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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the ... and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  V Storms the Senate One hack is not enough.

  

  already know, a little over a month ago, I decided to run for a seat in the ... Association (or the UA for short, because MIT students love acronyms) aims to ... governing bodies at MIT) in another entry, but for now, what matters most is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Future of Work How can people and computers be connected so that—collectively—they act more intelligently than any individuals,…

  

  that stayed with me for many years was called Car Hiker, a profile of Al, a man who for thirty years, parked cars in a garage. HIs nickname was ... Professor Tom Malone's book The Future of Work. The title alone is enough for

  • by Laurie Everett
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Design Squad: Pretty much the opposite of The O.C. A show where 8 teenagers use their engineering skills to build some really cool stuff.

  

  maker — for real-life clients. Over 13 weeks and under intense pressure ... converting kiddie toys into a dragster to creating moving art for a museum and designing a low-cost peanut butter machine for a women's collective in Haiti

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You know my name I should think of a clever title, but the song has been in my head…

  

  was delayed for three hours. Sam's Mom has a broken refrigerator. My ... ago Justin Kim wrote: I did this program for a class I'm taking called ... for fall 2007! pfffft!), we offer at least math 10 classes in nonlinear

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  I am notorious for showing up at the right place at the wrong time. For instance, two weeks ago, I opened the door to room 3-343 expecting ... Mechanical Engineering who also went to MIT for undergrad. Every week, they

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Super Adventure Club In a little while, I'll be gone.

  

  is in Atlanta, Georgia? Hey, if you came here from Google looking for ... ." And what am I doing for Spring Break? Well, I'm not heading east like ... -Conner for South Station by the T. Once there, I'll stop at Au Bon Pain kiosk

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  Love Potion No. 9 roses are #FF0000violets are #0000FF

  

  imagination, but for those of you interested, here's my take on the lay of the ... conversation I had with my grandpa before I left for MIT: Gramps: "Now don't be a ... . MIT is full of relationships, people who've been dating for days, weeks

  • by Bryan
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Countdown To Mail Drop I'll update this post over the course of the day as we get closer to…

  

  Today is mail day. I'll save my emotional post on this topic for a ... and then call the post office for pickup. So to summarize, we're on ... praying for the 4 inches. :-) ---------------------------------- 9:45AM It

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Long weekend It was a looooong weekend.

  

  go for delayed gratification; it's easier to work work work for a few ... slept for 30.5 hours (and will probably sleep at least 10 tonight ... around in a hooded sweatshirt and enjoyed life. Hooray for laziness! A

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 11, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  model for ulcerative colitis, a type of IBD, through her UROP in the ... created a mouse model for the Th2 form of IBD by creating a Th2 response in ... Research Journal for the past two years and member of the Journal of Young

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Announcements

  We have extended the Regular Action deadline to January 6th, 2021 in order to give our applicants (and our staff) some extra time around the holidays

  

  I am popping my head out of committee for a moment to [annotation ... applying to us for Regular Action, but we presume you're getting a lot of ... January 6th, 2021. If you plan to apply to MIT for Regular Action, you do

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 8, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  A Blog Entry About Transition This blog entry is about transition. The act of passing from one state or place…

  

  's start over. The other day this fabulous idea for a blog entry came from a ... here. Forget that. For four years, I attended a pretty standard public ... -30. There was a club for everyone, and if there wasn't you could start it - we

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 2, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  I Feel *a* Last or at least, I'm trying to

  

  was ready for this giant sigh of "I'm done" after I closing my last exam ... word for this closure? I think it is. The semester started, it went by, and I finished. Now I get to go home for ten days. I get to prepare for

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 22, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  You’re doing it wrong Some constructive advice from the Director for filling out the application

  

  You may have noticed that the application for the class entering in ... prevents you from clicking submit before 11:59 PM EST (technically, EDT for ... questions that are completely optional for any number of reasons and are

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  CASE: Identity and Intersectionality and some bunnies if you hate everything else about this post

  

  hear about how cool MIT is. In either case, I have something for you. What is CASE?  CASE stands for Class Awareness, Support, and Equality ... marry into positions of greater privilege for themselves or their children

  • by Abby H. '20
  • November 30, 2016
• Blog / Personal Travel

  The Grandest of Road Trips Reflections on a cross-country road trip, on an international plane flight, on a full bladder.

  

  much greater stamina for holding it than yours truly, so you'd think I ... around, and say hi to the Amish kids selling baskets on the lawn for me ... , save for the one Filipino guy working the grill. (He gave me a high five

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 1, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years [suffering-from-success.jpg]

  

  After my rejection from MIT in my prior post, I attended Cornell for ... —and all others forced to bid periodically for their next opportunity—eat rejection for breakfast, I'm sure. For many, rejection can be debilitating

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • January 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  ’s okay, too. For now, just float on, and we’ll see you back here in March ... know Weekends, get it poppin' on the low Better days comin' for sure

  • by Decisions
  • December 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Open Thread: Deferred Early

  

  feelings that you don't know how to name; that's okay, too. For now, just ... information on next steps for deferred students here.

  • by Decisions
  • December 16, 2023