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• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to ... for me when I was a freshman and when I came to work at MIT it became a ... being connected to MIT has provided for me. But most of all, I miss

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  questions for Anjali, feel free to contact her at [email protected] - or just ... , "Whatttt. How can one person be so. incredibly. happy?!" I quickly came to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Events

  This is the end I couldn‘t decide whether to put "They‘re beautiful, aren‘t they? The stars" here, or to…

  

  -reading extravaganza I headed over to the MechE reception for food, free coffee cups, and ... funny"). For better or for worse, I'm a different person now than I was ... , everything I learned here was new except for vectors. I dominated the first 3

  • by Snively '11
  • June 19, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Quick EA Update A few words about the storm, application tracking, MyMIT, and more.

  

  some brief updates. Sandy: If you have been affected by the storm, for ... . The same goes for materials submitted by your teachers, counselor, and ... 1. We will wait for your materials. We are not going to be mean to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 31, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  imagery a bit to claim the first Google search hit for “unreformed by Ikea.” My goal for the upcoming academic year is to expand into as much ... 's forehead-burning welcome speech, and stockpiled free sandwiches as if mankind

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  , probably because of the massive quantities of air pollution from the city ... later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... famous for holding up a microphone stand without the bottom part. 3. What

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  My Halloween Costume is Better Than Yours It didn't give me an inflated ego or anything.

  

  So a few days before Halloween I asked you all what I should be for ... my dorm just in time for the big day. I dug around in my closet for the ... dressed up for Halloween...seniors are lame) as.... Trinity, of course

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 9, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Parting Remarks Part I: Leaving Marks reciprocal changes

  

  be a free-food style mailing list but for people willing to do odd jobs ... email to the Concourse '21s offering my old books to them for free ... 't think about it for a while, but then it hit me: these could be the very

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Escaping MIT Maybe if I just get far enough away, my finals will cease to exist!

  

  ?). It caught up with me pretty quickly, so I crashed for the rest of the ... - we’re literally across the river from the biggest college city in the ... remedy this, by leading a nomadic study caravan around the city, starting

  • by Joel G. '18
  • May 16, 2015
• Blog / How to MIT

  BLARGL! Where have all the orange lockers gone?

  

  that makes it really easy (and affordable) to hit the mountain for a day ... Livescribe (three jobs!? what am i, crazy???). I work for SmartCities in the Media Lab now, helping to design the caster system for the CityCar (seen

  • by Snively '11
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  A few quick answers The skinny.

  

  Questions Omnibus, I do have enough time to steal an idea from Ben and quickly ... , you're currently doing regular action selection for domestic applicants ... decisions will be released. Watch the blogs and MyMIT for more information

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi(e) No, not π times e.

  

  out there. For those who are awaiting news on Pi Day, I hope this will be a fun diversion for you as you wait. And for those who are not ... an apple pie for the office today and I was going to take a picture of

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 10, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  stands for Independent Activities Period. From January 8th to February 2nd ... , without worrying about problem sets, tests, and papers. For more info about ... dizzying number of activities to choose from. For example, I could

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  is an unbelievably cool city. From the music scene to the history and ... Harvard. The answer is yes. People usually go to Harvard for language ... opportunities for cross-registration at Wellesley (yes, even boys), the

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  the invaders gestured for her to come out to the aisle. They crowded ... capella groups. For Valentine's Day, they took serenade requests and ran ... :30am: Dump some salad and pesto (mmm, pesto) into a bowl as fuel for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / Events

  eclipse chasing, undergrad edition compilation post by Kano '25, Allison '27, Amber '24, Ali '26, & Audrey '24

  

  pass just north of the city. Four hours north, in fact. +1 pt. for MIT ... Winnie’s grillmaster skills, and to hit the roads for Peru, a rural town in ... This post is very very delayed, for which I plead procrastination on

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • April 22, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  Cooking for Myself I haven't set off the fire alarms yet!

  

  are practically sporting events, with grown men jockeying for position ... . The promise of free food has been known to draw together crowds of ... I did most of the baking for my family, my mom actually did most of

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • October 17, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  friends, is IAP. IAP stands for Independent Activities Period, but it may as well stand for "Introduction to Awesome, Pshhaw!" (Ok, that may not ... things I've done thus far for IAP not necessarily in chronological order

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  MIT EA decisions to be posted Saturday, 12/19/20, 3:14 PM ET

  

  Sabrina told me about it."]Sephiroth[/annotation] get announced for Smash ... co-signs this sentiment)"]‘All I Want for Christmas is You,’[/annotation]it’s anime. Can you do this for me?” And, with a tear in my eye, I looked at my

  • by kellen manning
  • December 14, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  the pnr mindset vs. the grindset mindset pnr shall be missed

  

  going to my [annotation note="it was a bit of a shock going home for ... agreement, or as an adjective, i.e. “so true of the professor for letting us use cheat sheets.”"]“so true,”[/annotation] [annotation note="see also

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • January 15, 2023