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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Africans@MIT: Blockchain and the Niger Delta Creating a system for accountability

  

  governments in African nations have only been around for ~50 years or less, and ... to simply use for their next year at college or spend on themselves ... to farmers. I asked Hassan for pictures of the chicken farm and hE SEn

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  life lessons from my internship career choices moving forward

  

  This summer, I worked for fourteen weeks as a software engineering ... learned this summer and what it means for me going forward: I shouldn ... could live at my current place for a very low cost. I had my upcoming

  • by Rona W. '23
  • September 1, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  that interest us. This is not a for-credit assignment, just a fun project ... the two: fight (by studying hard for two weeks), then flight (home for the holidays!) Many students will come back to MIT around January 7 for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced Philly, Jersey, Wilmington. Jess, Keri, Lulu.

  

  close), I left for the first leg of my fall recruitment travel. As to not ... Philly on Tuesday for more school visits. Then Northern Jersey. School ... Chili's (love Chili's!) and then later, the meeting for Central Jersey

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 3, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Better ways to get around campus as in "better" i mean "objectively worse"

  

  classes. I don't want to fork over cash for an electric scooter or a bike, neither do I want to pay for a Bluebike ride for an ~8 minute walk every time. We as a society have settled for suboptimal modes of

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 14, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  the lying lives of adults by elena ferrante

  

  . The narrator's high-status father engages in an affair with her best ... revealed that he, too, is willing to betray his fiancée for a night ... that analyzed books for having a specific thesis. Back then, I composed

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 15, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Class of 2023 Wait List Decisions Released

  

  decisions for students who were on the wait list for the Class of 2023. If you ... for the last few days, since the May 1 deadline for admitted students to ... function of our yield rate, which is admissions industry term for the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 10, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT on the road Admissions officers are visiting cities across the United States.

  

  MIT is a good match for you? We will of course talk about admissions ... discussed. How do you apply for financial aid? Should you apply for it? What ... 'll talk about what MIT looks for in an interview and give you some advice

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 11, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Obama’s Visiting MIT! Does that mean he gets an advantage in the admissions process?

  

  preference towards students...but it sounds like for everyone else, they'll be ... presentations about MIT. And, many folks come visit MIT's campus, whether it's for ... presentations when we're on the road, or come visit campus, we have a sign-in for

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • October 20, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  It's been a while! I fully apologize for not writing since getting to ... 'm now a resident of Burton 1, and unfortunately for Snively will probably never move out. Burton 1 is known for its '09 floor chair Kip, whose voice

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  [Guest Post] An Overthinker’s Guide to Finishing Your Transfer Application by Warren K. ’27

  

  started at MIT, I’ve had a bunch of folks ask me for application advice ... admissions or read applications for a living (though I did ask someone who does ... face, it might not be the best thing to write about. Introspection can

  • by Jeremy W.
  • March 4, 2025
• Blog / Announcements

  New year, new bloggers! introducing the new bloggers for fall 2019

  

  Today is the first day of classes, and, as new MIT students are introduced to the fun of the firehose, we also wanted to introduce our new ... PS, calligraphy enthusiast, and enthusiastic evangelist for the noble cause of

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 4, 2019
• Blog / Events

  MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter

  

  tendency to sit fascinated for hours by the refraction of light through pens ... delicious homemade bacon roses, which we all had entirely too much fun with

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • February 15, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  40 Hours Left! The time is 0500 EST, 12/15. I am studying for finals. You are waiting for…

  

  Following the old tradition... Go and change the world! Buena suerte! :) ---- Some things I learned this semester: Here's a fun ... ballad, "The Subway Express" depicted the Interborough as an arena for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 15, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?

  

  , in the world of math, while I was deriving the equations for the heat ... weekend, I'm going to have some fun. With Halloween etc, this weekend, I

  • by Bryan
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF, BAMF, and other west coast adventures planning my next two weeks

  

  to San Francisco. I'll be spending two weeks on the left coast for a ... kinds of trips retrospectively but figured I'd lead on the front end for ... blogs for the rest of the month, b) alert Californians to some interesting

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 13, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am no longer new here ...well, it's true.

  

  love for pie is still only surpassed by my love for bacon and Arrested ... spend my life playing with brains, blowing stuff up, and curing cancer. My ... college with a definitive plan for their lives at an age where they

  • by Keri G. '10
  • August 11, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Pre-MIT prep How to prepare yourself for life at MIT -- hint: watch Chappelle's Show. Everyone else…

  

  takes advantage of. For example, you can borrow a laptop, read MIT Alumni ... play 2 seasons of a varsity sport) and pass a swim test (remember ... learned from them and used them to confirm that I wasn't ready for graduate

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finals Week, Minus Finals all the non-academic shenanigans

  

  party one time. As someone who has played piano for many years, it was a ... took a study break and went for a walk! nice weather, viewed from the Harvard Bridge A few dorms (especially the cook-for-yourself ones

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • May 20, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  For a while now, I’ve had this realization that I tend to overthink a ... do you ensure you make the best choice? You think about it. You imagine ... predictions for outcomes. But every time you consider more details, you do more

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025