... the details soon. And now for the main event. CPW 2017 Events A Entry

  • by Abby H. '20
  • April 9, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t believe everything that you read

  

  Someone emailed to me a funny post from one of those rumor-filled college admissions discussion sites; this one made me laugh out loud: I ... directly from someone who has a friend that goes there and knows the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  IAP Jealousy (Hey, Jealousy)

  

  a little since I tend to talk about glass-blowing and truffle ... but can't because I'm home reading your applications. (It's okay, you can throw a #sorrynotsorry at me.) One day a week, we meet in the

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • January 13, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  So, you’re applying to college.

  

  , you probably aren't. For well over a year, from my rural roost, I sort of idealized MIT. The more I read, the more I learned, the more I ... . And I'd finally be the heck away from the desert. But it wasn

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  Two of my friends from UCLA are visiting, and we have had a busy ... for the first time ever I saw Ben Affleck on the sidewalk! ... indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  envelope sizes, since I've received a number of questions about this, I can ... 're aiming for a smaller class this year. So, given our 1/3 constraint, our ... prime number (though I'm sure you'd prefer a different prime number, maybe

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogging About Blogging CAPTAIN FAFSA!

  

  it. I was really excited for the conference for a couple of reasons. For one, I've never heard Ben give an info session or speak before, and for another, I was actually interested in what they had to say. It

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Regular Action Admissions Update Updates about application numbers, application tracking, and more.

  

  form, you can get a PDF from the tracking system. If you had an ... process your documents. Thank you for your patience. If faxing a document ... -March, but you should wait for an official announcement from our office. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2010
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  shark biologist (forgive me for my miseducation but I did not know we had ... from a shallow area of water in the Cape Cod area. (public reminder to ... narrator was a turtle named Norbert (actually, I don't remember if he had a

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s Pi Day, Pi Day the infinite is alive with the buzz of drones, and the 2020s bake pies

  

  around, from which I graduated with honors and a great research background ... a good fit for you. You will grow from that experience and from other ... It's Pi Day. I woke up at 5:38AM (a nod to Nate Silver) and walked to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 14, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  correctly gets a prize. Then again, how would I even know what the correct ... (with documented process) that gets a stamp of approval from Keith gets ... -shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Night I Shared A Stage With Marilee Photos of a star, by a Star.

  

  Thanks to Star Simpson (MIT '10) for these fantastic photos! Sorry it took so long for me to get them on the site. New entry coming soon - but enjoy these in the meantime. :-) Also for your enjoyment: cannon shirts

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making Things Fly for a living.

  

  we head for Briggs Field where everything was coming to a head. On our ... makes it stylish; a perfect combination of aesthetics and performance, I ... atop my mini-fridge for a long, suspenseful day before its first chance

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Update Some things to do now if you were admitted to the MIT Class of 2014.

  

  admitted students can enter themselves on the guestbook, it's a good way to ... to request a deferral/gap year(s) before enrolling at MIT (for a gap ... 't make it for CPW, don't despair, you can still come visit through our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  , but I miraculously passed and am now a teeny bit closer to graduating ... again. There's so much that I want to do (especially now that I'm a senior ... times, but I love this place. *Sniff* "Not a bad day." P.S. 5 points if

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Comfort Matters A unique application process

  

  's utilized for a bunch of classes (including many for freshmen) and is generally well-liked. I mean, it's a lecture hall, it's hard to love a lecture ... and tested every single chair for comfort. Here's a quick breakdown

  • by Snively '11
  • January 10, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  experience. As an engineering student, I couldn’t ask for a more ... internship with Max Planck Institute MIT-Germany Program 2011 I worked for ... work on represents a different area of materials science than I had

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  back in east campus jiggity jig

  

  carry over were the four books i was using as a laptop stand, so i went ... 've done this way earlier. i made some new door signs for floorpi. usually ... a proper one, so i just kinda put something together in a few minutes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • February 13, 2021