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• Blog / About Decisions

  Denied by MIT, Now A Goldwater Scholar finding her way four years later

  

  elsewhere. For me, this is one of the most important blog posts I've ever ... sorry for her disappointment but sure she would be a fantastic student at ... ... For a while, I really felt like a failure that I didn't get in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 18, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Angry Nerds Sometimes you've just got to flip the bird.

  

  'm in it. And as the Systems Integrator for my team section (Pink A ... week for at least a few hours. There are intermittent milestones to help ... . It makes for some intensely long days in the shop and some high stress

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Enterlude Brought to you by the letter "L", for Late, Lame, and real Life. Or something…

  

  for a week. And then a hurricane hit! And now it’s fall. For the moment ... aforementioned features for the apple of my childhood-reliving eye, the glory of ... internet handles. But for the sake of tradition, year, and, I suppose

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • September 18, 2010
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  JT would get back to them with the changes to the schedule for that ... . And then occasionally, for a real thrill, we'd go watch the B ... watch, but I decided playing wasn't for me since I seemed to have two left

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  bed in a case that smells like mildew. Luckily for fashion, not everyone ... embellished garments and an umbrella that shrinks on command for space ... can be so much more than a mess of fabric! For example, Amanda Parkes

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  ; finals hit a few weeks ago, after which I flew home immediately and ... 've been at school.. I watched Say Anything for the first time and have decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tech Nomads Four MIT students are spending the summer racing 8000 miles across Europe. Find out why.

  

  underpowered for doing the shopping. We have no entourage of support vehicles ... Mongol rally is a charity event raising money for some fantastic ... drinks at the launch party, leap into the cars and head for Dover. Once we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  So what makes a successful MIT student, anyway?

  

  . This got me thinking: what would a success profile for an MIT student ... whole point of going here.  There are 22+ majors, and if you do a quick ... profile for the Ideal MIT Student™, I do have a good sense of what types of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 21, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Alpha Delta Phi Presents – Mic-Check [by Susan Shepherd '11] If you're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer,…

  

  're looking for a talented actor, or poet, or singer, you'll find a pretty heavy ... try out for their annual competition, Mic-Check. If a student had a poem ... additional award of $150.00 for the best original piece. "Oho," I said when I

  • by ARTalk
  • May 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We are artists & writers extracting creative talent around campus

  

  keep it free for the MIT community.  So if you're a member of the MIT community, feel free to submit your best creative work. For literature:  rune ... It's important to recognize that while MIT is known for top

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • November 12, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  came to MIT for CPW, I didn't really understand what fraternities were ... everyone talking about fraternity rush and free food and all these really ... . A free meal or an outing to go paintballing is always also fun as well

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  bad vision try these glasses on for size.

  

  Summer Motto #456-1A: Rock the free stuff, always. So following that charge, my friends and I were able to score free tickets to the New ... shark biologist (forgive me for my miseducation but I did not know we had

  • by Bryan
  • August 16, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Talking About Dining There's been a lot of talk on campus about one thing – dining.

  

  houses less often for (often free) dinner because they have already been ... dorm dining halls (currently only open for dinner), students who live in ... up for preferred dining at a cost of $300 per semester, which simply

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • November 21, 2010
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  MIT, this is a problem I wrestled for a while.  And I've learned that it ... winter break for a few days of ice climbing.  Temperatures dropped to ... .  Look, there's a reason I'm writing for MIT Admissions and not Vogue

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  Well...if there’s one thing you can know for sure about studying at ... realize... Spring semester so far, the new battle for architect majors in ... learning all about model-making, 3D modeling, 3D printing, etc. But now for

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Lax bros and their workflows

  

  sure to grab a quick snack. By 11:00 AM, I head to lecture for Design and ... Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, I work as a learning assistant for ... when the recruiting process began, I quickly fell in love with the idea

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • April 14, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to get around MIT hunger pangs [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Culinary art = delicious art.

  

  and shirts and ties! What am I not prepared for? Nowadays, most high ... totally new experience for college freshmen. One of the most important changes for most people is the task of cooking meals. With LaVerde's open

  • by ARTalk
  • April 1, 2009
• Blog / Announcements

  MIT after SFFA technology and the dream, deferred

  

  year, and our continued policy of being tuition-free for families making ... means to me, both because I am ultimately responsible for the makeup of ... for more than forty years.  One hot summer day, many years ago now, I

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • August 21, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Next House (on Wheels) *vroom vroom*

  

  wrappers added, for good measure.[/annotation] I quickly piled all of my ... possible. After attempting to wipe it up a bit, I quickly deposited it at the ... wouldn’t have to deal with the moving carts for a while (if only because

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 24, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Practical virology A little too practical, if you ask me.

  

  Unfortunately for me, I've been hit with what's hopefully some sort ... nauseous. I guess a long weekend is a somewhat good time to get hit with ... for the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. On the upside, we've been

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 17, 2006